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: 23-18 / in Starts: 21-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 3

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 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	123	1	Apr 7	CIN		LAD	L,2-3	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.51	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.035	1.13	0.03%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
2	124	3	Apr 11	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-6	GS-7		3	6.1	6	4	4	2	4	0	0	4.91	1.96	27	6	9	0	2	6	47			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.47	-0.093	2.34	-0.09%	-0.44	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a1
3	125	7	Apr 15	CIN		SFG	W,11-10	10-10		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.32	2.15	5	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.37	0.016	.49	0.01%	0.48	10t --- 0 out d2	10t 3 out d2
4	126	10	Apr 21	CIN	@	HOU	W,11-5	GS-6	W(1-0)	5	5.1	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.61	3.17	24	2	12	3	1	7	43			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.045	.52	0.03%	-1.19	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a5
5	127	12	Apr 23	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-6	8-8		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.61	3.17	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.031	1.28	-0.03%	-1.16	8b 123 0 out d1	8b 12- 0 out d3
6	128	15	Apr 26	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-5	GS-8	L(1-1)	2	7.2	12	5	5	3	6	2	0	5.06	4.01	36	9	6	0	1	12	38			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.46	-0.423	2.41	-0.42%	-1.72	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out d3
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
7	129	21	May 1	CIN		HOU	L,0-4	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	5.2	6	3	3	3	3	1	1	5.00	4.40	28	4	11	1	2	6	45			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.104	1.00	-0.06%	-0.57	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
8	130	23	May 3	CIN		SDP	L,5-13	1-1		1	0.1	3	4	3	0	1	0	0	5.93	4.30	5	2	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	.53	-0.109	.47	-0.06%	-3.52	1t 1-- 0 out d4	1t -23 1 out d7
9	131	27	May 7	CIN	@	NYM	W,3-0	GS-8	W(2-2)	3	7.1	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	4.67	3.78	27	9	5	0	3	3	76			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.373	1.27	0.20%	2.83	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a1
10	132	31	May 14	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS-9	W(3-2)	6	8.1	6	2	2	2	7	0	0	4.19	3.35	33	7	12	1	2	5	68			0	0	0	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.208	1.15	0.11%	0.87	1b start a 1	9b 1-3 1 out a2
11	133	33	May 16	CIN		NYM	L,9-10	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.09	3.33	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.035	.42	0.02%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
12	134	36	May 21	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	GS-7		4	6.2	8	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.26	3.26	30	12	10	0	2	4	42			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.16	-0.153	.83	-0.07%	-0.89	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out tie
13	135	39	May 25	CIN		MON	W,7-2	GS-8	W(4-2)	3	8.0	10	2	2	0	5	1	0	3.99	3.21	34	9	11	0	2	9	59			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	1	1	.73	0.178	.69	0.10%	1.80	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
14	136	41	May 29	CIN		PIT	W,10-4	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	10	4	4	2	3	2	0	3.99	3.50	38	8	15	1	3	10	52			0	1	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	.80	0.265	.90	0.18%	0.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
15	137	45	Jun 3	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	1	3.87	3.47	37	8	15	0	5	6	68			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	2	.87	0.017	1.29	0.02%	1.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
16	138	48	Jun 7	CIN	@	CHC	T,5-5	GS-6		3	6.0	8	5	5	3	4	1	0	4.14	3.57	29	12	9	4	2	1	37			0	0	0	25	2	0	2	0	0	0	.68	-0.206	1.09	-0.20%	-1.93	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
17	139	51	Jun 11	CIN		STL	L,5-10	GS-2	L(6-3)	3	1.1	5	5	5	1	0	2	0	4.61	3.90	10	0	4	0	0	5	23			0	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.365	1.09	-0.35%	-4.71	1t start tie	2t -2- 1 out d5
18	140	55	Jun 15(1)	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	GS-6		3	5.2	5	4	4	8	3	0	0	4.72	4.01	27	5	6	0	0	5	38			0	1	0	17	3	0	1	1	1	0	1.79	-0.148	2.64	-0.13%	-0.90	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out tie
19	141	60	Jun 19	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-7	GS-5		3	4.2	6	4	2	2	2	0	1	4.67	3.99	24	3	10	0	0	6	40			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.01	-0.238	1.82	-0.26%	-2.17	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d3
20	142	64	Jun 23	CIN		SDP	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-3)	3	9.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	4.27	3.75	29	10	11	1	4	2	89			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.247	.37	0.15%	4.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	143	69	Jun 27(2)	CIN		SFG	W,9-1	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	9	0	0	4.01	3.57	33	4	11	0	0	6	77			0	1	1	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	.32	0.142	.53	0.14%	3.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
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
