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: 21-15 / in Starts: 18-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 5

1967 Pitching Game Log

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1967 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	48	3	Apr 14	MIN		DET	W,5-3	6-GF	W(1-0)	99	4.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.29	17	4	6	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.19	0.320	3.82	0.34%	1.79	6t --- 0 out d1	9t end a 2
2	49	5	Apr 16	MIN		CLE	L,3-4	6-7		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.04	6	3	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.014	1.01	0.01%	0.86	6t 12- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d3
3	50	13	Apr 29	MIN	@	WSA	L,6-9	7-7	BS(1)	12	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.00	2.54	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.69	-0.335	6.08	-0.33%	-1.64	7b 12- 1 out a1	7b 123 1 out tie
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
4	51	17	May 3	MIN		NYY	W,4-3	7-8		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.25	1.79	6	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.053	.50	0.04%	0.89	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
5	52	21	May 8	MIN		WSA	L,4-7	7-7		4	0.1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2.16	2.18	5	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.94	-0.327	3.14	-0.32%	-3.33	7t 1-3 1 out tie	7t 1-3 2 out d4
6	53	33	May 23	MIN		CHW	L,4-5	8-GF		14	2.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	1	1.74	2.06	10	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.077	1.70	0.09%	0.89	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
7	54	36	May 26	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-0)	2	9.0	5	0	0	2	9	0	0	0.93	1.66	34	6	12	1	0	5	84			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.225	.69	0.15%	3.62	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
8	55	41	May 30(2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-0)	3	9.0	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	0.64	1.16	31	8	10	0	0	2	94			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	2	.67	0.346	.86	0.27%	3.51	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
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
9	56	46	Jun 4	MIN		CAL	W,8-7	GS-7		4	6.1	8	5	5	0	1	3	0	1.82	2.48	27	6	12	0	0	8	38			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.82	-0.173	1.32	-0.17%	-2.11	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a2
10	57	50	Jun 8	MIN		CLE	L,5-7	GS-7		3	6.2	7	3	3	1	6	2	0	2.18	2.90	27	8	5	0	0	7	53			0	1	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.086	1.72	-0.10%	-0.18	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d2
11	58	55	Jun 12	MIN		DET	W,11-5	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	11	5	5	3	8	2	0	2.68	3.21	41	5	14	0	0	11	50			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.068	.73	-0.07%	-0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
12	59	59	Jun 16	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-9		3	9.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.43	3.01	34	8	11	1	0	7	73			0	2	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	0.385	3.54	0.49%	2.76	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
13	60	64	Jun 21	MIN	@	DET	T,5-5	GS-7		4	6.2	8	5	5	1	5	2	0	2.86	3.25	29	5	10	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.353	2.37	-0.47%	-2.13	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out tie
14	61	68	Jun 25	MIN		CHW	W,3-1	GS-8	W(5-0)	3	8.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	1	2.68	3.17	27	8	11	1	0	3	74			0	2	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.256	1.87	0.31%	2.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
15	62	74	Jul 2(2)	MIN		WSA	W,6-1	CG	W(6-0)	6	9.0	7	1	1	1	7	1	0	2.49	3.13	35	6	15	1	0	6	75			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.188	1.20	0.24%	3.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
16	63	80	Jul 8	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	L(6-1)	5	8.2	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.36	3.07	34	10	13	0	0	6	69			0	0	0	28	2	0	2	0	1	0	1.75	0.098	7.76	0.26%	2.10	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
17	64	83	Jul 13	MIN		KCA	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	2	0	10	2	0	2.37	3.10	26	6	6	0	0	4	71			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.056	2.84	0.13%	1.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
18	65	88	Jul 17	MIN		CAL	L,0-2	GS-8	L(6-2)	3	8.0	10	2	2	0	9	0	0	2.36	2.89	33	8	6	0	0	10	63			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	.97	0.080	5.40	0.27%	1.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
19	66	92	Jul 22	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	GS-8	L(6-3)	4	7.1	6	2	2	0	5	0	2	2.37	2.83	29	7	9	0	0	6	63			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.46	-0.140	6.25	-0.36%	0.69	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out d1
