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: 1-3 / in Starts: 1-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1965	WS g3	Oct 9	MIN	@	LAD	L,0-4	6-7		6	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.50	2.52	7	22	14	3	2	1	6	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.024	10.42	-0.54%	-0.17	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
2	1965	WS g7	Oct 14	MIN		LAD	L,0-2	7-8		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.70	1.92	4	10	8	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.061	94.58	6.61%	1.04	7t -23 2 out d2	8t 3 out d2
1970 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
3	1970	NLCS g2	Oct 4	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS-6	W(1-0)	7	5.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.69	1.89	20	67	39	8	1	11	5	1	2	2	60			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.261	28.88	4.61%	2.26	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out a2
4	1970	WS g5	Oct 15	CIN	@	BAL	L,3-9	GS-2	L(1-1)	10	1.2	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	6.43	4.35	9					0	5	1	1	3	32			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.133	46.80	-4.08%	-1.48	1b start a 3	2b 12- 2 out a1
											10.1	8	6	6	1	3	1	0	5.23		40																			0

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