Roger McKee vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Roger McKee
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Merritt built a career as a starting pitcher and Roger McKee 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 5.87 and 1.304 for Roger McKee. By the career numbers, Jim Merritt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roger McKee and Jim Merritt

Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.93
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.59
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.59
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.49
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.52
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.5
48.5
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.59
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.34
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.87
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.65
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.1
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
8.22
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1468
8.91
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.59
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.52
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.59
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
5.66
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.457
0.457
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.846
0.846
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.17
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.15
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
39.91
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.76
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.29
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.87
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.12
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.304
1.304
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
36.39
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5782
35.09
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Roger McKee and Jim Merritt

Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4449
27
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1483
9
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.27
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.23
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.58
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.51
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roger McKee and Jim Merritt

Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
387.01
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
397
515.58
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
72.73
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
55.84
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.39
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.88
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
39.68
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.76
21.76
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
101.3
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
110.39
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
27.27
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
25.97
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
48.05
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
52.22
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.19
11.93
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
36.36
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
178
231.17
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.6
2.6
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
42.86
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0