Kurt Ainsworth vs. Lloyd Merritt — Career Comparison

Kurt Ainsworth
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lloyd Merritt
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kurt Ainsworth built a career as a starting pitcher and Lloyd Merritt as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lloyd Merritt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.423 compared to 5.19 and 1.555 for Kurt Ainsworth. By the career numbers, Lloyd Merritt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Lloyd Merritt

Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.06
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
6.06
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.28
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.96
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
5.19
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.31
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
9.66
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
8.27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.27
8.27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.96
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
4.33
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.86
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.69
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
6.39
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
4.82
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.964
0.964
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.5
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.55
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
40.43
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
38.57
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.48
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
5.54
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.99
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.78
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
34.82
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
34.16
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57

Fielding Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Lloyd Merritt

Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.06
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
6.06
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.57
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.41
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.79
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.71
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.48
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.71
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.2
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.828
0.828
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Lloyd Merritt

Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
30
545.45
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
2933.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
509.09
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
466.67
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
4.1
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
4.06
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.24
-22.63
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.1
-6.62
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
200
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.13
4.13
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA