Jim Merritt

Full Name: James Joseph Merritt	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/175	First Game: August 2, 1965
Birthdate: December 9, 1943	Final Game: May 23, 1975
Birthplace: Altadena, California	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on December 9, 1943 in Altadena, California, Jim Merritt (James Joseph Merritt) played for the Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds and Texas Rangers over the course of his 11 year career. Merritt broke into the bigs on August 2, 1965 with the Minnesota Twins, and put up a 3.17 ERA in 76.2 innings pitched in 1965, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jim Merritt's best season was 1967, when he posted a 2.53 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 161 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1965	MIN	A	16	9	5	4	3.17	61	29	27	1	0	2	76.2	68	11	20	1	0	0
1966	MIN	A	31	18	7	14	3.38	124	57	54	5	1	3	144	112	17	33	3	4	0
1967	MIN	A	37	28	13	7	2.53	161	72	64	11	4	0	227.2	196	21	30	6	10	7
1968	MIN	A	38	34	12	16	3.25	181	102	86	11	1	1	238.1	207	21	52	1	1	7
1969	CIN	N	42	36	17	9	4.37	144	127	122	8	1	0	251	269	33	61	8	3	5
1970	CIN	N	35	35	20	12	4.08	136	114	106	12	1	0	234	248	21	53	12	4	1
1971	CIN	N	28	11	1	11	4.37	38	55	52	0	0	0	107	115	14	31	8	2	3
1972	CIN	N	4	1	1	0	4.50	4	4	4	0	0	0	8	13	1	2	1	0	0
1973	TEX	A	35	19	5	13	4.05	65	79	72	8	1	1	160	191	18	34	3	7	1
1974	TEX	A	26	1	0	0	4.13	18	17	15	0	0	0	32.2	46	3	6	2	1	0
1975	TEX	A	5	0	0	0	.00	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	0	0	0	0	1
Total	NL		109	83	39	32	4.26	322	300	284	20	2	0	600	645	69	147	29	9	9
Total	AL		188	109	42	54	3.24	610	357	318	36	7	7	883	823	91	175	16	23	16
Total			297	192	81	86	3.65	932	657	602	56	9	7	1483	1468	160	322	45	32	25

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1965	MIN	A	P	16	9	76.2	2	13	1	1	2	1	2	3	.938
1966	MIN	A	P	31	18	144	7	20	0	0	1	2	3	2	1.000
1967	MIN	A	P	37	28	227.2	4	32	3	1	2	3	6	0	.923
1968	MIN	A	P	38	34	238.1	7	38	0	2	0	8	2	6	1.000
1969	CIN	N	P	42	36	251	7	33	1	1	0	3	9	3	.976
1970	CIN	N	P	35	35	234	5	30	2	1	1	4	7	4	.946
1971	CIN	N	P	28	11	107	5	10	1	1	2	0	2	1	.938
1972	CIN	N	P	4	1	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1973	TEX	A	P	35	19	160	7	22	2	1	0	2	5	1	.935
1974	TEX	A	P	26	1	32.2	1	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	.625
1975	TEX	A	P	5	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	297	192	1483	45	203	13	8	8	23	37	21	.950

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1965	MIN	A	16	22	1	3	0	3	.136	.240	.136	0	0	2	14	1	1	0
1966	MIN	A	31	39	2	4	0	1	.103	.182	.128	1	0	4	16	0	2	1
1967	MIN	A	37	74	4	10	0	2	.135	.210	.176	3	0	7	33	0	3	2
1968	MIN	A	38	71	1	10	0	1	.141	.197	.169	2	0	5	22	0	4	2
1969	CIN	N	42	77	6	11	1	5	.143	.190	.195	1	0	5	37	0	15	1
1970	CIN	N	35	83	7	14	3	6	.169	.207	.277	0	0	4	42	0	6	0
1971	CIN	N	29	29	0	4	0	2	.138	.167	.241	1	1	1	14	0	2	1
1972	CIN	N	4	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	TEX	A	35	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	TEX	A	26	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	TEX	A	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		110	191	13	29	4	13	.152	.192	.236	2	1	10	93	0	23	2
Total	AL		188	206	8	27	0	7	.131	.204	.160	6	0	18	85	1	10	5
Total			298	397	21	56	4	20	.141	.198	.196	8	1	28	178	1	33	7

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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).
Released by Texas Rangers (July 17, 1975).

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