Lennie Merullo
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 166 lb
BornMay 5, 1917 · Boston, MA, USA
MLB debutSeptember 12, 1941
Final gameAugust 22, 1947
Seasons7 (1941–1947)
Chicago Cubs 1941–1947
Percentile snapshot
1943 season — qualified batters
of 139 qualified 1943 batters (min 477 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .353 | .421 | .412 | .833 | 143.1 | 138.4 | .396 | 0.2 |
| 1942 | 143 | 577 | 515 | 53 | 132 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 35 | 45 | 14 | 0 | .256 | .310 | .324 | .634 | 86.0 | 88.2 | .305 | 1.7 |
| 1943 | 129 | 487 | 453 | 37 | 115 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 26 | 42 | 7 | 0 | .254 | .297 | .313 | .611 | 72.2 | 76.8 | .294 | 0.7 |
| 1944 | 66 | 217 | 193 | 20 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .212 | .276 | .280 | .556 | 55.5 | 57.9 | .268 | -0.2 |
| 1945 | 121 | 433 | 394 | 40 | 94 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 31 | 30 | 7 | 0 | .239 | .297 | .299 | .597 | 67.5 | 68.7 | .289 | 0.3 |
| 1946 | 65 | 138 | 126 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .151 | .219 | .214 | .433 | 15.5 | 25.0 | .215 | -0.7 |
| 1947 | 108 | 393 | 373 | 24 | 90 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 0 | .241 | .274 | .290 | .564 | 47.1 | 52.5 | .263 | -0.8 |
Career totals
G
639
PA
2,264
AB
2,071
R
191
H
497
2B
92
3B
8
HR
6
RBI
152
BB
136
SO
174
SB
38
BA
.2400
OBP
.2907
SLG
.3008
OPS
.5915
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942-05-29 | CIN @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1946-08-09 | CHC @ PIT Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 1945-08-05 | CHC @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 1942-06-28 | CHC @ ATL Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1943-07-02 | CHC @ ATL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941-04-15 | PIT @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941-04-17 | PIT @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941-04-18 | CHC @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941-04-20 | CHC @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941-04-22 | CIN @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.