Merito Acosta
1913–1918 · bats L / throws L · Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators (1901-60)
181G
.255AVG
.354OBP
.307SLG
More career statistics
111H
0HR
37RBI
17SB
2Rare feats
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 · Caught stealing | 8 | 19 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 522 | 526 |
| Batting · RBI | 37 | 40 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 17 | 18 |
| Batting · Walks | 63 | 64 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 181 | 522 | 436 | 56 | 111 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 63 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 134 | .255 | .354 | .307 | .661 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1918-08-03 to 1918-08-06
8longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1918-07-08 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1918-07-08 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 92 | 271 | 69 | 0 | 25 | 30 | 25 | .308 | .365 | .375 |
| Away | 89 | 255 | 42 | 0 | 15 | 34 | 21 | .198 | .298 | .236 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 7 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .200 | .286 | .267 |
| May | 13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .286 |
| June | 21 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .103 | .200 | .103 |
| July | 38 | 92 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 8 | .382 | .457 | .447 |
| August | 63 | 234 | 51 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 17 | .263 | .321 | .330 |
| September | 29 | 81 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | .164 | .272 | .164 |
| October | 10 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .290 | .405 | .419 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 30 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 4 | .269 | .403 | .269 |
| chicago-white-sox | 28 | 97 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | .303 | .309 | .427 |
| cleveland-guardians | 27 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 7 | .250 | .357 | .288 |
| st-louis-browns | 24 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | .196 | .250 | .196 |
| new-york-yankees | 21 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | .188 | .271 | .250 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 20 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | .286 | .426 | .333 |
| boston-red-sox | 20 | 69 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 4 | .298 | .391 | .386 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 11 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .200 | .239 | .200 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 12 | 20 | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | .300 | – | – |
| 1914 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 39 | 74 | 19 | – | 6 | 3 | .257 | – | – |
| 1915 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 73 | 163 | 34 | – | 18 | 8 | .209 | – | – |
| 1916 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 5 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .125 | – | – |
| 1918 | Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 52 | 171 | 51 | – | 15 | 5 | .298 | – | – |