Jack Merson vs. Harry Taylor — Career Comparison

Jack Merson
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueSecond Baseman
Harry Taylor
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkBats LeftNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationFirst Baseman

Looking at the career totals, Jack Merson and Harry Taylor are closely matched on the surface stats. Harry Taylor posted stronger numbers in OPS (.689 vs .657) and on-base percentage (.367 vs .294). Jack Merson had the advantage in slugging (.363 vs .322). By the career numbers, Harry Taylor had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Jack Merson and Harry Taylor

Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
156.25
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
438
132.79
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
480
600
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1979
600
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
452
565
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1754
531.78
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.751
0.751
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
116
145
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
502
152.2
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
84
105
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
457
138.55
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
27.5
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
9.1
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
5
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
3.64
Jack Merson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.5
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
0.91
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
40
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
13.64
Jack Merson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jack Merson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Jack Merson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
45.97
57.47
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
253.05
76.72
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
164
205
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
565
171.3
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
140
175
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
727
220.41
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Jack Merson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.657
0.657
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
0.69
Jack Merson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.543
0.543
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.717
0.717
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
47
58.75
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
311
94.29
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
65
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
176
53.36
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
93
116.25
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
484
146.74
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
49.26
61.58
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
285.87
86.67
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.25
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.64
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
23
28.75
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
64.58
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Merson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
56.25
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
19.4
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
10.67
10.67
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.92
30.92
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
0.51
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Jack Merson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
13.75
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.25
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
32.74
Jack Merson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.25
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.5
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
32.74
Jack Merson
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Jack Merson and Harry Taylor

Jack Merson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jack Merson
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
1.02
Jack Merson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Merson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11769
27
Jack Merson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3923
9
Jack Merson
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3621
8.31
Jack Merson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
0.64
Jack Merson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.25
Jack Merson
Career
Per 9 Innings
583
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4007
9.19
Jack Merson
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3898
8.94
Jack Merson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.6
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Jack Merson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.664
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.779
8.779
Jack Merson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Merson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.46
Jack Merson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Merson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Merson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jack Merson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0