Harry Ables vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Harry Ables
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Harry Ables and Jim Merritt are fairly close on the surface numbers. Jim Merritt posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.65 vs 4.04) and WHIP (1.237 vs 1.528). Harry Ables had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.13 per nine innings vs 0.97). By the career numbers, Jim Merritt had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Harry Ables and Jim Merritt

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.77
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.01
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.49
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.52
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.5
48.5
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.34
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.04
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.65
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
9.97
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1468
8.91
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.79
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
5.17
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
5.66
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.995
0.995
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.15
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
40
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.76
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.29
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.43
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.12
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.528
1.528
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
36.08
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5782
35.09
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Harry Ables and Jim Merritt

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.07
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
1.23
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.21
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.58
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.92
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.51
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Ables and Jim Merritt

Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
298
387.01
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
515.58
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
72.73
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
55.84
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.39
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.88
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.76
21.76
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
101.3
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
110.39
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
27.27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.97
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
48.05
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.62
-60.42
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.19
11.93
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.36
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
231.17
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.6
2.6
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
42.86
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.3
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0