How Sam Mertes's Home Runs Compares to Similar Players

Sam Mertes totaled 40 career Home Runs, near the league average of 38.9 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Home Runs season came in 1899, posting 9, well above the league average of 1.5 that year. The lowest point came in 1896 at 0, well below the league average of 2.1 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Home Runs total went from 4 in 1904 to 5 in 1905 and 1 in 1906, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Home Runs profile — ranging from 0 to 9 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Sam Mertes Lifetime Home Runs and Similar Stats

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Home Runs
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Sam Mertes Home Runs Per Season

Sam Mertes's Home Runs for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Mertes Home Runs per season line chart

Sam Mertes Home Runs by Team

Sam Mertes's career Home Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Mertes career Home Runs by team bar chart

Sam Mertes Cumulative Home Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Sam Mertes's career Home Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Sam Mertes Home Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Sam Mertes Home Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sam Mertes's seasonal Home Runs 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.
Sam Mertes Home Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sam Mertes Home Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sam Mertes's MLB career with Home Runs 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.
Sam Mertes Home Runs season-by-season breakdown table