Jim Merritt career ERA
3.65Career Regular Season
Jim Merritt has a career ERA of 3.65 over 11 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 0.00 in 1975.
Average of 11 regular seasons, 1965 through 1975. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 |  MIN | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3.17 | 76.2 | 61 | 20 | 1.15 | 2 |
| 1966 | MIN | 31 | 7 | 14 | 3.38 | 144.0 | 124 | 33 | 1.01 | 3 |
| 1967 | MIN | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2.53 | 227.2 | 161 | 30 | 0.99 | 0 |
| 1968 | MIN | 38 | 12 | 16 | 3.25 | 238.1 | 181 | 52 | 1.09 | 1 |
| 1969 |  CIN | 42 | 17 | 9 | 4.37 | 251.0 | 144 | 61 | 1.31 | 0 |
| 1970 | CIN | 35 | 20 | 12 | 4.08 | 234.0 | 136 | 53 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 1971 | CIN | 28 | 1 | 11 | 4.37 | 107.0 | 38 | 31 | 1.36 | 0 |
| 1972 | CIN | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 1.88 | 0 |
| 1973 |  TEX | 35 | 5 | 13 | 4.05 | 160.0 | 65 | 34 | 1.41 | 1 |
| 1974 | TEX | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4.13 | 32.2 | 18 | 6 | 1.59 | 0 |
| 1975 | TEX | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.82 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV