Lennie Merullo
1941–1947 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs
639G
.240AVG
.291OBP
.301SLG
More career statistics
497H
6HR
152RBI
38SB
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 | 2,071 | 2,069 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 174 | 172 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,264 | 2,261 |
| Batting · RBI | 152 | 154 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 38 | 39 |
| Batting · Walks | 136 | 135 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 639 | 2,264 | 2,071 | 192 | 497 | 92 | 8 | 6 | 152 | 136 | 174 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 623 | .240 | .291 | .301 | .592 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1943-08-27 to 1943-09-05
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1942-07-21 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1946-08-09 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1942-07-12 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 327 | 1144 | 272 | 3 | 85 | 64 | 95 | .261 | .294 | .331 |
| Away | 312 | 1117 | 225 | 3 | 69 | 71 | 77 | .219 | .265 | .270 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 52 | 186 | 38 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 11 | .220 | .253 | .283 |
| May | 102 | 378 | 87 | 1 | 29 | 20 | 29 | .254 | .283 | .300 |
| June | 111 | 412 | 76 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 31 | .204 | .243 | .266 |
| July | 130 | 458 | 111 | 2 | 29 | 26 | 27 | .261 | .299 | .313 |
| August | 141 | 523 | 124 | 2 | 47 | 34 | 40 | .259 | .302 | .342 |
| September | 102 | 304 | 61 | 0 | 15 | 22 | 34 | .220 | .273 | .271 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 104 | 377 | 94 | 2 | 30 | 22 | 28 | .270 | .308 | .345 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 95 | 317 | 65 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 24 | .230 | .274 | .266 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 94 | 308 | 64 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 33 | .226 | .260 | .304 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 94 | 344 | 81 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 23 | .261 | .308 | .332 |
| boston-braves | 90 | 350 | 77 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 14 | .238 | .271 | .302 |
| new-york-giants | 83 | 296 | 66 | 2 | 34 | 21 | 31 | .243 | .294 | .301 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 79 | 269 | 50 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 19 | .200 | .227 | .236 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 |  Chicago Cubs | 7 | 17 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | .353 | – | – |
| 1942 | Chicago Cubs | 143 | 514 | 132 | 2 | 37 | 14 | .257 | – | – |
| 1943 | Chicago Cubs | 129 | 452 | 115 | 1 | 25 | 7 | .254 | – | – |
| 1944 | Chicago Cubs | 66 | 193 | 41 | 1 | 16 | 2 | .212 | – | – |
| 1945 | Chicago Cubs | 121 | 394 | 94 | 2 | 38 | 9 | .239 | – | – |
| 1946 | Chicago Cubs | 65 | 126 | 19 | – | 7 | 2 | .151 | – | – |
| 1947 | Chicago Cubs | 108 | 373 | 90 | – | 30 | 4 | .241 | – | – |