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Jim Merritt

Game Log for 1970
Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Apr 06 W, 5-1 vs Expos Start 1 9.0 3 31 1 1 0 2 0 8 1.00 W (1-0) CIN Apr 11 L, 1-2 at Giants Start 8.1 8 33 2 2 0 0 1 7 1.56 L (1-1) CIN Apr 15 W, 3-2 vs Dodgers Start 8.2 7 32 2 2 1 0 0 2 1.73 W (2-1) CIN Apr 20 W, 6-2 at Braves Start 2 9.0 6 32 2 2 1 0 0 3 1.80 W (3-1) CIN Apr 25 W, 3-2 at Cardinals Start 8.0 5 29 2 2 0 0 0 3 1.88 W (4-1) CIN Apr 29 W, 5-3 vs Astros Start 7.1 8 29 2 2 0 0 0 3 1.97 W (5-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN May 03 W, 11-7 vs Pirates Start 6.1 10 30 5 4 0 1 0 1 2.38 W (6-1) CIN May 08 L, 7-10 at Cubs Start 3.0 4 13 4 4 2 0 0 1 2.87 L (6-2) CIN May 12 W, 5-3 at Pirates Start 3 9.0 4 35 3 3 1 4 0 3 2.88 W (7-2) CIN May 17 (1) W, 5-1 vs Braves Start 4 9.0 7 37 1 1 0 2 1 2 2.67 W (8-2) CIN May 22 W, 5-2 at Astros Start 5 9.0 10 36 2 2 0 0 0 7 2.60 W (9-2) CIN May 26 (1) L, 1-8 at Padres Start 5.0 9 24 5 5 2 1 0 4 2.95 L (9-3) CIN May 31 W, 6-4 vs Expos Start 7.1 11 31 4 4 1 0 0 3 3.09 W (10-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Jun 06 W, 5-1 vs Mets Start 6 9.0 6 30 1 1 0 0 0 5 2.92 W (11-3) CIN Jun 11 L, 4-8 at Expos Start 6.0 7 28 7 5 2 1 0 3 3.16 L (11-4) CIN Jun 16 L, 1-8 at Mets Start 3.2 8 21 4 4 1 2 0 4 3.37 L (11-5) CIN Jun 21 (1) L, 3-9 vs Dodgers Start 6.1 10 32 5 5 0 2 0 4 3.56 L (11-6) CIN Jun 27 W, 5-2 at Astros Start 8.0 4 30 2 2 1 0 0 6 3.48 W (12-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Jul 02 W, 2-1 vs Braves Start 7 9.0 6 37 1 1 0 4 0 3 3.32 W (13-6) CIN Jul 06 W, 5-0 vs Padres Start 8 1 9.0 6 32 0 0 0 2 0 9 3.12 W (14-6) CIN Jul 10 (1) L, 9-11 at Braves Start 3.1 9 22 7 7 2 3 0 2 3.46 L (14-7) CIN Jul 18 W, 3-1 at Pirates Start 9.0 6 36 1 1 0 2 2 6 3.33 W (15-7) CIN Jul 22 L, 2-10 at Cubs Start 2.0 7 15 8 5 1 1 0 1 3.56 L (15-8) CIN Jul 27 L, 9-16 vs Cardinals Start 3.1 8 21 8 8 1 2 1 2 3.92 L (15-9) CIN Jul 31 (2) L, 7-11 vs Cubs Start 3.2 10 22 6 6 0 0 3 1 4.15 L (15-10) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Aug 04 W, 12-1 at Padres Start 9 9.0 8 35 1 1 1 1 0 6 3.99 W (16-10) CIN Aug 09 (1) L, 3-7 at Dodgers Start 6.0 10 30 3 3 0 4 1 4 4.01 CIN Aug 13 W, 6-1 vs Mets Start 10 9.0 5 32 1 1 0 0 0 13 3.87 W (17-10) CIN Aug 17 W, 9-3 vs Phillies Start 11 9.0 6 33 3 3 1 0 0 6 3.83 W (18-10) CIN Aug 22 W, 3-2 at Mets Start 8.0 6 33 2 2 0 3 1 7 3.77 W (19-10) CIN Aug 26 W, 6-5 at Phillies Start 6.2 14 34 5 5 1 0 1 1 3.86 W (20-10) CIN Aug 30 L, 1-5 at Expos Start 12 8.0 7 33 5 4 1 1 1 5 3.89 L (20-11) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Sep 04 L, 2-15 vs Padres Start 3.1 7 18 7 6 1 2 0 1 4.06 L (20-12) CIN Sep 08 W, 5-2 at Giants Start 0.2 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 4.09 CIN Sep 26 W, 6-3 vs Dodgers Start 3.0 4 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.08

