Julio Machado vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Julio Machado
Gen XVenezuelaThrows RightBats RightSouth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Merritt built a career as a starting pitcher and Julio Machado as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Julio Machado led in strikeout rate (K%+ 139 vs 84), run prevention (ERA+ 133 vs 89), and home run suppression (HR9+ 86 vs 80). Jim Merritt held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 150 vs 73). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Julio Machado.

Pitching Stats for Julio Machado and Jim Merritt

Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
6.18
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.49
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.52
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.5
48.5
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.34
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.37
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.12
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
3.65
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
7.04
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1468
8.91
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.04
7.04
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.98
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.97
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
5.08
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.27
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
9.24
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
932
5.66
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.592
1.592
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.49
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
38.14
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.63
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.29
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.31
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
3.99
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.67
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
526
32.2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5782
35.09
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Julio Machado and Jim Merritt

Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
6.18
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.49
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.67
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.23
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.22
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.58
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.16
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.51
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.188
0.188
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Julio Machado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Julio Machado and Jim Merritt

Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
101
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
298
387.01
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
462
600
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
397
515.58
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
72.73
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
55.84
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.39
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.88
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.76
21.76
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
101.3
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
110.39
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
27.27
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.97
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
48.05
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.19
11.93
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.36
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
178
231.17
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.6
2.6
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
42.86
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Julio Machado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Julio Machado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0