#15 Whit "Whit Bird" Merrifield, Second Base, 29 yrs, Minnesota Twins
Monday, 7/12/2018 |
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| Whit Merrifield
Whit Bird
1/24/1989
29
United States
6"1
195
Second Base
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3.0 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 2,807,143
2018
6 Year(s), 82 Days (1114 total Days)
110 Day(s)
6 Year(s), 82 Days (1114 total Days)
9 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Versus LHP | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| Versus RHP | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Talent | 9 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
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| Fielding Ratings
2B : 6 (Range), .982 (Fielding Pct.)
LF : 5 (Range), .992 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 4 (Range), .989 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 5 (Range), .929 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 7
Outfield Arm : 4
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 6/30 | @TB | W 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #1 | | |
| 7/2 | SEA | W 8-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #1 | | |
| 7/3 | SEA | W 5-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | #1 | | |
| 7/4 | SEA | W 5-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #1 | | |
| 7/5 | @TEX | L 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
| 7/6 | @TEX | W 5-2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
| 7/7 | @TEX | W 3-1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #1 | | |
| 7/9 | @TOR | W 5-4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #1 | | |
| 7/10 | @TOR | W 19-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #1 | | |
| 7/11 | @TOR | L 6-7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 86 | 349 | 108 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 48 | 23 | 58 | .309 | .352 | .401 | .753 | .697 | .092 |
| Projected | 158 | 642 | 199 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 88 | 42 | 107 | .309 | .352 | .401 | .753 | .697 | .092 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 78 | 373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 70.0 | 51.7 | 5.5 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 109 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .368 | .385 | .753 |
| vs. RHP | 240 | 73 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 37 | 15 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .304 | .345 | .408 | .753 |
| Close/Late | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .216 | .243 | .459 |
| Scoring Position | 73 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .274 | .299 | .329 | .627 |
| Pinch Hitting | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | .600 | .600 | 1.200 |
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| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Home | 32 | 126 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 25 | .325 | .356 | .405 | .761 |
| Road | 54 | 223 | 67 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 34 | 17 | 33 | .300 | .349 | .399 | .748 |
| Last Week | 6 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .381 | .409 | .476 | .885 |
| March/April | 24 | 104 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | .221 | .255 | .298 | .553 |
| May | 28 | 104 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 20 | .394 | .442 | .519 | .962 |
| June | 25 | 107 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 14 | .299 | .342 | .374 | .716 |
| July | 9 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | .353 | .389 | .441 | .830 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2012 | 116 | 435 | 123 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 52 | 51 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 11 | 5 | .283 | .333 | .402 | .736 | CHC |
| 2013 | 143 | 504 | 147 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 67 | 83 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 28 | 10 | .292 | .351 | .438 | .789 | CHC |
| 2014 | 157 | 677 | 200 | 46 | 31 | 3 | 78 | 86 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 148 | 28 | 20 | .295 | .361 | .468 | .829 | CHC,NL FLO |
| 2015 | 162 | 694 | 170 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 77 | 92 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 136 | 33 | 15 | .245 | .306 | .347 | .653 | FLO |
| 2016 | 161 | 698 | 211 | 65 | 14 | 5 | 79 | 115 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 27 | 9 | .302 | .349 | .457 | .806 | MIN |
| 2017 | 154 | 638 | 198 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 86 | 119 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 40 | 8 | .310 | .357 | .450 | .807 | MIN,AL |
| 2018 | 86 | 349 | 108 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 48 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 14 | 6 | .309 | .352 | .401 | .753 | MIN |
| Total | 979 | 3995 | 1157 | 272 | 98 | 25 | 468 | 594 | 332 | 4 | 14 | 710 | 181 | 73 | .290 | .344 | .426 | .769 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2010, A | 134 | 540 | 142 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 70 | 74 | 70 | 75 | 28 | 7 | .263 | .345 | .422 | .767 |
| 2011, AAA | 130 | 493 | 141 | 27 | 5 | 16 | 66 | 64 | 54 | 84 | 25 | 8 | .286 | .355 | .458 | .813 |
| 2012, AAA | 40 | 154 | 47 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | .305 | .389 | .526 | .915 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2013 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .316 | .409 | .474 | .883 |
| 2014 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .300 | .391 | .350 | .741 |
| 2015 | 12 | 53 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .151 | .196 | .208 | .404 |
| 2017 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .250 | .263 | .513 |
| Total | 26 | 111 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 2 | .216 | .281 | .288 | .569 |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| First Base | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.0 | 12.00 | | | | |
| Second Base | 79 | 78 | 136 | 258 | 63 | 404 | 10 | .975 | 690.2 | 5.26 | | | | |
| Leftfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2.1 | 0.00 | | | | |
| Centerfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
| Rightfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 2.0 | 9.00 | | | | |
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Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 3/4/2010 to a minor league deal...
Traded from Philadelphia to Chicago (C) on 5/13/2010 (Going to CHC: 2B Whit Merrifield. Going to PHI: P James McDonald, P Jon Leicester, 1B Wes Bankston, 2B Neil Walker)...
Injured on 8/20/2011 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week...
Had first career hit on 5/22/2012, off Jamey Wright (SD)...
Hit first career homerun on 9/14/2012, off Derek Holland (NYM)...
Injured on 4/27/2013 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks...
Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 9/21/2013...
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game...
Traded from Chicago (C) to Florida on 7/24/2014 (Going to CHC: CF Desmond Jennings. Going to FLO: 2B Whit Merrifield, 1B Joey Votto)...
1/31/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,421,429 through salary arbitration...
1/31/2017: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,642,857 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game...
1/31/2018: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration...
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| Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG
2017 - .310 - 6th
| Hits
2014 - 200 - 1st
2016 - 211 - 1st
2017 - 198 - 5th
| Doubles
2014 - 46 - 9th
2016 - 65 - 1st
| Triples
2014 - 31 - 1st
2015 - 15 - 4th
2016 - 14 - 1st
2017 - 14 - 1st
| Runs
2016 - 115 - 7th
2017 - 119 - 2nd
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SB
2013 - 28 - 4th
2014 - 28 - 5th
2015 - 33 - 3rd
2016 - 27 - 9th
2017 - 40 - 2nd
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