James Verlin Mertz (August 10, 1916 – February 4, 2003) was a

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

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. He played for the Washington Senators, appearing in 33 games, all during the 1943 season, making ten starts, while notching three saves."Jim Mertz Statistics and History"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved December 1, 2011.

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1916 births 2003 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Baseball players from Ohio Sportspeople from Lima, Ohio {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub