This article is about the Major League Baseball player. For the motorcycle road racer with a similar name, see Fred Merkel.
Baseball player
Fred Merkle
Merkle in 1908
First baseman
Born:(1888-12-20)December 20, 1888 Watertown, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died: March 2, 1956(1956-03-02) (aged 67) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 21, 1907, for the New York Giants
Last MLB appearance
September 26, 1926, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
Batting average
.273
Home runs
61
Runs batted in
740
Teams
New York Giants (1907–1916)
Brooklyn Robins (1916–1917)
Chicago Cubs (1917–1920)
New York Yankees (1925–1926)
Carl Frederick Rudolf Merkle (also sometimes documented as Frederick Charles Merkle;[1] December 20, 1888 – March 2, 1956), nicknamed "Bonehead",[2] was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1907 to 1926. Although he had a lengthy career, he is best remembered for a controversial base-running mistake he made as a rookie while still a teenager.
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during the season. Rookie FredMerkle took his spot at first base. The game was at a 1–1 tie in the bottom of the ninth. Merkle, after hitting a single...
player FredMerkle has been unduly criticized for his infamous baserunning mistake.[dead link] He contributed the foreword to More Than Merkle, a book...
comfortable 6–1 lead, a walk, hit batter, error and bases-loaded walk to FredMerkle finally forced the Red Sox to call on Carl Mays from the bullpen to preserve...
ninth, and the game went into extra innings. In the top of the tenth, FredMerkle got to Wood knocking in a run with a single. But in the bottom of the...
for a 6–4 win. The Giants struck first in the bottom of the third when FredMerkle hit a leadoff single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, and scored...
played a game in the Polo Grounds. Nineteen-year-old rookie first baseman FredMerkle, later to become one of the best players at his position in the league...
Giants baseball team, 1913. FredMerkle, sixth in line, had committed a baserunning gaffe in a crucial 1908 game that became famous as Merkle's Boner....
Boston went quietly in the bottom of the ninth, setting up extra innings. FredMerkle led off the New York tenth with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly...
Weldon Wyckoff. The 1918 Chicago Cubs roster included Bill Killefer, FredMerkle, Rollie Zeider, Charlie Deal, Charlie Hollocher, Les Mann, Max Flack...
scoring the apparent winning run. In a play immortalized as "Merkle's Boner", rookie FredMerkle, on first base, did not touch second base, but headed for...
pennant race. That one-game playoff became necessary after Giants rookie FredMerkle failed to touch second base at the end of a previous contest, costing...
the 1917 Brooklyn Robins fell into seventh place. August 16, 1917: FredMerkle was purchased from the Robins by the Chicago Cubs. Note: Pos = Position;...
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the Giants' apparent winning run, but the runner on first base, rookie FredMerkle, went half way to second and then sprinted to the clubhouse after McCormick...
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victory. Three weeks later on September 23, 1908, New York Giants player FredMerkle repeated Gill's error during a game against the Cubs. The Cubs' capitalization...
1916: Lew McCarty was traded by the Robins to the New York Giants for FredMerkle. Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H =...
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game against the Cubs, 19-year-old FredMerkle committed a base-running error that later became known as "Merkle's Boner" and earned him the nickname...