Mike Mattimore vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Mike Mattimore
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Merritt built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Mattimore as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Merritt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.65 and WHIP 1.237 compared to 3.83 and 1.423 for Mike Mattimore. By the career numbers, Jim Merritt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Mattimore and Jim Merritt

Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.06
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.94
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.48
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.49
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.52
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.06
49.06
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.5
48.5
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.93
87.93
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.65
64.65
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.92
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.34
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
3.83
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.65
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1472
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
490.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
9.43
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1468
8.91
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.22
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
3.38
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
2.42
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
5.66
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.644
0.644
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.846
0.846
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.83
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.57
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2186
40.1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.29
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
6.68
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.12
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.423
1.423
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1971
36.15
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5782
35.09
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.1
40.1
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Mike Mattimore and Jim Merritt

Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
1.1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3147
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1049
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.36
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
1.08
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.23
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.33
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
2.76
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
1.58
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
2.44
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
1.51
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.2
88.2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.219
2.219
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Mattimore and Jim Merritt

Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
124
149.7
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
298
387.01
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
497
600
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
462
600
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
451
544.47
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
397
515.58
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.626
0.626
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
111.07
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
56
72.73
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
86.92
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
43
55.84
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.07
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.39
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.87
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.3
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.21
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
24.14
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
13
16.88
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.98
53.1
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
16.76
21.76
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
148.49
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
78
101.3
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
166.6
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
85
110.39
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.566
0.566
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
68.81
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
21
27.27
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
43.46
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
20
25.97
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
111.07
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
37
48.05
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.63
55.08
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
9.19
11.93
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.24
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.3
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
48.29
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
28
36.36
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
62.78
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
178
231.17
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.56
9.56
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.6
2.6
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
0.77
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
42.86
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
41.05
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
41.05
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.3
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0