Lefty Gomez vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Lefty Gomez
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Lefty Gomez and Jim Merritt are fairly close on the surface numbers. Lefty Gomez posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.34 vs 3.65) and home runs allowed (0.5 per nine innings vs 0.97). Jim Merritt had the advantage in WHIP (1.237 vs 1.352). By the career numbers, Lefty Gomez 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 Lefty Gomez and Jim Merritt

Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
368
1.32
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
1.15
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
0.68
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.49
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.37
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.52
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.95
64.95
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.5
48.5
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.96
86.96
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.65
64.65
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.62
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.34
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.1
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
930
3.34
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
602
3.65
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7509
27
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2503
9
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2290
8.23
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1468
8.91
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.23
8.23
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1095
3.94
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1468
5.28
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
5.66
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.024
1.024
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.14
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.19
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.07
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.15
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10729
38.58
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.11
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.29
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1091
3.92
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
657
3.99
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.12
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.352
1.352
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9615
34.57
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5782
35.09
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.58
38.58
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Lefty Gomez and Jim Merritt

Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
368
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4449
27
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1483
9
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.27
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.23
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.58
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.51
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.74
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.22
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Gomez and Jim Merritt

Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
368
215.63
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
298
387.01
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1024
600
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
462
600
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
904
529.69
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
397
515.58
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
77.93
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
56
72.73
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
71.48
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
43
55.84
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
6.45
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.39
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
6.45
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.88
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27.34
16.02
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.76
21.76
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
84.38
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
101.3
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
185
108.4
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
110.39
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
34.57
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
21
27.27
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
33.98
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
20
25.97
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
68.55
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
37
48.05
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.36
10.17
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9.19
11.93
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.17
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
29.3
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.36
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
252
147.66
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
178
231.17
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.06
4.06
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.6
2.6
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
39.84
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
42.86
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.93
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.59
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.17
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0