John Merritt Minor League Statistics & History

| Account | Logout

Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Minor Leagues > Players > John Merritt Minor League Statistics & History

News: s-r blog:Check Out B-R’s Bullpen Wiki!

John Merritt

John Howard Merritt

Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 12, 1894 in Tupelo, Mississippi, US
Died: November 3, 1955 in Tupelo, Mississippi, US

Major League Stats

Player News

Add Your Blog Posts Here · Player News Archive · Player News RSS Feed

Sports Reference Linker -- Link your blog posts to our site & get your articles in front of thousands of fans.

Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9
1913	18	2 Teams	2 Lgs	D	14	16	.467		34	243.1	208	78			45	1.040	7.7		1.7
1913	18	Knoxville	APPY	D	8	3	.727		12	88.1	70	18			23	1.053	7.1		2.3
1913	18	Clarksdale	CSTL	D	6	13	.316		22	155.0	138	60			22	1.032	8.0		1.3
1914	19	Memphis	SOUA	A	17	12	.586		36	285.0	268	109			72	1.193	8.5		2.3
1915	20	Memphis	SOUA	A	20	15	.571		48	311.0	313	126			83	1.273	9.1		2.4
1916	21	3 Teams	2 Lgs	A-B	10	19	.345		40	254.0	246	140			88	1.315	8.7		3.1
1916	21	San Antonio	TL	B	1	1	.500		5	42.0	29	14			19	1.143	6.2		4.1
1916	21	Memphis, Chattanooga	SOUA	A	9	18	.333		35	212.0	217	126			69	1.349	9.2		2.9
1917	22	Chattanooga	SOUA	A	20	14	.588		44	307.0	241	109			86	1.065	7.1		2.5
1918	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	13	12	.520	0.49	29	203.0	190	89	11	1	40	1.133	8.4	0.0	1.8
1918	23	Chattanooga	SOUA	A	7	9	.438		19	137.0	130	69		1	27	1.146	8.5	0.1	1.8
1918	23	St. Paul	AA	AA	6	3	.667	1.50	10	66.0	60	20	11		13	1.106	8.2		1.8
1919	24	St. Paul	AA	AA	19	9	.679	2.62	42	258.0	245	105	75		59	1.178	8.5		2.1
1920	25	St. Paul	AA	AA	21	10	.677	2.63	47	291.0	285	107	85		81	1.258	8.8		2.5
1921	26	St. Paul	AA	AA	19	14	.576	3.76	48	287.0	290	137	120		117	1.418	9.1		3.7
1922	27	St. Paul	AA	AA	9	9	.500	5.05	38	164.0	177	112	92		87	1.610	9.7		4.8
1923	28	St. Paul	AA	AA	20	11	.645	3.37	51	310.0	318	142	116		94	1.329	9.2		2.7
1924	29	St. Paul	AA	AA	19	17	.528	4.68	47	277.0	333	163	144		86	1.513	10.8		2.8
1925	30	St. Paul	AA	AA	6	13	.316	4.78	47	160.0	196	104	85		60	1.600	11.0		3.4
1926	31	2 Teams	1 Lg	A	8	12	.400	5.82	33	136.0	171	100	88		52	1.640	11.3		3.4
1926	31	Atlanta, Mobile	SOUA	A	8	12	.400	5.82	33	136.0	171	100	88		52	1.640	11.3		3.4
14 Seasons					215	183	.540	2.11	584	3486.1	3481	1621	816	1	1050	1.300	9.0	0.0	2.7
AA (8 seasons)				AA	119	86	.580	3.61	330	1813.0	1904	890	728		597	1.379	9.5		3.0
A (6 seasons)				A	81	80	.503	0.57	215	1388.0	1340	639	88	1	389	1.246	8.7	0.0	2.5
D (1 season)				D	14	16	.467		34	243.1	208	78			45	1.040	7.7		1.7
B (1 season)				B	1	1	.500		5	42.0	29	14			19	1.143	6.2		4.1

