Jim Merritt

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)

Born: December 9, 1943 in Altadena, CA us

High School: Edgewood HS (West Covina, CA)

Debut: August 2, 1965 (Age 21-236d, 12,381st in major league history)
vs. BAL 8.2 IP, 8 H, 6 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: May 23, 1975 (Age 31-165d)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: James Joseph Merritt

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.1

ERA

3.65

297

192

1483.0

932

WHIP

1.207

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-13 / in Starts: 22-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	165	1	Apr 6	CIN		MON	W,5-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	1	1	2	8	0	0	1.00	1.53	31	8	10	1	4	3	83			0	1	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	.55	0.318	.69	0.24%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	166	6	Apr 11	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-9	L(1-1)	4	8.1	8	2	2	1	7	0	0	1.56	1.43	33	11	6	0	0	8	65			0	0	0	30	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.14	0.303	2.33	0.37%	2.80	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out tie
3	167	11	Apr 15	CIN		LAD	W,3-2	GS-9	W(2-1)	3	8.2	7	2	2	0	2	1	0	1.73	2.18	32	11	13	1	3	6	64			0	0	1	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.86	0.317	1.73	0.38%	2.38	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out a1
4	168	16	Apr 20	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	0	3	1	0	1.80	2.50	32	12	11	1	4	6	70			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	.58	0.295	1.38	0.42%	2.76	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
5	169	19	Apr 25	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(4-1)	4	8.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	1	1.88	2.45	29	5	15	1	6	5	67			1	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.369	2.42	0.45%	2.48	1b start a 1	9b -2- 0 out a2
6	170	22	Apr 29	CIN		HOU	W,5-3	GS-8	W(5-1)	3	7.1	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	1.97	2.36	29	4	14	3	7	8	57			0	1	0	29	6	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.175	2.86	0.27%	1.49	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	171	25	May 3	CIN		PIT	W,11-7	GS-7	W(6-1)	3	6.1	10	5	4	1	1	0	0	2.38	2.41	30	9	9	1	0	10	35			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.014	2.62	-0.02%	-1.04	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a3
8	172	29	May 8	CIN	@	CHC	L,7-10	GS-3	L(6-2)	4	3.0	4	4	4	0	1	2	0	2.87	2.82	13	1	7	2	2	4	36			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.273	2.00	-0.37%	-2.32	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
9	173	33	May 12	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	4	3	3	4	3	1	0	2.88	3.07	35	15	9	3	2	4	66			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.45	0.316	3.20	0.42%	1.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
10	174	36	May 17(1)	CIN		ATL	W,5-1	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.67	3.09	37	9	16	0	7	7	68			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	0.321	3.31	0.59%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
11	175	41	May 22	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	W(9-2)	4	9.0	10	2	2	0	7	0	0	2.60	2.88	36	7	12	1	5	10	66			1	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.228	2.74	0.34%	2.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
12	176	45	May 26(1)	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-8	GS-5	L(9-3)	3	5.0	9	5	5	1	4	2	0	2.95	3.10	24	7	3	0	1	9	32			0	0	0	22	1	2	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.238	1.39	-0.33%	-2.61	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
13	177	50	May 31	CIN		MON	W,6-4	GS-8	W(10-3)	4	7.1	11	4	4	0	3	1	0	3.09	3.13	31	7	10	0	1	11	43			0	0	0	31	3	1	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.034	2.20	-0.05%	-0.36	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	178	54	Jun 6	CIN		NYM	W,5-1	CG	W(11-3)	5	9.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.92	3.00	30	10	9	2	1	6	76			0	1	0	30	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.18	0.463	2.50	0.59%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	179	58	Jun 11	CIN	@	MON	L,4-8	GS-6	L(11-4)	4	6.0	7	7	5	1	3	2	0	3.16	3.18	28	6	11	0	4	7	36			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	2	.61	-0.413	.90	-0.37%	-4.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
16	180	62	Jun 16	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-8	GS-4	L(11-5)	4	3.2	8	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.37	3.26	21	5	2	0	0	8	31			0	1	0	17	2	0	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.248	1.16	-0.20%	-2.43	1b start a 1	4b 12- 2 out d3
