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.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
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
Fielding Stats[]
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
Transactions[]
Sold by Washington Senators to Philadelphia Athletics (May 25, 1918).