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: 9-7 / in Starts: 5-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 3

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	104	Aug 2	MIN		BAL	W,6-5	GS-9		99	8.2	8	5	4	1	6	2	0	4.15	4.48	35	12	10	1	0	6	55			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.148	9.48	-0.73%	-0.95	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out tie
2	2	109	Aug 6	MIN		BOS	W,9-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	3	6.0	4	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.68	4.43	23	6	7	0	0	4	58			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.039	5.78	0.12%	0.77	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
3	3	114	Aug 12	MIN	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	10	2	2	1	8	2	0	3.04	4.25	38	4	18	4	0	7	66			0	0	0	37	4	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.299	2.48	0.58%	1.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
4	4	119	Aug 17	MIN	@	DET	L,4-7	GS-4	L(2-1)	4	4.0	6	3	3	1	4	3	0	3.58	5.23	18	3	4	2	0	6	41			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.158	4.34	-0.43%	-1.23	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
5	5	124	Aug 21	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-2	GS-8	W(3-1)	3	7.0	7	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.12	4.45	30	5	9	1	0	7	64			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	0.175	3.30	0.32%	1.02	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
6	6	128	Aug 25	MIN		NYY	W,5-4	GS-9	W(4-1)	3	8.1	4	4	3	3	3	2	0	3.14	4.75	32	10	12	2	0	4	61			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.06	0.075	3.84	0.16%	-0.10	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out a1
7	7	132	Aug 29	MIN		CLE	L,1-3	GS-8	L(4-2)	3	7.2	7	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.20	4.45	32	6	10	3	3	7	54			0	1	2	26	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.15	-0.078	2.19	-0.09%	0.27	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d2
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
8	8	136	Sep 2	MIN		DET	L,4-5	GS-5	L(4-3)	3	5.0	7	4	4	0	3	1	0	3.56	4.40	22	5	7	0	2	7	40			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.272	1.98	-0.27%	-1.70	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
9	9	141	Sep 6(2)	MIN	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.2	5	3	3	4	4	0	0	3.55	4.24	30	8	9	2	3	5	57			0	0	1	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	-0.137	3.88	-0.23%	0.18	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out tie
10	10	144	Sep 10	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-5	6-GF	S(1)	3	3.2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	3.36	3.91	12	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.202	1.53	0.20%	2.05	6b -2- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
11	11	147	Sep 14	MIN		KCA	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.31	3.83	4	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.51	0.268	.96	0.03%	0.83	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
12	12	149	Sep 17	MIN		WSA	L,1-2	10-GF(10)	L(4-4)	2	1.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.39	3.72	6	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	-0.313	.19	-0.01%	-0.54	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
13	13	153	Sep 21	MIN		BAL	L,4-6	5-6		3	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.42	3.70	10	0	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.040	.02	0.00%	-0.08	5t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d3
14	14	156	Sep 25(2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-3	7-GF	W(5-4)	3	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.28	3.57	10	4	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.188	.04	0.01%	1.29	7b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 2
15	15	159	Sep 29	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	9-9	H(1)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.25	3.56	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.83	0.501	.00	0.00%	1.70	9b 123 0 out a1	9b -23 2 out a1
16	16	161	Oct 2	MIN		CAL	L,4-5	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.17	3.57	8	5	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.92	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 1
							9-7		W-L:5-4,Sv:2,Hld:1	3.1	76.2	68	29	27	20	61	11	0	3.17	3.57	311	0.74		10%	5%	63	55	5	0%	1	2	3	285	13	0	1	3	2	5	1.16	0.659	3.60	-0.35%	6.35

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