Sam Mertes
1898–1906 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
1,191G
.279AVG
.346OBP
.398SLG
More career statistics
1,227H
40HR
721RBI
396SB
1–0W–L
8.0IP
0K
1.12ERA
0GS
13Rare 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 · Games | 1,191 | 1,154 |
| Batting · At bats | 4,405 | 4,261 |
| Batting · Doubles | 188 | 185 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,227 | 1,193 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 33 | 32 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 10 | 338 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,999 | 4,863 |
| Batting · Runs | 695 | 676 |
| Batting · RBI | 721 | 682 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 396 | 379 |
| Batting · Triples | 108 | 106 |
| Batting · Walks | 422 | 428 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 29 | 0 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 24 | 23 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,191 | 4,999 | 4,405 | 695 | 1,227 | 188 | 108 | 40 | 721 | 422 | 10 | 396 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1,751 | .279 | .346 | .398 | .744 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 0.750 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1902-08-18 to 1902-09-01
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1903-08-12 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1904-10-04 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1902-05-18 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 602 | 2506 | 624 | 19 | 377 | 245 | 156 | .288 | .347 | .404 |
| Away | 552 | 2357 | 569 | 21 | 305 | 183 | 182 | .272 | .319 | .399 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 66 | 286 | 75 | 2 | 54 | 33 | 24 | .310 | .378 | .446 |
| May | 198 | 850 | 190 | 8 | 106 | 88 | 56 | .261 | .327 | .385 |
| June | 204 | 874 | 224 | 8 | 127 | 71 | 72 | .288 | .338 | .418 |
| July | 206 | 877 | 226 | 9 | 129 | 65 | 53 | .286 | .332 | .421 |
| August | 239 | 1015 | 248 | 4 | 126 | 93 | 59 | .280 | .336 | .372 |
| September | 222 | 898 | 211 | 5 | 126 | 71 | 68 | .268 | .314 | .375 |
| October | 19 | 63 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 6 | .352 | .413 | .741 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 125 | 521 | 133 | 5 | 77 | 50 | 43 | .292 | .351 | .404 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 125 | 535 | 125 | 4 | 62 | 52 | 31 | .276 | .331 | .389 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 118 | 506 | 129 | 4 | 92 | 53 | 29 | .297 | .360 | .457 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 111 | 443 | 98 | 4 | 56 | 38 | 36 | .252 | .307 | .401 |
| cincinnati-reds | 110 | 450 | 102 | 5 | 47 | 33 | 36 | .252 | .300 | .379 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 102 | 426 | 114 | 4 | 58 | 39 | 28 | .308 | .359 | .473 |
| chicago-cubs | 79 | 325 | 70 | 2 | 38 | 29 | 32 | .245 | .305 | .325 |
| new-york-giants | 53 | 239 | 59 | 2 | 28 | 22 | 24 | .280 | .339 | .341 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 |  Chicago Cubs | 83 | 269 | 80 | 1 | 47 | 27 | .297 | – | – |
| 1899 | Chicago Cubs | 117 | 429 | 127 | 9 | 81 | 46 | .296 | – | – |
| 1900 | Chicago Cubs | 127 | 481 | 142 | 7 | 60 | 39 | .295 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Chicago White Sox | 137 | 543 | 151 | 5 | 98 | 46 | .278 | – | – |
| 1902 | Chicago White Sox | 129 | 496 | 140 | 1 | 79 | 46 | .282 | 7 | – |
| 1903 |  New York Giants | 138 | 514 | 145 | 7 | 93 | 45 | .282 | – | – |
| 1904 | New York Giants | 148 | 530 | 147 | 4 | 83 | 47 | .277 | – | – |
| 1905 | New York Giants | 150 | 553 | 154 | 5 | 106 | 52 | .278 | – | – |
| 1906 | New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals | 125 | 446 | 107 | 1 | 35 | 31 | .240 | – | – |