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, 9,990th in MLB 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

W

L

ERA

3.65

G

297

GS

192

SV

IP

1483.0

SO

932

WHIP

1.207

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1962	18	MIN-min	D	19	8	.704	3.67	35	26		16	2		223.0	199	100	91	20	96		249	8	2	14				1.323	8.0	0.8	3.9	10.0	2.59	ERI NYPL
1963	19	MIN-min	AA	9	12	.429	4.13	34	27		6	1		159.0	186	97	73	14	60	8	125	4	1	5				1.547	10.5	0.8	3.4	7.1	2.08	CHR SALL
1964	20	MIN-min	AAA	13	17	.433	2.74	36	29		12	3		200.0	186	76	61	13	61	3	174	3	2	6				1.235	8.4	0.6	2.7	7.8	2.85	ATA IL
1965	21	MIN-min	AAA	13	8	.619	3.13	26	24		13	1		190.0	176	82	66	21	46	3	171	0	0	2				1.168	8.3	1.0	2.2	8.1	3.72	DEN PCL
1965	21	MIN	AL	5	4	.556	3.17	16	9	5	1	0	2	76.2	68	29	27	11	20	1	61	0	0	0	311	113	3.57	1.148	8.0	1.3	2.3	7.2	3.05
1966	22	MIN	AL	7	14	.333	3.38	31	18	5	5	1	3	144.0	112	57	54	17	33	3	124	0	0	4	570	107	3.05	1.007	7.0	1.1	2.1	7.8	3.76
1967	23	MIN	AL	13	7	.650	2.53	37	28	4	11	4	0	227.2	196	72	64	21	30	6	161	7	0	10	911	138	2.81	0.993	7.7	0.8	*1.2*	6.4	*5.37*
1968	24	MIN	AL	12	16	.429	3.25	38	34	4	11	1	1	238.1	207	102	86	21	52	1	181	7	1	1	968	97	2.75	1.087	7.8	0.8	2.0	6.8	3.48
1969	25	CIN	NL	17	9	.654	4.37	42	36	2	8	1	0	251.0	269	127	*122*	33	61	8	144	5	0	3	1072	86	3.86	1.315	9.6	1.2	2.2	5.2	2.36
1970	26	CIN	NL	20	12	.625	4.08	35	35	0	12	1	0	234.0	248	114	106	21	53	12	136	1	0	4	984	103	3.34	1.286	9.5	0.8	2.0	5.2	2.57	AS,CYA-4,MVP-21
1971	27	CIN	NL	1	11	.083	4.37	28	11	5	0	0	0	107.0	115	55	52	14	31	8	38	3	0	2	456	75	4.39	1.364	9.7	1.2	2.6	3.2	1.23
1972	28	CIN-min	AAA	4	8	.333	4.33	32	20		0	0	3	108.0	122	56	52	14	28	2	80	2	0	3				1.389	10.2	1.2	2.3	6.7	2.86	INA AA
1972	28	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	4.50	4	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	13	4	4	1	2	1	4	0	0	0	38	76	3.77	1.875	14.6	1.1	2.3	4.5	2.00
1973	29	TEX	AL	5	13	.278	4.05	35	19	11	8	1	1	160.0	191	79	72	18	34	3	65	1	0	7	694	92	3.87	1.406	10.7	1.0	1.9	3.7	1.91
1974	30	TEX	AL	0	0		4.13	26	1	10	0	0	0	32.2	46	17	15	3	6	2	18	0	0	1	149	87	3.22	1.592	12.7	0.8	1.7	5.0	3.00
1975	31	TEX	AL	0	0		0.00	5	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15		3.41	0.818	7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
11 Yrs				81	86	.485	3.65	297	192	48	56	9	7	1483.0	1468	657	602	160	322	45	932	25	1	32	6168	99	3.37	1.207	8.9	1.0	2.0	5.7	2.89
162 Game Avg.				11	12	.485	3.65	41	27	7	8	1	1	206	204	91	84	22	45	6	130	3	0	4	858	99	3.37	1.207	8.9	1.0	2.0	5.7	2.89

MIN (4 yrs)				37	41	.474	3.03	122	89	18	28	6	6	686.2	583	260	231	70	135	11	527	14	1	15	2760	112	2.93	1.046	7.6	0.9	1.8	6.9	3.90
CIN (4 yrs)				39	32	.549	4.26	109	83	7	20	2	0	600.0	645	300	284	69	147	29	322	9	0	9	2550	90	3.75	1.320	9.7	1.0	2.2	4.8	2.19
TEX (3 yrs)				5	13	.278	3.99	66	20	23	8	1	1	196.1	240	97	87	21	40	5	83	2	0	8	858	93	3.76	1.426	11.0	1.0	1.8	3.8	2.08

AL (7 yrs)				42	54	.438	3.24	188	109	41	36	7	7	883.0	823	357	318	91	175	16	610	16	1	23	3618	107	3.11	1.130	8.4	0.9	1.8	6.2	3.49
NL (4 yrs)				39	32	.549	4.26	109	83	7	20	2	0	600.0	645	300	284	69	147	29	322	9	0	9	2550	90	3.75	1.320	9.7	1.0	2.2	4.8	2.19

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