Merv Shea
1927–1944 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns
439G
.220AVG
.327OBP
.277SLG
More career statistics
263H
5HR
115RBI
8SB
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 | 4 | 2 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,400 | 1,402 |
| Batting · RBI | 115 | 116 |
| Batting · Walks | 189 | 191 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 439 | 1,400 | 1,197 | 105 | 263 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 115 | 189 | 145 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 331 | .220 | .327 | .277 | .604 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1933-06-19 to 1933-06-27
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1933-07-27 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1933-05-30 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1928-05-30 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 211 | 679 | 130 | 1 | 59 | 93 | 72 | .225 | .328 | .285 |
| Away | 228 | 723 | 133 | 4 | 57 | 98 | 73 | .215 | .320 | .268 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 120 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 14 | .144 | .192 | .180 |
| May | 56 | 170 | 32 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 26 | .218 | .312 | .320 |
| June | 90 | 308 | 80 | 2 | 29 | 38 | 30 | .300 | .383 | .352 |
| July | 89 | 316 | 59 | 1 | 24 | 52 | 33 | .223 | .351 | .261 |
| August | 109 | 319 | 44 | 1 | 32 | 44 | 28 | .161 | .276 | .223 |
| September | 56 | 165 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 14 | .227 | .352 | .273 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .750 | 1.333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 62 | 189 | 37 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 22 | .219 | .296 | .254 |
| cleveland-guardians | 60 | 196 | 49 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 22 | .280 | .347 | .326 |
| boston-red-sox | 58 | 188 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 33 | 18 | .203 | .340 | .229 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 54 | 176 | 30 | 1 | 14 | 28 | 10 | .207 | .330 | .317 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 52 | 151 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 20 | .237 | .325 | .305 |
| chicago-white-sox | 35 | 117 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 10 | .194 | .274 | .272 |
| st-louis-browns | 33 | 109 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 8 | .194 | .312 | .258 |
| detroit-tigers | 30 | 109 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | .226 | .321 | .258 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 |  Detroit Tigers | 34 | 85 | 15 | – | 9 | – | .176 | – | – |
| 1928 | Detroit Tigers | 39 | 85 | 20 | – | 9 | 2 | .235 | – | – |
| 1929 | Detroit Tigers | 50 | 162 | 47 | 3 | 24 | 2 | .290 | – | – |
| 1933 | Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns | 110 | 335 | 81 | 1 | 35 | 2 | .242 | – | – |
| 1934 |  Chicago White Sox | 62 | 176 | 28 | – | 5 | – | .159 | – | – |
| 1935 | Chicago White Sox | 46 | 122 | 28 | – | 13 | – | .230 | – | – |
| 1936 | Chicago White Sox | 14 | 24 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .125 | – | – |
| 1937 | Chicago White Sox | 25 | 71 | 15 | – | 5 | 1 | .211 | – | – |
| 1938 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 48 | 120 | 22 | – | 13 | 1 | .183 | – | – |
| 1939 | Detroit Tigers | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1944 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | .267 | – | – |