Juan Abreu vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Juan Abreu
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Merritt built a career as a starting pitcher and Juan Abreu as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Juan Abreu posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 3.65 and 1.237 for Jim Merritt. By the career numbers, Juan Abreu had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Juan Abreu and Jim Merritt

Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9.45
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.49
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.52
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.5
48.5
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.34
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.7
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
3.65
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.01
7.01
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
8.1
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1468
8.91
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.97
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.05
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
16.2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
932
5.66
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.2
16.2
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.19
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
6.75
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
45.9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.7
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.29
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.7
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
3.99
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.12
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
35.1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5782
35.09
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.9
45.9
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Juan Abreu and Jim Merritt

Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9.45
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.23
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.58
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.51
Juan Abreu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Abreu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Juan Abreu and Jim Merritt

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