Jon Adkins vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Jon Adkins
Gen XWest VirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Merritt built a career as a starting pitcher and Jon Adkins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Merritt led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 150 vs 120), strikeout rate (K%+ 84 vs 79), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 97). Jon Adkins held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 135 vs 80). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jim Merritt.

Pitching Stats for Jon Adkins and Jim Merritt

Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
7.72
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.49
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.32
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.52
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.5
48.5
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.34
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
4.54
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.65
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
138.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
10.06
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1468
8.91
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.06
10.06
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.17
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.97
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
3.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.27
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.26
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
5.66
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.19
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
39.27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.6
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.29
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
4.87
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.58
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.36
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.507
1.507
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
533
34.59
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5782
35.09
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.27
39.27
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Jon Adkins and Jim Merritt

Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
7.72
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
138.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.45
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.49
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
1.23
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.08
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.58
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.95
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.51
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Adkins and Jim Merritt

Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
119
71400
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
387.01
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
515.58
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
72.73
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
55.84
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.39
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.88
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.76
21.76
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
101.3
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
110.39
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
27.27
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.97
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
48.05
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.19
11.93
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.36
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
231.17
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.6
2.6
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
42.86
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0