How Sam Mertes's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players
Sam Mertes posted a career Range Factor of 2.68, below the league average of 3.19 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Range Factor season came in 1901, posting 5.5, well above the league average of 4.28 that year. The lowest point came in 1905 at 1.6, well below the league average of 4.13 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.8 in 1904 to 1.6 in 1905 and 1.69 in 1906. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from 1.6 to 5.5 — though the career average fell below league norms.
Sam Mertes Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Sam Mertes
| Sam Mertes
Range Factor |
|---|
| Career | 2.68 |
| Season Avg. | 2.68 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 2.68 |
| More Info | See More |
Sam Mertes Range Factor Per Season
Sam Mertes'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, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Mertes Range Factor by Team
Sam Mertes's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Mertes Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Mertes'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.
Sam Mertes Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sam Mertes'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.
Sam Mertes Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sam Mertes'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.
