Sam Mertes vs. Michael Taylor — Career Comparison

Sam Mertes
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueLeft Fielder
Michael Taylor
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueCenter FielderGold Glove

When their careers are measured against the same standard, Sam Mertes comes out clearly ahead of Michael Taylor across most offensive categories. Sam Mertes led in home run production (HR/PA+ 175 vs 109), walk rate (BB%+ 126 vs 82), and contact rate (K%+ 98 vs 75). Sam Mertes was the more complete offensive player.

Hitting Stats for Sam Mertes and Michael Taylor

Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
1190
142.83
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1216
191.95
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4999
600
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3801
600
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4405
528.71
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3480
549.33
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.818
0.818
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1227
147.27
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
807
127.39
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
891
106.94
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
527
83.19
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
22.56
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
156
24.63
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
12.96
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
15
2.37
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
40
4.8
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
17.21
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
40.33
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
280
44.2
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
711.12
85.35
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
408.91
64.55
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1751
210.16
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1320
208.37
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1682
201.88
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1087
171.59
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.379
0.379
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.744
0.744
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.819
0.819
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.626
0.626
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
695
83.42
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
427
67.4
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
721
86.54
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
388
61.25
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1376
165.15
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
706
111.44
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
756.1
90.75
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
392.69
61.99
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
3.96
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
17
2.68
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
422
50.65
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
263
41.52
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
2.37
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
378
45.37
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1164
183.74
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.22
13.22
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3.27
3.27
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
1.12
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
16.68
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
21
3.31
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
3.16
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
54
8.52
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
47.53
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
128
20.21
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
5.52
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
47.53
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
163
25.73
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
78.53
78.53

Fielding Stats for Sam Mertes and Michael Taylor

Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1186
1.03
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1135
1.2
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
0.37
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
936
0.99
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31017
27
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
25486
27
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10339
9
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8495.1
9
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2532
2.2
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2436
2.58
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
0.56
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.06
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
0.18
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.03
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3381
2.94
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2514
2.66
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3179
2.77
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2488
2.64
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.03
94.03
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.97
98.97
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.67
35.67
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.47
82.47
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.1
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.01
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Pitching Stats for Sam Mertes and Michael Taylor

Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.61
21.61
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
11.57
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
22.5
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.57
11.57
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.5
22.5
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
9
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
36.64
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
58.5
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
36.64
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
49.5
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Mertes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Michael Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Sam Mertes
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64
Michael Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.5
58.5