Jim Mertz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: August 10, 1916 in Lima, OH us

Died: February 4, 2003 in Waycross, GA

Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL

High School: Shawnee HS (Lima, OH)

Debut: May 1, 1943 (Age 26-264d, 9,445th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: October 2, 1943 (Age 27-053d)
vs. DET 4.0 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: James Verlin Mertz

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.0

ERA

4.63

116.2

WHIP

1.431

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-23 / in Starts: 3-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 6

1943 Pitching Game Log

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1943 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	1	10	May 1	WSH		NYY	L,7-9	10-11	L(0-1)	99	1.1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	13.50	7.15	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	0.035	6.71	0.07%	0.01	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 12- 1 out tie
2	2	17	May 8	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	GS-10	L(0-2)	6	9.1	4	2	1	5	4	0	0	2.53	3.87	37	17	7	1	4	4	73			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.253	3.81	0.35%	1.64	1t start tie	10t 123 1 out tie
3	3	23	May 15	WSH	@	DET	L,1-8	GS-1	L(0-3)	6	1.0	4	5	5	1	0	1	0	6.17	5.14	8	1	2	0	0	4	24			0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.360	2.63	-0.69%	-4.54	1b start tie	1b 3 out d5
4	4	32	May 30(1)	WSH		CHW	L,2-5			14	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.27	4.85	9												8					0
5	5	34	May 31(1)	WSH		CLE	W,8-7			0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.60	4.44	7												7					0
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
6	6	38	Jun 3	WSH		DET	L,2-8	GS-	L(0-4)	2	6.1	3	6	6	3	4	1	0	5.73	4.56	26						44						23					0
7	7	42	Jun 6(2)	WSH		DET	W,8-4		S(1)	2	3.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.40	4.85	12												12					0
8	8	46	Jun 13(1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,16-5	GS-	W(1-4)	6	5.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.80	4.62	19						56						17					0
9	9	51	Jun 17	WSH		NYY	L,8-9	GS-5		3	4.0	6	5	4	5	1	0	0	5.29	4.77	23	7	4	0	0	6	28			0	1	1	18	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.44	-0.240	6.56	-0.66%	-2.32	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out a2
10	10	55	Jun 20(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7	3-7		2	5.0	6	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.85	4.68	23	9	4	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	20	2	0	2	0	0	0	.55	0.029	3.04	0.10%	1.15	3b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d1
11	11	58	Jun 23(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.61	4.68	7	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.007	.54	0.03%	0.86	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
12	12	63	Jun 30	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-7	5-6		6	1.1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.46	4.69	8	0	4	0	3	3		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.010	.44	-0.03%	-0.19	5b 12- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d6
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
13	13	65	Jul 2	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	11-GF(11)	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.36	4.59	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.09	0.492	24.39	1.18%	1.38	11b 12- 0 out a1	11b end a 1
14	14	67	Jul 4(1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	GS-	L(1-5)	1	6.0	8	3	3	2	7	1	0	4.38	4.46	27						49						25					0
15	15	72	Jul 7	WSH	@	DET	L,1-9	5-GF(8)		2	3.2	7	5	5	2	1	0	0	4.92	4.41	18	7	2	0	0	6		2	1	0	0	0	16	2	1	1	2	0	1	.24	-0.074	.99	-0.18%	-3.28	5b -23 1 out d3	8b end d 8
16	16	77	Jul 11(2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-4		W(2-5)	3	0.2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4.86	4.52	5												2					0
17	17	79	Jul 16	WSH		BOS	L,1-4	9-GF		4	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.94	4.46	4	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.029	1.16	-0.06%	-0.59	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
18	18	84	Jul 22(1)	WSH		DET	L,5-7	8-GF		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.76	4.37	7	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.015	.55	0.04%	0.82	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
19	19	89	Jul 25(2)	WSH		CLE	W,7-2	CG	W(3-5)	2	9.0	7	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.39	4.16	36						65						33	3	0			0
20	20	92	Jul 28	WSH		CHW	L,7-12			2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.34	4.15	1												1					0
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
21	21	97	Aug 1(2)	WSH		SLB	W,20-6	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	11	6	6	4	4	0	0	4.54	4.02	40						41						36	1	1			0
22	22	102	Aug 7	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS-5	L(4-6)	5	5.0	7	5	5	2	2	2	0	4.82	4.28	23	6	7	0	0	6	33			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.196	2.22	-0.28%	-2.82	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
23	23	106	Aug 12	WSH	@	DET	L,3-10	5-GF(8)		4	4.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.59	4.18	15	5	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.83	5b --- 0 out d10	8b end d10
24	24	109	Aug 15(1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-6	3-6		2	4.0	2	1	0	3	3	0	0	4.38	4.15	17	9	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.004	.12	0.00%	0.59	3b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d6
25	25	115	Aug 20	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-5	8-GF	S(3)	4	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.48	4.12	10	5	1	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.001	.21	0.00%	-1.16	8b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 5
26	26	117	Aug 22(1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-8			1	2.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.48	4.11	9												6					0
27	27	119	Aug 23(1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-5	8-9	BS(1)	0	1.2	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.50	4.09	9	1	3	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.81	-0.309	3.29	-0.22%	-0.46	8b --- 0 out a1	9b --3 2 out tie
28	28	124	Aug 26(2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	2-GF(8)		2	6.1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.22	3.92	20	14	0	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.255	.31	0.07%	3.36	2b 123 2 out d2	8b end d 1
29	29	126	Aug 29(1)	WSH		PHA	W,5-4		W(5-6)	2	4.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.23	3.85	16												16					0
Sep/Oct				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	30	133	Sep 6(2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-6	L(5-7)	7	6.0	5	4	4	3	2	1	0	4.32	3.95	24	7	7	0	2	5	45			0	2	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.246	.17	-0.02%	-1.39	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
31	31	144	Sep 22(2)	WSH		SLB	L,1-9	5-7		15	2.1	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	4.31	3.96	10	5	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.11	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.86	5t --3 2 out d5	7t 3 out d7
32	32	146	Sep 26(1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-15	4-4		3	0.0	1	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.63	4.04	4	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-3.65	4t 12- 1 out d3	4t 123 1 out d6
33	33	152	Oct 2	WSH		DET	L,5-12	5-8		5	4.0	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	4.63	4.02	17	4	5	1	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-1.36	5t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d7
							10-23		W-L:5-7,Sv:3,BSv:1	3.1	116.2	109	65	60	58	53	7	0	4.63	4.02	499	2.18		1%	8%	65	46	12	33%	4	7	1	434	16	6	4	6	0	3	.83	-0.510	2.11	-0.30%	-10.97

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