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Jim Merritt

Game Log for 1973
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Apr 07 L, 1-3 vs White Sox Finish 1.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 TEX Apr 11 L, 6-9 at Royals Middle 2.0 4 10 3 3 0 0 0 1 9.00 TEX Apr 20 L, 1-5 at Twins Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.75 TEX Apr 28 L, 3-4 vs Brewers Finish 2.2 2 11 1 0 0 0 0 2 4.05 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX May 09 L, 1-5 at Brewers Finish 3.0 1 12 1 1 0 2 0 4 3.72 TEX May 10 L, 2-17 vs A's Finish 1.2 8 13 4 4 1 0 0 1 6.35 TEX May 15 L, 5-9 vs Twins Finish 1.2 4 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 6.23 TEX May 18 L, 1-7 at Angels Finish 3.0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.06 TEX May 25 L, 7-9 at Yankees Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.96 TEX May 29 L, 7-9 vs Indians Middle 2.0 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.42 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Jun 01 W, 4-3 vs Orioles Start 5.1 5 20 2 2 0 0 0 3 4.18 TEX Jun 06 L, 2-5 vs Yankees Start 6.0 7 29 4 2 0 2 1 2 3.94 L (0-1) TEX Jun 12 L, 4-5 at Indians Start 6.0 6 24 5 4 2 0 0 2 4.29 L (0-2) TEX Jun 17 L, 4-5 at Orioles Start 6.1 6 27 4 4 0 4 0 3 4.50 TEX Jun 22 W, 3-0 at Royals Start 8.0 4 31 0 0 0 3 0 2 3.78 W (1-2) TEX Jun 26 L, 2-6 vs A's Start 4.1 9 22 3 3 2 1 0 2 3.98 L (1-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Jul 01 W, 8-3 vs Royals Start 1 9.0 8 39 3 3 0 3 0 4 3.84 W (2-3) TEX Jul 06 W, 5-2 at Brewers Start 2 9.0 8 36 2 2 1 0 0 2 3.61 W (3-3) TEX Jul 10 L, 4-5 at Tigers Start 3 8.0 9 36 5 4 2 1 0 5 3.70 L (3-4) TEX Jul 15 L, 1-3 at Red Sox Start 4 5.0 6 20 3 3 1 0 0 0 3.80 L (3-5) TEX Jul 20 W, 8-6 vs Tigers Start 2.1 9 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 4.00 TEX Jul 27 W, 5-2 vs Angels Start 5 9.0 10 36 2 2 1 0 0 4 3.82 W (4-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Aug 01 L, 1-5 at Angels Start 1.2 8 12 3 3 0 0 0 1 4.03 L (4-6) TEX Aug 05 (1) L, 3-7 at White Sox Middle 5.0 8 22 4 4 3 1 0 3 4.18 TEX Aug 08 L, 2-3 at Yankees Start 6 8.2 11 36 3 3 0 1 0 2 4.10 L (4-7) TEX Aug 13 L, 4-7 vs Orioles Start 4.2 8 23 6 6 2 1 0 2 4.40 L (4-8) TEX Aug 18 L, 3-5 vs Yankees Start 6.1 10 32 5 4 2 2 0 1 4.46 L (4-9) TEX Aug 21 L, 9-15 vs Red Sox Middle 4.1 4 16 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.31 TEX Aug 26 (1) W, 9-0 at Indians Start 7 1 9.0 3 33 0 0 0 3 0 2 4.03 W (5-9) TEX Aug 31 L, 2-11 vs Twins Start 2.0 5 12 4 4 0 1 0 2 4.23 L (5-10) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Sep 03 (2) L, 2-5 at White Sox Start 8 8.0 8 35 5 4 0 1 1 4 4.24 L (5-11) TEX Sep 07 W, 10-8 vs A's Finish 1 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.23 TEX Sep 10 L, 4-5 at Twins Finish 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.19 TEX Sep 20 (1) L, 4-6 vs Angels Finish 6.2 8 30 2 2 0 2 1 3 4.12 L (5-12) TEX Sep 26 L, 4-5 at Angels Finish 5.0 6 21 1 1 0 1 0 5 4.05 L (5-13)

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       5  11   4.25   19  19   8   0   0   1  118.2  140   519   62   56  13   23   2   43    7-12  3.84 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0   4.61    5   0   0   0   0   0   13.2   19    58    7    7   3    3   0    5    0-5 
As closer        0   2   2.93   11   0   0  11   1   0   27.2   32   117   10    9   2    5   1   17    1-10

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              148   13   38   58   6   1   4   12   0   1    7   1   0   14   4  .257  .392  .291  .683
vs RHB              498   70  153  225  22   4  14   65   2   4   24   2   1   51  10  .307  .452  .338  .790

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             2   6   4.67   17   9   2   6   1   0   69.1  101   320   40   36   9   14   2   27    5-12  4.22 runs/start
Road             3   7   3.57   18  10   6   5   0   1   90.2   90   374   39   36   9   17   1   38    3-15  3.50 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              2   3   3.46    8   6   5   1   0   1   52.0   53   213   21   20   5   10   1   18    2-6   3.83 runs/start
Night            3  10   4.33   27  13   3  10   1   0  108.0  138   481   58   52  13   21   2   47    6-21  3.85 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   0   4.05    4   0   0   3   0   0    6.2    8    28    4    3   0    0   0    3    0-4 
May              0   0   4.63    6   0   0   4   0   0   11.2   17    52    6    6   2    2   0    7    0-6 
June             1   3   3.75    6   6   0   0   0   0   36.0   37   153   18   15   4   10   1   14    2-4   3.17 runs/start
July             3   2   3.61    6   6   5   0   0   0   42.1   50   183   18   17   5    4   0   15    4-2   5.17 runs/start
August           1   5   5.18    8   6   2   0   0   1   41.2   57   186   25   24   7   11   0   13    1-7   3.50 runs/start
September        0   3   2.91    5   1   1   4   1   0   21.2   22    92    8    7   0    4   2   13    1-4   2.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           1   3   2.84    5   2   1   3   0   0   25.1   33   108    8    8   1    3   1   13    1-4   3.00 runs/start
A's              0   1   9.95    3   1   0   2   1   0    6.1   17    36    7    7   3    1   0    3    1-2   2.00 runs/start
Brewers          1   0   1.84    3   1   1   2   0   0   14.2   11    59    4    3   1    2   0    8    1-2   5.00 runs/start
Indians          1   1   2.12    3   2   1   0   0   1   17.0   12    66    5    4   2    3   0    4    1-2   6.50 runs/start
Orioles          0   1   6.61    3   3   0   0   0   0   16.1   19    70   12   12   2    5   0    8    1-2   4.00 runs/start
Red Sox          0   1   2.89    2   1   1   0   0   0    9.1   10    36    3    3   1    2   0    0    0-2   1.00 runs/start
Royals           2   0   2.84    3   2   1   0   0   0   19.0   16    80    6    6   0    6   0    7    2-1   5.50 runs/start
Tigers           0   1   6.10    2   2   1   0   0   0   10.1   18    52    8    7   2    1   0    5    1-1   6.00 runs/start
Twins            0   1   7.11    4   1   0   3   0   0    6.1   10    29    5    5   1    1   0    4    0-4   2.00 runs/start
White Sox        0   1   5.14    3   1   1   1   0   0   14.0   17    60    9    8   3    2   1    7    0-3   2.00 runs/start
Yankees          0   3   3.80    4   3   1   0   0   0   21.1   28    98   12    9   2    5   1    6    0-4   2.33 runs/start

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