Francisco Lindor vs. Fred Merkle — Career Comparison

Francisco Lindor
MillenialP.R.Throws RightBats SwitchCaribbeanNew York MetsNational LeagueShortstopPlatinum GloveGold GloveSilver SluggerAll-Star
Fred Merkle
Lost GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueFirst Baseman

Francisco Lindor and Fred Merkle are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 109 for Francisco Lindor, 106 for Fred Merkle), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 120 vs 118). The overall lean goes to Francisco Lindor, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Francisco Lindor and Fred Merkle

Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 600 PA
1535
134.49
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1638
152.94
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6848
600
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
6426
600
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6086
533.24
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5782
539.87
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.842
0.842
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.759
0.759
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1664
145.79
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1580
147.53
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 600 PA
1020
89.37
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1147
107.1
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
339
29.7
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
290
27.08
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 600 PA
26
2.28
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
7.66
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
24.45
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
61
5.7
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
644
56.43
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
433
40.43
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1021.28
89.48
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
806.29
75.28
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2892
253.39
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
2217
207
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2332
204.32
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
2078
194.02
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.383
0.383
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.817
0.817
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.714
0.714
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.824
0.824
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.708
0.708
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1011
88.58
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
720
67.23
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
856
75
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
733
68.44
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1588
139.14
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
1392
129.97
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1022.85
89.62
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
866.52
80.91
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
7.01
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
44
4.11
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
51.52
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
454
42.39
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
3.15
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 600 PA
1120
98.13
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
645
60.22
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 600 PA
6.11
6.11
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.96
9.96
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
0.53
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 600 PA
31
2.72
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
13.63
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
5.52
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 600 PA
109
9.55
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 600 PA
216
18.93
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
272
25.4
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
4.47
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 600 PA
20
1.87
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 600 PA
267
23.39
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
292
27.26
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 600 PA
80.9
80.9
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93.15
93.15

Fielding Stats for Francisco Lindor and Fred Merkle

Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1513
1.03
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1597
7.08
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1506
1.03
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
0.98
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39470
27
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6093
27
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13156.2
9
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2031
9
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1933
1.32
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15513
68.74
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3699
2.53
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
860
3.81
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.08
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
1.13
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5744
3.93
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16627
73.68
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5632
3.85
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16373
72.55
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.05
98.05
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.47
98.47
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.722
3.722
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.252
10.252
Francisco Lindor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.54
99.54
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.9
13.9
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 9 Innings
819
0.56
Fred Merkle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
842
3.73
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Francisco Lindor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Merkle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0