Dan Merzel has 143 home-plate games in our MLB database. His games average 8.56 combined runs against a league average of 8.88 — the tables below break that down by season and show his most recent games. Umpire tendencies are one small input to our MLB totals model, never a betting rule on their own.
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| Season | Games | Avg total runs | Over 8.5 % | Home win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 9.76 | 44.0% | 52.0% |
| 2025 | 27 | 8.19 | 33.3% | 63.0% |
| 2024 | 31 | 8.74 | 38.7% | 41.9% |
| 2023 | 28 | 8.00 | 46.4% | 53.6% |
| 2022 | 32 | 8.25 | 46.9% | 71.9% |
| Date | Matchup | Score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | Philadelphia Phillies @ Los Angeles Angels | 4–2 | 6 |
| Aug 25, 2026 | Pittsburgh Pirates @ San Diego Padres | 3–2 | 5 |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Los Angeles Dodgers @ Colorado Rockies | 6–4 | 10 |
| Aug 08, 2026 | Atlanta Braves @ New York Yankees | 4–5 | 9 |
| Aug 04, 2026 | Los Angeles Angels @ Baltimore Orioles | 1–3 | 4 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds | 2–3 | 5 |
| Jul 26, 2026 | Arizona Diamondbacks @ Washington Nationals | 7–10 | 17 |
| Jul 11, 2026 | Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati Reds | 5–3 | 8 |
| Jul 06, 2026 | Houston Astros @ Washington Nationals | 11–12 | 23 |
| Jul 02, 2026 | Cincinnati Reds @ Milwaukee Brewers | 7–2 | 9 |
Method: every number on this page is computed from the finished MLB games in our own model database (2022 onwards) where Dan Merzel was the recorded home-plate umpire. "Over 8.5 %" is the share of his games with 9+ combined runs; "Home win %" is how often the home team won with him behind the plate. Only umpires with at least 30 plate games get a page — smaller samples are noise. One honest caveat applies to everything here: even several seasons of plate games is a modest sample, and most deviation from the league average is variance, not a hidden edge.