LF Merito Acosta #98
Age: 25 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Good    
11/22/1920
LF MERITO ACOSTA #98 - AGE: 25 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
85 281 75 13 3 0 19 22 17 .267 .331 .335 10 -0.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 46 39 48 55
Gap 47 40 49 59
Power 3 2 3 6
Eye 34 29 36 36
Avoid K's 74 68 76 78
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 3 44
Errors: - 13 38
Arm: 1 5 71
Turn DP: - 9 -
Ability: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 51
1st Base: - Center Field: 1
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 71
Stealing Ability: 78
Baserunning Inst.: 60
Sacrifice Bunt: 78
Bunt for Hit: 82
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/02/1920 @ IND Win, 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/31/1920 KCM Loss, 4-15 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/30/1920 KCM Loss, 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
07/29/1920 CAG Win, 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/28/1920 CAG Win, 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/27/1920 CAG Win, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/25/1920 @ DAY Loss, 2-8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/24/1920 @ DAY Loss, 5-6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/23/1920 @ DAY Loss, 3-4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/22/1920 HCSW Win, 3-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:05/19/1895
Born in:Bauta, ART
Nationality:Cuban
Height:5' 6"
Weight:145 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$286
Signed Through:1921 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 100 Days
Service This Yr:100 Days
40-Man Service:6 Years, 26 Days
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:1 option year left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
NEGRO LEAGUE 1920 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 85 281 75 13 3 0 19 25 22 17 .267 .331 .335 .666 .307 .068 101
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 67 312 6 5 0 4 1 2 94 16 10 21 32.3 26.7 3.08 -0.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   30 7 2 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 1 .233 .343 .300 .643
Versus Right   251 68 11 3 0 19 23 18 15 2 1 5 .271 .330 .339 .668
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   7 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .429 .804
May   107 35 6 0 0 6 13 9 8 1 1 4 .327 .397 .383 .780
June   101 25 6 1 0 11 8 8 8 1 0 1 .248 .306 .327 .633
July   66 13 0 2 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 .197 .254 .258 .511
August   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career   281 75 13 3 0 19 25 22 17 2 1 6 .267 .331 .335 .666
Home   136 35 6 2 0 12 13 9 7 1 1 1 .257 .306 .331 .637
Road   145 40 7 1 0 7 12 13 10 1 0 5 .276 .354 .338 .692
Grass   281 75 13 3 0 19 25 22 17 2 1 6 .267 .331 .335 .666
Day   107 31 2 1 0 5 7 9 8 0 0 4 .290 .367 .327 .694
Night   174 44 11 2 0 14 18 13 9 2 1 2 .253 .309 .339 .648
As Starter   267 71 13 3 0 19 25 20 17 2 1 6 .266 .329 .337 .666
As Reliever / Substitution   14 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
Pinch Hitting   12 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .308 .250 .558
Close/Late   75 20 2 0 0 5 7 8 4 1 1 2 .267 .349 .293 .642
Inning 1-3   110 29 6 2 0 9 11 10 6 0 0 3 .264 .341 .355 .696
Inning 4-6   80 20 4 1 0 5 5 2 6 1 0 1 .250 .274 .325 .599
Inning 7-9   84 24 3 0 0 5 9 9 4 1 1 2 .286 .365 .321 .686
Extra Innings   7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
0 Outs   107 25 5 1 0 0 11 11 4 0 1 2 .234 .317 .299 .616
1 Outs   76 20 4 2 0 5 7 5 3 2 0 3 .263 .326 .368 .694
2 Outs   98 30 4 0 0 14 7 6 10 0 0 1 .306 .352 .347 .699
Scoring Position   65 17 2 0 0 17 4 7 5 2 0 1 .262 .333 .292 .626
