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Jim Merritt
James Joseph Merritt

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 9, 1943 in Altadena, CA
High School: Edgewood (Edgewood, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1965
Final Game: May 23, 1975
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1965	21	MIN	AL	16	26	22	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	14	.136	.240	.136	.376	8	3	0	1	1	0	0	1
1966	22	MIN	AL	31	46	39	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	16	.103	.182	.128	.310	-11	5	1	0	2	1	0	1
1967	23	MIN	AL	37	84	74	4	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	7	33	.135	.210	.176	.386	12	13	2	0	3	0	0	1
1968	24	MIN	AL	38	80	71	1	10	2	0	0	1	0	1	5	22	.141	.197	.169	.366	9	12	2	0	4	0	0	1
1969	25	CIN	NL	42	99	77	6	11	1	0	1	5	0	0	5	37	.143	.190	.195	.385	6	15	1	0	15	2	0	1
1970	26	CIN	NL	35	93	83	7	14	0	0	3	6	0	0	4	42	.169	.207	.277	.484	27	23	0	0	6	0	0	1	AS,CYA-4,MVP-21
1971	27	CIN	NL	29	32	29	0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	14	.138	.167	.241	.408	17	7	1	0	2	0	0	1
1972	28	CIN	NL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
11 Seasons				232	462	397	21	56	8	1	4	20	0	1	28	178	.141	.198	.196	.395	11	78	7	1	33	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	323	277	15	39	6	1	3	14	0	1	20	124	.141	.198	.196	.395	11	54	5	1	23	2	0
MIN (4 yrs)				122	236	206	8	27	6	0	0	7	0	1	18	85	.131	.204	.160	.364	6	33	5	1	10	1	0
CIN (4 yrs)				110	226	191	13	29	2	1	4	13	0	0	10	93	.152	.192	.236	.428	16	45	2	0	23	2	0
NL (4 yrs)				110	226	191	13	29	2	1	4	13	0	0	10	93	.152	.192	.236	.428	16	45	2	0	23	2	0
AL (7 yrs)				122	236	206	8	27	6	0	0	7	0	1	18	85	.131	.204	.160	.364	6	33	5	1	10	1	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1965	21	MIN	AL	26	20	1	1.4	96	.375	.136	.256	.240	.327	.136	.393	.376	.720	8	.119	-2.7	-0.3	.316	.091	.000
1966	22	MIN	AL	46	39	1	0.7	95	.167	.103	.256	.182	.324	.128	.394	.310	.718	-11	.040	-5.8	-0.6	.250	.128	.026
1967	23	MIN	AL	84	69	3	1.2	91	.244	.135	.252	.210	.322	.176	.377	.386	.699	12	.108	-8.4	-0.9	.303	.135	.041
1968	24	MIN	AL	80	68	2	0.8	85	.204	.141	.245	.197	.316	.169	.363	.366	.679	9	.061	-8.1	-0.9	.250	.085	.028
1969	25	CIN	NL	99	84	4	1.3	99	.244	.143	.265	.190	.336	.195	.393	.385	.729	6	.103	-10.1	-1.1	.299	.117	.052	.0
1970	26	CIN	NL	93	75	5	1.8	107	.289	.169	.272	.207	.345	.277	.415	.484	.760	27	.148	-9.4	-0.9	.391	.157	.108	.0
1971	27	CIN	NL	32	28	1	1.0	88	.267	.138	.254	.167	.319	.241	.372	.408	.691	17	.066	-3.3	-0.3	.308	.138	.103
1972	28	CIN	NL	2	2	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.250	.000	.316	.000	.368	.000	.685	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
11 Seasons				462	385	17	1.2	95	.239	.141	.258	.198	.329	.196	.388	.395	.716	11	.097	-48.3	-5.1	.304	.123	.055	.0
162 Game Avg.				323	269	12	1.2	95	.239	.141	.258	.198	.329	.196	.388	.395	.716	11	.097	-48.3	-5.1	.304	.123	.055
MIN (4 yrs)				236	196	7	1.0	90	.221	.131	.251	.204	.321	.160	.377	.364	.698	6	.077	-25.0	-2.7	.276	.112	.029
CIN (4 yrs)				226	189	10	1.4	100	.260	.152	.266	.192	.337	.236	.399	.428	.736	16	.114	-23.3	-2.4	.335	.136	.084	.0
NL (4 yrs)				226	189	10	1.4	100	.260	.152	.266	.192	.337	.236	.399	.428	.736	16	.114	-23.3	-2.4	.335	.136	.084	.0
AL (7 yrs)				236	196	7	1.0	90	.221	.131	.251	.204	.321	.160	.377	.364	.698	6	.077	-25.0	-2.7	.276	.112	.029