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      20  12   4.08   35  35  12   0   0   1  234.0  248   984  114  106  21   41  12  136   22-13  4.89 runs/start

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              151   19   32   55   9   1   4   18   1   1    8   0   0   34   0  .212  .364  .250  .614
vs RHB              766   85  216  340  55   9  17   83   3   6   33  12   1  102  17  .282  .444  .322  .766

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            11   4   3.69   16  16   7   0   0   1  112.1  114   460   48   46   5   17   5   63   12-4   5.56 runs/start
Road             9   8   4.44   19  19   5   0   0   0  121.2  134   524   66   60  16   24   7   73   10-9   4.32 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              5   5   4.28   12  12   3   0   0   0   75.2   89   327   41   36   5   13   4   39    6-6   4.58 runs/start
Night           15   7   3.98   23  23   9   0   0   1  158.1  159   657   73   70  16   28   8   97   16-7   5.04 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            5   1   1.97    6   6   2   0   0   0   50.1   37   186   11   11   2    2   1   26    5-1   3.83 runs/start
May              5   2   4.25    7   7   3   0   0   0   48.2   55   206   24   23   6    8   1   21    5-2   5.71 runs/start
June             2   3   4.64    5   5   1   0   0   0   33.0   35   141   19   17   4    5   0   22    2-3   3.60 runs/start
July             3   4   6.41    7   7   2   0   0   1   39.1   52   185   31   28   4   14   6   24    3-4   5.29 runs/start
August           5   1   3.07    7   7   4   0   0   0   55.2   56   230   20   19   4    9   4   42    5-2   5.71 runs/start
September        0   1  10.29    3   3   0   0   0   0    7.0   13    36    9    8   1    3   0    1    2-1   4.33 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           3   0   2.22    3   3   1   0   0   0   24.1   22    95    6    6   1    0   0   16    3-0   5.00 runs/start
Braves           3   1   3.26    4   4   3   0   0   0   30.1   28   128   11   11   3    9   1   10    3-1   5.50 runs/start
Cardinals        1   1   7.94    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.1   13    50   10   10   1    2   1    5    1-1   6.00 runs/start
Cubs             0   3  15.58    3   3   0   0   0   0    8.2   21    50   18   15   3    1   3    3    0-3   5.33 runs/start
Dodgers          1   1   4.12    4   4   0   0   0   0   24.0   31   107   11   11   1    6   1   10    2-2   3.75 runs/start
Expos            2   2   4.15    4   4   2   0   0   0   30.1   28   123   17   14   4    4   1   19    2-2   4.00 runs/start
Giants           0   1   3.00    2   2   0   0   0   0    9.0   10    38    3    3   0    1   1    7    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Mets             3   1   2.43    4   4   2   0   0   0   29.2   25   116    8    8   1    5   1   29    3-1   3.75 runs/start
Padres           2   2   4.10    4   4   2   0   0   1   26.1   30   109   13   12   4    6   0   20    2-2   5.00 runs/start
Phillies         2   0   4.60    2   2   1   0   0   0   15.2   20    67    8    8   2    0   1    7    2-0   7.50 runs/start
Pirates          3   0   2.96    3   3   1   0   0   0   24.1   20   101    9    8   1    7   2   10    3-0   6.33 runs/start

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