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Sep 13, 2026Sunday

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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

Sam MertesWWikipedia↗

Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1872-08-06 · Played 1896–1906 · Career WAR 23.7 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1896	PHI	NL	37		143	20	34	4	4	0	14	19		8	10	.238	.288	.322	.610	-0.5
1898	CHN	NL	83		269	45	80	4	8	1	47	27		34	28	.297	.388	.383	.771	1.8
1899	CHN	NL	117		426	83	127	13	16	9	81	45		33	35	.298	.349	.467	.816	2.9
1900	CHN	NL	127		481	72	142	25	4	7	60	38		42	26	.295	.356	.407	.763	2.5
1901	CHA	AL	137		545	94	151	16	17	5	98	46		52	34	.277	.347	.396	.743	3.7
1902	CHA	AL	129		497	60	140	23	7	1	79	46		37	43	.282	.334	.362	.696	1.4
1903	NY1	NL	138		517	100	145	32	14	7	104	45		61	45	.280	.360	.437	.797	3.6
1904	NY1	NL	148		532	83	147	28	11	4	78	47		54	48	.276	.346	.393	.739	4.0
1905	NY1	NL	150		551	81	154	27	17	5	108	52		56	51	.279	.351	.417	.768	3.4
1906	NY1	NL	71		253	37	60	9	6	1	33	21		29	32	.237	.323	.332	.655	0.7
1906	SLN	NL	53		191	20	47	7	4	0	19	10		16	26	.246	.304	.325	.629
Total			1190		4405	695	1227	188	108	40	721	396		422	378	.279	.342	.398	.739	23.5

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1902	CHA	AL	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4.2	6	1	0	0	0	1.93	1.286	0.2
Total			1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4.2	6	1	0	0	0	1.93	1.286	0.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1896	PHI	NL	2B	1		2.0	0	0	0	0
1896	PHI	NL	OF	35		289.0	85	3	9	0
1896	PHI	NL	SS	1		5.0	1	2	0	1
1898	CHN	NL	1B	2		2.0	1	0	0	0
1898	CHN	NL	2B	4		42.0	11	17	5	6
1898	CHN	NL	OF	60		538.0	97	13	15	6
1898	CHN	NL	SS	14		61.0	19	23	7	4
1899	CHN	NL	1B	3		22.0	24	4	2	4
1899	CHN	NL	OF	108		925.0	197	20	18	4
1899	CHN	NL	SS	1		9.0	2	3	1	1
1900	CHN	NL	1B	33		284.0	340	17	10	16
1900	CHN	NL	OF	88		732.0	180	13	16	4
1900	CHN	NL	SS	7		53.0	12	19	2	2
1901	CHA	AL	2B	132		1165.0	337	396	47	54
1901	CHA	AL	OF	5		59.0	20	0	0	0
1902	CHA	AL	1B	1		10.0	10	1	0	1
1902	CHA	AL	2B	1		12.0	1	6	2	1
1902	CHA	AL	3B	1		13.0	4	1	1	0
1902	CHA	AL	C	2		7.0	3	0	1	0
1902	CHA	AL	OF	120		1099.0	223	26	21	5
1902	CHA	AL	P	1		5.0	0	0	0	0
1902	CHA	AL	SS	5		51.0	17	15	0	2
1903	NY1	NL	1B	1		9.0	9	0	1	0
1903	NY1	NL	C	1		2.0	0	1	0	0
1903	NY1	NL	OF	137		1209.0	265	24	8	5
1904	NY1	NL	OF	147	147	1316.0	244	17	12	1
1904	NY1	NL	SS	1	1	9.0	4	2	0	0
1905	NY1	NL	OF	150	150	1302.0	230	10	10	3
1906	NY1	NL	OF	71	72	658.0	119	10	4	0
1906	SLN	NL	OF	53	53	449.0	77	4	10	0
Total				1186	423	10339.0	2532	647	202	120