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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-21 / in Starts: 15-19
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 80 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	49 (30-11-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 80 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	46 (23-14-7)

Most Driven In
F Quilici	1
J HernÃ¡ndez	0

Most Driven In By
R Carew	1
C Tovar	0

1968 Batting Game Log

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1968 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	85	2 (1)	Apr 11	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.55	-0.050	1.33	-0.07%	-0.57	P
2	86	6 (3)	Apr 17	MIN		WSA	W,13-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	.31	-0.026	1.02	-0.05%	-0.36	P
3	87	10 (3)	Apr 22	MIN		BAL	L,1-2	CG(10)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.273	.111	.384	9	1.68	-0.130	5.29	-0.25%	-1.35	P
4	88	14 (3)	Apr 27	MIN		CHW	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.286	.091	.377	9	.75	-0.015	1.87	-0.02%	-0.22	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	89	18 (3)	May 1	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.235	.071	.307	9	1.61	-0.121	5.60	-0.25%	-0.63	P
6	90	22 (3)	May 5	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.263	.067	.330	9	1.24	-0.038	3.50	-0.06%	-0.20	P
7	91	26 (3)	May 9	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.250	.063	.313	9	.80	-0.018	1.85	-0.03%	-0.18	P
8	92	31 (4)	May 14	MIN		OAK	L,8-13	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.227	.056	.283	9	.71	-0.021	1.92	-0.03%	-0.46	P
9	93	35 (3)	May 20	MIN		DET	L,3-4	GS-10	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.100	.250	.100	.350	9	.77	-0.041	2.30	-0.07%	-0.49	P
10	94	40 (4)	May 26	MIN		BOS	W,5-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.240	.095	.335	9	.69	-0.016	1.89	-0.03%	-0.13	P
11	95	45 (4)	May 31	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	9	1.31	-0.044	3.28	-0.07%	-0.35	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	96	50 (4)	Jun 4	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.207	.080	.287	9	.71	-0.048	1.36	-0.06%	-0.52	P
13	97	55 (4)	Jun 9	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-7	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.207	.080	.287	9	1.84	-0.016	3.68	-0.02%	-0.15	P
14	98	59 (3)	Jun 13	MIN	@	DET	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.226	.148	.374	9	1.43	0.060	2.12	0.05%	0.23	P
15	99	64 (4)	Jun 18	MIN		WSA	W,9-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.206	.133	.339	9	.74	-0.064	1.18	-0.06%	-1.13	P
16	100	68 (3)	Jun 23	MIN		NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.211	.176	.387	9	.54	-0.053	.85	-0.05%	0.03	P
17	101	72 (3)	Jun 29	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-5	GS-5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.250	.222	.472	9	1.05	0.137	2.34	0.18%	1.06	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	102	76 (3)	Jul 3	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.227	.200	.427	9	1.79	-0.178	2.88	-0.17%	-0.76	P
19	103	81 (4)	Jul 7 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.239	.214	.453	9	.57	-0.012	.32	0.00%	-0.08	P
20	104	85 (3)	Jul 14	MIN		CLE	L,3-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.234	.209	.443	9	.56	-0.013	.19	0.00%	-0.13	P
21	105	86	Jul 15	MIN		CLE	L,2-4	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.234	.209	.443	9						P
22	106	90 (3)	Jul 19	MIN		OAK	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.245	.222	.467	9	1.03	0.043	.22	0.01%	0.23	P
23	107	96 (5)	Jul 23 (2)	MIN		CAL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.208	.439	9	.59	-0.044	.05	0.00%	-0.66	P
24	108	100 (3)	Jul 28	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	9	1.64	-0.080	.20	-0.01%	-0.52	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	109	104 (3)	Aug 2	MIN		DET	L,5-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	9						P
26	110	107 (2)	Aug 6	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.232	.196	.428	9	.89	-0.002	.02	0.00%	0.28	P
27	111	112 (4)	Aug 10	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.151	.224	.189	.413	9	1.08	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.02	P
28	112	116 (3)	Aug 14	MIN		WSA	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.213	.179	.392	9	.49	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
29	113	121 (4)	Aug 18	MIN		BAL	L,1-7	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.222	.190	.412	9	1.41	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.61	P
30	114	125 (3)	Aug 22	MIN		NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.212	.180	.392	9	.34	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
31	115	130 (4)	Aug 26 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,4-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.206	.175	.380	9	1.05	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.35	P
32	116	136 (5)	Aug 30	MIN		CHW	W,5-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.185	.399	9	.62	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.11	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	117	140 (3)	Sep 3	MIN		BOS	L,1-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.208	.179	.387	9	1.59	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
34	118	145 (4)	Sep 9	MIN		CLE	L,1-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.205	.176	.382	9	.69	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
35	119	151 (5)	Sep 16	MIN		CAL	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.147	.205	.176	.382	8						P
36	120	154 (2)	Sep 20	MIN		OAK	L,1-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.147	.205	.176	.382	9						P
37	121	159 (4)	Sep 25	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-2	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.203	.174	.377	9	.07	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.07	P
38	122	162 (2)	Sep 29	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.197	.169	.366	9	.67	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.25	P
							17-21		80	71	1	10	2	0	0	1	5	0	22	0	4	0	1	2	0	1	.141	.197	.169	.366		.92	-1.084	1.40	-1.06%	-9.68

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