Jim Merritt
James Joseph Merritt
All-Star Player
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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 MIN AL 21 P 16 9 76.2 16 2 13 1 1 .938 1.76 0.94 .950 2.04 0.75
1966 MIN AL 22 P 31 18 144.0 27 7 20 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.87 .948 1.99 0.75
1967 MIN AL 23 P 37 28 227.2 39 4 32 3 1 .923 1.42 0.97 .959 1.96 0.74
1968 MIN AL 24 P 38 34 238.1 45 7 38 0 2 1.000 1.70 1.18 .956 1.89 0.73
1969 CIN NL 25 P 42 36 251.0 41 7 33 1 1 .976 1.43 0.95 .956 1.95 0.78
1970 CIN NL 26 P 35 35 234.0 37 5 30 2 1 .946 1.35 1.00 .951 1.85 0.71 AS,CYA-4,MVP-21
1971 CIN NL 27 P 28 11 107.0 16 5 10 1 1 .938 1.26 0.54 .956 1.90 0.78
1972 CIN NL 28 P 4 1 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.25 .900 1.80 0.72
1973 TEX AL 29 P 35 19 160.0 31 7 22 2 1 .935 1.63 0.83 .952 1.86 0.86
1974 TEX AL 30 P 26 1 32.2 8 1 4 3 0 .625 1.38 0.19 .962 1.82 0.83
1975 TEX AL 31 P 5 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.96 0.84
11 Seasons P 297 192 1483.0 261 45 203 13 8 .950 1.51 0.84 .954 1.92 0.77
11 Seasons TOT 297 192 1483.0 261 45 203 13 8 .950 1.51 0.84 .904 1.92 0.77

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 MIN AL 21 16 9 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 MIN AL 22 31 18 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 MIN AL 23 37 28 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 MIN AL 24 38 34 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CIN NL 25 42 36 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CIN NL 26 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CIN NL 27 29 11 29 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 CIN NL 28 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 TEX AL 29 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 TEX AL 30 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 TEX AL 31 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 298 172 232 298 297 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1965 MIN AL 21 319 75% 20% 10 100% 0 2 0 2 12 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1966 MIN AL 22 580 73% 21% 20 100% 0 7 1 2 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1967 MIN AL 23 932 79% 22% 38 89% 1 5 2 3 33 25 5 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 6 83%
1968 MIN AL 24 986 76% 25% 36 92% 1 8 0 4 40 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6 100%
1969 CIN NL 25 1086 81% 20% 37 95% 0 4 1 3 38 27 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 12 92%
1970 CIN NL 26 1005 81% 24% 34 85% 0 5 1 3 31 25 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 6 67%
1971 CIN NL 27 462 84% 24% 13 85% 0 5 2 1 10 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 75%
1972 CIN NL 28 38 84% 18% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 TEX AL 29 708 86% 25% 26 92% 0 7 1 4 23 21 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 67%
1974 TEX AL 30 153 84% 29% 6 33% 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
1975 TEX AL 31 15 93% 27% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 6284 80% 23% 221 90% 2 44 8 23 208 157 14 13 0 7 6 9 9 2 6 2 42 86%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 86%

* 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.

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