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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CIN		MON	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	6 (4)	Apr 11	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS	33	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	11 (4)	Apr 15	CIN		LAD	W,3-2	GS	32	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	16 (4)	Apr 20	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
5	19 (2)	Apr 25	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	22 (2)	Apr 29	CIN		HOU	W,5-3	GS	29	7.1	1	3	0	4	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	25 (2)	May 3	CIN		PIT	W,11-7	GS	30	6.1	0	1	1	2	0	P
8	29 (3)	May 8	CIN	@	CHC	L,7-10	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	33 (3)	May 12	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	36 (2)	May 17 (1)	CIN		ATL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
11	41 (4)	May 22	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	45 (3)	May 26 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-8	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	50 (4)	May 31	CIN		MON	W,6-4	GS	31	7.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	54 (3)	Jun 6	CIN		NYM	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	58 (3)	Jun 11	CIN	@	MON	L,4-8	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
16	62 (3)	Jun 16	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-8	GS	21	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	66 (3)	Jun 21 (1)	CIN		LAD	L,3-9	GS	32	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	72 (5)	Jun 27	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-2	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	76 (3)	Jul 2	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	81 (4)	Jul 6	CIN		SDP	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	85 (3)	Jul 10 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	L,9-11	GS	22	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	91 (5)	Jul 18	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
23	96 (4)	Jul 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-10	GS	15	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
24	101 (4)	Jul 27	CIN		STL	L,9-16	GS	21	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	106 (4)	Jul 31 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,7-11	GS	22	3.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	110 (3)	Aug 4	CIN	@	SDP	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	115 (4)	Aug 9 (1)	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-7	GS	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
28	119 (3)	Aug 13	CIN		NYM	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
29	123 (3)	Aug 17	CIN		PHI	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	127 (3)	Aug 22	CIN	@	NYM	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	131 (3)	Aug 26	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	34	6.2	0	1	1	2	0	P
32	135 (3)	Aug 30	CIN	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	139 (3)	Sep 4	CIN		SDP	L,2-15	GS	18	3.1	0	2	0	2	1	P
34	144 (4)	Sep 8	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	159 (14)	Sep 26	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							35gm		234.0	5	30	2	37	1