Bases Empty   167 46 8 3 0 0 17 12 8 0 0 5 .275 .342 .359 .702
Runner on 1st   49 12 3 0 0 2 4 3 4 0 1 0 .245 .288 .306 .595
Runner on 2nd   31 8 0 0 0 4 2 4 2 0 0 1 .258 .361 .258 .619
Runner on 3rd   7 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .300 .000 .300
Runner on 1st & 2nd   12 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 .417 .417 .417 .833
Runner on 1st & 3rd   4 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   7 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 .286 .222 .429 .651
Bases Loaded   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   101 27 4 1 0 9 8 6 17 0 0 3 .267 .327 .327 .654
First Pitch   53 8 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 .151 .164 .151 .315
Count 0-1   33 11 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .353 .455 .807
Count 0-2   18 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 1-0   31 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 .226 .258 .484
Count 1-1   29 9 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 .310 .310 .448 .759
Count 1-2   34 10 3 1 0 3 1 0 5 0 0 3 .294 .351 .441 .793
Count 2-0   12 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .154 .250 .404
Count 2-1   12 6 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .667 1.167
Count 2-2   27 7 1 0 0 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 .259 .259 .296 .556
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   10 5 1 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1 .500 .706 .600 1.306
Full Count   22 4 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 0 .182 .357 .182 .539
Behind in Count   85 27 3 3 0 5 6 0 10 0 0 4 .318 .348 .424 .772
Ahead in Count   65 20 5 0 0 7 7 16 0 1 0 1 .308 .446 .385 .830
Batting Leadoff   220 55 12 2 0 14 22 16 15 1 1 6 .250 .317 .323 .640
Batting 2nd   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Batting 3rd   23 9 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 .391 .423 .435 .858
Batting 4th   6 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .667 1.167
Batting 5th   19 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .316 .381 .316 .697
Batting 6th   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Batting 7th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Low Leverage   91 27 3 2 0 1 7 2 7 0 1 2 .297 .326 .374 .700
Medium Leverage   134 32 7 1 0 6 12 14 8 1 0 3 .239 .322 .306 .628
High Leverage   56 16 3 0 0 12 6 6 2 1 0 1 .286 .359 .339 .699
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1913 Washington - MLB 18 12 20 6 0 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 2 2 0 .300 .417 .400 .817 153 153 0.2
1914 Washington - MLB 19 39 74 19 2 2 0 4 10 11 0 0 18 3 4 .257 .353 .338 .691 120 120 0.2
1915 Washington - MLB 20 72 163 34 4 1 0 18 20 28 4 0 15 8 4 .209 .338 .245 .584 84 83 -0.0
1916 Washington - MLB 21 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .300 .125 .425 35 56 -0.1
1918 Washington - MLB 23 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 -0.0
1918 Philadelphia - MLB 23 49 169 51 3 3 0 14 23 18 0 0 10 4 2 .302 .369 .355 .724 121 109 0.8
1918 Total - MLB 23 52 171 51 3 3 0 14 23 18 0 0 11 4 2 .298 .365 .351 .716 123 109 0.8
Total MLB 180 436 111 9 7 0 37 56 63 4 0 46 17 10 .255 .354 .307 .661 105 101 1.1
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1912 Total - 17 19 32 4 0 0 0 0 6 13 2 0 17 4 1 .125 .404 .125 .529 100 100 0.0
1913 Total - 18 31 99 28 5 1 0 5 17 16 5 0 20 15 3 .283 .408 .354 .762 100 100 0.0
1914 Total - 19 33 109 36 5 0 0 10 28 32 2 1 12 16 4 .330 .486 .376 .862 100 100 0.0
1915 Total - 20 26 93 26 4 1 0 6 21 19 1 1 24 10 3 .280 .404 .344 .748 100 100 0.0
1916 Total - 21 13 44 13 0 0 0 4 5 11 0 0 5 1 0 .295 .436 .295 .732 100 100 0.0
1916 Total - 21 122 470 120 15 4 3 43 52 41 4 1 55 20 5 .255 .320 .323 .643 100 100 0.0
1917 Total - 22 144 557 153 28 13 1 58 70 47 4 1 59 25 5 .275 .335 .377 .712 100 100 0.0
