Jim Merritt vs. Tom Morgan — Career Comparison

Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tom Morgan
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Merritt built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Morgan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Morgan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.343 compared to 3.65 and 1.237 for Jim Merritt. By the career numbers, Tom Morgan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Merritt and Tom Morgan

Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
3.9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.54
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.49
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.59
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.52
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.41
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.5
48.5
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.77
58.77
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.77
13.77
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.34
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.16
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.56
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
3.65
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.61
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3070
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1023.1
9
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1468
8.91
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
9.15
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.84
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
2.64
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.27
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.3
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
5.66
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
3.2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.846
0.846
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.649
0.649
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.19
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.35
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4293
37.76
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.29
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.79
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
467
4.11
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.12
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.309
1.309
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5782
35.09
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3953
34.77
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Jim Merritt and Tom Morgan

Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
4.95
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.37
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2415
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
805
9
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.85
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
1.23
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
2.6
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
1.58
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
3.58
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
1.51
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
3.45
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.56
96.56
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.45
7.45
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.3
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Merritt and Tom Morgan

Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
298
387.01
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
443
999.25
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
266
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
515.58
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
247
557.14
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
72.73
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
103.76
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
55.84
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
81.2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.39
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.02
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.3
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.26
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.19
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.28
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.88
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
22.56
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.76
21.76
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13.55
30.57
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
101.3
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
151.13
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
110.39
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
115.04
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
21
27.27
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
47.37
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
25.97
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
27.07
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
48.05
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
63.16
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
9.19
11.93
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.81
22.13
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.36
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.28
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
178
231.17
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
164.66
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.6
2.6
Tom Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.64
3.64
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
42.86
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
14
31.58
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.09
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
20.3
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA