Brandon Lowe vs. Sam Mertes — Career Comparison

Brandon Lowe
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueSecond BasemanAll-Star
Sam Mertes
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueLeft Fielder

Brandon Lowe and Sam Mertes 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+ 103 for Brandon Lowe, 105 for Sam Mertes), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 118 vs 113). The overall lean goes to Sam Mertes, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Brandon Lowe and Sam Mertes

Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
745
149.3
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1190
142.83
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
2994
600
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4999
600
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2657
532.46
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4405
528.71
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.819
0.819
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.818
0.818
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
657
131.66
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1227
147.27
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
362
72.55
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
891
106.94
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
126
25.25
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
22.56
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
12
2.4
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
12.96
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
31.46
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
40
4.8
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
295
59.12
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
40.33
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
436.36
87.45
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
711.12
85.35
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1278
256.11
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1751
210.16
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
975
195.39
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1682
201.88
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.807
0.807
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.744
0.744
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.801
0.801
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.819
0.819
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
415
83.17
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
695
83.42
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
446
89.38
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721
86.54
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
704
141.08
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1376
165.15
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
427.17
85.61
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
756.1
90.75
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
7.21
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
33
3.96
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
282
56.51
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
422
50.65
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
1.4
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
817
163.73
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
378
45.37
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.66
3.66
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.22
13.22
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
1.12
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
16.68
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
3.81
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
30
6.01
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
33
6.61
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
47.53
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
38
7.62
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
47.53
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
86.84
86.84
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Brandon Lowe and Sam Mertes

Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
1.13
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1186
1.03
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
615
1.02
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
0.37
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
16359
27
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31017
27
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5453
9
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10339
9
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1079
1.78
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2532
2.2
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1334
2.2
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
647
0.56
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.07
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
0.18
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2453
4.05
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3381
2.94
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2413
3.98
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3179
2.77
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.37
98.37
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.03
94.03
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.528
3.528
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.91
89.91
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.67
35.67
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
0.61
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
0.1
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Brandon Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0