Willie Jensen vs. Bill Merritt — Career Comparison

Willie Jensen
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Merritt
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Willie Jensen and Bill Merritt are fairly close on the surface numbers. Willie Jensen carried a career ERA of 3.64 against Bill Merritt's 3.85. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Willie Jensen and Bill Merritt — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willie Jensen and Bill Merritt

Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.29
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.31
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.07
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.09
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.44
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.64
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.65
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.8
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.64
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
3.85
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.413
0.413
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
27
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
27
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
9
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
9
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
10.71
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
9.22
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.22
9.22
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.29
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.06
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.93
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.06
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.691
0.691
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.903
0.903
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
30.64
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
533
38.69
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.22
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.07
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
5.08
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.31
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.94
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.476
1.476
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
25.93
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
33.02
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.436
0.436
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.64
30.64
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Willie Jensen and Bill Merritt

Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.21
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.1
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
27
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
9
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.25
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.33
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.66
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.58
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.167
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.129
2.129
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Jensen and Bill Merritt

Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
192
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
600
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
552
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
108
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
84
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.36
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.23
37.39
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
132
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
138
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
72
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
102
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.1
-47.01
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.33
37.98
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
30
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
10
428.57
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
1.4
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
18
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100