Jim Merritt vs. Rip Vowinkel — Career Comparison

Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Rip Vowinkel
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Jim Merritt and Rip Vowinkel are fairly close on the surface numbers. Jim Merritt posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.65 vs 4.17) and WHIP (1.237 vs 1.368). Rip Vowinkel had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.4 per nine innings vs 0.97). By the career numbers, Jim Merritt had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jim Merritt and Rip Vowinkel

Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.19
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
1.17
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.19
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.49
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.52
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.5
48.5
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.65
64.65
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.34
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.79
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.65
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
4.17
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1468
8.91
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
10.32
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.32
10.32
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.99
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
5.66
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.39
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.846
0.846
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.19
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6168
37.43
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
36.33
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.29
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.15
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.12
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5782
35.09
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
34.15
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.43
37.43
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.33
36.33

Fielding Stats for Jim Merritt and Rip Vowinkel

Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
1.17
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.27
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.23
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.58
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.6
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.51
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.4
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.65
64.65
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Merritt and Rip Vowinkel

Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
298
387.01
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
6
189.47
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
397
515.58
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
14
442.11
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
72.73
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
55.84
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.39
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.88
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.76
21.76
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
18.28
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
101.3
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
110.39
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
27.27
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.97
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
48.05
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.19
11.93
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
14.68
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
36.36
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
178
231.17
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.6
2.6
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
42.86
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.3
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100