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1965	21	MIN	AL	WS	LAD	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	26	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	W	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	26	CIN	NL	WS	BAL	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (3 Series)							4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1970	CIN	NL	26		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1965	21	MIN	AL	26	0.0%	53.9%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	7.00	1.6		7.3		5.00	31%
1966	22	MIN	AL	46	0.0%	34.8%	8.7%	2.2%	25%	4.00	2.4		39.0		4.50	52%
1967	23	MIN	AL	84	0.0%	39.3%	8.3%	3.6%	30%	4.71	2.2		37.0		2.18	49%
1968	24	MIN	AL	80	0.0%	27.5%	6.3%	2.5%	20%	4.40	3.2		71.0		3.40	61%
1969	25	CIN	NL	99	1.0%	37.4%	5.1%	2.0%	18%	7.40	2.1	77.0	15.4		2.54	41%
1970	26	CIN	NL	93	3.2%	45.2%	4.3%	3.2%	21%	10.50	2.0	27.7	13.8		1.38	41%
1971	27	CIN	NL	32	0.0%	43.8%	3.1%	6.3%	50%	14.00	2.1		14.5		2.50	47%
1972	28	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%
11 Seasons				462	0.9%	38.5%	6.1%	2.8%	23%	6.36	2.2	99.3	19.9		2.57	47%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1stS	1stS2	1stS3	1stD	1stD3	1stDH	2ndS	2ndS3	2ndSH
1965	21	MIN	AL	0	0	17%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	22	MIN	AL	1	0	25%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	43%	4	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	2
1967	23	MIN	AL	0	0	24%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	29%	5	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	0
1968	24	MIN	AL	1	0	7%	19	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13%	4	4	0	2	2	0	2	0	1
1969	25	CIN	NL	0	0	33%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75%	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1970	26	CIN	NL	1	0	27%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	22%	4	3	1	3	3	0	2	1	1
1971	27	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	28	CIN	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Seasons				3	0	21%	118	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	30%	22	16	6	6	6	0	9	3	5
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1965	21	MIN	AL	26	65%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	6	2	33%	18	3	17%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1966	22	MIN	AL	46	70%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	9	1	11%	9	3	33%	24	1	4%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1967	23	MIN	AL	84	68%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	12	2	17%	14	3	21%	39	2	5%	5	1	20%	5	2	40%	0
1968	24	MIN	AL	80	74%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	14	2	14%	14	3	21%	49	1	2%	4	0	0%	4	2	50%	0
1969	25	CIN	NL	99	76%	11			0	0	0	0		1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	16	15	94%	21	1	5%	26	11	42%	65	4	6%	6	2	33%	5	1	20%	0
1970	26	CIN	NL	93	75%	14			0	0	0	0		3	0	3	3	0	1	2	0	7	6	86%	11	0	0%	14	3	21%	54	3	6%	1	1	100%	7	3	43%	0
1971	27	CIN	NL	32	84%	4			0	0	0	0	2.57	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	1	50%	5	2	40%	12	2	17%	0	0		3	1	33%	0
1972	28	CIN	NL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
11 Seasons				462	73%	56			0	0	0	0		4	0	11	4	0	1	3	0	37	33	89%	74	7	9%	88	27	31%	261	16	6%	18	5	28%	27	10	37%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1965	21	16	26	22	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	14	.136	.240	.136	.376	8	3	0	1	1	0	0
1966	22	47	72	61	3	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	30	.115	.203	.131	.334	-4	8	1	1	3	1	0
1967	23	84	156	135	7	17	4	0	0	6	0	0	13	63	.126	.207	.156	.362	4	21	3	1	6	1	0
1968	24	122	236	206	8	27	6	0	0	7	0	1	18	85	.131	.204	.160	.364	6	33	5	1	10	1	0
1969	25	164	335	283	14	38	7	0	1	12	0	1	23	122	.134	.200	.170	.370	6	48	6	1	25	3	0
1970	26	199	428	366	21	52	7	0	4	18	0	1	27	164	.142	.202	.194	.396	11	71	6	1	31	3	0
1971	27	228	460	395	21	56	8	1	4	20	0	1	28	178	.142	.199	.197	.397	11	78	7	1	33	3	0
1972	28	232	462	397	21	56	8	1	4	20	0	1	28	178	.141	.198	.196	.395	11	78	7	1	33	3	0
1973	29	232	462	397	21	56	8	1	4	20	0	1	28	178	.141	.198	.196	.395	11	78	7	1	33	3	0
1974	30	232	462	397	21	56	8	1	4	20	0	1	28	178	.141	.198	.196	.395	11	78	7	1	33	3	0
1975	31	232	462	397	21	56	8	1	4	20	0	1	28	178	.141	.198	.196	.395	11	78	7	1	33	3	0

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1965	21	16	27	23	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	3	14	.174	.296	.174	.470	1	16
1966	22	31	44	39	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	16	.103	.182	.128	.310	1	31
1967	23	37	83	75	4	11	3	0	0	2	0	8	33	.147	.229	.187	.416	3	37
1968	24	38	78	72	1	11	2	0	0	1	0	6	22	.153	.218	.181	.399	3	38
1969	25	42	87	79	6	13	1	0	1	5	0	6	37	.165	.218	.215	.434	4	42
1970	26	35	87	83	7	14	0	0	3	6	0	4	42	.169	.207	.277	.484	5	35
1971	27	29	30	29	0	4	1	1	0	2	0	1	14	.138	.167	.241	.408	1	29
1972	28	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
8 Seasons		232	438	402	21	61	8	1	4	20	0	32	178	.152	.215	.206	.421	18	232
162 Game Avg.		162	306	281	15	43	6	1	3	14	0	22	124	.152	.215	.206	.421	13	232

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games 1970 *	MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1970-NL-21-2% 0.02 Career Shares (1327th)	Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1970-NL--4--7% 0.07 Career Shares (185th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1969 NL--15--1st

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