Kris Medlen vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Kris Medlen
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Kris Medlen a clear advantage over Jim Merritt across the core pitching metrics. Kris Medlen led in run prevention (ERA+ 163 vs 89), home run suppression (HR9+ 151 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 127 vs 98). Kris Medlen was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Kris Medlen and Jim Merritt

Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.61
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.14
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.62
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.49
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.52
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.19
61.19
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.5
48.5
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.68
43.68
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.34
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
3.33
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
3.65
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1798
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
599.1
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
8.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1468
8.91
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.5
8.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.75
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
2.45
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
7.45
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
932
5.66
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.23
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.23
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2467
37.05
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6168
37.43
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.29
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.71
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
3.99
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.35
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.81
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.216
1.216
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2256
33.88
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5782
35.09
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.05
37.05
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Kris Medlen and Jim Merritt

Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.61
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.14
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1798
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
599.1
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.54
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.38
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
1.23
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
1.97
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.58
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.92
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.51
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.71
97.71
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.736
0.736
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.68
43.68
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kris Medlen and Jim Merritt

Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
177
689.61
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
387.01
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
154
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
129
502.6
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
397
515.58
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
70.13
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
72.73
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
13
50.65
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
55.84
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.58
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
10.39
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
19.48
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.88
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.44
25.09
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.76
21.76
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
25
97.4
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
101.3
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
116.88
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
110.39
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
35.06
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
27.27
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
31.17
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
25.97
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
62.34
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
48.05
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.61
17.95
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.19
11.93
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.3
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
42.86
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
36.36
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
233.77
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
231.17
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.6
2.6
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
46.75
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
42.86
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.9
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.3
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0