Merito Acosta

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Full Name: Baldomero Pedro (Fernandez) Acosta	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 7"/140	First Game: June 15, 1913
Birthdate: May 19, 1896	Final Game: September 2, 1918
Birthplace: Bauta, Cuba	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: November 17, 1963
Deathplace: Miami, Florida
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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Merito Acosta (Baldomero Pedro (Fernandez) Acosta) was born on May 19, 1896 in Bauta, Cuba. He made his Major League debut on June 15, 1913 for the Washington Senators. In 1915, his rookie year, he hit .209 with 0 home runs and 18 RBI. Acosta played for the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 5 year career.

Most people believe that Merito Acosta's best season was 1918, when he hit for a .298 average.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1913	WAS	A	12	20	3	6	0	1	.300	.417	.400	0	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0
1914	WAS	A	39	74	10	19	0	4	.257	.353	.338	2	2	11	18	0	0	3	0	0
1915	WAS	A	72	163	20	34	0	18	.209	.338	.245	4	1	28	15	4	9	8	0	0
1916	WAS	A	5	8	0	1	0	0	.125	.300	.125	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1918	WAS	A	3	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1918	PHI	A	49	169	23	51	0	14	.302	.369	.355	3	3	18	10	0	10	4	0	0
1918	TOT	A	52	171	23	51	0	14	.298	.365	.351	3	3	18	11	0	10	4	0	0
Total			180	436	56	111	0	37	.255	.354	.307	9	7	63	46	4	19	17	0	0

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1913	WAS	A	OF	9	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.714
1914	WAS	A	OF	25	0	0	24	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1915	WAS	A	OF	53	0	0	75	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1916	WAS	A	OF	4	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1918	PHI	A	OF	45	0	0	77	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.944
Total			OF	136	0	0	191	18	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	.933

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Sold by Washington Senators to Philadelphia Athletics (May 25, 1918).

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