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Jim Merritt

Game Log for 1971
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Apr 18 (1) L, 2-3 at Expos Start 4.0 5 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 CIN Apr 23 L, 0-3 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 6 33 1 1 0 3 2 1 0.82 L (0-1) CIN Apr 30 L, 5-7 vs Giants Start 7.0 9 31 4 4 1 2 0 2 2.50 L (0-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN May 06 L, 2-5 at Dodgers Start 2.1 7 15 4 4 0 1 0 1 3.98 L (0-3) CIN May 11 L, 1-6 at Giants Start 6.0 8 26 6 6 3 1 0 4 5.13 L (0-4) CIN May 17 L, 2-3 vs Phillies Start 8.0 6 28 3 3 2 1 0 1 4.72 L (0-5) CIN May 22 L, 3-5 at Phillies Start 5.0 5 22 5 2 1 0 1 3 4.58 L (0-6) CIN May 27 L, 2-5 at Pirates Start 6.0 9 30 5 5 2 2 1 1 4.96 L (0-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Jun 05 L, 3-5 vs Cardinals Middle 1.1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.82 CIN Jun 12 L, 2-5 at Cubs Middle 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.72 CIN Jun 15 L, 1-6 at Cardinals Start 5.0 4 21 4 4 3 2 0 2 4.96 L (0-8) CIN Jun 19 L, 3-9 vs Braves Middle 4.0 3 15 2 2 1 0 0 0 4.92 CIN Jun 21 L, 3-5 vs Phillies Finish 1.0 2 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 5.15 L (0-9) CIN Jun 25 (1) L, 6-8 at Braves Middle 0.2 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.40 L (0-10) CIN Jun 25 (2) L, 3-10 at Braves Finish 6.0 8 27 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.90 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Jul 07 L, 3-9 at Pirates Middle 6.0 5 27 4 4 0 4 1 2 4.99 CIN Jul 22 L, 4-8 vs Dodgers Middle 7.2 6 29 3 3 1 0 0 3 4.85 CIN Jul 29 L, 1-5 at Padres Finish 1.0 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 4.90 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Aug 03 (2) L, 4-9 at Mets Start 4.2 9 27 7 7 0 3 0 2 5.38 L (0-11) CIN Aug 07 L, 3-4 vs Expos Middle 2.0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.25 CIN Aug 14 L, 1-3 vs Cubs Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.13 CIN Aug 17 W, 5-3 vs Cardinals Middle 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.02 CIN Aug 21 W, 6-3 vs Pirates Finish 5.1 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.74 W (1-11) CIN Aug 27 W, 8-7 at Cardinals Middle 0.2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 4.70 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Sep 10 L, 0-1 vs Astros Middle 4.0 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.52 CIN Sep 13 W, 2-1 vs Braves Middle 0.2 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.49 CIN Sep 19 L, 4-5 at Astros Start 6.1 7 26 2 2 0 1 0 5 4.39 CIN Sep 26 L, 5-12 vs Giants Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.37

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       0   9   5.58   11  11   0   0   0   0   61.1   75   275   41   38  12   17   4   22    0-11  2.36 runs/start
Middle relief    0   1   3.26   12   0   0   0   0   0   30.1   23   119   11   11   2    5   3    9    3-9 
As closer        1   1   1.76    5   0   0   5   0   0   15.1   17    62    3    3   0    1   1    7    1-4 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              116   13   28   43   7   1   2   12   0   0    5   0   0   17   0  .241  .371  .270  .641
vs RHB              296   40   87  140  17   0  12   36   0   2   18   8   3   21  10  .294  .473  .355  .828

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             1   4   2.58   14   3   0   3   0   0   52.1   42   203   15   15   5    7   4   15    3-11  2.33 runs/start
Road             0   7   6.09   14   8   0   2   0   0   54.2   73   253   40   37   9   16   4   23    1-13  2.38 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              1   0   1.12    6   1   0   1   0   0   16.0   12    58    2    2   1    2   0    4    1-5   2.00 runs/start
Night            0  11   4.95   22  10   0   4   0   0   91.0  103   398   53   50  13   21   8   34    3-19  2.40 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   2   2.50    3   3   0   0   0   0   18.0   20    80    5    5   1    6   2    3    0-3   2.33 runs/start
May              0   5   6.59    5   5   0   0   0   0   27.1   35   121   23   20   8    5   2   10    0-5   2.00 runs/start
June             0   3   4.74    7   1   0   2   0   0   19.0   20    82   10   10   4    4   1    3    0-7   1.00 runs/start
July             0   0   4.91    3   0   0   1   0   0   14.2   14    61    8    8   1    4   1    6    0-3 
August           1   1   3.78    6   1   0   2   0   0   16.2   16    68    7    7   0    3   1    9    3-3   4.00 runs/start
September        0   0   1.59    4   1   0   0   0   0   11.1   10    44    2    2   0    1   1    7    1-3   4.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           0   0   1.74    2   1   0   0   0   0   10.1    9    39    2    2   0    1   0    7    0-2   4.00 runs/start
Braves           0   1   3.18    4   0   0   1   0   0   11.1   14    50    4    4   1    1   1    1    1-3 
Cardinals        0   1   4.00    4   1   0   0   0   0    9.0    6    37    4    4   3    3   1    4    2-2   1.00 runs/start
Cubs             0   0   0.00    2   0   0   1   0   0    3.0    2    11    0    0   0    0   0    1    0-2 
Dodgers          0   2   4.24    3   2   0   0   0   0   17.0   19    77    8    8   1    4   2    5    0-3   1.00 runs/start
Expos            0   0   0.00    2   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    6    22    0    0   0    1   0    0    0-2   2.00 runs/start
Giants           0   2   6.75    3   2   0   0   0   0   13.1   17    58   10   10   4    3   0    6    0-3   3.00 runs/start
Mets             0   1  13.50    1   1   0   0   0   0    4.2    9    27    7    7   0    3   0    2    0-1   4.00 runs/start
Padres           0   0   9.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    1.0    3     5    1    1   0    0   0    1    0-1 
Phillies         0   3   4.50    3   2   0   1   0   0   14.0   13    56   10    7   3    1   2    4    0-3   2.50 runs/start
Pirates          1   1   4.67    3   1   0   1   0   0   17.1   17    74    9    9   2    6   2    7    1-2   2.00 runs/start

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