Jim Merritt
James Joseph Merritt
Born: December 9, 1943
Altadena, CA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 175
Career: 1965-1975
Minor League Statistics
Jim Merritt compiled a career record of 81 wins and 86 losses in his 298-game career with the Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds and Texas Rangers. He began playing during the 1965 season and last took the field during the 1975 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.17 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76.7 | 68 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 311 |
| 1966 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 7 | 14 | .333 | 3.38 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 144.0 | 112 | 57 | 54 | 17 | 33 | 3 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 570 |
| 1967 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.53 | 37 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 227.7 | 196 | 72 | 64 | 21 | 30 | 6 | 161 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 911 |
| 1968 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 12 | 16 | .429 | 3.25 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 238.3 | 207 | 102 | 86 | 21 | 52 | 1 | 181 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 968 |
| 1969 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 17 | 9 | .654 | 4.37 | 42 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 251.0 | 269 | 127 | 122 | 33 | 61 | 8 | 144 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1072 |
| 1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 20 | 12 | .625 | 4.08 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 234.0 | 248 | 114 | 106 | 21 | 53 | 12 | 136 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 984 |
| 1971 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 11 | .083 | 4.37 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 115 | 55 | 52 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 456 |
| 1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 1973 | AL | Texas Rangers | 5 | 13 | .278 | 4.05 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 160.0 | 191 | 79 | 72 | 18 | 34 | 3 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 694 |
| 1974 | AL | Texas Rangers | 0 | 0 | 4.13 | 26 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 149 | |
| 1975 | AL | Texas Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Totals | 81 | 86 | .485 | 3.65 | 297 | 192 | 48 | 56 | 9 | 7 | 1483.0 | 1468 | 657 | 602 | 160 | 322 | 45 | 932 | 25 | 1 | 32 | 6168 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 16 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .136 | .240 | .136 | .376 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 31 | 46 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .103 | .182 | .128 | .310 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1967 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 37 | 84 | 74 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 33 | .135 | .210 | .176 | .386 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 38 | 80 | 71 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 22 | .141 | .197 | .169 | .366 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 42 | 99 | 77 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 37 | .143 | .190 | .195 | .385 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 35 | 93 | 83 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 42 | .169 | .207 | .277 | .484 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 29 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .138 | .167 | .241 | .408 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | AL | Texas Rangers | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1974 | AL | Texas Rangers | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1975 | AL | Texas Rangers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 298 | 462 | 397 | 21 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 178 | .141 | .198 | .196 | .395 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 16 | 9 | 76.7 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.761 | .938 |
| 1966 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 31 | 18 | 144.0 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | .871 |
| 1967 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 37 | 28 | 227.7 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 1.423 | .973 |
| 1968 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 38 | 34 | 238.3 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.699 | 1.184 |
| 1969 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 42 | 36 | 251.0 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.434 | .952 |
| 1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 35 | 35 | 234.0 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 1.346 | 1.000 |
| 1971 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 28 | 11 | 107.0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.262 | .536 |
| 1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 4 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | .250 |
| 1973 | AL | Texas Rangers | P | 35 | 19 | 160.0 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.631 | .829 |
| 1974 | AL | Texas Rangers | P | 26 | 1 | 32.7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 1.378 | .192 |
| 1975 | AL | Texas Rangers | P | 5 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 297 | 192 | 1483.0 | 45 | 203 | 13 | 8 | .950 | 1.505 | .835 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | WS | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| 1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.69 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 21.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | WS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | WS | P | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.400 | 1.000 |
| 1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | P | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 2.000 |
| 1970 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 4 | 2 | 10.3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.484 | 1.000 |
Awards
1970 - NL TSN All-Star LHP
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