Norm Angelini vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Norm Angelini
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Merritt built a career as a starting pitcher and Norm Angelini as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Norm Angelini posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.75 and WHIP 1.780 compared to 3.65 and 1.237 for Jim Merritt. By the career numbers, Norm Angelini had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Norm Angelini and Jim Merritt

Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
12.81
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.92
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.49
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.46
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.52
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.5
48.5
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.34
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.37
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.75
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
3.65
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
6.86
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1468
8.91
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.86
6.86
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.46
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
8.69
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.46
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.27
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
8.69
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
932
5.66
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.932
1.932
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.92
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.46
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
40.73
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.66
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.29
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.75
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
3.99
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.46
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.46
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.729
1.729
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
30.66
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5782
35.09
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.73
40.73
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Norm Angelini and Jim Merritt

Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
12.81
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.92
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.46
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.23
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.37
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.58
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.37
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.51
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.107
0.107
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norm Angelini and Jim Merritt

Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
8400
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
387.01
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
515.58
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
72.73
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
55.84
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.39
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.88
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.76
21.76
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
101.3
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
110.39
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
27.27
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.97
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
48.05
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.19
11.93
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.36
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
178
231.17
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.6
2.6
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
42.86
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Norm Angelini
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Norm Angelini
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0