Jim Merritt
1965–1975 · bats L / throws L · Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins, NLS, Texas Rangers
232G
.141AVG
.198OBP
.196SLG
More career statistics
56H
4HR
20RBI
0SB
81–86W–L
1,483.0IP
932K
3.65ERA
192GS
7SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 232 | 298 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 232 | 462 | 397 | 21 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 28 | 178 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 78 | .141 | .198 | .196 | .394 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,483.0 | 297 | 192 | 56 | 81 | 86 | 7 | 1,468 | 657 | 602 | 160 | 322 | 932 | 0 | 0 | 3.65 | 1.207 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1966-07-01 to 1966-07-17
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1967-08-27 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 45 | 13 strikeouts | 1970-08-13 | 1 in 861 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 13 innings pitched | 1967-07-26 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 151 | 216 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 78 | .170 | .204 | .207 |
| Away | 147 | 246 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 100 | .115 | .163 | .187 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 20 | .156 | .204 | .178 |
| May | 51 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | .101 | .132 | .116 |
| June | 44 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 28 | .193 | .209 | .281 |
| July | 48 | 87 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 31 | .169 | .195 | .286 |
| August | 64 | 118 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 41 | .139 | .220 | .198 |
| September | 52 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | .083 | .100 | .083 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 23 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .054 | .122 | .081 |
| california-angels | 22 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .111 | .105 | .167 |
| chicago-white-sox | 22 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .105 | .136 | .105 |
| baltimore-orioles | 19 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | .200 | .290 | .240 |
| detroit-tigers | 18 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .200 | .217 | .250 |
| cleveland-guardians | 18 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .050 | .160 | .050 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 15 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .067 | .143 | .067 |
| boston-red-sox | 14 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .267 | .312 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 |  Minnesota Twins | 16 | 22 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .136 | 76 | 61 |
| 1966 | Minnesota Twins | 31 | 39 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .103 | 144 | 124 |
| 1967 | Minnesota Twins | 37 | 74 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .135 | 227 | 161 |
| 1968 | Minnesota Twins | 38 | 71 | 10 | – | 1 | – | .141 | 238 | 181 |
| 1969 |  Cincinnati Reds | 42 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 5 | – | .143 | 251 | 144 |
| 1970 | Cincinnati Reds | 35 | 83 | 14 | 3 | 6 | – | .169 | 234 | 136 |
| 1971 | Cincinnati Reds | 29 | 29 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .138 | 107 | 38 |
| 1972 | Cincinnati Reds | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 8 | 4 |
| 1973 |  Texas Rangers | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 160 | 65 |
| 1974 | Texas Rangers | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 18 |
| 1975 | Texas Rangers | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |