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Lennie Merullo

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 166lb (180cm, 75kg)

Born: May 5, 1917 in Boston, MA us

Died: May 30, 2015 in Reading, MA

Buried: Forest Glen Cemetery, Reading, MA

High School: St. John's Preparatory School (Danvers, MA)

Schools: Villanova University (Villanova, PA), Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)

Debut: September 12, 1941 (Age 24-130d, 9,113th in major league history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 22, 1947 (Age 30-109d)
vs. BSN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Leonard Richard Merullo

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Relatives: Grandfather of Matt Merullo

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

2071

497

.240

191

RBI

152

OBP

.291

SLG

.301

OPS

.592

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	CHC		PIT	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 22	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
3	3	Apr 24	CHC		PIT	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 27	CHC	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 28	CHC	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
7	7	Apr 29	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	49	11.2	0	3	1	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	9	May 2 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	10	May 2 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	May 4	CHC		STL	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
12	12	May 5	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	56	14.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	13	May 6	CHC		STL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
14	14	May 7	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	5	1	9	1
15	15	May 8	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	35	8.2	2	4	1	7	1
16	20 (4)	May 15	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-13	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	21	May 16 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
18	22	May 16 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
19	23	May 17	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	24	May 18	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
21	25	May 20 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	1
22	26	May 20 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
23	27	May 23 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
24	28	May 23 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	32	10.0	2	2	1	5	2
25	29	May 26	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	30	May 27	CHC		NYG	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	31	May 28	CHC		NYG	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
28	32	May 29	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	13.0	3	2	0	5	1
29	33	May 30	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	34	May 31 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	35	May 31 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	36	Jun 1	CHC		PHI	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
33	37	Jun 2	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
34	38	Jun 3	CHC		BRO	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
35	39	Jun 4	CHC		BRO	L,5-18	CG	54	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	40	Jun 5	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
37	41	Jun 6 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	CG	46	11.0	3	7	1	11	0
38	42	Jun 6 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	43	Jun 11	CHC		CIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	6	2	10	0
40	44	Jun 12	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	CG	47	11.0	6	4	2	12	1
41	45	Jun 13 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,6-10	CG	48	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
42	46	Jun 13 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
43	47	Jun 15	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
44	51 (3)	Jun 19	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	GF	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	52	Jun 20 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,9-10	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
46	53	Jun 20 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	54	Jun 22	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	55	Jun 23 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	56	Jun 23 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
50	57	Jun 24	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
51	58	Jun 25	CHC		STL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
52	59	Jun 26	CHC		STL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
53	60	Jun 27 (1)	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
54	61	Jun 27 (2)	CHC		STL	L,3-4	GS	0		5	3	0	8	0
55	62	Jun 30 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
56	63	Jun 30 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	64	Jul 1	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
58	65	Jul 2	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
59	66	Jul 3	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
60	67	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
61	68	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
62	69	Jul 5 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	GS	35	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	70	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
64	71	Jul 6	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
65	72	Jul 9	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	46	12.0	0	5	0	5	0
66	73	Jul 10 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,10-4	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
67	74	Jul 10 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	3	4	2	9	1
68	75	Jul 11 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	4	3	0	7	1
69	76	Jul 11 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
70	77	Jul 15	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
71	78	Jul 17	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
72	79	Jul 18 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
73	80	Jul 18 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
74	81	Jul 21	CHC		BSN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
75	82	Jul 22 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
76	83	Jul 22 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	4	4	2	10	1
77	84	Jul 23	CHC		BSN	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
78	85	Jul 24	CHC		NYG	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	86	Jul 25 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
80	87	Jul 25 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
81	88	Jul 26	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	89	Jul 28 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,8-7	GS	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
83	90	Jul 28 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
84	91	Jul 30	CHC		BRO	W,12-3	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
85	92	Jul 31	CHC		PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	93	Aug 1 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
87	94	Aug 1 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
88	95	Aug 5	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	GS	32	7.0	2	2	2	6	1
89	96	Aug 6	CHC		CIN	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
90	97	Aug 7	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
91	98	Aug 8 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
92	99	Aug 8 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
93	100	Aug 11 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
94	101	Aug 11 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
95	102	Aug 12	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	49	11.2	4	3	0	7	0
96	103	Aug 13	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-5	GS	38	9.0	2	2	2	6	1
97	105 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS	21	5.0	0	2	0	2	1
98	106	Aug 15 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
99	107	Aug 16	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
100	108	Aug 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
101	113 (4)	Aug 21	CHC	@	BRO	W,13-1	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	114	Aug 22 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	1	3	2
103	115	Aug 22 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
104	116	Aug 24 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	1	5	0	6	1
105	117	Aug 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
106	118	Aug 26	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	119	Aug 27	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	120	Aug 28	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
109	121	Aug 29 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
110	122	Aug 29 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
111	123	Aug 31	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	124	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,12-9	CG	47	10.0	2	5	0	7	1
113	125	Sep 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
114	126	Sep 3	CHC		PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
115	127	Sep 4	CHC		PIT	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	2
116	128	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	57	12.0	0	1	0	1	1
117	129	Sep 6 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	4	6	2	12	3
118	130	Sep 6 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,1-3	CG	38	10.0	3	5	1	9	1
119	131	Sep 10	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
120	132	Sep 11	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
121	133	Sep 16	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
122	134	Sep 17	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	40	9.1	0	1	0	1	0
123	135	Sep 18 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	37	8.2	1	3	1	5	1
124	136	Sep 18 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
125	143 (6)	Sep 25	CHC		BRO	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	146 (2)	Sep 27	CHC		NYG	W,10-9		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	148 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	GS	0		0	3	0	3	0
128	154 (5)	Oct 3 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,2-5		0		1	1	0	2	0
							125gm		1088.0	218	396	39	653	68