Whit Merrifield

School

South Carolina

Born

1989-01-24

Hometown

Advance, NC

Bats / Throws

R/R

Height / Weight

6-1 · 195

Drafted

2010 · Rd 9 (#269 overall) · Kansas City Royals

Cape League Batting (expand stats for Game Logs)

2008 — Yarmouth-Dennis · South Carolina

2009 — Chatham · South Carolina

Date	Team	Opp	Result	Pos	PA	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SH	SF	HBP	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	GIDP	PO	A	E	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA	wRC+
▸ 2008
6/14	Yarmouth-Dennis	Orleans	L 2-5	CF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	—	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	—	—
6/16	Yarmouth-Dennis	Brewster	T 2-2	CF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	—	—
6/17	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Harwich	L 5-6	CF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	—	—
6/18	Yarmouth-Dennis	Cotuit	W 9-8	CF	4	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.222	0.300	0.333	0.633	—	—
6/20	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Wareham	W 10-3	CF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.182	0.250	0.273	0.523	—	—
6/21	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Falmouth	L 7-11	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.182	0.250	0.273	0.523	—	—
6/22	Yarmouth-Dennis	Harwich	W 6-4	CF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.133	0.188	0.200	0.388	—	—
6/23	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Chatham	W 7-1	CF	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.158	0.200	0.211	0.411	—	—
6/26	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Cotuit	L 3-10	CF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	—	0.136	0.174	0.182	0.356	—	—
6/28	Yarmouth-Dennis	Falmouth	W 5-4	CF	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	—	0.167	0.259	0.208	0.467	—	—
6/29	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Orleans	W 5-0	CF	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	—	0.148	0.258	0.185	0.443	—	—
7/2	Yarmouth-Dennis	Chatham	L 2-5	CF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	—	0.172	0.273	0.207	0.480	—	—
7/3	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Bourne	W 10-6	LF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.167	0.265	0.200	0.465	—	—
7/5	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Brewster	L 2-4	LF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.156	0.250	0.188	0.438	—	—
7/6	Yarmouth-Dennis	Wareham	L 3-4	LF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	—	0.182	0.270	0.212	0.482	—	—
7/8	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Orleans	L 2-8	LF	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.200	0.300	0.229	0.529	—	—
7/9	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Chatham	W 8-3	3B-LF	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	—	0.205	0.295	0.231	0.526	—	—
7/11	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Hyannis	L 1-5	LF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.195	0.283	0.220	0.503	—	—
7/12	Yarmouth-Dennis	Falmouth	L 4-18	LF-3B	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	—	0.200	0.280	0.222	0.502	—	—
7/13	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Wareham	W 7-2	3B	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	—	0.204	0.273	0.224	0.497	—	—
7/15	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Cotuit	W 7-1	3B	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.216	0.276	0.235	0.511	—	—
7/16	Yarmouth-Dennis	Chatham	W 6-4	3B	4	4	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	0	—	0.236	0.290	0.273	0.563	—	—
7/17	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Brewster	L 0-2	3B	3	3	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.241	0.292	0.293	0.585	—	—
7/18	Yarmouth-Dennis	Orleans	L 0-5	3B	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	—	0.246	0.294	0.295	0.589	—	—
7/19	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Harwich	L 4-17	3B	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.242	0.288	0.288	0.576	—	—
7/20	Yarmouth-Dennis	Brewster	W 10-6	3B	4	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	—	0.257	0.299	0.314	0.613	—	—
7/21	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Orleans	W 5-4	3B	5	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	—	0.267	0.305	0.320	0.625	—	—
7/22	Yarmouth-Dennis	Chatham	W 3-0	3B	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	1	—	0.266	0.302	0.316	0.618	—	—
7/25	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Brewster	L 1-11	3B	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.259	0.295	0.309	0.604	—	—
7/28	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Falmouth	L 2-6	3B	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	—	0.262	0.304	0.310	0.614	—	—
7/29	Yarmouth-Dennis	Wareham	W 8-4	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	—	0.259	0.301	0.306	0.607	—	—
7/31	Yarmouth-Dennis	Brewster	W 5-4	3B	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.253	0.309	0.299	0.608	—	—
8/2	Yarmouth-Dennis	Hyannis	L 1-2	3B	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.244	0.307	0.289	0.596	—	—