20	67	96	Jul 26(2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS-13		3	13.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.27	2.71	46	13	18	0	0	7	91			0	0	0	44	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.697	2.61	0.82%	3.07	1b start tie	13b 3 out tie
21	68	101	Jul 30	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS-8	W(7-3)	3	8.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.20	2.64	30	7	14	0	0	5	72			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	.44	0.234	1.36	0.43%	2.57	1b start tie	8b 3 out a6
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
22	69	105	Aug 4	MIN		BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-3)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.06	2.55	32	8	13	1	0	5	83			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.88	0.441	2.45	0.74%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	70	109	Aug 8	MIN		WSA	W,3-2	GS-8		3	7.0	10	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.09	2.53	30	7	11	0	0	10	51			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.186	4.71	-0.40%	-0.34	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out tie
24	71	114	Aug 13	MIN		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(9-3)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.08	2.59	34	8	16	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.69	0.376	12.16	1.62%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	72	119	Aug 18(2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.1	7	3	2	2	5	0	0	2.10	2.56	31	8	9	0	0	7	57			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	1	1	1	1.46	-0.231	10.18	-0.97%	-0.74	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out d1
26	73	124	Aug 23(1)	MIN	@	DET	L,0-10	GS-3	L(9-4)	4	2.1	7	5	3	3	2	0	0	2.23	2.59	17	4	1	0	0	7	26			1	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.18	-0.312	8.25	-1.31%	-4.21	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d4
27	74	125	Aug 23(2)	MIN	@	DET	W,4-3	7-7		-1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	2.59	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	-0.244	25.53	-0.91%	-1.64	7b 123 1 out a3	7b 1-3 1 out a1
28	75	130	Aug 27	MIN	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	W(10-4)	3	9.0	7	3	3	1	8	1	0	2.27	2.59	35	8	11	0	0	7	68			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.225	3.39	1.00%	0.76	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
29	76	134	Aug 31	MIN		BAL	W,10-9	GS-5		3	4.2	8	5	5	1	4	2	1	2.45	2.72	25	6	5	1	0	8	31			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.38	-0.381	9.07	-1.50%	-2.86	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d1
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
30	77	138	Sep 4(1)	MIN		CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(11-4)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.39	2.67	33	13	8	0	0	6	75			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.405	11.55	2.19%	3.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
31	78	143	Sep 8(1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	W(12-4)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	4	2	0	2.37	2.77	34	10	13	1	0	6	70			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.140	5.55	0.75%	1.69	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
32	79	148	Sep 12	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS-6	L(12-5)	3	6.0	9	4	4	0	3	1	1	2.47	2.81	27	9	5	1	0	9	41			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.256	11.18	-1.85%	-1.64	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
33	80	152	Sep 17	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS-7	L(12-6)	4	6.1	7	4	2	0	6	1	0	2.49	2.81	28	8	7	0	0	7	53			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	1	2	.75	-0.125	9.67	-0.96%	-2.09	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d4
34	81	156	Sep 21	MIN		KCA	W,4-0	SHO	W(13-6)	3	9.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.38	2.75	28	10	10	0	0	2	89			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.411	11.96	3.89%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
35	82	160	Sep 25	MIN		CAL	L,2-9	GS-2	L(13-7)	3	1.1	6	4	3	1	1	0	0	2.49	2.75	11	1	2	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.280	28.52	-3.51%	-3.01	1t start tie	2t --3 1 out d3
36	83	162	Sep 27	MIN		CAL	L,1-5	8-GF		1	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.51	2.74	9	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.022	3.63	-0.33%	-0.11	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
37	84	163	Sep 30	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	2.53	2.81	7	3	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.140	10.49	-3.49%	-1.70	7b 12- 1 out d1	8b end d 4
							21-15		W-L:13-7,BSv:1	3.1	227.2	196	72	64	30	161	21	7	2.53	2.81	911	0.77		2%	0%	194	63	11	73%	3	6	0	853	27	6	6	9	6	16	1.02	1.368	5.25	-2.99%	17.82

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