Lloyd Merritt vs. Ismael Valdez — Career Comparison

Lloyd Merritt
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ismael Valdez
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ismael Valdez built a career as a starting pitcher and Lloyd Merritt as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lloyd Merritt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.423 compared to 4.09 and 1.332 for Ismael Valdez. By the career numbers, Lloyd Merritt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lloyd Merritt and Ismael Valdez

Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
6.06
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.51
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.28
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.52
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.76
49.76
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.96
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.31
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
830
4.09
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
8.27
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1872
9.22
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.27
8.27
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.96
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
1.15
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
3.86
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
2.58
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.69
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.19
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
4.82
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
5.78
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.964
0.964
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.928
0.928
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.11
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.55
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.23
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
38.57
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7760
38.22
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.48
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.99
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
892
4.39
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.33
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.7
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
34.16
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7075
34.85
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.57
38.57
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Lloyd Merritt and Ismael Valdez

Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
6.06
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.41
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.63
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.79
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277
1.36
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.48
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
2.06
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.2
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
1.99
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.65
96.65
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lloyd Merritt and Ismael Valdez

Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
2933.33
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
326
412.66
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
600
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
466.67
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
399
505.06
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
65.82
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
53.16
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.39
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.66
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
4.06
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.35
13.1
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
81.01
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
82.28
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
25.32
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.52
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
45.57
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-6.62
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
1.4
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.46
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
200
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
122
154.43
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.89
3.89
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
77.22
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
7.59
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100