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: 8-27 / in Starts: 7-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 11

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	232	1	Apr 7	TEX		CHW	L,1-3	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.57	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.015	.39	0.01%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
2	233	3	Apr 11	TEX	@	KCR	L,6-9	2-3		3	2.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	9.00	1.90	10	3	3	0	1	3		3	1	0	0	0	8	2	1	0	0	2	0	.41	-0.083	.57	-0.07%	-1.15	2b 123 0 out d4	3b 3 out d6
3	234	8	Apr 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.75	2.07	4	2	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.09	0.003	.10	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
4	235	15	Apr 28	TEX		MIL	L,3-4	7-GF		7	2.2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	4.05	1.67	11	5	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	.40	0.026	.34	0.01%	0.39	7t 1-- 1 out d3	9t end d 1
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
5	236	23	May 9	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-5	6-GF(8)		10	3.0	1	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.72	1.74	12	3	2	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.021	.14	-0.01%	0.39	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
6	237	24	May 10	TEX		OAK	L,2-17	8-GF		0	1.2	8	4	4	0	1	1	0	6.35	2.83	13	3	1	0	1	8		2	2	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-4.69	8t 12- 1 out d10	9t end d15
7	238	30	May 15	TEX		MIN	L,5-9	8-GF		4	1.2	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	6.23	3.64	8	3	0	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.30	-0.167	.17	-0.06%	-1.69	8t 12- 1 out d1	9t end d 4
8	239	33	May 18	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-7	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.06	3.44	9	4	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	0.003	.01	0.00%	1.30	6b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
9	240	38	May 25	TEX	@	NYY	L,7-9	7-7		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.96	3.30	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.010	.06	0.00%	0.21	7b 1-- 2 out d2	7b 3 out d2
10	241	41	May 29	TEX		CLE	L,7-9	5-6		3	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.42	3.22	9	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.044	.08	0.00%	0.91	5t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d3
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
11	242	44	Jun 1	TEX		BAL	W,4-3	GS-6		2	5.1	5	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.18	2.82	20	4	8	0	0	5	53			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.090	.14	0.01%	0.86	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a1
12	243	48	Jun 6	TEX		NYY	L,2-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	6.0	7	4	2	3	2	0	0	3.94	2.94	29	8	9	0	2	7	45			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	1	2	.88	-0.200	.12	-0.02%	-1.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
13	244	53	Jun 12	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-6	L(0-2)	5	6.0	6	5	4	0	2	2	0	4.29	3.49	24	5	11	1	1	6	44			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.448	.07	-0.02%	-2.07	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
14	245	57	Jun 17	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.1	6	4	4	4	3	0	0	4.50	3.49	27	7	8	0	0	5	44			0	1	1	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.224	.07	-0.01%	-1.19	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d2
15	246	61	Jun 22	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-0	GS-8	W(1-2)	4	8.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.78	3.45	31	2	20	3	3	4	73			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.427	.10	0.02%	4.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
16	247	66	Jun 26	TEX		OAK	L,2-6	GS-5	L(1-3)	3	4.1	9	3	3	1	2	2	0	3.98	3.84	22	5	5	1	1	9	34			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	.98	-0.186	.03	0.00%	-1.37	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d2
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
17	248	72	Jul 1	TEX		KCR	W,8-3	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	8	3	3	3	4	0	1	3.84	3.72	39	16	8	0	2	7	60			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	1	1	.99	-0.055	.02	0.00%	1.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
18	249	79	Jul 6	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.61	3.70	36	8	18	0	4	8	65			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.299	.01	0.00%	2.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
19	250	84	Jul 10	TEX	@	DET	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(3-4)	3	8.0	9	5	4	1	5	2	0	3.70	3.82	36	12	9	1	1	9	50			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	3	.60	-0.209	.00	0.00%	-0.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
20	251	89	Jul 15	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG(5)	L(3-5)	4	5.0	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.80	3.90	20	7	8	2	1	5	43			0	1	0	19	1	1	0	0	1	0	.76	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-0.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
21	252	93	Jul 20	TEX		DET	W,8-6	GS-3		4	2.1	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.00	3.87	16	3	4	1	1	9	27			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-2.15	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out a4
22	253	98	Jul 27	TEX		CAL	W,5-2	CG	W(4-5)	6	9.0	10	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.82	3.80	36	7	15	2	1	10	63			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.236	.00	0.00%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
23	254	104	Aug 1	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-5	GS-2	L(4-6)	4	1.2	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	4.03	3.76	12	0	3	0	1	8	28			0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	-0.248	.00	0.00%	-2.59	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d3
24	255	108	Aug 5(1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-7	3-8		3	5.0	8	4	4	1	3	3	0	4.18	4.05	22	5	5	0	0	8		1	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.90	3b -2- 0 out d1	8b --- 0 out d4
25	256	112	Aug 8	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(4-7)	2	8.2	11	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.10	3.92	36	13	10	0	3	10	51			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.98	-0.327	.00	0.00%	0.71	1b start a 1	9b 12- 2 out d1
26	257	116	Aug 13	TEX		BAL	L,4-7	GS-5	L(4-8)	4	4.2	8	6	6	1	2	2	0	4.40	4.08	23	8	4	0	0	8	25			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.296	.00	0.00%	-3.03	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d4
27	258	120	Aug 18	TEX		NYY	L,3-5	GS-7	L(4-9)	4	6.1	10	5	4	2	1	2	0	4.46	4.25	32	7	13	0	4	9	34			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	.65	-0.208	.00	0.00%	-2.31	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d4
28	259	123	Aug 21	TEX		BOS	L,9-15	3-7		2	4.1	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.31	4.24	16	7	3	0	2	4		2	2	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	3	0	0	.14	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.29	3t 1-3 2 out d7	7t 3 out d3
29	260	127	Aug 26(1)	TEX	@	CLE	W,9-0	SHO	W(5-9)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	4.03	4.17	33	11	14	1	1	3	80			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	.37	0.156	.00	0.00%	4.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
30	261	133	Aug 31	TEX		MIN	L,2-11	GS-2	L(5-10)	4	2.0	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.23	4.13	12	3	2	0	0	4	31			1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.293	.00	0.00%	-3.09	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
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
31	262	137	Sep 3(2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(5-11)	2	8.0	8	5	4	2	4	0	0	4.24	4.04	35	10	11	0	2	8	50			0	0	0	32	3	1	1	0	1	1	.95	-0.234	.00	0.00%	-1.03	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
32	263	139	Sep 7	TEX		OAK	W,10-8	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.23	4.03	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.30	9t -2- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
33	264	142	Sep 10	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.19	4.00	5	3	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.147	.00	0.00%	2.07	7b 123 1 out d1	8b end d 1
34	265	152	Sep 20(1)	TEX		CAL	L,4-6	5-GF(11)	L(5-12)	9	6.2	8	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.12	3.96	30	9	7	1	1	8		2	0	0	0	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.01	0.279	.00	0.00%	2.08	5t -23 1 out tie	11t end d 2
35	266	159	Sep 26	TEX	@	CAL	L,4-5	4-GF	L(5-13)	5	5.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.05	3.87	21	6	4	0	2	5		2	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	-0.159	.00	0.00%	1.23	4b 1-3 2 out d2	9b end d 1
							8-27		W-L:5-13,Sv:1	3.9	160.0	191	79	72	34	65	18	1	4.05	3.87	694	0.89		3%	9%	183	47	20	35%	2	5	1	646	28	5	3	14	10	13	.91	-1.751	.04	-0.12%	-4.46

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