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Sam Mertes 2026 Season · STL

Career: .279/.346/.398, 40 HR, 1227 H in 1191 games.

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Sam Mertes

LF · STL

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+9.0Career NUT

+6 to Great

Career

.279AVG40HR721RBI1227H695R396SB

R/R · 5' 10", 185 lb · b. Aug 6, 1872 · San Francisco, CA · Signed Undrafted FA, 1896

Player Overview

Year by Year


1896	23	PHI	-0.8	37	157	143	20	34	4	4	0	14	8	2	10	19	4	.238	.288	.322	.084	.610	.256
1898	25	CHC	+0.8	83	316	269	45	80	4	8	1	47	34	6	0	27	7	.297	.388	.383	.086	.771	.295
1899	26	CHC	+0.8	117	474	426	83	127	13	16	9	81	33	0	0	45	15	.298	.349	.467	.169	.816	.283
1900	27	CHC	+0.4	127	548	481	72	142	25	4	7	60	42	3	0	38	22	.295	.356	.407	.112	.763	.285
1901	28	CWS	+0.6	137	623	545	94	151	16	17	5	98	52	6	0	46	20	.277	.347	.396	.119	.743	.270
1902	29	CWS	+0.3	129	544	497	60	140	23	7	1	79	37	2	0	46	8	.282	.334	.362	.080	.696	.280
1903	30	NYG	+2.3	138	592	517	100	145	32	14	7	104	61	3	0	45	11	.280	.360	.437	.157	.797	.271
1904	31	NYG	+1.9	148	611	532	83	147	28	11	4	78	54	3	0	47	22	.276	.346	.393	.117	.739	.271
1905	32	NYG	+2.5	150	627	551	81	154	27	17	5	108	56	5	0	52	15	.279	.351	.417	.138	.768	.273
1906	33	NYG	+0.3	72	291	253	37	60	9	6	1	33	29	3	0	21	6	.237	.323	.332	.095	.655	.234
1906	33	STL	-0.2	53	216	191	20	47	7	4	0	19	16	0	0	10	9	.246	.304	.325	.079	.629	.246
1906	33	TOT	+0.1	125	507	444	57	107	16	10	1	52	45	3	0	31	15	.241	.315	.329	.088	.644	.239
Career	—	10 yrs	+9.0	1191	4999	4405	695	1227	188	108	40	721	422	33	10	396	139	.279	.346	.398	.119	.744	.273

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Mertes's career NUT of +9

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

2.5

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NUT by Season

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Awards

1905World Series Championship

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