17	181	66	Jun 21(1)	CIN		LAD	L,3-9	GS-7	L(11-6)	4	6.1	10	5	5	2	4	0	0	3.56	3.21	32	8	8	0	3	10	35			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.24	-0.090	2.62	-0.11%	-0.27	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d1
18	182	72	Jun 27	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-2	GS-9	W(12-6)	5	8.0	4	2	2	0	6	1	0	3.48	3.18	30	9	11	0	4	4	72			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	2	.90	0.324	1.20	0.26%	1.49	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	183	76	Jul 2	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	CG	W(13-6)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.32	3.19	37	11	13	0	1	6	70			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.657	1.96	0.51%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	184	81	Jul 6	CIN		SDP	W,5-0	SHO	W(14-6)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	9	0	0	3.12	3.08	32	10	5	0	0	6	82			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	2	0	0	.57	0.262	.59	0.16%	4.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	185	85	Jul 10(1)	CIN	@	ATL	L,9-11	GS-4	L(14-7)	3	3.1	9	7	7	3	2	2	0	3.46	3.27	22	3	5	0	1	9	13			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.548	1.51	-0.40%	-5.17	1b start tie	4b --- 1 out d2
22	186	91	Jul 18	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS-9	W(15-7)	7	9.0	6	1	1	4	6	0	0	3.33	3.24	36	9	11	2	1	6	73			0	1	1	32	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.43	0.539	1.41	0.32%	3.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
23	187	96	Jul 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-10	GS-3	L(15-8)	3	2.0	7	8	5	1	1	1	0	3.56	3.31	15	5	2	0	0	6	16			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.318	.27	-0.07%	-5.73	1b start tie	3b 123 0 out d5
24	188	101	Jul 27	CIN		STL	L,9-16	GS-4	L(15-9)	4	3.1	8	8	8	3	2	1	0	3.92	3.41	21	5	3	0	1	8	11			0	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	-0.482	.36	-0.10%	-4.84	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out tie
25	189	106	Jul 31(2)	CIN		CHC	L,7-11	GS-4	L(15-10)	3	3.2	10	6	6	3	1	0	0	4.15	3.43	22	4	5	1	1	9	15			0	0	1	19	5	0	3	0	0	0	1.24	-0.445	.53	-0.12%	-4.28	1t start tie	4t --3 2 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	190	110	Aug 4	CIN	@	SDP	W,12-1	CG	W(16-10)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	6	1	0	3.99	3.41	35	9	12	2	0	7	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.237	.23	0.05%	3.30	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a11
27	191	115	Aug 9(1)	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-7	GS-6		4	6.0	10	3	3	5	4	0	0	4.01	3.43	30	7	4	0	2	10	39			0	1	1	25	3	0	1	2	0	0	1.47	-0.127	.23	-0.01%	-0.13	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
28	192	119	Aug 13	CIN		NYM	W,6-1	CG	W(17-10)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	13	0	0	3.87	3.26	32	8	7	0	1	4	86			0	1	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	1	.81	0.294	.24	0.05%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
29	193	123	Aug 17	CIN		PHI	W,9-3	CG	W(18-10)	3	9.0	6	3	3	0	6	1	0	3.83	3.24	33	8	14	2	2	5	69			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.208	.07	0.03%	1.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
30	194	127	Aug 22	CIN	@	NYM	W,3-2	GS-8	W(19-10)	4	8.0	6	2	2	4	7	0	0	3.77	3.20	33	6	12	0	2	4	65			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.46	0.000	.65	0.00%	2.03	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
31	195	131	Aug 26	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS-7	W(20-10)	3	6.2	14	5	5	1	1	1	0	3.86	3.25	34	11	10	3	3	11	26			0	0	0	33	5	0	1	1	0	0	1.23	-0.204	.21	-0.02%	-1.81	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out a1
32	196	135	Aug 30	CIN	@	MON	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(20-11)	3	8.0	7	5	4	2	5	1	0	3.89	3.27	33	7	12	0	2	7	53			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	1	.64	-0.248	.05	-0.01%	-1.02	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	197	139	Sep 4	CIN		SDP	L,2-15	GS-4	L(20-12)	4	3.1	7	7	6	2	1	1	0	4.06	3.33	18	6	2	0	0	7	19			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.307	.03	-0.01%	-5.18	1t start tie	4t --- 1 out d7
34	198	144	Sep 8	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS-1		3	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.09	3.34	5	1	1	0	0	2	43			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.094	.05	0.00%	-0.94	1b start tie	1b 12- 2 out d1
35	199	159	Sep 26	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	GS-3		17	3.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.08	3.33	13	4	5	1	0	4	47			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.066	.00	0.00%	0.57	1t start tie	3t 3 out a3
							22-13		W-L:20-12	3.7	234.0	248	114	106	53	136	21	1	4.08	3.33	984	0.86		5%	13%	237	51		---%	4	7	4	917	64	10	12	17	3	12	1.00	1.609	1.41	3.27%	9.27

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