Ed Appleton vs. Bill Merritt — Career Comparison

Ed Appleton
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Merritt
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Ed Appleton posted a stronger line than Bill Merritt. Ed Appleton posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.25 vs 3.85) and home runs allowed (0.19 per nine innings vs 0.44). By the career numbers, Ed Appleton 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 Ed Appleton and Bill Merritt

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.33
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.31
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.63
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.09
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.44
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.65
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.08
27.08
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.8
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
3.25
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
3.85
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
27
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
9
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
8.84
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
9.22
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
4.08
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.06
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
3.11
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.06
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.799
0.799
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.903
0.903
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
811
39.38
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
533
38.69
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.73
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.22
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
4.66
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
5.08
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.31
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.94
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.435
1.435
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.476
1.476
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
34.87
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
33.02
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Ed Appleton and Bill Merritt

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.21
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.1
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
27
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
9
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.25
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.33
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.66
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.58
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.38
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.104
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.129
2.129
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Appleton and Bill Merritt

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
496.55
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
32
192
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
600
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
579.31
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
552
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
9
93.1
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
108
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
84
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.12
21.93
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.23
37.39
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
11
113.79
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
132
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
11
113.79
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
138
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
41.38
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
72
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
41.38
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
102
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
1.61
16.63
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.33
37.98
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
15
155.17
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
18
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100