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Jim
Merritt		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: December 9, 1943 in Usa, CA, ALTADENA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1967   
All-Star Selections 1971   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 21 KCR AL   8 5 4 4 9 8 9 6 5 5
1966 22 NYG NL $ 300,000 8 5 4 4 9 9 9 7 6 6
1967 23 NYG NL $ 300,000 8 5 4 4 9 9 9 7 6 6
1968 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 8 5 4 4 9 8 8 5 4 5
1969 25 NYG NL $ 300,000 8 5 4 5 9 8 9 6 5 5
1970 26 NYG NL $ 1,478,571 7 5 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5
1971 27 KCR AL $ 1,685,714 7 5 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5
1972 28 KCR AL $ 1,708,571 7 5 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5
1973 29 CLE AL $ 1,750,000 7 5 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5
1974 30 CLE AL $ 1,750,000 7 5 4 4 9 9 9 6 5 5
1975 31 CLE AL $ 1,750,000 7 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 5
1976 32 MON NL $ 1,750,000 7 4 4 4 8 7 8 6 5 5
1977 33 MON NL $ 684,000 5 4 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4
1978 34 MON NL $ 684,000 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,750,000 8 5 4 5 9 9 9 7 6 6
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 21 KCR AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 22 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 26 NYG NL $ 1,478,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 27 KCR AL $ 1,685,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 28 KCR AL $ 1,708,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 29 CLE AL $ 1,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 30 CLE AL $ 1,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1975 31 CLE AL $ 1,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1976 32 MON NL $ 1,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1977 33 MON NL $ 684,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1978 34 MON NL $ 684,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1965 21 AAA   11 12 .478 27 27 6 1 0 203.7 210 76 18 40 154 3.36 .262 .297 .388 .685  
1966 22 NYG NL 1 2 .333 10 0 0 0 0 11.7 17 7 2 2 8 5.40 .327 .352 .481 .833 0.1
    AAA   13 6 .684 22 22 9 4 0 166.7 146 42 13 29 122 2.27 .233 .267 .340 .607  
1967 23 NYG NL 13 6 .684 51 18 8 0 7 175.3 172 68 16 42 84 3.49 .258 .301 .388 .690 13.6
1968 24 NYG NL 11 10 .524 23 23 6 0 0 173.7 185 84 19 41 92 4.35 .269 .309 .406 .715 4.6
1969 25 NYG NL 15 14 .517 31 31 11 1 0 244.0 289 116 22 44 123 4.28 .295 .327 .422 .749 12.3
1970 26 NYG NL 12 9 .571 36 21 10 0 3 183.0 202 86 17 30 84 4.23 .278 .306 .404 .711 12.3
1971 27 KCR AL 6 5 .545 44 0 0 0 10 80.3 77 25 10 18 34 2.80 .256 .299 .389 .688 8.7
1972 28 KCR AL 6 3 .667 42 1 0 0 6 92.7 103 44 13 22 41 4.27 .280 .317 .440 .757 7.0
1973 29 CLE AL 3 5 .375 37 0 0 0 4 59.3 75 30 9 14 32 4.55 .310 .345 .479 .824 3.5
1974 30 CLE AL 2 8 .200 32 0 0 0 3 36.0 50 29 13 10 14 7.25 .331 .377 .656 1.032 0.0
1975 31 CLE AL 3 6 .333 27 0 0 0 7 45.7 54 18 4 13 22 3.55 .293 .335 .413 .748 4.5
1976 32 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 10.0 6 3 1 2 5 2.70 .188 .235 .313 .548 1.2
  MON NL 7 2 .778 29 0 0 0 3 51.0 58 32 6 24 24 5.65 .278 .350 .402 .752 2.4
  TOT   8 2 .800 34 0 0 0 3 61.0 64 35 7 26 29 5.16 .266 .336 .390 .726 3.6
1977 33 MON NL 1 1 .500 24 0 0 0 1 33.0 52 19 5 13 15 5.18 .364 .420 .503 .924 0.2
    AAA   2 1 .667 16 0 0 0 0 33.7 29 9 2 6 18 2.41 .236 .271 .317 .588  
1978 34 MON NL 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 1 18.0 16 6 1 6 4 3.00 .232 .293 .290 .583 1.6
    AAA   0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 12.7 18 10 3 6 1 7.11 .340 .407 .528 .935  
13 Years Sim 82 71 .536 396 94 35 1 45 1213.6 1356 567 138 281 582 4.20 .282 .321 .421 .742 72.1
4 Years AAA 26 19 .578 73 49 15 5 0 416.6 403 137 36 81 295 2.96 .251 .287 .368 .656  
Season Average 6 5 .545 30 7 2 0 3 93.4 104 43 10 21 44 4.20 .282 .321 .421 .742  
Career Highs 15 14 1.000 51 31 11 1 10 244.0 289 116 22 44 123 7.25 .364 .420 .656 1.032  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   973 397 84 216 360   .287 .330 .417 .746
vs LH   383 170 54 65 222   .270 .302 .432 .734
Home 42 31 .575 218 44 14 0 22 629.0 686 278 76 152 293 3.98 .277 .318 .426 .745
Away 40 40 .500 178 50 21 1 28 584.6 670 289 62 129 289 4.45 .287 .325 .416 .740
Mar/Apr 8 11 .421 70 8 4 1 12 163.3 195 83 23 42 77 4.57 .296 .338 .454 .792
May 13 7 .650 70 12 4 0 5 175.0 185 65 15 44 91 3.34 .270 .314 .390 .704
June 16 10 .615 81 11 4 0 13 196.0 211 88 20 47 82 4.04 .273 .315 .402 .717
July 14 8 .636 59 16 9 0 10 201.7 220 84 26 33 93 3.75 .277 .306 .436 .743
August 15 16 .484 59 24 7 0 3 238.0 261 121 26 64 128 4.58 .279 .325 .409 .733
Sep/Oct 16 19 .457 57 23 7 0 6 239.6 284 126 28 51 111 4.73 .294 .329 .437 .766
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1966 22 NYG NL 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.4
1967 23 NYG NL 51 50 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 .040 .040 .040 .080 -4.0 0.0
