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: 4-24 / in Starts: 0-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 7

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	200	9	Apr 18(1)	CIN	@	MON	L,2-3	GS-4		99	4.0	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.00	3.95	16	6	3	1	0	5	51			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.45	0.203	1.65	0.14%	1.72	1b start a 2	4b 3 out a2
2	201	13	Apr 23	CIN		LAD	L,0-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	7.0	6	1	1	5	1	0	0	0.82	4.18	33	13	8	2	0	6	57			0	0	0	28	1	0	2	1	0	2	1.31	0.173	1.37	0.11%	1.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	202	20	Apr 30	CIN		SFG	L,5-7	GS-8	L(0-2)	6	7.0	9	4	4	2	2	1	0	2.50	4.34	31	7	11	0	0	9	43			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.44	-0.150	1.75	-0.11%	-0.44	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a1
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	203	25	May 6	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-5	GS-3	L(0-3)	5	2.1	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.98	4.17	15	3	3	1	0	7	27			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.206	1.32	-0.12%	-2.08	1b start tie	3b -23 1 out d2
5	204	30	May 11	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-6	GS-6	L(0-4)	4	6.0	8	6	6	1	4	3	1	5.13	5.19	26	6	6	0	0	8	35			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.32	-0.350	.29	-0.19%	-3.42	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
6	205	35	May 17	CIN		PHI	L,2-3	GS-8	L(0-5)	5	8.0	6	3	3	1	1	2	1	4.72	5.42	28	7	12	1	1	6	58			0	2	1	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.185	.39	-0.05%	0.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
7	206	40	May 22	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-5	L(0-6)	4	5.0	5	5	2	1	3	1	0	4.58	5.30	22	5	9	1	2	4	45			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	1	.62	-0.215	.29	-0.06%	-2.83	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
8	207	45	May 27	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-6	L(0-7)	4	6.0	9	5	5	3	1	2	0	4.96	5.65	30	7	10	0	0	9	32			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	0	.81	-0.310	.30	-0.07%	-2.34	1b start tie	6b 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
9	208	54	Jun 5	CIN		STL	L,3-5	7-8		8	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.82	5.62	5	1	3	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.011	.03	0.00%	0.70	7t -2- 2 out d4	8t 3 out d4
10	209	59	Jun 12	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-5	6-6		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.72	5.56	4	0	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.005	.03	0.00%	0.49	6b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d5
11	210	62	Jun 15	CIN	@	STL	L,1-6	GS-5	L(0-8)	2	5.0	4	4	4	2	2	3	0	4.96	6.04	21	4	9	1	2	4	43			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.58	-0.198	.16	-0.03%	-1.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
12	211	66	Jun 19	CIN		ATL	L,3-9	5-8		3	4.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.92	6.02	15	5	7	0	4	3		2	2	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.092	.06	-0.02%	-1.03	5t 1-3 0 out d2	8t 3 out d6
13	212	69	Jun 21	CIN		PHI	L,3-5	12-GF(12)	L(0-9)	1	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.15	6.01	6	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2.41	-0.428	.65	-0.07%	-1.59	12t --- 0 out tie	12t end d 2
14	213	73	Jun 25(1)	CIN	@	ATL	L,6-8	7-8	L(0-10)	3	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.40	5.97	4	1	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	-0.223	.34	-0.02%	-0.88	7b -2- 2 out tie	8b -2- 1 out d1
15	214	74	Jun 25(2)	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-10	3-GF(8)		-1	6.0	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.90	5.65	27	8	9	0	1	8		0	0	0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	.02	0.005	.00	0.00%	2.76	3b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 7
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
16	215	87	Jul 7	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-9	2-7		11	6.0	5	4	4	5	2	0	0	4.99	5.54	27	2	13	2	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	1	0	.21	0.019	.01	0.00%	-1.34	2b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d7
17	216	100	Jul 22	CIN		LAD	L,4-8	1-8		14	7.2	6	3	3	0	3	1	0	4.85	5.32	29	10	10	3	0	6		2	2	0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.099	.02	-0.01%	-1.01	1t 1-3 1 out d3	8t 3 out d6
18	217	107	Jul 29	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.90	5.26	5	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.60	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
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
19	218	113	Aug 3(2)	CIN	@	NYM	L,4-9	GS-5	L(0-11)	4	4.2	9	7	7	3	2	0	0	5.38	5.16	27	7	6	1	1	9	17			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.265	.01	0.00%	-5.07	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d7
20	219	116	Aug 7	CIN		MON	L,3-4	4-5		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.25	5.10	6	4	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.21	0.027	.01	0.00%	0.82	4t --- 0 out d4	5t 3 out d4
21	220	121	Aug 14	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	8-GF		6	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.13	5.02	7	2	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.033	.01	0.00%	0.82	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
22	221	124	Aug 17	CIN		STL	W,5-3	6-7		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.02	4.94	8	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.109	.02	0.00%	0.82	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out tie
23	222	128	Aug 21	CIN		PIT	W,6-3	4-GF	W(1-11)	3	5.1	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.74	4.71	17	2	8	3	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.212	.02	0.00%	2.35	4t -2- 2 out d2	9t end a 3
24	223	133	Aug 27	CIN	@	STL	W,8-7	6-6		5	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.70	4.71	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.21	0.072	.07	0.00%	1.35	6b -23 1 out d2	6b 3 out d2
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
25	224	146	Sep 10	CIN		HOU	L,0-1	5-8		13	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.52	4.58	13	5	4	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.177	.00	0.00%	1.65	5t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
26	225	149	Sep 13	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	11-11		2	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.49	4.59	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.14	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.02	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 12- 2 out tie
27	226	155	Sep 19	CIN	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-7		5	6.1	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	4.39	4.40	26	6	7	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.06	0.162	.00	0.00%	1.33	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a3
28	227	160	Sep 26	CIN		SFG	L,5-12	5-5		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	4.39	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	0.087	.00	0.00%	0.75	5t 123 0 out tie	5t 123 1 out tie
							4-24		W-L:1-11	4.0	107.0	115	55	52	31	38	14	3	4.37	4.39	456	0.76		7%	6%	113	42	12	33%	0	2	1	412	24	1	8	10	3	6	.77	-1.421	.43	-0.48%	-6.61

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