Win Mercer
1897–1902 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, New York Giants, Washington Senators (1901-60), Washington Senators (1897-99)
565G
.286AVG
.344OBP
.346SLG
More career statistics
505H
7HR
197RBI
88SB
132–164W–L
2,482.1IP
531K
3.98ERA
300GS
10SV
23Rare 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 | 565 | 401 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,768 | 1,246 |
| Batting · Doubles | 39 | 24 |
| Batting · Hits | 505 | 368 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 17 | 10 |
| Batting · Home runs | 7 | 3 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 70 | 90 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,962 | 1,397 |
| Batting · Runs | 278 | 199 |
| Batting · RBI | 197 | 129 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 88 | 63 |
| Batting · Triples | 23 | 19 |
| Batting · Walks | 141 | 118 |
| Pitching · Games | 334 | 194 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 11,098 | 6,329 |
| Pitching · p cg | 253 | 152 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,098 | 621 |
| Pitching · p gs | 300 | 177 |
| Pitching · p h | 3,079 | 1,743 |
| Pitching · p hr | 64 | 28 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 7,447 | 4,372 |
| Pitching · p k | 531 | 280 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,752 | 920 |
| Pitching · p w | 755 | 408 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 565 | 1,962 | 1,768 | 278 | 505 | 39 | 23 | 7 | 197 | 141 | 70 | 88 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 611 | .286 | .344 | .346 | .690 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,482.3 | 334 | 300 | 253 | 132 | 164 | 10 | 3,079 | 1,752 | 1,098 | 64 | 755 | 531 | 0 | 0 | 3.98 | 1.545 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1899-08-19 to 1899-09-11
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Four Batters Hit | 1897-06-12 | 1 in 3,022 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1897-07-30 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1897-05-23 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 196 | 657 | 177 | 2 | 65 | 63 | 47 | .307 | .365 | .356 |
| Away | 205 | 740 | 191 | 1 | 64 | 55 | 43 | .285 | .332 | .349 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 25 | 110 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 9 | .297 | .345 | .356 |
| May | 73 | 282 | 72 | 0 | 27 | 29 | 23 | .294 | .358 | .363 |
| June | 60 | 195 | 40 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 12 | .237 | .318 | .278 |
| July | 59 | 177 | 52 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 8 | .321 | .350 | .383 |
| August | 77 | 260 | 67 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 19 | .280 | .304 | .356 |
| September | 85 | 290 | 89 | 0 | 29 | 28 | 17 | .345 | .403 | .384 |
| October | 22 | 83 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 2 | .250 | .325 | .292 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 38 | 124 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 10 | .227 | .282 | .264 |
| cincinnati-reds | 36 | 122 | 44 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | .383 | .402 | .452 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 35 | 131 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 11 | .291 | .344 | .333 |
| boston-braves | 35 | 125 | 41 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 12 | .345 | .360 | .378 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 32 | 129 | 44 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | .376 | .403 | .436 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 28 | 94 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 6 | .220 | .309 | .244 |
| new-york-giants | 25 | 100 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 7 | .277 | .360 | .337 |
| chicago-cubs | 24 | 86 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 3 | .270 | .337 | .338 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 49 | 136 | 43 | – | 19 | 6 | .316 | 333 | 90 |
| 1898 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 81 | 248 | 80 | 2 | 25 | 14 | .323 | 233 | 52 |
| 1899 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 108 | 375 | 112 | 1 | 35 | 17 | .299 | 185 | 28 |
| 1900 |  New York Giants | 77 | 247 | 73 | – | 27 | 15 | .296 | 242 | 39 |
| 1901 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 51 | 140 | 42 | – | 17 | 10 | .300 | 179 | 31 |
| 1902 |  Detroit Tigers | 35 | 100 | 18 | – | 6 | 1 | .180 | 282 | 40 |