Jake Arrieta vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Jake Arrieta
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

When held to the same standard, Jim Merritt comes out ahead of Jake Arrieta in this starter comparison. Jim Merritt led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 150 vs 89), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 90), and run prevention (ERA+ 89 vs 87). Jake Arrieta held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 95 vs 80). The edge goes to Jim Merritt.

Pitching Stats for Jake Arrieta and Jim Merritt

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
1.59
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
1.17
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.64
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.49
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.52
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.52
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.29
55.29
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.5
48.5
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.65
64.65
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.34
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
3.98
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.65
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1450
8.09
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1468
8.91
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.01
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.97
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
3.19
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1433
8
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
932
5.66
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.44
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.36
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6755
37.71
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.29
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
787
4.39
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.18
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.22
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.75
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.254
1.254
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6047
33.75
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5782
35.09
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.71
37.71
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Jake Arrieta and Jim Merritt

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
1.59
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
1.17
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.76
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.42
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
1.23
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.17
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
2.35
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
1.58
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.18
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
1.51
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.64
92.64
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.65
64.65
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Arrieta and Jim Merritt

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
289
407.04
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
387.01
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
426
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
382
538.03
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
515.58
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
88.73
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
56
72.73
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
66.2
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
43
55.84
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.45
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.39
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.63
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.3
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.19
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
13
16.88
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.92
29.47
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
16.76
21.76
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
133.8
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
78
101.3
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
112.68
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
110.39
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
35.21
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
21
27.27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.03
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
20
25.97
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
64.79
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
37
48.05
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.94
21.04
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
9.19
11.93
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.41
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.3
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
16
22.54
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.36
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
197
277.46
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
231.17
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
2.16
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.6
2.6
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
27
38.03
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
42.86
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.04
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0