Jim Merritt
Born: December 9, 1943, Altadena, CAHeight: 6'3" Weight: 175 Bats: Left Throws: Left
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1965 Minnesota AL 21 5 4 3.17 16 9 1 2 5 2 0 76.2 68 311 29 27 11 19 1 0 61 1966 Minnesota AL 22 7 14 3.38 31 18 5 8 5 3 1 144.0 112 570 57 54 17 30 3 0 124 1967 Minnesota AL 23 13 7 2.53 37 28 11 5 4 0 4 227.2 196 911 72 64 21 24 6 7 161 1968 Minnesota AL 24 12 16 3.25 38 34 11 0 4 1 1 238.1 207 968 102 86 21 51 1 7 181 1969 Cincinnati NL 25 17 9 4.37 42 36 8 4 2 0 1 251.0 269 1072 127 122 33 53 8 5 144 1970 Cincinnati NL 26 20 12 4.08 35 35 12 0 0 0 1 234.0 248 984 114 106 21 41 12 1 136 1971 Cincinnati NL 27 1 11 4.37 28 11 0 12 5 0 0 107.0 115 456 55 52 14 23 8 3 38 1972 Cincinnati NL 28 1 0 4.50 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 8.0 13 38 4 4 1 1 1 0 4 1973 Texas AL 29 5 13 4.05 35 19 8 5 11 1 1 160.0 191 694 79 72 18 31 3 1 65 1974 Texas AL 30 0 0 4.13 26 1 0 15 10 0 0 32.2 46 149 17 15 3 4 2 0 18 1975 Texas AL 31 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 3 2 0 0 3.2 3 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 TOTALS 81 86 3.65 297 192 56 57 48 7 9 1483.0 1468 6168 657 602 160 277 45 25 932
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1965 Minnesota AL 16 285 29 68 114 13 0 11 4 2 1 2 19 1 0 61 3 .239 .400 .287 1966 Minnesota AL 31 529 57 112 185 18 2 17 5 3 2 3 30 3 0 124 4 .212 .350 .257 1967 Minnesota AL 37 853 72 196 298 27 6 21 15 6 3 6 24 6 7 161 9 .230 .349 .260 1968 Minnesota AL 38 894 102 207 307 27 5 21 7 8 8 2 51 1 7 181 15 .232 .343 .277 1969 Cincinnati NL 42 987 127 269 432 60 2 33 13 6 3 9 53 8 5 144 14 .273 .438 .316 1970 Cincinnati NL 35 917 114 248 395 64 10 21 10 3 4 7 41 12 1 136 17 .270 .431 .310 1971 Cincinnati NL 28 412 55 115 183 24 1 14 7 3 0 2 23 8 3 38 10 .279 .444 .332 1972 Cincinnati NL 4 36 4 13 19 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 .361 .528 .395 1973 Texas AL 35 646 79 191 283 28 5 18 3 10 2 5 31 3 1 65 14 .296 .438 .327 1974 Texas AL 26 140 17 46 64 5 2 3 0 3 0 1 4 2 0 18 3 .329 .457 .349 1975 Texas AL 5 14 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .214 .214 .267
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1965 Minnesota AL 21 16 22 1 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 14 0 .136 .136 .240 1966 Minnesota AL 22 31 39 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 16 1 .103 .128 .182 1967 Minnesota AL 23 37 74 4 10 13 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 33 2 .135 .176 .210 1968 Minnesota AL 24 38 71 1 10 12 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 22 2 .141 .169 .197 1969 Cincinnati NL 25 42 77 6 11 15 1 0 1 5 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 37 1 .143 .195 .190 1970 Cincinnati NL 26 35 83 7 14 23 0 0 3 6 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 42 0 .169 .277 .207 1971 Cincinnati NL 27 29 29 0 4 7 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 1 .138 .241 .167 1972 Cincinnati NL 28 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1973 Texas AL 29 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 Texas AL 30 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 Texas AL 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 298 397 21 56 78 8 1 4 20 33 3 0 1 28 0 1 178 7 .141 .196 .198
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1965 Minnesota AL P 76.2 9 16 2 13 1 1 .938 1.76 1 2 3 1966 Minnesota AL P 144.0 18 31 7 20 0 0 1.000 1.69 2 3 2 1967 Minnesota AL P 227.2 28 37 4 32 3 1 .923 1.42 3 6 0 1968 Minnesota AL P 238.1 34 38 7 38 0 2 1.000 1.70 8 2 6 1969 Cincinnati NL P 251.0 36 42 7 33 1 1 .976 1.43 3 9 3 1970 Cincinnati NL P 234.0 35 35 5 30 2 1 .946 1.35 4 7 4 1971 Cincinnati NL P 107.0 11 28 5 10 1 1 .938 1.26 0 2 1 1972 Cincinnati NL P 8.0 1 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 0 0 0 1973 Texas AL P 160.0 19 35 7 22 2 1 .935 1.63 2 5 1 1974 Texas AL P 32.2 1 26 1 4 3 0 .625 1.38 0 1 1 1975 Texas AL P 3.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Los Angeles Dodgers (June 15, 1961).
- Selected by Minnesota Twins from Los Angeles Dodgers in the first-year minor league draft (November 27, 1961).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Leo Cardenas (November 21, 1968).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Texas Rangers in exchange for Hal King and Jim Driscoll (December 1, 1972).
- Placed on disabled list by Texas Rangers (June 10, 1974)
- Activated by Texas Rangers (July 1, 1974)
- Placed on disabled list by Texas Rangers (June 2, 1975)
- Activated by Texas Rangers (July 3, 1975)
- Released by Texas Rangers (July 17, 1975).
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