#57 Merrill James, Closer, 34 yrs, New Orleans Wasps

#57 Merrill James, Closer, 34 yrs, New Orleans Wasps
Sunday, 9/1/2019

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Merrill James

5/17/1985
34
USA
5"11
175

Closer
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R

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4.0 Stars

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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

Pitching Ratings

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

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

2
66
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider

Batting Ratings

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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2
2
1
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 1 (Range), .982 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
7/28	@BAL	L 9-10		1.2	3	1	1	2	2
7/29	@BAL	W 7-6		0.2	2	3	3	2	1
7/30	@BAL	W 6-5		1	1	0	0	0	0	SV
8/3	OAK	L 1-4		0.2	0	0	0	0	0
8/5	OAK	W 9-6		1	0	0	0	0	0	SV
8/6	CAL	W 9-8		1	3	2	2	0	1	W
8/18	@BAL	W 10-9		1.1	2	0	0	0	2	SV
8/19	@BAL	W 8-5		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	SV
8/25	TOR	W 4-3		1	1	2	0	0	1	SV
8/29	@CLE	W 12-9		1	1	0	0	0	1	SV

Pitching Stats 2019

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

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

	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

	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

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

Career Pitching Stats

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

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

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

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

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

Career Batting Stats

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

Fielding Stats 2019

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.818

48.0

2.06

Player History

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...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
2014 - 37 - 1st
2015 - 30 - 6th
2018 - 31 - 5th

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