Jim Mertz

James Verlin Mertz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 10, 1916 in Lima, OH
High School: Shawnee HS (Lima, OH) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1943
Team: Senators 1943

Final Game: October 2, 1943
Died: February 4, 2003 in Waycross, GA
Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1938	21	CHW-min	D,B,C	20	32	32		6	3	0						.188	.188	.281	.469		9					DLD,MAC,AUB · FLOR,SALL,CAML
1939	22	WAY	D	29	50	50		8	0	0						.160	.160	.160	.320		8					WAY · GAFL
1940	23	SAV	B	31	51	51		14	2	0						.275	.275	.314	.588		16					SAV · SALL
1941	24	SAV	B	31	67	67		16	2	0						.239	.239	.269	.507		18					SAV · SALL
1942	25	ATA	A1	38	69	69		10	0	0						.145	.145	.145	.290		10					ATA · SOUA
1943	26	WSH	AL	33	43	38	3	7	0	1	3	0	0	2	13	.184	.225	.237	.462	37	9	1	0	3	1
1 Yr				33	43	38	3	7	0	1	3	0	0	2	13	.184	.225	.237	.462	37	9	1	0	3
162 Game Avg.				162	211	187	15	34	0	5	15	0	0	10	64	.184	.225	.237	.462	37	44	5	0	15

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1943	26	WSH	AL	33	43	-3	0	0	0	4	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1 Season				33	43	-3	0	0	0	4	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$

Advanced Batting

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
1943	26	WSH	AL	43	35	2	1.6	84	.280	.184	.252	.225	.325	.237	.347	.462	.672	37	.164	-3.2	-0.4	.344	.105	.053
1 Yr				43	35	2	1.6	84	.280	.184	.252	.225	.325	.237	.347	.462	.672	37	.164	-3.2	-0.4	.344	.105	.053
162 Game Avg.				211	172	10	1.6	84	.280	.184	.252	.225	.325	.237	.347	.462	.672	37	.164	-3.2	-0.4	.344	.105	.053

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1943	26	WSH	AL	43	0.0%	30.2%	4.7%	2.3%	14%	6.50	2.9		12.7	58%
1 Yr				43	0.0%	30.2%	4.7%	2.3%	14%	6.50	2.9		12.7	58%
MLB Averages					1.0%	9.0%	8.8%	5.4%	24%	1.02	9.9	93.6	9.5	79%

Cumulative Batting

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
1943	26	33	43	38	3	7	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	13	.184	.225	.237	.462	37	9	1	0	3

Neutralized Batting

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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	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1943	26	35	45	40	3	7	1	3	2	14	.175	.214	.225	.439	2	33
1 Yr		35	45	40	3	7	1	3	2	14	.175	.214	.225	.439	2	33
162 Game Avg.		162	208	185	14	32	5	14	9	65	.175	.214	.225	.439	9	33

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