Jim Merritt Positions: Bats: L Throws: L Height: 75 Weight: 175 Born: Thursday, December 09, 1943 in Altadena, CA USA Died: in , Debut: 8/2/1965 Last Game: 5/23/1975 Full Name: James Joseph Merritt Jim Merritt debuted with the Minnesota Twins in 1965, he pitched 2 games in relief of the 1965 World Series which…
In his last major league at-bat, John Miller homers, making the Dodger the only player in history to have hit a home run in his first and last plate appearance in the major leagues. In 1966, as a Yankee, he went deep in the first of only 61 big league career at-bats in which he would collect only 10 hits, including the two memorable round-trippers to start and end his 32-game career.
1969 – The Reds’ Jim Merritt allows two hits in shutting out the visiting Padres, 5 – 0.
1968 – Cincinnati trades SS Leo Cardenas to the Twins for P Jim Merritt.
1968 – Jim Merritt loses his shutout in the 9th inning when Mickey Mantle parks a pinch homer at the Metrodome. The Twins win, 3 – 1. Mick’s homer ties him with Jimmie Foxx for 3rd place on the all-time list.
1968 – On Old Timers’ Day at Yankee Stadium, the Twins stop the Yankees, 3 – 2. New York’s only scores are two solo shots by Mickey Mantle off Jim Merritt. It is the Mick’s 46th two-homer game.
1965 – Mudcat Grant does it all himself, hitting a three-run home run and pitching a 5 – 1 win at Minnesota to knot the World Series with the Dodgers after six games.
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