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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	TEX		CHW	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	3 (1)	Apr 11	TEX	@	KCR	L,6-9		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	8 (4)	Apr 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	15 (6)	Apr 28	TEX		MIL	L,3-4	GF	11	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	23 (7)	May 9	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-5	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	24	May 10	TEX		OAK	L,2-17	GF	13	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	30 (5)	May 15	TEX		MIN	L,5-9	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	33 (2)	May 18	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-7	GF	9	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
9	38 (4)	May 25	TEX	@	NYY	L,7-9		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	41 (2)	May 29	TEX		CLE	L,7-9		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	44 (2)	Jun 1	TEX		BAL	W,4-3	GS	20	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	48 (3)	Jun 6	TEX		NYY	L,2-5	GS	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	53 (4)	Jun 12	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	57 (3)	Jun 17	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS	27	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	61 (3)	Jun 22	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-0	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	66 (4)	Jun 26	TEX		OAK	L,2-6	GS	22	4.1	0	1	1	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	72 (5)	Jul 1	TEX		KCR	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	79 (6)	Jul 6	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	84 (4)	Jul 10	TEX	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
20	89 (4)	Jul 15	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	20	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
21	93 (3)	Jul 20	TEX		DET	W,8-6	GS	16	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	98 (4)	Jul 27	TEX		CAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	104 (5)	Aug 1	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-5	GS	12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	108 (3)	Aug 5 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-7		22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	112 (3)	Aug 8	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
26	116 (3)	Aug 13	TEX		BAL	L,4-7	GS	23	4.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	120 (3)	Aug 18	TEX		NYY	L,3-5	GS	32	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	123 (2)	Aug 21	TEX		BOS	L,9-15		16	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	127 (3)	Aug 26 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
30	133 (5)	Aug 31	TEX		MIN	L,2-11	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	137 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	139 (1)	Sep 7	TEX		OAK	W,10-8	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	142 (2)	Sep 10	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	GF	5	1.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
34	152 (9)	Sep 20 (1)	TEX		CAL	L,4-6	GF	30	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
35	159 (6)	Sep 26	TEX	@	CAL	L,4-5	GF	21	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
							35gm		160.0	7	22	2	31	1