Whit Merrifield

Positions: Second Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Team: Philadelphia Phillies (majors)

Born: January 24, 1989 in Florence, SC us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 9th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC).

High School: Davie County HS (Mocksville, NC)

School: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)

Debut: May 18, 2016 (Age 27-115d, 21,121st in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$8M (24) & 25 team option

Service Time (01/2024): 7.101 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Warner Sports Management

Full Name: Whitley David Merrifield

Nicknames: Whit Bird or Two-hit Whit

Pronunciation: \MERR-uh-field\

Twitter: @WhitMerrifield

Instagram: @whitmerrifield

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.2

17.8

4213

1192

.205

.283

592

RBI

472

203

OBP

.244

.329

SLG

.308

.419

OPS

.552

.748

OPS+

102

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2022 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2022 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	KCR		CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 9	KCR		CLE	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 10	KCR		CLE	L,3-17	GS	53	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 11	KCR		CLE	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 12	KCR	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 14	KCR		DET	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 15	KCR		DET	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 16	KCR		DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 19	KCR		MIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
10	10	Apr 20	KCR		MIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
11	11	Apr 21	KCR		MIN	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	13 (1)	Apr 23	KCR	@	SEA	L,7-13	CG	48	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	14	Apr 24	KCR	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS	48	11.0	2	2	0	4	1
14	15	Apr 26	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-0	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	16	Apr 27	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
16	17	Apr 28	KCR	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	10.0	1	3	0	4	1
17	18	Apr 29	KCR		NYY	L,2-12	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	19	Apr 30	KCR		NYY	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20	May 1	KCR		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
20	21	May 2	KCR	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
21	22	May 3	KCR		STL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	3
22	23	May 4	KCR		STL	L,0-10	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
23	24	May 8 (1)	KCR	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
24	25	May 8 (2)	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
25	26	May 9	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
26	27	May 10	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	28	May 11	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
28	29	May 12	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	30	May 13	KCR	@	COL	W,14-10	GS	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	31	May 14	KCR	@	COL	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	32	May 15	KCR	@	COL	W,8-7	GS	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	33	May 16	KCR		CHW	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	34	May 17 (1)	KCR		CHW	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
34	36 (1)	May 18	KCR		CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	37	May 19	KCR		CHW	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	38	May 20	KCR		MIN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	39	May 21	KCR		MIN	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
38	40	May 22	KCR		MIN	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
39	41	May 23	KCR	@	ARI	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	42	May 24	KCR	@	ARI	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
41	43	May 26	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	44	May 27	KCR	@	MIN	L,7-10	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	45	May 28	KCR	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	46	May 29	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	47	May 30	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	49 (1)	Jun 1	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	50	Jun 3	KCR		HOU	L,3-10	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	52 (1)	Jun 5	KCR		HOU	L,4-7	GS	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
49	54 (1)	Jun 7	KCR		TOR	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	55	Jun 8	KCR		TOR	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	56	Jun 9	KCR		BAL	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	57	Jun 10	KCR		BAL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
53	58	Jun 11	KCR		BAL	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	59	Jun 12	KCR		BAL	L,7-10	CG	48	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
55	60	Jun 13	KCR	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
56	61	Jun 14	KCR	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
57	62	Jun 15	KCR	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
58	63	Jun 17	KCR	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
59	64	Jun 18	KCR	@	OAK	W,2-0	GS	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	65	Jun 19	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
61	66	Jun 20	KCR	@	LAA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	67	Jun 21	KCR	@	LAA	W,12-11	CG	49	11.0	3	3	0	6	0
63	68	Jun 22	KCR	@	LAA	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	69	Jun 24	KCR		OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	70	Jun 25	KCR		OAK	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
66	71	Jun 26	KCR		OAK	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
67	72	Jun 27	KCR		TEX	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
68	73	Jun 28	KCR		TEX	L,3-8	GS	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
69	74	Jun 29	KCR		TEX	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	75	Jul 1	KCR	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
71	76	Jul 2	KCR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
72	77	Jul 3	KCR	@	DET	W,7-4	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	78	Jul 4	KCR	@	HOU	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
74	79	Jul 5	KCR	@	HOU	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
75	80	Jul 6	KCR	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
76	81	Jul 7	KCR	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
77	82	Jul 8	KCR		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
78	83	Jul 9	KCR		CLE	L,1-13	GS	32	5.0	1	2	0	3	2
79	84	Jul 10	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	GS	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
80	93 (8)	Jul 22	KCR		TBR	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
81	94	Jul 23	KCR		TBR	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
82	95	Jul 24	KCR		TBR	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
83	96	Jul 25	KCR		LAA	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	2
84	97	Jul 26	KCR		LAA	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
85	98	Jul 27	KCR		LAA	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
86	99	Jul 28	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	29	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
87	100	Jul 29	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
88	101	Jul 30	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	0	2	1	3	1
89	102	Jul 31	KCR	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	103	Aug 1	KCR	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
				Player went from Kansas City Royals to Toronto Blue Jays
91	105	Aug 4	TOR	@	MIN	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	106	Aug 5	TOR	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
93	107	Aug 6	TOR	@	MIN	L,3-7	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	108	Aug 7	TOR	@	MIN	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	109	Aug 8	TOR	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	110	Aug 9	TOR	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	111	Aug 12	TOR		CLE	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
98	113 (1)	Aug 14	TOR		CLE	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
99	114	Aug 15	TOR		BAL	L,3-7	GS	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
100	117 (2)	Aug 18	TOR	@	NYY	W,9-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	118	Aug 19	TOR	@	NYY	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	119	Aug 20	TOR	@	NYY	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	120	Aug 21	TOR	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	122 (1)	Aug 24	TOR	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	1	4	0	5	2
105	123	Aug 25	TOR	@	BOS	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	124	Aug 26	TOR		LAA	L,0-12	GS	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	126 (1)	Aug 28	TOR		LAA	L,3-8	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
108	127	Aug 29	TOR		CHC	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	129 (1)	Aug 31	TOR		CHC	L,5-7	GS	30	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	131 (1)	Sep 3	TOR	@	PIT	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	132	Sep 4	TOR	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	133	Sep 5 (1)	TOR	@	BAL	W,7-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	135 (1)	Sep 6	TOR	@	BAL	L,6-9	GS	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
114	136	Sep 7	TOR	@	BAL	W,4-1		19	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	139 (2)	Sep 11	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-4	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	141 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	TOR		TBR	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	142	Sep 13 (2)	TOR		TBR	W,7-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	144 (1)	Sep 15	TOR		TBR	L,0-11	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	147 (2)	Sep 18	TOR		BAL	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	149 (1)	Sep 21	TOR	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	45	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
121	150	Sep 22	TOR	@	TBR	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	151	Sep 23	TOR	@	TBR	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
123	152	Sep 24	TOR	@	TBR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
124	153	Sep 25	TOR	@	TBR	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
125	154	Sep 26	TOR		NYY	W,3-2	GS	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
126	155	Sep 27	TOR		NYY	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
127	156	Sep 28	TOR		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
128	157	Sep 30	TOR		BOS	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
129	158	Oct 1	TOR		BOS	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
130	159	Oct 2	TOR		BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
131	160	Oct 3	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	161	Oct 5 (1)	TOR	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
133	162	Oct 5 (2)	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-1	GF	16	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
							149gm		1076.2	242	185	4	431	47