8/3	Yarmouth-Dennis	@Chatham	W 2-0	3B	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	—	0.232	0.292	0.274	0.566	—	—
8/5	Yarmouth-Dennis	Harwich	L 2-3	3B	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	—	0.224	0.284	0.265	0.549	—	—
8/7	Yarmouth-Dennis	Cotuit	L 3-6	PH-3B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.222	0.282	0.263	0.545	—	—
Season Total					90	78	10	16	18	2	0	0	6	1	2	1	8	0	12	9	3	1	34	33	5	—	0.205	0.281	0.231	0.512	—	—
▸ 2009
6/13	Chatham	Hyannis	W 4-1	CF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	—	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	—	—
6/14	Chatham	@Brewster	W 3-0	CF	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	—	0.000	0.222	0.000	0.222	—	—
6/15	Chatham	@Yarmouth-Dennis	W 3-2	CF	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	—	0.182	0.357	0.182	0.539	—	—
6/16	Chatham	Cotuit	L 3-5	CF	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.143	0.368	0.143	0.511	—	—
6/17	Chatham	Wareham	W 5-4	CF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.125	0.364	0.125	0.489	—	—
6/18	Chatham	@Bourne	W 2-0	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.125	0.364	0.125	0.489	—	—
6/20	Chatham	Harwich	W 4-3	CF	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	—	0.095	0.296	0.095	0.391	—	—
6/21	Chatham	@Orleans	W 10-7	RF	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	—	0.167	0.333	0.167	0.500	—	—
6/24	Chatham	Yarmouth-Dennis	W 8-3	CF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.160	0.344	0.160	0.504	—	—
6/25	Chatham	@Wareham	W 6-4	PR-2B	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.160	0.344	0.160	0.504	—	—
6/26	Chatham	Bourne	L 0-4	RF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.143	0.314	0.143	0.457	—	—
6/27	Chatham	@Cotuit	L 1-3	CF	5	5	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.212	0.350	0.212	0.562	—	—
6/28	Chatham	Orleans	L 1-2	RF-CF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.189	0.318	0.189	0.507	—	—
6/29	Chatham	@Brewster	L 8-9	CF	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	—	0.200	0.333	0.200	0.533	—	—
6/30	Chatham	Falmouth	W 2-0	RF	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	—	0.209	0.333	0.209	0.542	—	—
7/3	Chatham	@Harwich	L 0-6	RF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.191	0.309	0.191	0.500	—	—
7/4	Chatham	Orleans	L 0-1	RF	4	4	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	—	0.216	0.322	0.235	0.557	—	—
7/5	Chatham	@Orleans	W 1-0	RF	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	—	0.218	0.317	0.236	0.553	—	—
7/8	Chatham	@Wareham	L 1-5	CF	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.220	0.313	0.237	0.550	—	—
7/9	Chatham	@Brewster	W 5-3	RF	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	—	0.206	0.306	0.222	0.528	—	—
7/10	Chatham	Brewster	W 6-4	RF	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.209	0.312	0.224	0.536	—	—
7/12	Chatham	Cotuit	L 2-8	CF	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	—	0.197	0.296	0.211	0.507	—	—
7/13	Chatham	Hyannis	L 3-4	CF	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	—	0.200	0.302	0.213	0.515	—	—
7/14	Chatham	@Hyannis	W 4-2	RF	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.215	0.319	0.228	0.547	—	—
7/15	Chatham	Falmouth	W 6-4	RF	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.229	0.326	0.241	0.567	—	—
7/17	Chatham	@Bourne	L 1-10	CF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.224	0.327	0.235	0.562	—	—
7/18	Chatham	@Yarmouth-Dennis	L 4-9	RF	5	5	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.233	0.330	0.244	0.574	—	—
7/19	Chatham	Wareham	W 1-0	RF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.223	0.318	0.234	0.552	—	—
7/22	Chatham	@Falmouth	L 6-7	CF	4	3	0	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.237	0.333	0.258	0.591	—	—
7/22	Chatham	@Falmouth	L 2-5	CF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.230	0.325	0.250	0.575	—	—
7/24	Chatham	@Yarmouth-Dennis	L 3-6	CF	5	5	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	—	0.238	0.328	0.267	0.595	—	—
7/25	Chatham	Bourne	L 2-8	CF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.229	0.317	0.257	0.574	—	—
7/26	Chatham	Yarmouth-Dennis	L 4-6	RF	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.219	0.305	0.246	0.551	—	—
7/28	Chatham	@Cotuit	L 1-2	RF	4	4	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.220	0.303	0.254	0.557	—	—
7/29	Chatham	Brewster	W 10-1	RF	5	3	2	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.231	0.314	0.273	0.587	—	—
7/31	Chatham	@Hyannis	W 8-7	RF	6	5	2	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.238	0.322	0.286	0.608	—	—
8/1	Chatham	Brewster	W 3-0	RF	4	3	1	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	—	0.240	0.327	0.302	0.629	—	—
8/2	Chatham	@Harwich	L 0-1	RF	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	—	0.241	0.325	0.301	0.626	—	—
8/3	Chatham	@Harwich	W 5-4	CF-RF	5	3	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.250	0.335	0.316	0.651	—	—
8/5	Chatham	Orleans	L 2-3	RF	5	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.257	0.344	0.321	0.665	—	—
Season Total					161	140	22	36	48	7	1	1	11	1	1	2	17	0	30	16	4	3	70	1	0	—	0.257	0.344	0.343	0.687	—	—

