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: 5-21 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 20

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 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	267	3	Apr 7	TEX		OAK	L,4-8	9-GF		99	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	9.00	16.58	4	0	1	0	1	1		2	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.081	.41	-0.08%	-1.59	9t 12- 0 out d1	9t end d 4
2	268	14	Apr 21	TEX		MIN	L,2-8	7-GF		13	2.1	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	10.80	11.58	11	5	2	1	1	3		3	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	1	.22	-0.028	.43	-0.03%	-1.39	7t 123 2 out d3	9t end d 6
3	269	17	Apr 26	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-4	8-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.82	10.76	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.022	1.72	0.02%	0.45	8b 12- 1 out d1	8b 12- 2 out d1
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
4	270	25	May 5(2)	TEX	@	BOS	L,8-10	7-8		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.71	9.01	5	4	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.18	0.007	.36	0.01%	0.42	7b --3 2 out d4	8b 12- 2 out d2
5	271	27	May 7	TEX		NYY	L,3-4	GS-4		1	3.1	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	7.88	6.08	19	5	5	1	2	8	31			0	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.24	-0.217	2.26	-0.24%	-1.70	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d2
6	272	39	May 22(1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-6	7-7		14	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.64	5.94	2	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.28	-0.086	2.48	-0.10%	-0.72	7b 1-- 1 out d1	7b 1-- 2 out d2
7	273	42	May 24	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-9	4-4		1	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	9.72	5.94	2	1	1	0	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.061	.61	-0.06%	-2.64	4b -23 2 out d4	4b 1-- 2 out d7
8	274	46	May 28	TEX		CLE	L,0-8	7-GF		3	2.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	7.36	4.58	10	3	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.01	0.00%	2.22	7t -23 1 out d8	9t end d 8
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
9	275	82	Jul 5	TEX		NYY	L,2-14	2-4		37	1.2	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	9.24	4.39	13	4	2	2	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.049	.34	-0.05%	-4.15	2t 1-3 2 out d7	4t 123 1 out d9
10	276	88	Jul 11	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-12	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8.56	4.48	5	1	2	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.67	8b 123 0 out d6	8b end d 9
11	277	96	Jul 19	TEX		BOS	L,1-3	9-9		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.16	4.39	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.043	.23	0.02%	1.57	9t 1-3 0 out d2	9t 1-- 2 out d2
12	278	104	Jul 30	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-11	8-GF(8)		10	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	8.22	4.99	4	0	2	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.57	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 9
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
13	279	108	Aug 3	TEX	@	CHW	W,12-5	9-9		3	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.04	4.81	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.04	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.41	9b --- 0 out a7	9b 12- 1 out a7
14	280	109	Aug 4(1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.10	4.56	6	0	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.026	.41	-0.02%	-0.53	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
15	281	118	Aug 12	TEX		MIL	L,1-5	8-GF		7	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.50	4.30	5	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.007	.07	0.00%	0.74	8t -2- 2 out d4	9t end d 4
16	282	119	Aug 13	TEX		MIL	L,1-5	8-8		0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7.50	4.30	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.060	.89	-0.02%	-1.15	8t 123 0 out d1	8t 12- 0 out d3
17	283	121	Aug 16	TEX	@	CLE	W,7-3	7-8	H(1)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.23	4.24	3	0	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.038	.38	0.01%	0.49	7b 12- 1 out a4	8b 1-- 0 out a4
18	284	124	Aug 20	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-2	6-7		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.86	4.05	4	1	1	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.071	.70	0.03%	1.47	6b 123 1 out d2	7b 1-- 1 out d1
19	285	125	Aug 21	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	8-8		0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.86	4.05	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.078	.76	-0.02%	-1.06	8b 12- 2 out a3	8b 1-3 2 out a2
20	286	128	Aug 24	TEX	@	DET	W,6-4	7-8		2	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.43	4.10	6	3	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.78	0.063	.89	0.04%	0.88	7b 12- 2 out d1	8b 3 out d1
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
21	287	143	Sep 9(1)	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		15	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.87	3.80	6	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.007	.08	0.01%	0.86	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
22	288	144	Sep 9(2)	TEX	@	CAL	W,5-3	6-8	H(2)	-1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	3.62	8	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	0.079	1.64	0.06%	0.49	6b --- 0 out a1	8b 1-- 0 out a2
23	289	152	Sep 21(1)	TEX		KCR	L,1-4	5-8		11	3.2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.71	3.28	14	4	4	1	2	3		2	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.28	0.018	.32	0.01%	1.46	5t 1-3 1 out d3	8t 3 out d4
24	290	153	Sep 21(2)	TEX		KCR	L,5-8	8-8		-1	0.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.60	3.26	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.005	.77	0.00%	0.37	8t 1-3 0 out d1	8t 12- 2 out d2
25	291	155	Sep 26(1)	TEX		CHW	L,1-5	8-GF		4	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.35	3.26	7	2	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	.14	-0.032	.02	0.00%	-0.71	8t 12- 1 out d3	9t end d 4
26	292	156	Sep 26(2)	TEX		CHW	L,2-7	8-GF		-1	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.13	3.22	5	3	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.006	.00	0.00%	1.29	8t 12- 1 out d5	9t end d 5
							5-21		W-L:0-0,Hld:2	2.5	32.2	46	17	15	6	18	3	0	4.13	3.22	149	1.24		7%	11%	40	31	41	37%	0	1	1	140	5	2	2	3	3	4	.48	-0.352	.66	-0.41%	-4.57

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