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1913	18	3 Teams	3 Lgs	B-D	46		121	21	3	0	0	.174		.116		14
1913	18	Clarksdale	CSTL	D	20		57	10				.175
1913	18	Knoxville	APPY	D	12		32	5	2	0	0	.156		.219		7
1913	18	Fort Worth	TL	B	14		32	6	1	0	0	.188		.219		7
1914	19	Memphis	SOUA	A	34		100	13	1	0	0	.130		.140		14
1915	20	Memphis	SOUA	A	42		105	13	0	0	0	.124		.124		13
1916	21	3 Teams	2 Lgs	A-B	39		70	10	0	0	0	.143		.143		10
1916	21	San Antonio	TL	B
1916	21	Memphis	SOUA	A
1916	21	Memphis,Chattanooga	SOUA	A	39		70	10	0	0	0	.143		.143		10
1916	21	Chattanooga	SOUA	A
1917	22	Chattanooga	SOUA	A	47		102	14	3	0	0	.137		.167		17
1918	23	3 Teams	3 Lgs	A-B-AA	49		117	14	1	0	0	.120		.128		15
1918	23	Houston	TL	B	17		42	5	0	0	0	.119		.119		5
1918	23	Chattanooga	SOUA	A	22		53	7	1	0	0	.132		.151		8
1918	23	St. Paul	AA	AA	10		22	2	0	0	0	.091		.091		2
1919	24	St. Paul	AA	AA	42		91	13	1	0	0	.143		.154		14
1920	25	St. Paul	AA	AA	47		101	9	1	0	0	.089		.099		10
1921	26	St. Paul	AA	AA	48		94	18	2	2	0	.191		.255		24
1922	27	St. Paul	AA	AA	38		57	12	2	2	0	.211		.316		18
1923	28	St. Paul	AA	AA	52		119	31	8	1	1	.261		.370		44
1924	29	St. Paul	AA	AA	47		101	14	2	2	0	.139		.198		20
1925	30	St. Paul	AA	AA	47		50	11	1	0	0	.220		.240		12
1926	31	2 Teams	1 Lg	A	35		40	8	0	0	0	.200		.200		8
1926	31	Atlanta	SOUA	A
1926	31	Atlanta,Mobile	SOUA	A	35		40	8	0	0	0	.200		.200		8
1926	31	Mobile	SOUA	A
14 Seasons					613	1268	1268	201	25	7	1	.159	.159	.184	.342	233
A (6 seasons)				A	219	470	470	65	5	0	0	.138	.138	.149	.287	70
AA (8 seasons)				AA	331	635	635	110	17	7	1	.173	.173	.227	.400	144
B (3 seasons)				B	31	74	74	11	1	0	0	.149	.149	.162	.311	12
D (1 season)				D	32	89	89	15	2	0	0	.169	.169	.079	.247	7

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
1913	18	Knoxville Reds	Appalachian League	D
1913	18	Clarksdale Swamp Angels	Cotton States League	D
1913	18	Fort Worth Panthers	Texas League	B
1913	18	New York Giants	National League	MLB	NYG	1
1914	19	Memphis Chickasaws	Southern Association	A
1915	20	Memphis Chickasaws	Southern Association	A
1916	21	San Antonio Bronchos	Texas League	B
1916	21	Memphis Chickasaws	Southern Association	A		1
1916	21	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern Association	A		2
1917	22	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern Association	A
1918	23	Houston Buffaloes	Texas League	B
1918	23	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern Association	A
1918	23	St. Paul Saints	American Association	AA
1919	24	St. Paul Saints	American Association	AA
1920	25	St. Paul Saints	American Association	AA
1921	26	St. Paul Saints	American Association	AA
1922	27	St. Paul Saints	American Association	AA
1923	28	St. Paul Saints	American Association	AA
1924	29	St. Paul Saints	American Association	AA
1925	30	St. Paul Saints	American Association	AA
1926	31	Atlanta Crackers	Southern Association	A		1
1926	31	Mobile Bears	Southern Association	A		2

Sabr ID: 5f166dbf

About the Minor League Data

Performance data on minor and international leagues is licensed from and provided by the SABR Minor Leagues Database, a community project sponsored by the Minor Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research.

The database is under active development. Many statistics are incomplete due to ongoing research and/or limitations in published sources. To learn more about these limitations, or to find out how to contribute, click here.

Minor league Total Zone (Rctch&Rtz, 2005-2009) data provided by Baseballprojection.com and Minorleaguesplits.com.

Question, Comment, Feedback or Correction?

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Partner of USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties.