Jim Merritt vs. Scott Munter — Career Comparison

Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Scott Munter
Gen XNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Merritt built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Munter 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 4.75 and 1.681 for Scott Munter. 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 Merritt and Scott Munter

Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
10.5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.49
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.52
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.5
48.5
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.34
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.65
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
4.75
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
9
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1468
8.91
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
10.5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.25
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.27
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
5.66
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.75
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.846
0.846
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
0.778
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.19
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
39.38
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.29
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.88
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.25
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.38
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.25
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.639
1.639
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5782
35.09
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
32.88
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38

Fielding Stats for Jim Merritt and Scott Munter

Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
10.5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
1.23
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.88
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.58
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.75
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.51
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.75
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Munter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Merritt and Scott Munter

Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
387.01
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
25200
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
397
515.58
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
72.73
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
55.84
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
10.39
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.88
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.76
21.76
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
101.3
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
110.39
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
0.95
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
27.27
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
25.97
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
48.05
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.19
11.93
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.84
250.93
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.36
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
178
231.17
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.6
2.6
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
42.86
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Scott Munter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Munter
Career
Per 600 PA