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Fred Merkle

Giants Career team 1907 to 1916
Position 1B
Born Dec 20, 1888

Key Insights

1926
One opponent brings the best out of him

Merkle has hit .500/.538/1.000 against Rube Kroh in 13 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

6 for 12 with 0 home runs and 0 strikeouts, against a .716 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Merkle is 8 for 14 against King Lear, a .571 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

16 career plate appearances.
He is a different player against this opponent

Merkle carries a .714 career OPS; against Eddie Stack it is 1.491, over 26 plate appearances.

10 for 21 with 1 home run.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Merkle has hit 5 home runs off Pete Alexander, one every 25.4 plate appearances they have shared.

127 career plate appearances against him.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Merkle more often than Slim Sallee: 175 plate appearances, in which Merkle has hit .297/.343/.419.

46 hits, 1 home run and 15 strikeouts across 175 plate appearances.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

George Pierce walks Merkle in 33.3% of their meetings, 5 times in 15 plate appearances.

5 walks in 15 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Dec 20, 1888