Jim McLaughlin vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Jim McLaughlin
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Merritt built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim McLaughlin 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 3.68 and 1.727 for Jim McLaughlin. By the career numbers, Jim Merritt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim McLaughlin and Jim Merritt

Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.49
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.52
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.5
48.5
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.65
64.65
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.34
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
3.68
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.65
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
11.05
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1468
8.91
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
5.66
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.864
0.864
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.19
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.15
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
41.32
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.29
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.12
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.727
1.727
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
36.82
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5782
35.09
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.33
7.33
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.32
41.32
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Jim McLaughlin and Jim Merritt

Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.98
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.49
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.15
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.23
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.8
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.58
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.64
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.51
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim McLaughlin and Jim Merritt

Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
136.36
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
298
387.01
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
515.58
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
72.73
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
55.84
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
10.39
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.3
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.88
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.73
47.27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.76
21.76
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
218.18
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
101.3
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
110.39
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
27.27
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.97
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
48.05
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.94
52.81
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.19
11.93
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.36
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
178
231.17
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.6
2.6
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
42.86
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0