1918 Total - 23 36 131 33 2 0 0 12 27 18 1 1 19 21 5 .252 .344 .267 .612 100 100 0.0
1918 Total - 23 34 125 28 3 1 0 10 11 11 1 0 11 5 1 .224 .292 .264 .556 100 100 0.0
1919 Total - 24 154 563 146 16 6 0 51 62 45 4 1 52 24 5 .259 .318 .309 .627 100 100 0.0
1920 Detroit - NeL 25 85 281 75 13 3 0 19 25 22 6 2 17 10 21 .267 .331 .335 .666 95 101 0.0
Total NeL 85 281 75 13 3 0 19 25 22 6 2 17 10 21 .267 .331 .335 .666 95 101
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1912 - LF 19 11 32 4 1 38 2 .947 50.0 6.48 0.0 .000
1913 Washington - ML LF 6 4 4 0 0 5 1 .800 20.0 1.80 0.0 .000
1913 Washington - ML LF 5 5 3 0 0 4 1 .750 58.0 0.47 0.0 .000
1913 Washington - ML CF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 3.2 2.45 0.0 .000
1913 Washington - ML CF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 11.2 0.77 0.0 .000
1913 Washington - ML RF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 11.2 0.77 0.0 .000
1913 - RF 31 29 38 9 4 49 2 .959 66.0 6.41 0.0 .000
1914 Washington - ML LF 15 15 14 4 1 21 3 .857 153.2 1.05 0.0 .000
1914 Washington - ML LF 15 13 16 6 0 25 3 .880 103.0 1.92 0.0 .000
1914 - LF 33 33 53 5 1 62 4 .935 87.0 6.00 0.0 .000
1914 Washington - ML CF 5 1 2 0 0 4 2 .500 14.2 1.23 0.0 .000
1914 Washington - ML CF 4 4 4 1 0 6 1 .833 41.0 1.10 0.0 .000
1914 Washington - ML RF 5 5 5 1 0 7 1 .857 51.1 1.05 0.0 .000
1915 Washington - ML LF 22 22 31 2 1 34 1 .971 214.1 1.39 0.0 .000
1915 Washington - ML LF 24 20 29 3 1 35 3 .914 141.0 2.04 0.0 .000
1915 - LF 15 17 31 4 0 40 5 .875 120.0 2.63 0.0 .000
1915 Washington - ML CF 2 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 19.1 1.40 0.0 .000
1915 Washington - ML CF 2 1 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 24.1 2.59 0.0 .000
1915 - CF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 8.0 2.25 0.0 .000
1915 Washington - ML RF 29 29 41 2 1 45 2 .956 282.2 1.37 0.0 .000
1915 - RF 10 9 13 1 0 16 2 .875 80.0 1.57 0.0 .000
1916 Washington - ML LF 4 3 10 1 0 11 0 1.000 44.0 2.25 0.0 .000
1916 Washington - ML LF 4 4 10 1 0 11 0 1.000 48.1 2.05 0.0 .000
1916 - LF 13 13 25 2 1 29 2 .931 104.0 2.34 0.0 .000
1916 - RF 122 115 200 12 4 222 10 .955 1037.0 1.84 0.0 .000
1917 - RF 144 135 235 14 5 261 12 .954 1219.0 1.84 0.0 .000
1918 Philadelphia - ML LF 5 5 9 0 0 10 1 .900 38.2 2.09 0.0 .000
1918 Philadelphia - ML LF 5 5 9 1 0 11 1 .909 42.1 2.13 0.0 .000
1918 - LF 33 33 74 8 2 85 3 .965 109.0 6.77 0.0 .000
1918 Philadelphia - ML CF 20 20 39 4 0 46 3 .935 145.2 2.66 0.0 .000
1918 Philadelphia - ML CF 20 19 34 3 1 39 2 .949 169.0 1.97 0.0 .000
1918 - CF 3 1 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 9.0 7.00 0.0 .000
1918 Philadelphia - ML RF 21 20 36 3 1 41 2 .951 177.1 1.98 0.0 .000
1918 Philadelphia - ML RF 20 20 29 3 2 33 1 .970 195.2 1.47 0.0 .000
1918 - RF 34 32 68 4 1 75 3 .960 289.0 2.24 0.0 .000
1919 - LF 154 145 324 25 5 363 14 .961 1309.0 2.40 0.0 .000
1920 Detroit - NeL SS 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.1 1.100
1920 Detroit - NeL LF 30 26 69 3 1 73 1 .986 238.2 2.72 +2.6 1.012
1920 Detroit - NeL CF 44 41 130 8 2 141 3 .979 368.2 3.37 -6.8 .946
TOTAL SS 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.1 1.100
TOTAL LF 402 374 743 69 14 857 45 .947 2881.0 2.54 +2.6 1.012
TOTAL CF 104 91 230 16 3 257 11 .957 815.0 2.72 -6.8 .946
TOTAL RF 417 395 666 49 18 750 35 .953 3409.2 1.89 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1920 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 43 (55); Power: 2 (6); Eye: 34 (36).
04/11/1920 Drafted in the 1920 inaugural draft by the Detroit Stars (Round 20, Pick 6, 120th overall pick).
08/30/1920 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $286 with the Detroit Stars organization.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year HP Rank
1920 6 2
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