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Carl Frederick Rudolf Merkle

First name: Fred

Last name: Merkle

Birthdate: 1888-12-20

Bats: R Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 118971

Retro ID: merkf101

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1908	NY1	0.6	0.1	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.0	2
1909	NY1	3.3	0.6	3.9	-2.3	-1.2	5.0	-4
1910	NY1	7.3	1.3	8.6	3.5	6.0	2.6	18
1911	NY1	7.8	1.3	9.1	2.2	4.9	4.2	15
1912	NY1	6.9	1.2	8.1	2.8	5.1	2.8	15
1913	NY1	8.0	1.4	9.4	1.4	4.1	5.0	12
1914	NY1	7.5	1.3	8.8	2.2	4.8	3.9	14
1915	NY1	7.3	1.3	8.6	3.2	5.7	2.7	17
1916	NY1	5.9	1.0	7.0	1.7	3.7	3.1	11
1916	BRO	1.0	0.1	1.2	-0.3	0.0	1.1	0
1917	BRO	0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.3	-0.2	0.4	-1
1917	CHN	8.0	1.3	9.3	2.6	5.3	3.8	16
1918	CHN	7.0	1.2	8.2	3.3	5.7	2.3	17
1919	CHN	7.2	1.2	8.5	0.6	3.1	5.4	9
1920	CHN	4.7	0.7	5.4	0.8	2.4	3.0	7
1925	NYA	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	-0.1	1
1926	NYA	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0
Career		82.8	14.0	97.1	22.0	50.3	45.3	149

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1908	NY1	49	2	2	0	1	0	1	-1	0	3	8.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0
1909	NY1	260	-16	-17	1	-5	0	-2	-2	-2	-25	8.4	-3.0	-0.2	0.0	-3.2	2
1910	NY1	571	17	16	0	2	-1	-1	3	-4	19	9.1	2.1	-0.4	-0.1	1.6	13
1911	NY1	606	10	11	0	-4	-1	0	3	-4	9	9.2	1.0	-0.4	-0.1	0.5	13
1912	NY1	539	16	16	7	-1	-1	1	-8	-4	14	9.7	1.4	-0.4	-0.1	0.9	1
1913	NY1	616	-4	-4	-3	5	-1	2	-1	-5	-2	8.6	-0.2	-0.5	-0.1	-0.8	10
1914	NY1	573	4	5	4	2	1	1	-3	-4	10	8.9	1.1	-0.4	-0.1	0.6	7
1915	NY1	558	13	15	-1	1	1	1	-3	-4	14	8.7	1.6	-0.4	-0.1	1.1	6
1916	NY1	449	1	3	0	2	0	2	-2	-3	5	8.1	0.6	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	6
1916	BRO	78	-2	-2	0	-1	0	1	-1	-1	-3	7.9	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0
1917	BRO	8	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	-2	7.9	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	-1
1917	CHN	608	8	5	0	1	0	2	1	-5	9	8.2	1.1	-0.5	-0.1	0.5	10
1918	CHN	541	14	14	0	-1	-1	0	7	-4	19	8.1	2.3	-0.4	-0.1	1.8	15
1919	CHN	545	0	1	1	-4	-1	1	-1	-4	-3	7.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.1	-0.9	8
1920	CHN	367	4	4	-1	0	-1	-2	0	-3	0	9.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	5
1925	NYA	16	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	10.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0
1926	NYA	2	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	10.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0
Career		6,386	66	68	8	-1	-5	7	-9	-47	68	-	7.4	-4.7	-1.1	1.6	95

Defense

Infield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	GB+	DP Start	DP Turn	DP Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1908	NY1	1B	150	13	0.5	0	0	1	-1	0.0	0.0	0	0
1908	NY1	2B	27	3	0.5	1	1	0	0	0.0	-0.1	0	1
1908	NY1	3B	12	0	-0.3	0	0	-1	-1	0.0	0.0	0	0
1909	NY1	1B	1789	160	-3.2	-3	-2	-1	4	-0.2	0.0	0	-2
1909	NY1	2B	28	5	0.3	0	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1910	NY1	1B	3966	381	5.6	4	3	40	31	0.1	0.0	0	3
1911	NY1	1B	4039	383	7.2	6	4	41	30	-0.6	0.0	-1	3
1912	NY1	1B	3712	319	-9.0	-10	-7	10	17	-0.6	0.0	-1	-8
1913	NY1	1B	4394	387	1.6	0	0	31	11	-0.8	0.0	-1	-1
1914	NY1	1B	4138	341	-2.1	-4	-3	9	-7	0.4	0.0	0	-3
1915	NY1	1B	3130	289	0.4	-2	-1	19	27	-0.3	0.0	0	-1
1916	NY1	1B	3270	314	1.6	-1	-1	36	34	0.1	0.0	0	-1
1916	BRO	1B	394	32	-1.9	-2	-1	-1	-3	0.0	0.0	0	-1
1916	NY1	3B	36	5	-0.9	-1	-1	-1	0	-0.1	0.0	0	-1
1917	BRO	1B	59	4	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	0	0.0	0.0	0	-1
1917	CHN	1B	3924	367	1.0	2	1	45	20	-0.4	0.0	0	1
1918	CHN	1B	3726	353	12.0	12	8	35	32	-0.7	0.0	-1	7
1919	CHN	1B	3843	337	-3.0	-2	-1	-10	-7	0.5	0.0	0	-1
1919	CHN	2B	4	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1920	CHN	1B	2613	236	0.0	0	0	6	9	-0.4	0.0	0	0
1925	NYA	1B	50	7	0.0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
		1B	43197	3923	9.7	-1	-1	260	197	-2.9	0.0	-4	-5
		2B	59	9	0.8	1	1	1	0	0.0	-0.1	0	1
		3B	48	5	-1.2	-1	-1	-2	-1	-0.1	0.0	0	-1

Outfield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	OF Arm Opps	OF Arm Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1908	NY1	LF	13	1	-0.8	-1	-1	-1	1	0	-1
1908	NY1	RF	29	4	-1.4	-1	-1	-1	1	0	-1
1915	NY1	LF	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1915	NY1	CF	701	87	-2.4	-2	-2	4	14	0	-2
1915	NY1	RF	62	14	0.7	1	1	3	9	-1	0
1916	BRO	LF	47	4	-0.4	0	0	-1	0	0	0
1916	BRO	CF	31	5	-0.2	0	0	2	1	0	0
1917	CHN	LF	163	19	0.0	0	0	1	7	0	0
1917	CHN	CF	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1920	CHN	LF	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		LF	228	24	-1.2	-1	-1	-1	8	0	-1
		CF	735	92	-2.6	-2	-2	6	15	0	-2
		RF	91	18	-0.7	0	0	2	10	-1	-1

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1911	NY1	0.3	0.1	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0
1912	NY1	0.4	0.1	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0
1913	NY1	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.2	0
1916	BRO	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0
1918	CHN	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.2	1
Career		1.3	0.2	1.6	-0.1	0.3	1.2	1

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	BSR	Fld	RAA	RPW	WAA	WAM	DVoDH
1911	NY1	24	-1	-1	0	0	-1	7.8	-0.1	-0.1	0
1912	NY1	34	0	0	1	-1	0	8.9	0.0	0.0	0
1913	NY1	14	1	1	0	-1	0	8.5	0.0	0.0	-1
1916	BRO	6	0	0	0	0	0	7.9	0.0	0.0	0
1918	CHN	22	1	1	0	0	1	4.6	0.2	0.2	0
Career		100	1	1	1	-2	0	-	0.1	0.1	-1

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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