Fred Merkle
1907–1926 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants, New York Yankees
1,645G
.273AVG
.331OBP
.383SLG
More career statistics
1,580H
60HR
733RBI
272SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 5,782 | 5,785 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 20 | 192 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 44 | 48 |
| Batting · Home runs | 60 | 61 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 583 | 647 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,426 | 6,436 |
| Batting · Runs | 720 | 718 |
| Batting · RBI | 733 | 751 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 272 | 277 |
| Batting · Triples | 82 | 80 |
| Batting · Walks | 454 | 455 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,645 | 6,426 | 5,782 | 720 | 1,580 | 290 | 82 | 60 | 733 | 454 | 583 | 272 | 20 | 44 | 0 | 2,214 | .273 | .331 | .383 | .714 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1912-06-22 to 1912-07-08
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1911-05-13 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1914-07-17 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1916-04-29 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 805 | 3042 | 762 | 38 | 360 | 235 | 286 | .281 | .328 | .401 |
| Away | 840 | 3394 | 818 | 23 | 391 | 220 | 361 | .266 | .306 | .366 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 110 | 436 | 101 | 6 | 40 | 37 | 36 | .266 | .317 | .380 |
| May | 238 | 958 | 253 | 9 | 125 | 79 | 108 | .299 | .347 | .432 |
| June | 287 | 1113 | 291 | 12 | 159 | 83 | 104 | .294 | .336 | .406 |
| July | 319 | 1289 | 296 | 9 | 131 | 93 | 112 | .254 | .302 | .339 |
| August | 328 | 1281 | 278 | 6 | 136 | 80 | 127 | .239 | .279 | .337 |
| September | 315 | 1179 | 308 | 17 | 135 | 72 | 133 | .285 | .322 | .410 |
| October | 48 | 180 | 53 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 27 | .321 | .356 | .448 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 237 | 925 | 251 | 17 | 126 | 71 | 85 | .305 | .348 | .446 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 235 | 928 | 231 | 7 | 92 | 70 | 90 | .280 | .324 | .396 |
| cincinnati-reds | 231 | 906 | 240 | 9 | 113 | 68 | 94 | .296 | .340 | .410 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 231 | 926 | 240 | 13 | 117 | 68 | 100 | .287 | .333 | .401 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 228 | 890 | 214 | 5 | 97 | 61 | 98 | .266 | .309 | .378 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 226 | 875 | 189 | 4 | 94 | 61 | 75 | .240 | .286 | .320 |
| chicago-cubs | 166 | 650 | 145 | 3 | 75 | 38 | 85 | .244 | .282 | .331 |
| new-york-giants | 83 | 318 | 65 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 20 | .225 | .258 | .318 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 |  New York Giants | 15 | 47 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .255 | – | – |
| 1908 | New York Giants | 41 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 5 | – | .262 | – | – |
| 1909 | New York Giants | 81 | 240 | 45 | – | 21 | 8 | .188 | – | – |
| 1910 | New York Giants | 144 | 505 | 148 | 4 | 70 | 23 | .293 | – | – |
| 1911 | New York Giants | 149 | 541 | 153 | 12 | 84 | 48 | .283 | – | – |
| 1912 | New York Giants | 130 | 479 | 148 | 11 | 86 | 37 | .309 | – | – |
| 1913 | New York Giants | 153 | 562 | 147 | 3 | 74 | 35 | .262 | – | – |
| 1914 | New York Giants | 146 | 513 | 132 | 7 | 60 | 23 | .257 | – | – |
| 1915 | New York Giants | 140 | 505 | 151 | 4 | 66 | 20 | .299 | – | – |
| 1916 | Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants | 135 | 470 | 111 | 7 | 45 | 19 | .236 | – | – |
| 1917 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs | 149 | 557 | 147 | 3 | 56 | 14 | .264 | – | – |
| 1918 |  Chicago Cubs | 129 | 482 | 143 | 3 | 73 | 21 | .297 | – | – |
| 1919 | Chicago Cubs | 133 | 498 | 133 | 3 | 61 | 24 | .267 | – | – |
| 1920 | Chicago Cubs | 92 | 330 | 94 | 3 | 39 | 4 | .285 | – | – |
| 1925 |  New York Yankees | 7 | 12 | 5 | – | 4 | 1 | .417 | – | – |
| 1926 | New York Yankees | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |