Whit Merrifield Stats

Whit Merrifield was born on Tuesday, January 24, 1989, in Florence, South Carolina. Merrifield was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 18, 2016, with the Kansas City Royals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Whit Merrifield baseball stats page.

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"I'd be lying if I said you don't think about it (Hitting Streaks). You try to stay with your approach as best you can. Hopefully you get a hit your first at-bat, so you can relax the rest of the game, and play your game. To say I'm not thinking about it would be a lie." - Whit Merrifield in The Seattle Times, (04/07/2019, Noah Trister, Merrifield’s hitting streak at 28, but under the radar, Source)

Whit Merrifield

Whit Merrifield Autograph on a 2018 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Card (#SCA-WM)

Whit Merrifield Autograph on a 2018 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Card (#SCA-WM)

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Birth Name:   Whitley David Merrifield (Twitter: @WhitMerrifield)
Nickname:   Whit, Whit Bird, Whitley
Born On:   01-24-1989  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Florence, South Carolina
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Davie County High School (Mocksville, NC)
College:   University of South Carolina
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   05-18-2016 (Age 27)
Last Game:   Still Active
Draft:   2010 : 9th Round (269th) / Signing Bonus = $100,000

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Whit Merrifield Pitching Stats

2022 33 Blue Jays 1 0 1 0 0 .000 18.00 0 0 0 1.0 6 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 Year 1 0 1 0 0 .000 18.00 0 0 0 1.0 6 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

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Whit Merrifield Hitting Stats

2016 27 Royals 81 311 44 88 22 3 2 0 29 19 1 72 1 1 0 1 .283 .323 .392
2017 28 Royals 145 587 80 169 32 6 19 0 78 29 0 88 1 7 6 13 .288 .324 .460
2018 29 Royals 158 632 88 192 43 3 12 0 60 61 2 114 2 6 6 12 .304 .367 .438
2019 30 Royals 161 681 105 206 41 10 16 1 74 45 5 126 0 4 5 8 .302 .348 .463
2020 31 Royals 60 248 38 70 12 0 9 0 30 12 0 33 0 1 4 3 .282 .325 .440
2021 32 Royals 162 664 97 184 42 3 10 1 74 40 1 103 0 12 4 12 .277 .317 .395
2022 33 Royals 95 383 51 92 23 1 6 0 42 30 0 61 0 7 0 8 .240 .290 .352
2022 33 Blue Jays 44 121 19 33 5 0 5 0 16 8 0 24 0 1 0 3 .273 .315 .438
2023 34 Blue Jays 145 547 66 149 27 0 11 0 67 36 2 101 0 6 3 15 .272 .318 .382
8 Years 1,051 4,174 588 1,183 247 26 90 2 470 280 11 722 4 45 28 75 .283 .329 .420

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Whit Merrifield Fielding Stats

2016 Royals 1B 1 1 27 9 9.0 9 9 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
2016 Royals 2B 65 55 1,508 252 3.9 248 92 156 4 39 n/a n/a n/a .984 4.44
2016 Royals 3B 5 3 90 10 2.0 9 1 8 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .900 2.70
2016 Royals LF 13 11 273 22 1.7 22 20 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.18
2016 Royals RF 4 3 81 9 2.3 9 8 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
2017 Royals 1B 1 0 6 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 13.50
2017 Royals 2B 132 131 3,428 584 4.4 573 232 341 11 93 n/a n/a n/a .981 4.51
2017 Royals 3B 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
2017 Royals LF 7 4 129 11 1.6 11 10 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.30
2017 Royals RF 10 8 210 14 1.4 13 13 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 1.67
2018 Royals 1B 5 5 133 39 7.8 39 38 1 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.92
2018 Royals 2B 108 107 2,801 468 4.3 462 175 287 6 71 n/a n/a n/a .987 4.45
2018 Royals CF 30 27 725 82 2.7 82 81 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.05
2018 Royals LF 1 1 27 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
2018 Royals RF 8 7 197 16 2.0 15 15 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .938 2.06
2019 Royals 1B 5 4 90 31 6.2 30 25 5 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .968 9.00
2019 Royals 2B 82 76 2,010 384 4.7 376 154 222 8 61 n/a n/a n/a .979 5.05
2019 Royals CF 17 16 394 47 2.8 46 45 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .979 3.15
2019 Royals LF 4 4 103 8 2.0 8 7 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.10
2019 Royals RF 61 53 1,397 107 1.8 106 103 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .991 2.05
2020 Royals 1B 1 0 12 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.75
2020 Royals 2B 15 10 276 58 3.9 56 20 36 2 11 n/a n/a n/a .966 5.48
2020 Royals CF 23 20 478 43 1.9 42 42 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.37
2020 Royals LF 6 2 63 3 0.5 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.29
2020 Royals RF 34 28 704 51 1.5 51 51 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.96
2021 Royals 2B 149 147 3,767 673 4.5 665 283 382 8 103 n/a n/a n/a .988 4.77
2021 Royals LF 2 2 51 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.06
2021 Royals RF 18 11 300 27 1.5 27 26 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.43
2022 Royals 2B 61 54 1,431 232 3.8 228 94 134 4 39 n/a n/a n/a .983 4.30
2022 Royals CF 6 6 147 18 3.0 18 18 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.31
2022 Royals RF 33 30 756 67 2.0 67 66 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.39
2022 Blue Jays 1B 2 0 24 4 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
2022 Blue Jays 2B 22 18 471 76 3.5 76 26 50 0 8 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.36
2022 Blue Jays CF 12 9 213 22 1.8 22 22 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.79
2022 Blue Jays LF 5 3 79 4 0.8 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.37
2022 Blue Jays P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2022 Blue Jays RF 7 4 105 8 1.1 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.06
2023 Blue Jays 2B 84 67 1,786 252 3.0 247 104 143 5 29 n/a n/a n/a .980 3.73
2023 Blue Jays LF 81 66 1,782 126 1.6 125 124 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .992 1.89
2023 Blue Jays RF 6 4 111 7 1.2 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.70
2B Totals 718 665 17,478 2,979 4.1 2,931 1,180 1,751 48 454 n/a n/a n/a .984 4.53
RF Totals 181 148 3,861 306 1.7 303 297 6 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.12
LF Totals 119 93 2,507 178 1.5 177 171 6 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .994 1.91
CF Totals 88 78 1,957 212 2.4 210 208 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .991 2.90
1B Totals 15 10 292 89 5.9 88 82 6 1 11 n/a n/a n/a .989 8.14
3B Totals 6 3 93 11 1.8 10 1 9 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .909 2.90
P Totals 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
8 Years 1,128 997 26,191 3,775 3.3 3,719 1,939 1,780 56 469 n/a n/a n/a .985 3.83

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Whit Merrifield Miscellaneous Stats

2016 Royals 8 3 .727 4 1 1 155.5 4.3 10.7 - - -
2017 Royals 34 8 .810 0 2 0 30.9 6.7 7.5 - - -
2018 Royals 45 10 .818 1 0 11 52.7 5.5 10.5 - - -
2019 Royals 20 10 .667 0 0 8 42.6 5.4 9.2 - - -
2020 Royals 12 3 .800 0 0 0 27.6 7.5 8.3 - - -
2021 Royals 40 4 .909 0 0 2 66.4 6.4 9.0 - - -
2022 Royals 15 3 .833 0 0 5 63.8 6.3 9.1 - - -
2022 Blue Jays 1 2 .333 3 5 0 24.2 5.0 7.6 0.00 0.00 0.00
2023 Blue Jays 26 10 .722 5 2 0 49.7 5.4 8.2 - - -
8 Years 201 53 .791 13 10 27 46.4 5.8 8.9 0.00 0.00 0.00

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Whit Merrifield Miscellaneous Items of Interest

2016 Kansas City Royals 15 $507,500.00 - -
2017 Kansas City Royals 15 $547,100.00 - -
2018 Kansas City Royals 15 $569,500.00 - -
2019 Kansas City Royals 15 $1,000,000.00 Stats -
2020 Kansas City Royals 15 $1,850,000.00 n/a -
2021 Kansas City Royals 15 $6,750,000.00 Stats -
2022 Kansas City Royals 15 $7,000,000.00 - -
2022 Toronto Blue Jays 1 "     "     - -
2023 Toronto Blue Jays 15 $6,750,000.00 Stats -

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Whitley David Merrifield is an active Major League Baseball player with the Toronto Blue Jays (2022-Today), who played previously for the Kansas City Royals (2016-2022). Whitley, his nickname, is a contact hitter with a great eye, starting his big league career hitting safely in each of his first eleven starts. He recorded a single or better in 30 of his first 35 games, third best streak of the new century, behind David Dahl (32 of 35) and Ichiro Suzuki (33 of 35).

Did you know that when Whit Merrifield completed his sophomore season (2017), he had led the American League with 34 stolen bases? Whit Bird was the third Royal, joining Amos Otis and Carlos Beltran, with 30+ steals, 30+ doubles, and 19-or-more dingers!

Did you know that when Whit Merrifield led the American League in stolen bases in 2018, he became the first Kansas City Royals' player to lead the league in consecutive seasons (2017-2018)?

Whit Merrifield also led the league in hits in 2018, a rare feat done before by Honus Wagner (1908), Benny Kauff (1914), Ty Cobb (1909, 1911, 1915, 1917), Snuffy Stirnweiss (1944), Ichiro Suzuki (2001), and Dee Gordon (2015).

Did you know that Whit Merrifield put together a wrap-around 31-game hitting streak that began in 2018, continued in 2019, and broke the record for longest hitting streak in Kansas City Royals' history, set originally by George Brett?

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