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Louis William Merloni

First name: Lou

Last name: Merloni

Birthdate: 1971-04-06

Bats: R   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 134265

Retro ID: merll001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1998BOS1.30.41.70.51.00.83
1999BOS1.70.52.30.10.71.52
2000BOS1.70.52.20.41.11.13
2001BOS2.00.72.70.41.11.53
2002BOS2.80.93.61.52.61.08
2003SDN2.20.62.80.81.61.25
2003BOS0.40.10.50.00.20.40
2004CLE2.60.43.00.61.51.55
2005ANA0.10.00.10.10.20.00
2006CLE0.30.10.4-0.2-0.10.50
Career15.14.219.34.29.99.529

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1998BOS106-2-221000000110.30.10.00.00.13
1999BOS140-7-711-101100-510.1-0.50.10.0-0.45
2000BOS139-1-12-1-1-12000010.00.00.00.00.05
2001BOS159-3-3-2-1-104100-310.0-0.30.10.0-0.29
2002BOS222-2-31-2001110079.90.70.10.00.818
2003SDN179-11-1000110019.90.10.10.00.25
2003BOS34-2-200001000-111.1-0.10.00.0-0.12
2004CLE2140120-11-1-200210.80.2-0.20.00.02
2005ANA7-1-10000200019.40.10.00.00.12
2006CLE23-2-20000-1000-310.5-0.30.00.0-0.30
Career1,223-21-195-2-40202000-0.00.20.00.251

Defense

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1998 BOS 2B 615 103 3.0 3 2 2 -1 -0.6 -0.6 -1 1
1998 BOS 3B 105 17 -1.0 -1 -1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 -1
1998 BOS SS 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1999 BOS 1B 23 2 0.0 0 0 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1999 BOS 2B 209 39 -1.0 -1 -1 2 -2 -0.1 0.2 0 -1
1999 BOS 3B 183 30 1.0 1 1 5 2 -0.1 0.0 0 1
1999 BOS SS 472 88 1.0 1 1 6 1 0.0 0.5 0 1
2000 BOS 3B 885 126 1.0 2 2 3 1 -0.2 0.0 0 2
2001 BOS 2B 72 15 1.0 1 1 3 0 0.1 0.1 0 1
2001 BOS 3B 8 1 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
2001 BOS SS 978 163 4.0 4 3 4 2 0.0 -0.3 0 3
2002 BOS 1B 11 0 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
2002 BOS 2B 1242 228 13.0 13 10 25 10 0.1 -0.9 -1 9
2002 BOS 3B 195 39 4.0 4 3 12 11 -0.3 0.0 0 3
2002 BOS SS 55 8 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 -2 0.0 0.0 0 -1
2003 SDN 1B 14 0 0.0 0 0 -1 -1 0.0 0.0 0 0
2003 BOS 2B 74 8 -1.0 -1 -1 -6 -5 0.1 -0.1 0 -1
2003 SDN 2B 108 20 -1.0 -1 -1 1 0 -0.2 -0.2 0 -1
2003 SDN 3B 498 75 -2.0 -3 -2 1 1 0.2 0.0 0 -2
2003 BOS 3B 132 23 3.0 3 2 7 5 0.2 0.0 0 2
2003 SDN SS 417 77 4.0 4 3 9 2 -0.4 -0.1 0 3
2004 CLE 1B 891 83 1.0 1 1 0 -2 -0.3 0.0 0 1
2004 CLE 2B 118 24 1.0 1 1 4 3 0.1 0.1 0 1
2004 CLE 3B 257 35 -3.0 -3 -2 -3 1 -0.3 0.0 0 -2
2005 ANA 1B 8 0 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
2005 ANA 3B 50 11 2.0 2 2 4 4 -0.2 0.0 0 2
2006 CLE 2B 76 8 -1.0 -1 -1 -4 -4 -0.1 0.0 0 -1
2006 CLE 3B 47 6 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0.0 0 0
2006 CLE SS 34 5 0.0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0.0 0 0
1B 947 85 1.0 1 1 -2 -2 -0.3 0.0 0 1
2B 2514 445 14.0 14 10 27 1 -0.6 -1.4 -2 8
3B 2360 363 5.0 5 5 29 25 -0.4 0.0 0 5
SS 1959 341 8.0 8 6 17 4 -0.3 0.1 0 6

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
1999 BOS LF 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 BOS LF 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 BOS RF 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 SDN LF 11 2 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1
2003 BOS LF 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 CLE LF 62 5 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 2 0 -1
LF 81 7 0.0 0 0 0 3 0 0
RF 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1999BOS0.10.00.1-0.10.00.20
Career0.10.00.1-0.10.00.20

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1999BOS8000000-1000-112.0-0.10.00.0-0.1-1
Career8000000-1000-1--0.10.00.0-0.1-1

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - 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.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher 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 StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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