1968 24 NYG NL 23 64 4 8 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 19 .125 .138 .172 .310 0.0 0.0
3 Years Sim 84 115 6 11 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 36 .096 .103 .122 .225 -3.4 0.4
162 Game Average 221 11 21 5 0 0 9 0 0 1 69 .096 .103 .122 .225 -6.6  
Career Highs 51 64 4 8 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 19 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   50 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 .080 .098 .100 .198 -1.9
vs LH   65 3 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 .108 .108 .138 .246 -1.6
Home 40 46 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .065 .065 .087 .152 -2.4
Away 42 69 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 24 .116 .129 .145 .273 -1.1
RISP   29 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .103 .103 .103 .207 -1.0
Close/Late   6 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.8
Mar/Apr 4 8 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.4
May 6 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.5
June 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
July 5 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.2
August 13 40 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 .100 .100 .150 .250 -1.0
Sep/Oct 18 34 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .088 .114 .118 .232 -0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1966 22 NYG NL P 10 0 11.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.54    
1967 23 NYG NL P 51 18 175.3 18 24 3 3 .933 2.16    
1968 24 NYG NL P 23 23 173.7 10 33 4 2 .915 2.23    
1969 25 NYG NL P 31 31 244.0 19 37 1 3 .982 2.07    
1970 26 NYG NL P 36 21 183.0 14 39 1 4 .981 2.61    
1971 27 KCR AL P 44 0 80.3 1 13 0 1 1.000 1.57    
1972 28 KCR AL P 42 1 92.7 8 17 0 3 1.000 2.43    
1973 29 CLE AL P 37 0 59.3 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.82    
1974 30 CLE AL P 32 0 36.0 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.50    
1975 31 CLE AL P 27 0 45.7 5 8 1 0 .929 2.56    
1976 32 CLE AL P 5 0 10.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80    
  MON NL P 29 0 51.0 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.77    
  TOT   P 34 0 61.0 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.77    
1977 33 MON NL P 24 0 33.0 0 8 1 1 .889 2.18    
1978 34 MON NL P 5 0 18.0 2 5 1 0 .875 3.50    
Career Totals   396 94 1213.6 86 211 12 17 .961 2.20    
Career Highs   51 31 244.0 19 39 4 4 1.000 3.50    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1967 23 NYG NL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 3 4.7 5 1 0 0 2 1.93 .278 .278 .333 .611
1968 24 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 2 1 0 0 1 9.0 6 2 1 1 6 2.00 .182 .206 .333 .539
1971 27 KCR AL 0 3 .000 6 0 0 0 1 12.0 14 8 1 4 6 6.00 .269 .321 .365 .687
1974 30 CLE AL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 1 1 1 9.00 .400 .455 .700 1.155
1976 32 MON NL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 2 1 0 1 6.00 .533 .533 .733 1.267
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 4 .333 17 1 0 0 5 30.7 37 15 4 6 16 4.40 .289 .321 .422 .743
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1968 24 NYG NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1969-9-15
 Winning Pct
1967-6-.684
 Saves
1971-8-10
 Complete Games
1969-8-11
 Hits Allowed
1969-5-289
 Walks per 9IP
1967-10-2.2
1968-9-2.1
1969-4-1.6
1970-3-1.5
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 20    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Kansas City in 1965
Traded from Kansas City to New York (N) on 2/1/1966 (Going to NYG: P Steve Blass, P Jim Merritt, LF Mickey Stanley. Going to KCR: CF Jimmy Wynn, C Orlando Mcfarlane)
Had first career hit on 9/8/1966, off Bobby Tiefenauer (PIT)
Earned first career win on 9/8/1966
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1967
Injured on 6/1/1968 with a Broken Elbow, out for 8 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1969, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,478,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,685,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (N) to Kansas City on 3/3/1971 (Going to NYG: 2B Chuck Schilling, P Howie Koplitz, P Phil Regan, C Don Pavletich. Going to KCR: P Buster Narum, P Jim Merritt, C Doc Edwards)
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,708,571 through salary arbitration
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Kansas City to Cleveland (A) on 2/1/1973 (Going to CLE: SS Dick Allen, P Gary Wagner, P Jim Merritt, P Jerry Cram. Going to KCR: 1B Cliff Johnson, RF Joe Lahoud, CF Pepe Mangual, CF Jim Nettles)
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Montreal on 6/1/1976 (Going to MON: P Les Cain, P Jim Merritt. Going to CLE: RF Brian Asselstine, P Rick Rhoden, CF Gary Thomasson)
7/31/1976: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $684,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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