The listing, 1968 Topps Baseball Card Jim Merritt has ended.
#64 3 day auction, ames Joseph Merritt is a former left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher. Merritt originally signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers out of Edgewood High School in West Covina, California, but was plucked from their organization by the Minnesota Twins in the 1961 first-year draft before pitching a game for his home team. He went 54–45 with a 3.39 earned run average and 719 strikeouts over four seasons in their farm system when he was called up to the majors in 1965 by the first place Twins just before World Series rosters were set. He made two appearances in the 1965 World Series against his former franchise, pitching 3.1 innings and giving up one earned run.