Batting average .279 Name Sam Mertes Stolen bases 396 | Runs batted in 721 Home runs 40 Role Baseball player | |
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Died March 12, 1945, Villa Grande, California, United States | ||
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.
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