Sam Mertes

Positions: Leftfielder and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: August 6, 1872 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: March 11, 1945 in Villa Grande, CA

Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA

Debut: June 30, 1896 (Age 23-329d, 1,948th in major league history)

Last Game: September 15, 1906 (Age 34-040d)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1896 season

Full Name: Samuel Blair Mertes

Nicknames: Sandow

Pronunciation: \MUR-teez\

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1905 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.5

4405

1227

.279

695

RBI

721

396

OBP

.346

SLG

.398

OPS

.744

OPS+

113

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

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 23	CHW		DET	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 24	CHW		DET	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
4	4	Apr 28	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 29	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	7 (1)	May 1	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	8	May 2	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
8	9	May 3	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	10	May 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
10	18 (7)	May 16	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	19	May 17	CHW		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
12	20	May 18	CHW		SLB	T,2-2	CG	0	17.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	21	May 19	CHW	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	22	May 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
15	23	May 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	24	May 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
17	25	May 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	26	May 26	CHW	@	BLA	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	27	May 27	CHW	@	BLA	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
20	28	May 28	CHW	@	BLA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
21	29	May 29	CHW	@	BLA	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
22	30	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	31	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	32	May 31	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	33	Jun 2	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-12	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	34	Jun 3	CHW	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	35	Jun 4	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	36	Jun 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	37	Jun 8	CHW		WSH	W,14-7	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	38	Jun 9	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	39	Jun 10	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	40	Jun 11	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	41	Jun 12	CHW		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	42	Jun 13	CHW		BOS	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	43	Jun 14	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	44	Jun 16	CHW		PHA	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
37	45	Jun 17	CHW		PHA	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
38	46	Jun 19	CHW		BLA	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	47	Jun 21	CHW		BLA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	48	Jun 22 (1)	CHW		BLA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	49	Jun 22 (2)	CHW		BLA	L,1-2	CG	0	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	50	Jun 23	CHW	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
43	51	Jun 24	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	52	Jun 26	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
45	53	Jun 29	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	54	Jul 2 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
47	55	Jul 2 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	56	Jul 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	57	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	58	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
51	59	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	60	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	61	Jul 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
54	62	Jul 8	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	63	Jul 11	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	64	Jul 12	CHW		SLB	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	65	Jul 13 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	66	Jul 13 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	67	Jul 15	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	68	Jul 16	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
61	69	Jul 17	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	70	Jul 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	0	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
63	71	Jul 19	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	72	Jul 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
65	73	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	74	Jul 23	CHW	@	BLA	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
67	75	Jul 25 (1)	CHW	@	BLA	W,15-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
68	76	Jul 25 (2)	CHW	@	BLA	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	77	Jul 26	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-9	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	78	Jul 28	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-12	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	79	Jul 29	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	80	Jul 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	81	Aug 1	CHW		BLA	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
74	82	Aug 2 (1)	CHW		BLA	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
75	83	Aug 2 (2)	CHW		BLA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	84	Aug 3	CHW		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
77	85	Aug 4	CHW		PHA	W,8-7	CG	0	11.0	6	1	0	7	0
78	86	Aug 5	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	87	Aug 6	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
80	88	Aug 7	CHW		WSH	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	89	Aug 8	CHW		WSH	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
82	90	Aug 9	CHW		BOS	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
83	91	Aug 10	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	11.0	3	1	0	4	1
84	92	Aug 11	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	93	Aug 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
86	94	Aug 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
87	95	Aug 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	96	Aug 16	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	97	Aug 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-12	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	98	Aug 19	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	99	Aug 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	100	Aug 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	101	Aug 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	102	Aug 23	CHW	@	BLA	L,8-14	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
95	103	Aug 25	CHW	@	BLA	L,6-21	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
96	104	Aug 26	CHW	@	BLA	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	105	Aug 28 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	106	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
99	107	Aug 29	CHW		PHA	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	108	Aug 30 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	109	Aug 30 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	110	Aug 31	CHW		BLA	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	111	Sep 1 (1)	CHW		BLA	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
104	112	Sep 1 (2)	CHW		BLA	T,5-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
105	113	Sep 2	CHW		BOS	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	2	5	0
106	114	Sep 4 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
107	115	Sep 4 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
108	116	Sep 5	CHW		WSH	W,11-3	GS	0		3	0	1	4	0
109	117	Sep 6	CHW		WSH	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
110	118	Sep 7 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	119	Sep 7 (2)	CHW		WSH	T,3-3	CG	0	13.0	6	0	0	6	0
112	120	Sep 10 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
113	121	Sep 10 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-12	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
114	122	Sep 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	123	Sep 14 (1)	CHW		DET	L,10-11	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
116	124	Sep 14 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	125	Sep 15 (1)	CHW		DET	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
118	126	Sep 15 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	127	Sep 17	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
120	128	Sep 19	CHW		DET	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	129	Sep 20 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	130	Sep 20 (2)	CHW		DET	T,3-3	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	131	Sep 21 (1)	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
124	132	Sep 21 (2)	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	133	Sep 22	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
126	135 (1)	Sep 26	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	1	1	0	2	1
127	136	Sep 27	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-9	CG	0	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
128	137	Sep 28 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	0	8.0	4	6	0	10	0
129	138	Sep 28 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-4	GS	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
							131gm		80.0	258	49	25	332	9