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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-13 / in Starts: 22-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 93 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	54 (27-22-5)
Avg. MLBer w/ 93 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (29-18-9)

Most Driven In
Self	3
B Carbo	1
T Helms	1
W Woodward	1
D ConcepciÃ³n	0
L May	0

Most Driven In By
Self	3
B Tolan	2
T PÃ©rez	2

1970 Batting Game Log

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1970 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	165	1	Apr 6	CIN		MON	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.37	0.027	.46	0.02%	-0.27	P
2	166	6 (4)	Apr 11	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.09	-0.086	2.23	-0.11%	-0.55	P
3	167	11 (4)	Apr 15	CIN		LAD	W,3-2	GS-9	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.82	0.046	1.64	0.06%	0.00	P
4	168	16 (4)	Apr 20	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9	.45	-0.026	1.07	-0.04%	-0.45	P
5	169	19 (2)	Apr 25	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.125	.067	.192	9	1.93	-0.196	3.95	-0.24%	-2.28	P
6	170	22 (2)	Apr 29	CIN		HOU	W,5-3	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	9	1.80	0.018	4.61	0.03%	-0.16	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	171	25 (2)	May 3	CIN		PIT	W,11-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.100	.143	.100	.243	9	.44	-0.017	.99	-0.02%	-0.15	P
8	172	29 (3)	May 8	CIN	@	CHC	L,7-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.136	.095	.232	9	.96	-0.028	2.19	-0.04%	-0.38	P
9	173	33 (3)	May 12	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.120	.083	.203	9	.88	-0.070	1.94	-0.09%	-0.65	P
10	174	36 (2)	May 17 (1)	CIN		ATL	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.138	.107	.245	9	.92	0.022	2.83	0.04%	-0.40	P
11	175	41 (4)	May 22	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.152	.125	.277	9	.52	-0.043	1.30	-0.07%	-0.48	P
12	176	45 (3)	May 26 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-8	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.171	.147	.318	9	.71	0.005	1.63	0.01%	0.03	P
13	177	50 (4)	May 31	CIN		MON	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.158	.135	.293	9	.80	-0.064	1.80	-0.09%	-0.59	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	178	54 (3)	Jun 6	CIN		NYM	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.146	.125	.271	9	.83	-0.064	1.76	-0.08%	-0.79	P
15	179	58 (3)	Jun 11	CIN	@	MON	L,4-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.140	.119	.259	9	.88	-0.048	1.31	-0.04%	-0.56	P
16	180	62 (3)	Jun 16	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.116	.136	.116	.253	9	1.90	-0.053	2.51	-0.04%	-0.50	P
17	181	66 (3)	Jun 21 (1)	CIN		LAD	L,3-9	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.152	.133	.286	9	1.20	0.024	2.54	0.03%	0.06	P
18	182	72 (5)	Jun 27	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-2	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.163	.146	.309	9	.69	-0.031	.92	-0.03%	-0.36	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	183	76 (3)	Jul 2	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.137	.154	.137	.291	9	.69	-0.059	.89	-0.05%	-0.59	P
20	184	81 (4)	Jul 6	CIN		SDP	W,5-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.164	.132	.296	9	.27	-0.020	.28	-0.01%	-0.36	P
21	185	85 (3)	Jul 10 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	L,9-11	GS-4	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.175	.200	.375	9	.64	0.123	.79	0.09%	1.62	P
22	186	91 (5)	Jul 18	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS-10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.167	.190	.356	9	1.87	-0.118	1.84	-0.07%	-0.87	P
23	187	96 (4)	Jul 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-10	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.164	.186	.350	9	.60	-0.015	.22	0.00%	-0.18	P
24	188	101 (4)	Jul 27	CIN		STL	L,9-16	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.177	.200	.377	9	1.40	0.059	.46	0.01%	0.58	P
25	189	106 (4)	Jul 31 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,7-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.175	.197	.371	9	.67	-0.017	.29	0.00%	-0.17	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	190	110 (3)	Aug 4	CIN	@	SDP	W,12-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.179	.246	.425	9	.19	-0.004	.07	0.00%	0.37	P
27	191	115 (4)	Aug 9 (1)	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.174	.239	.413	9	.65	-0.032	.10	0.00%	-0.25	P
28	192	119 (3)	Aug 13	CIN		NYM	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.192	.243	.435	9	.46	-0.037	.13	-0.01%	-0.10	P
29	193	123 (3)	Aug 17	CIN		PHI	W,9-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.197	.288	.485	9	.32	-0.035	.07	-0.01%	0.05	P
30	194	127 (3)	Aug 22	CIN	@	NYM	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.190	.276	.466	9	1.05	-0.080	.47	-0.02%	-0.71	P
31	195	131 (3)	Aug 26	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.183	.266	.449	9	1.00	-0.071	.17	-0.01%	-0.94	P
32	196	135 (3)	Aug 30	CIN	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.212	.284	.496	9	.72	0.022	.06	0.00%	0.31	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	197	139 (3)	Sep 4	CIN		SDP	L,2-15	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.209	.280	.490	9	1.05	-0.027	.04	0.00%	-0.25	P
34	198	144 (4)	Sep 8	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.209	.280	.490	9						P
35	199	159 (14)	Sep 26	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.207	.277	.484	9	.34	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.25	P
							22-13		93	83	7	14	0	0	3	6	4	0	42	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	.169	.207	.277	.484		.83	-0.904	1.27	-0.78%	-10.18

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