Player

Sam Mertes

Player Info
Full Name
Samuel Blair
Born
August 6, 1872
San Francisco, CA, USA
Died
March 11, 1945
Size
5'10" / 185 lbs
B/T
R / R
Debut
June 30, 1896
Final Game
September 15, 1906
Career
11 years
Teams
Career Batting
1,190
G
.279
AVG
1,227
H
40
HR
721
RBI
.739
OPS
120
OPS vs Lg
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Career Pitching
1-0
W-L
1.93
ERA
1
G
0
SO
0
SV
1.29
WHIP
Pitching Season by Season
Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP SO BB
1902 Chicago White Sox 1 0 1.93 1 1 0 4.2 0 0
Advanced Pitching About these stats
Year Lg IP K/9 BB/9 WHIP Qual
1902 AL 4.7 0.00 0.00 1.286
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1906 New York Giants 71 253 60 9 6 1 37 .237
1906 St. Louis Cardinals 53 191 47 7 4 0 20 .246
1905 New York Giants 150 551 154 27 17 5 81 .279
1904 New York Giants 148 532 147 28 11 4 83 .276
1903 New York Giants 138 517 145 32 14 7 100 .280
1902 Chicago White Sox 129 497 140 23 7 1 60 .282
1901 Chicago White Sox 137 545 151 16 17 5 94 .277
1900 Chicago Orphans 127 481 142 25 4 7 72 .295
1899 Chicago Orphans 117 426 127 13 16 9 83 .298
1898 Chicago Orphans 83 269 80 4 8 1 45 .297
1896 Philadelphia Phillies 37 143 34 4 4 0 20 .238
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1906 NL 507 .088 .275 8.9 11.4 108 1.1 ✓
1905 NL 627 .138 .301 8.9 8.1 137 5.2 ✓
1904 NL 611 .117 .298 8.8 7.9 135 4.1 ✓
1903 NL 592 .157 .297 10.3 7.6 134 8.0 ✓
1902 AL 544 .081 .307 6.8 7.9 100 1.2 ✓
1901 AL 623 .119 .289 8.3 5.5 113 5.9 ✓
1900 NL 548 .112 .301 7.7 4.7 116 7.8 ✓
1899 NL 474 .169 .309 7.0 7.4 129 9.6 ✓
1898 NL 316 .086 .329 10.8 8.9 127 1.1
1896 NL 157 .084 .256 5.1 6.4 64 0.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
OF 974 1,737 140 123 28 .939
2B 138 349 419 54 61 .934
1B 40 384 22 13 21 .969
SS 29 55 64 10 10 .922
C 3 3 1 1 0 .800
3B 1 4 1 1 0 .833
P 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1906 St. Louis Cardinals OF 53 77 4 10 0 .890
1906 New York Giants OF 71 119 10 4 0 .970
1905 New York Giants OF 150 230 10 10 3 .960
1904 New York Giants OF 147 244 17 12 1 .956
1904 New York Giants SS 1 4 2 0 0 1.000
1903 New York Giants 1B 1 9 0 1 0 .900
1903 New York Giants C 1 0 1 0 0 1.000
1903 New York Giants OF 137 265 24 8 5 .973
1902 Chicago White Sox 1B 1 10 1 0 1 1.000
1902 Chicago White Sox 2B 1 1 6 2 1 .778
1902 Chicago White Sox 3B 1 4 1 1 0 .833
1902 Chicago White Sox C 2 3 0 1 0 .750
1902 Chicago White Sox OF 120 223 26 21 5 .922
1902 Chicago White Sox P 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1902 Chicago White Sox SS 5 17 15 0 2 1.000
1901 Chicago White Sox 2B 132 337 396 47 54 .940
1901 Chicago White Sox OF 5 20 0 0 0 1.000
1900 Chicago Orphans 1B 33 340 17 10 16 .973
1900 Chicago Orphans OF 88 180 13 16 4 .923
1900 Chicago Orphans SS 7 12 19 2 2 .939
1899 Chicago Orphans 1B 3 24 4 2 4 .933
1899 Chicago Orphans OF 108 197 20 18 4 .923
1899 Chicago Orphans SS 1 2 3 1 1 .833
1898 Chicago Orphans 1B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000
1898 Chicago Orphans 2B 4 11 17 5 6 .848
1898 Chicago Orphans OF 60 97 13 15 6 .880
1898 Chicago Orphans SS 14 19 23 7 4 .857
1896 Philadelphia Phillies 2B 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1896 Philadelphia Phillies OF 35 85 3 9 0 .907
1896 Philadelphia Phillies SS 1 1 2 0 1 1.000
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 5 17 3 0 2 .176
1905 World Series New York Giants 5 17 3 0 2 .176