Jim Merritt vs. Scott Patterson — Career Comparison

Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Scott Patterson
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Merritt built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Patterson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Patterson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.93 and WHIP 1.929 compared to 3.65 and 1.237 for Jim Merritt. By the career numbers, Scott Patterson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Merritt and Scott Patterson

Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.71
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.49
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.52
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.5
48.5
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.34
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
3.65
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1468
8.91
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
11.57
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.27
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
932
5.66
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
13.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.5
13.5
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.786
2.786
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.15
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
42.43
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.29
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
3.99
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.12
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.714
1.714
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5782
35.09
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
30.86
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43

Fielding Stats for Jim Merritt and Scott Patterson

Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.71
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.27
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.23
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Scott Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.58
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.51
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Merritt and Scott Patterson

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