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Historical player · 1896–1906

Sam Mertes

B/T R/R · HT 70 · WT 185 · Born 8/6/1872 · From San Francisco, CA USA · Debut 1896-06-30 · Final 1906-09-15

Career · batting

1,190

4,405

1,227

RBI

721

396

422

AVG/OPS

0.279 · 0.744

Career · pitching

4.7

W-L

1-0

ERA

1.93

WHIP

1.29

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the New York Giants · 1903–1906

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#196 on the Giants

↑ 1 J. Alou

↓ 1 H. Wilson

Hits

506

#111 on the Giants

↑ 2 G. Blanco

↓ 3 W. Westrum

RBI

323

#69 on the Giants

↑ 2 F. Alou

↓ 3 T. Haller

165

#17 on the Giants

↑ 13 B. Ewing

↓ 2 K. Gleason

Runs

301

#91 on the Giants

↑ 1 W. Westrum

↓ 1 C. Seymour

200

#93 on the Giants

↑ 3 B. Joyce

↓ 4 J. Doyle

Career with the Chicago Orphans · 1898–1900

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#191 on the Orphans

↑ 1 D. Barney

↓ 1 R. Walker

Hits

349

#136 on the Orphans

↑ 2 W. Good

↓ 1 E. Young

RBI

188

#114 on the Orphans

↑ 5 D. Green

↓ 1 D. May

110

#30 on the Orphans

↑ 5 S. Adams

↓ 2 M. Flack

Runs

200

#123 on the Orphans

↑ 2 G. Haltren

↓ 1 C. Williams

109

#153 on the Orphans

↑ 2 C. Patterson

↓ 1 D. Smith

Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1901–1902

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#323 on the White Sox

↑ 1 Y. Alonso

↓ 1 C. Widger

Hits

291

#162 on the White Sox

↑ 1 M. Caruso

↓ 1 W. Dropo

RBI

177

#117 on the White Sox

↑ 1 A. Eaton

↓ 1 G. Bell

#37 on the White Sox

↑ 2 W. Kamm

↓ 3 M. Kreevich

Runs

154

#157 on the White Sox

↑ 1 J. Cruz

↓ 4 T. Piet

#184 on the White Sox

↑ 2 P. Masi

↓ 1 O. Gamble

Career with the St. Louis Cardinals · 1906–1906

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Hits

#599 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 W. Barbeau

↓ 1 B. Steele

RBI

#600 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 A. Garibaldi

↓ 1 J. Taylor

#300 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 D. Carlson

↓ 1 R. Brashear

Runs

#602 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 A. Castillo

↓ 1 B. Barden

#579 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 B. Baker

↓ 1 G. Anderson

Career with the Philadelphia Phillies · 1896–1896

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Hits

#670 on the Phillies

↑ 1 A. Brennan

↓ 1 M. Young

RBI

#657 on the Phillies

↑ 1 J. Bell

↓ 1 F. Warner

#163 on the Phillies

↑ 1 C. Fullis

↓ 1 A. Bohm

Runs

#600 on the Phillies

↑ 1 R. Aviles

↓ 1 J. Bentley

#737 on the Phillies

↑ 1 E. Averill

↓ 1 H. Borowy

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#2,143 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Aldrete

↓ 1 E. Williams

Hits

1,227

#1,028 all-time MLB

↑ 2 D. Cater

↓ 1 J. Remy

RBI

721

#661 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Daubert

↓ 1 C. Speier

396

#77 all-time MLB

↑ 2 W. Davis

↓ 1 D. Collins

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1896	Phillies	NL	37	143	20	34	4	4	0	14	19	8	10	0.238	—	0.322
1898	Orphans	NL	83	269	45	80	4	8	1	47	27	34	28	0.297	—	0.383
1899	Orphans	NL	117	426	83	127	13	16	9	81	45	33	35	0.298	—	0.467
1900	Orphans	NL	127	481	72	142	25	4	7	60	38	42	26	0.295	—	0.407
1901	White Sox	AL	137	545	94	151	16	17	5	98	46	52	34	0.277	—	0.396
1902	White Sox	AL	129	497	60	140	23	7	1	79	46	37	43	0.282	—	0.362
1903	Giants	NL	138	517	100	145	32	14	7	104	45	61	45	0.280	—	0.437
1904	Giants	NL	148	532	83	147	28	11	4	78	47	54	48	0.276	—	0.393
1905	Giants	NL	150	551	81	154	27	17	5	108	52	56	51	0.279	—	0.417
1906	Giants	NL	71	253	37	60	9	6	1	33	21	29	32	0.237	—	0.332
1906	Cardinals	NL	53	191	20	47	7	4	0	19	10	16	26	0.246	—	0.325
Career			1,190	4,405	695	1,227	188	108	40	721	396	422	378	0.279	0.346	0.398

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1902	White Sox	AL	1	0	1	1	0	4.7	6	1	0	0	1.93	1.29
Career			1	0	1	1	0	4.7	6	1	0	0	1.93	1.29

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
OF	974	422	8,576.0	1,737	140	123	28
2B	138	0	1,221.0	349	419	54	61
1B	40	0	327.0	384	22	13	21
SS	29	1	188.0	55	64	10	10
C	3	0	9.0	3	1	1	0
3B	1	0	13.0	4	1	1	0
P	1	0	5.0	0	0	0	0