Matt Magill vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Matt Magill
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Merritt built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Magill as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Magill led in strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 84), run prevention (ERA+ 110 vs 89), and home run suppression (HR9+ 86 vs 80). Jim Merritt held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 150 vs 105). Role difference aside, Matt Magill holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Matt Magill and Jim Merritt

Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
6.73
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.48
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.49
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.48
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.52
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.5
48.5
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.34
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.3
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
4.63
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.65
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
449
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
149.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
9.02
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1468
8.91
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.02
9.02
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.68
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.97
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
4.93
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
9.5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
932
5.66
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.5
9.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.604
1.604
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
40.89
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.86
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.29
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
5.41
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.42
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
582
35
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5782
35.09
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.89
40.89
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Matt Magill and Jim Merritt

Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
6.73
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
449
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
149.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.27
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.78
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.23
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.02
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.58
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.02
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.51
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.152
0.152
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Magill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Magill and Jim Merritt

Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
112
7466.67
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
387.01
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
533.33
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
515.58
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
72.73
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
55.84
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.39
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.88
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.76
21.76
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
101.3
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
110.39
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
27.27
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.97
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
48.05
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.83
-55.52
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.19
11.93
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.36
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
400
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
231.17
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.6
2.6
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
42.86
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Matt Magill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Matt Magill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0