22	144	73	Jul 1	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-8		3	7.2	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.98	3.49	30	3	17	1	2	7	54			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.197	1.20	0.20%	1.36	1b start a 3	8b -2- 2 out a2
23	145	77	Jul 5	CIN	@	LAD	L,5-6	GS-5		3	5.0	8	5	5	1	2	2	0	4.18	3.65	23	5	8	1	2	7	32			0	1	1	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	.67	-0.346	1.16	-0.36%	-2.90	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
24	146	81	Jul 9	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS-7	W(9-3)	3	6.1	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.11	3.58	24	7	10	0	3	6	54			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.004	1.84	0.00%	-0.08	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 1 out a2
25	147	85	Jul 13	CIN	@	HOU	L,6-9	GS-7		3	6.0	6	4	4	3	7	0	0	4.19	3.50	27	4	7	1	1	6	48			0	0	0	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.176	2.46	-0.19%	-0.94	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out a1
26	148	89	Jul 17	CIN		ATL	L,2-12	GS-4	L(9-4)	3	3.0	10	6	6	1	0	0	0	4.49	3.50	19	3	6	1	1	9	14			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.369	3.25	-0.48%	-3.95	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d4
27	149	91	Jul 19	CIN		HOU	W,10-9	4-5		1	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.45	3.49	5	1	3	0	1	1		3	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.021	.14	-0.02%	-0.77	4t 123 2 out d6	5t 3 out d8
28	150	92	Jul 24	CIN	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS-9		4	8.0	9	3	3	1	5	2	1	4.39	3.58	35	9	11	0	4	8	56			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.109	2.09	-0.09%	1.32	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
29	151	96	Jul 29	CIN		MON	W,4-2	CG	W(10-4)	4	9.0	4	2	2	2	6	0	0	4.25	3.49	31	7	13	1	3	3	75			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.391	2.01	0.38%	2.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
30	152	100	Aug 2	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-8	L(10-5)	3	7.2	9	5	5	1	3	2	0	4.33	3.58	30	8	13	1	4	5	43			0	1	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	0	.96	-0.111	2.29	-0.16%	0.09	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out d1
31	153	105	Aug 6	CIN		NYM	W,3-2	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	10	2	2	0	6	0	0	4.21	3.46	36	8	12	0	2	10	65			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.488	4.07	0.77%	2.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
32	154	109	Aug 11	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	GS-9	W(12-5)	4	8.1	8	3	3	2	8	1	0	4.17	3.43	36	11	10	2	3	5	61			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.61	0.143	5.57	0.30%	0.78	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
33	155	115	Aug 16	CIN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(13-5)	4	9.0	10	2	2	0	5	1	0	4.06	3.40	36	5	16	3	4	10	64			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.274	3.50	0.55%	2.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
34	156	120	Aug 21	CIN	@	STL	W,5-3	GS-7	W(14-5)	4	6.2	9	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.06	3.44	30	4	15	1	4	6	45			0	0	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.194	4.62	0.38%	0.70	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a2
35	157	126	Aug 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-7	GS-9	W(15-5)	4	8.2	9	7	5	2	5	3	0	4.11	3.57	39	10	15	0	3	7	45			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	1	2	1.43	-0.056	4.18	-0.10%	-2.76	1b start a 3	9b --3 2 out a1
36	158	131	Aug 31	CIN		STL	W,7-5	GS-7	W(16-5)	4	6.0	11	5	5	0	1	2	0	4.21	3.65	29	7	10	1	1	11	31			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.023	2.40	-0.05%	-2.15	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out a2
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
37	159	134	Sep 5	CIN		ATL	L,2-11	GS-6	L(16-6)	4	5.0	7	7	7	3	2	2	0	4.40	3.76	26	5	9	0	3	7	24			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	2	.92	-0.377	3.75	-0.93%	-3.97	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out d3
38	160	139	Sep 9	CIN		SFG	L,4-7	GS-8	L(16-7)	3	7.0	6	4	4	1	7	2	0	4.42	3.79	28	3	11	0	0	6	55			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	.85	-0.122	5.76	-0.49%	-0.29	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out d2
39	161	144	Sep 14	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS-7	L(16-8)	4	6.2	9	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.45	3.81	31	9	11	0	0	8	41			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.48	-0.350	8.39	-1.19%	-1.43	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out d1
40	162	150	Sep 19	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS-7		4	6.1	3	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.37	3.79	23	6	9	0	1	3	62			0	2	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.222	3.01	0.40%	1.98	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a2
41	163	154	Sep 23(1)	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	CG	W(17-8)	3	9.0	7	3	3	0	3	2	0	4.32	3.83	33	11	12	2	3	7	64			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.180	.34	0.07%	1.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
42	164	160	Sep 27	CIN		HOU	L,3-4	GS-4	L(17-9)	3	3.0	8	3	3	0	2	1	1	4.37	3.86	17	2	4	1	0	8	33			1	0	0	16	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.183	1.72	-0.16%	-1.95	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d3
							23-18		W-L:17-9	3.2	251.0	269	127	122	61	144	33	5	4.37	3.86	1072	0.63		4%	12%	238	50	7	71%	3	9	3	987	60	2	8	14	6	14	1.06	-0.459	2.33	-1.85%	-10.27

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