CCBL Playoffs

Playoff Batting Game Log

2009 Playoffs — Chatham

Date	Team	Opp	Result	Pos	PA	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SH	SF	HBP	BB	IBB	SO	SB	CS	GIDP	PO	A	E	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
▸ 2009 Playoffs
8/7	Chatham	@Orleans	L 3-4	RF	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Season Total					5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Professional Batting

Year	Level	Team	Org	G	PA	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	HBP	SF	SAC	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	BABIP
2012	AA	NW Arkansas	Kansas City Royals	24	106	96	12	25	32	2	1	1	8	8	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0.260	0.314	0.333	0.647	0.253
2013	AA	NW Arkansas	Kansas City Royals	94	353	322	31	87	126	20	5	3	43	22	0	17	7	2	0	0	0	0.270	0.319	0.391	0.710	0.263
2014	AA	NW Arkansas	Kansas City Royals	44	190	162	22	45	75	13	1	5	20	22	0	5	4	1	0	0	0	0.278	0.366	0.463	0.829	0.255
2014	AAA	Omaha	Kansas City Royals	76	345	321	57	109	152	28	3	3	29	17	0	11	7	2	0	0	0	0.340	0.373	0.474	0.847	0.333
2015	AAA	Omaha	Kansas City Royals	135	594	544	83	144	198	29	5	5	38	39	0	32	9	4	0	0	0	0.265	0.317	0.364	0.681	0.258
2016	AAA	Omaha	Kansas City Royals	69	304	274	46	73	116	19	0	8	29	22	0	20	2	2	0	0	0	0.266	0.321	0.423	0.744	0.244
2016	MLB	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals	81	332	311	44	88	122	22	3	2	29	19	72	8	3	0	1	1	1	0.283	0.323	0.392	0.715	0.361
2017	AAA	Omaha	Kansas City Royals	9	37	34	6	14	27	4	0	3	9	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.412	0.432	0.794	1.226	0.355
2017	MLB	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals	145	630	587	80	169	270	32	6	19	78	29	88	34	8	6	7	1	13	0.288	0.324	0.460	0.784	0.308
2018	MLB	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals	158	707	632	88	192	277	43	3	12	60	61	114	45	10	6	6	2	12	0.304	0.367	0.438	0.805	0.352
2019	MLB	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals	162	735	681	105	206	315	41	10	16	74	45	126	20	10	5	4	0	8	0.302	0.348	0.463	0.811	0.350
2020	MLB	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals	60	265	248	38	70	109	12	0	9	30	12	33	12	3	4	1	0	3	0.282	0.325	0.440	0.765	0.295
2021	MLB	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals	162	720	664	97	184	262	42	3	10	74	40	103	40	4	4	12	0	12	0.277	0.317	0.395	0.712	0.309
2022	MLB	2 Teams	2 Teams	139	550	504	70	126	189	28	1	11	58	38	85	16	5	0	8	0	11	0.250	0.298	0.375	0.673	0.276
2023	MLB	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays	145	592	547	66	149	209	27	0	11	67	36	101	26	10	3	6	0	15	0.272	0.318	0.382	0.700	0.313
2024	MLB	2 Teams	2 Teams	95	335	293	44	65	92	9	3	4	15	35	52	17	3	3	0	4	7	0.222	0.311	0.314	0.625	0.257
2016–2024	MLB	Career (9 yrs)		1147	4866	4467	632	1249	1845	256	29	94	485	315	774	218	56	31	45	8	82	0.280	0.328	0.413	0.741	—
2014–2017	AAA	Career (4 yrs)		289	1280	1173	192	340	493	80	8	19	105	79	0	64	19	9	0	0	0	0.290	0.339	0.420	0.759	—
2012–2014	AA	Career (3 yrs)		162	649	580	65	157	233	35	7	9	71	52	0	25	13	3	0	0	0	0.271	0.334	0.402	0.736	—

Professional Pitching

Year	Level	Team	Org	G	IP	H	R	ER	HR	SV	ERA	WHIP	K/9
2013	AA	NW Arkansas	Kansas City Royals	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	—	—
2022	MLB	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays	1	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	18.00	2.00	—
2022	MLB	Career (1 yr)		1	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	18.00	2.00	0.00
2013	AA	Career (1 yr)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0.00