Kurt Ainsworth vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Kurt Ainsworth
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Jim Merritt posted a stronger line than Kurt Ainsworth. Jim Merritt posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.65 vs 5.19) and WHIP (1.237 vs 1.555). 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 Kurt Ainsworth and Jim Merritt

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.06
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
1.17
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.49
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.52
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.5
48.5
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.65
64.65
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.34
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
5.19
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.65
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
9.66
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1468
8.91
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.97
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
4.33
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
6.39
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
932
5.66
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
40.43
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.29
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.54
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.78
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
490
34.82
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5782
35.09
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Jim Merritt

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.06
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
1.17
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.57
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.23
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.71
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.58
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.71
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.51
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.828
0.828
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.65
64.65
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Jim Merritt

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
545.45
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
387.01
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
28
509.09
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
397
515.58
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
72.73
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
55.84
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
10.39
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.88
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
4.1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.76
21.76
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
101.3
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
110.39
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
27.27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.97
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
48.05
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.24
-22.63
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.19
11.93
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.36
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
178
231.17
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.13
4.13
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.6
2.6
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
42.86
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0