Fred Archer vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Fred Archer and Jim Merritt are fairly close on the surface numbers. Jim Merritt posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.65 vs 6.35) and WHIP (1.237 vs 1.513). Fred Archer had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.68 per nine innings vs 0.97). 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 Fred Archer and Jim Merritt

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.13
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.49
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.52
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.5
48.5
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.65
64.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.34
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1468
8.91
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
5.66
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.846
0.846
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.19
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.29
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.12
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5782
35.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Jim Merritt

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4449
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1483
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.23
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.58
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.51
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Jim Merritt

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
298
387.01
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
515.58
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
72.73
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
55.84
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.39
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.88
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.76
21.76
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
101.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
110.39
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
27.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
25.97
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
48.05
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.19
11.93
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
36.36
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
178
231.17
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.6
2.6
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
42.86
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0