#57 Merrill James, Closer, 34 yrs, New Orleans Wasps Sunday, 9/1/2019 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Merrill James
5/17/1985 34 USA 5"11 175
Closer S R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 2 / 6 (Fair) Good Normal Prone 4.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility :
| Big League Contract $ 3,300,000 2021 12 Year(s), 89 Days (2153 total Days) 155 Day(s) 12 Year(s), 89 Days (2153 total Days) 13 Year(s) Not eligible
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 7 | 3 | 9 | 86-89 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 7 | 3 | 9 | |
| Versus RHB | 7 | 4 | 10 | |
| Talent | 7 | 3 | 9 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 2 66 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Versus LHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Versus RHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Talent | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 2 2 1 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 1 (Range), .982 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 48 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 3.56 | 48.0 | 50 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 44 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
| Projected | 61 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 3.56 | 61.0 | 64 | 33 | 24 | 19 | 56 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 36 | 6 | 82.9 | 48 | 41 | 13.7 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 2.8 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 4.54 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 73 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .301 | .395 | .479 | .875 |
| vs. RHB | 114 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .246 | .310 | .316 | .625 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 2.39 | 26.1 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| Road | 23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 4.98 | 21.2 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 21 |
| This Week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Last Week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5.56 | 11.1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| May | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2.79 | 9.2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| June | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.16 | 8.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| July | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3.65 | 12.1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| August | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2.84 | 6.1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Sept./Oct. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 2007 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.32 | 33.1 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1.32 | .330 | CIN |
| 2008 | 50 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4.82 | 56.0 | 55 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 21 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1.36 | .315 | CIN |
| 2009 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4.09 | 70.1 | 54 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 33 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1.24 | .272 | CIN |
| 2010 | 94 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4.42 | 91.2 | 93 | 53 | 45 | 12 | 43 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 1.48 | .335 | CIN |
| 2011 | 103 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4.04 | 111.1 | 107 | 60 | 50 | 9 | 50 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1.41 | .305 | CIN |
| 2012 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 4.75 | 89.0 | 86 | 52 | 47 | 12 | 39 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 1.40 | .314 | CIN |
| 2013 | 84 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 2.53 | 89.0 | 70 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 23 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | .339 | CIN |
| 2014 | 65 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 3.14 | 66.0 | 61 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 30 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 1.38 | .323 | CIN |
| 2015 | 67 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 2.38 | 75.2 | 45 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 25 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0.93 | .257 | CIN |
| 2016 | 58 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 4.19 | 53.2 | 53 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 32 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1.58 | .338 | CIN,NL NOR |
| 2017 | 82 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3.18 | 82.0 | 80 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 23 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 1.26 | .341 | NOR |
| 2018 | 65 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 3.05 | 62.0 | 57 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 23 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | .325 | NOR |
| 2019 | 48 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 3.56 | 48.0 | 50 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 15 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | .326 | NOR,AL |
| Total | 881 | 0 | 62 | 53 | 190 | 3.70 | 928.0 | 845 | 438 | 382 | 69 | 367 | 997 | 0 | 0 | 1.31 | .316 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 2006, AA | 69 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4.97 | 70.2 | 69 | 41 | 39 | 7 | 29 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1.39 | .320 |
| 2007, AAA | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.03 | 48.2 | 44 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1.23 | .323 |
| 2008, AAA | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 4.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.71 | .308 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 11.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2007 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | CIN |
| 2008 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CIN |
| 2009 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CIN |
| 2010 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | CIN |
| 2011 | 103 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .182 | .400 | .582 | CIN |
| 2012 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | CIN |
| 2013 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | CIN |
| 2014 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | CIN |
| 2015 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CIN |
| 2016 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CIN,NL NOR |
| 2017 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NOR |
| 2018 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NOR |
| Total | 833 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .163 | .154 | .317 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 48 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 2 | .818 | 48.0 | 2.06 | | | | |
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Drafted in 5th round, 124th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 2006... Earned first career win on 7/16/2007... Injured on 4/14/2009 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6-7 weeks... 1/31/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $634,286 through salary arbitration... Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/14/2011, off Erik Sabel (NYM)... 1/31/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $771,429 through salary arbitration... 6/1/2012: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $1,070,000 per year, for 3 years. Injured on 3/6/2013 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks... 6/1/2015: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $3,040,000 per year, for 3 years. Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game... Traded from Cincinnati to New Orleans on 7/31/2016 (Going to CIN: 2B Alex Gonzalez, P Dustin Nippert Jr., 3B Urso Archuleta. Going to NOR: P Merrill James, 3B B.j. Upton)... Won World Championship with New Orleans in 2017... 7/16/2018: Signed a contract extension with New Orleans, $3,300,000 per year, for 3 years. Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game...
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