Jim Mertz vs. Norman Plitt — Career Comparison

Jim Mertz
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Norman Plitt
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Jim Mertz posted a stronger line than Norman Plitt. Jim Mertz posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.63 vs 4.77) and WHIP (1.431 vs 1.716). By the career numbers, Jim Mertz 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 Mertz and Norman Plitt

Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
2.55
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.89
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.39
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.54
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.67
41.67
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.3
30.3
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.78
34.78
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.63
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
4.77
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
8.41
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
10.67
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.67
10.67
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.38
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.47
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
4.77
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
4.09
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.13
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
499
38.49
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
41.07
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.93
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
5.01
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.53
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.431
1.431
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.716
1.716
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
34.02
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
36.04
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.07
41.07

Fielding Stats for Jim Mertz and Norman Plitt

Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.879
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Mertz and Norman Plitt

Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
460.47
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
627.27
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
530.23
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
545.45
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
97.67
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
83.72
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.88
26.28
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
30.93
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
125.58
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
125.58
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
83.72
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
109.09
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.83
25.55
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
41.46
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
13
181.4
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
3.31
3.31
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.4
4.4
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA