Mike Mason vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Mike Mason
Baby BoomersMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Mike Mason a clear advantage over Jim Merritt across the core pitching metrics. Mike Mason led in home run suppression (HR9+ 112 vs 80), strikeout rate (K%+ 101 vs 84), and run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 89). Jim Merritt held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 150 vs 99). Mike Mason was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Mike Mason and Jim Merritt

Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.08
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.34
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
1.17
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.43
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.49
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.58
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.52
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.65
42.65
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.5
48.5
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.34
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
4.53
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.65
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
625
9.29
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1468
8.91
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.29
9.29
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.97
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
3.7
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.21
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
5.39
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
5.66
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.16
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2635
39.16
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.21
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.29
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
4.98
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.3
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.82
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.443
1.443
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
2329
34.61
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5782
35.09
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.16
39.16
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Mike Mason and Jim Merritt

Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.08
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.34
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
1.17
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.31
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.31
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
1.23
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.69
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.58
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1.62
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.51
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.61
95.61
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.779
0.779
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Mason and Jim Merritt

Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
141
6507.69
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
387.01
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
9
415.38
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
397
515.58
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
72.73
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
55.84
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.39
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.88
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
29.19
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.76
21.76
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
101.3
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
110.39
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
27.27
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.97
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
48.05
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
41.55
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.19
11.93
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
36.36
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
178
231.17
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.6
2.6
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
42.86
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Mike Mason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Mike Mason
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0