Sam Mertes Baseball player

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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Sam Mertes
Birth dateAugust 06, 1872
Birth place
San Francisco
Date of deathMarch 12, 1945
Place of death
Villa Grande California

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Baseball player

Career startJune 30, 1896
Career endSeptember 15, 1906
batting sideRight
former teams
Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals
position
Outfielder
teams
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Philadelphia Phillies
San Francisco Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
throwing sideRight

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