Sam Mertes
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| Outfielder | |||
| Born: August 6, 1872 San Francisco, California |
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| Died: Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Villa Grande, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 30, 1896, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 15, 1906, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .279 | ||
| Home runs | 40 | ||
| Runs batted in | 721 | ||
| Stolen bases | 396 | ||
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Samuel Blair Mertes (August 6, 1872 – March 12, 1945) was a professional baseball player. He was an outfielder over parts of 10 seasons (1896–1906) with the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Orphans, Chicago White Sox, New York Giants, and St. Louis Cardinals. He led the National League in RBIs in 1903 while playing for New York. He was born in San Francisco, California, and died in Villa Grande, California, at the age of 72.
See also
- List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples
- List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases
- List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
- List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders
- Hitting for the cycle
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- 1872 births
- 1945 deaths
- 19th-century baseball players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Major League Baseball left fielders
- Major League Baseball center fielders
- Major League Baseball right fielders
- Major League Baseball second basemen
- National League RBI champions
- New York Giants (NL) players
- Chicago Orphans players
- Philadelphia Phillies players
- Chicago White Sox players
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
- Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players
- Baseball players from California
- American baseball outfielder, 1870s birth stubs
