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| Player Report for #30 Merlin 'Manny' Kopp | | Monday, December 10th, 1923 |  | | Name: | Merlin Kopp | Contract: | Major League Contract | | Nickname: | Manny | Salary: | $3,114 | | Birthday: | 01-02-1897 | Signed Through: | 1924 Season | | Age: | 26 | Years of Major League Service: | 4 Years, None | | Born in: | Toledo (Ohio) | Major League Service Days this Year: | 183 Days | | Nationality: | American | | | | Height: | 5' 8" | Years on 40-Man Roster: | 3 Years, None | | Weight: | 156 lbs | Years of Pro Service: | 3 Years | | | | Arbitration Eligibility: | Arbitration eligible in offseason | | Position: | LF | Minor League Option Years: | 3 option years left | | Bats: | Switch | | | | Throws: | Right | Contract Extension | - | | Status: | Completely Rested | Drafted | - | | Morale: | Very Unhappy | Local Popularity (National) | Unknown (Unknown) |
| | | Batting Ratings (SISA) | | Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's | | | Overall | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | Versus LHP | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | | | Versus RHP | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | Talent | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |
| Running & Bunting Ratings | | | Fielding Ratings | | Running Speed: | 10 | | Left Field 9 (Arm: 10) | | Stealing Ability: | 8 | | | | Baserunning Instincts: | 10 | | | | Sacrifice Bunt: | 4 | | | | Bunt for Hit: | 1 | | | | Hitter Type: | Normal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Game Log, Last 10 Games | | Date | Opponent | Result | AB | R | H | BI | HR | BB | K | SB | | | | | | | | | | | 10-06-1923 | SUR | Loss, 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-30-1923 | NOR | Win, 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-29-1923 | NOR | Loss, 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-28-1923 | NOR | Loss, 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-27-1923 | NOR | Loss, 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-25-1923 | MID | Loss, 3-9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-24-1923 | MID | Loss, 3-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-23-1923 | @ ESS | Win, 7-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-22-1923 | @ ESS | Win, 4-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-21-1923 | @ ESS | Win, 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Home Nations Baseball Association 1923 Batting Stats | | Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO | VORP | | Overall | 125 | 241 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 35 | 34 | 57 | .216 | .315 | .274 | .589 | .665 | .058 | .1 | | Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 | | | | Overall | 47 | 276 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 11 | 32 | 8 | 80.0 | 22.4 | 3.03 | | | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Versus Left | | 63 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .349 | .423 | .444 | .867 | | Versus Right | | 178 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 27 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .169 | .278 | .213 | .492 | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | April | | 40 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .275 | .608 | | May | | 63 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .274 | .222 | .496 | | June | | 39 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .400 | .308 | .708 | | July | | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .289 | .188 | .477 | | August | | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .257 | .281 | .538 | | September | | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .257 | .350 | .400 | .750 | | Spring Training | | 37 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .311 | .216 | .527 | | Playoffs | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | Last Year | | 498 | 112 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 133 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .225 | .323 | .293 | .616 | | 2 Years Ago | | 497 | 111 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 77 | 91 | 105 | 6 | 0 | 8 | .223 | .349 | .282 | .631 | | Career | | 1654 | 366 | 59 | 16 | 2 | 140 | 243 | 294 | 398 | 16 | 0 | 16 | .221 | .341 | .280 | .621 | | Home | | 110 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .347 | .364 | .710 | | Road | | 131 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .176 | .289 | .198 | .488 | | Grass | | 241 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 35 | 34 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .216 | .315 | .274 | .589 | | Night | | 241 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 35 | 34 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .216 | .315 | .274 | .589 | | Pinch Hitting | | 66 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .260 | .273 | .533 | | Close/Late | | 96 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .266 | .240 | .506 | | Inning 1-3 | | 57 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 | .302 | .246 | .547 | | Inning 4-6 | | 67 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 | .364 | .328 | .692 | | Inning 7-9 | | 112 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .283 | .268 | .551 | | Extra Innings | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .444 | .000 | .444 | | 0 Outs | | 80 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .175 | .298 | .225 | .523 | | 1 Outs | | 78 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .205 | .271 | .231 | .501 | | 2 Outs | | 83 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .265 | .371 | .361 | .733 | | Scoring Position | | 74 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .230 | .352 | .297 | .650 | | Bases Empty | | 113 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .305 | .274 | .579 | | Runner on 1st | | 54 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .204 | .283 | .241 | .524 | | Runner on 2nd | | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .393 | .304 | .697 | | Runner on 3rd | | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .500 | .200 | .700 | | Runner on 1st & 2nd | | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .190 | .227 | .190 | .418 | | Runner on 1st & 3rd | | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | | Runner on 2nd & 3rd | | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .583 | .983 | | Bases Loaded | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .750 | .667 | 1.417 | | Two Strikes | | 119 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .151 | .229 | .185 | .414 | | First Pitch | | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .243 | .333 | .577 | | Count 0-1 | | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .278 | .444 | | Count 0-2 | | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | | Count 1-0 | | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | | Count 1-1 | | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .409 | .682 | | Count 1-2 | | 46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .174 | .326 | | Count 2-0 | | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | | Count 2-1 | | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .353 | .353 | .412 | .765 | | Count 2-2 | | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .172 | .241 | .414 | | Count 3-0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | | Count 3-1 | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .824 | .250 | 1.074 | | Full Count | | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .381 | .167 | .548 | | Behind in Count | | 78 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .192 | .346 | | Ahead in Count | | 46 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .370 | .574 | .391 | .965 |
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| 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 | VORP | | 1920 Kent - HNBA | 23 | 108 | 418 | 91 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 65 | 98 | 3 | 4 | 103 | 41 | 24 | .218 | .367 | .266 | .633 | -3.0 | | 1921 Kent - HNBA | 24 | 144 | 497 | 111 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 77 | 91 | 8 | 6 | 105 | 51 | 35 | .223 | .349 | .282 | .631 | -6.3 | | 1922 Kent - HNBA | 25 | 151 | 498 | 112 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 4 | 6 | 133 | 46 | 19 | .225 | .323 | .293 | .616 | 2.5 | | 1923 Kent - HNBA | 26 | 125 | 241 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 32 | 8 | .216 | .315 | .274 | .589 | 0.1 | | Total HNBA | 4 yrs. | 528 | 1654 | 366 | 59 | 16 | 2 | 140 | 243 | 294 | 16 | 16 | 398 | 170 | 86 | .221 | .341 | .280 | .621 | -6.6 |
| | 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 | VORP |
| | Career Postseason Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 1921 Kent - HNBA | 24 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .478 | .500 | .478 | .978 | 0.0 | | 1922 Kent - HNBA | 25 | 16 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .170 | .286 | .213 | .498 | 0.0 | | 1923 Kent - HNBA | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | | Total HNBA | | 25 | 71 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .268 | .346 | .296 | .641 | 0.0 |
| | Player History | | 01-01-1920 | Drafted in the 1920 inaugural draft (Round 12, Pick 6, 270th overall Pick) by the Kent Spitfires. | | 01-02-1920 | Drafted in the 1920 inaugural draft (Round 12, Pick 6, 270th overall Pick) by the Kent Spitfires. | | 06-05-1920 | Injured (sore knee), day-to-day for one week. | | 06-24-1920 | Injured (inguinal hernia), out for 3 weeks. | | 08-21-1920 | Injured (herniated disc (back)), out for 3 months. | | 11-19-1920 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,266 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-1921 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 7 (7). | | 11-19-1921 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,266 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-1922 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 7 (7). | | 09-09-1922 | Injured (fractured finger), out for one week. | | 09-25-1922 | Injured (tender elbow), day-to-day for one week. | | 11-19-1922 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,892 through arbitration. | | 01-01-1923 | SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 1 (1); Eye: 7 (7). | | 11-01-1923 | Was traded by the Kent Spitfires to the Clontarf Bulls, along with a 2nd draft pick, a 3rd draft pick, $1,900, in exchange for LF K. Landreaux, $1,100. | | 11-18-1923 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,114 through arbitration. | | 11-29-1923 | Was traded by the Clontarf Bulls to the Derbyshire Phantoms, along with $1,000, in exchange for MR J. Wright, $1,100. | | Leader Boards Appearances | | Year | SB | Rank | | 1920 | 41 | 4 | | 1921 | 51 | 3 | | 1922 | 46 | 6 | | 1923 | 32 | 10 | | | | | | | |
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