How Bill Merritt's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players
Bill Merritt posted a career Range Factor of 4.72, well above the league average of 3.19 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Range Factor season came in 1897, posting 5.28, well above the league average of 4.11 that year. The lowest point came in 1894 at 3.92, near the league average of 4.14 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.08 in 1896 to 5.28 in 1897 and 4.0 in 1899. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 8 seasons.
Bill Merritt Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Bill Merritt
| Bill Merritt
Range Factor |
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| Career | 4.717 |
| Season Avg. | 4.717 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.717 |
| More Info | See More |
Bill Merritt Range Factor Per Season
Bill Merritt's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bill Merritt Range Factor by Team
Bill Merritt's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill Merritt Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Merritt's career Range Factor shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Bill Merritt Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill Merritt's seasonal Range Factor alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Bill Merritt Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill Merritt's MLB career with Range Factor alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
