Jeff Merzel

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15
Games
2221
Called Pitches
91.63%
Accuracy
65.91%
Consistency (440 shadow-zone)
-2.25
Favor (Home, runs)

Consistency is accuracy on "shadow zone" pitches only — the genuinely borderline calls near the edge of the zone. Favor is the net run-value impact (site's own pitch-level run-expectancy model) of this umpire's missed calls toward home teams across their games this season; positive favors the home team, negative favors visitors.

Accuracy trend (2026-06-14 – 2026-08-02)
94.94% 85.8%
Season Miss-Rate Heatmap

Miss rate by pitch location across every game this umpire worked in 2026, normalized to each batter's own strike zone (0 = bottom of their zone, 1 = top).

17/48 missed (35%) 16/65 missed (25%) 0/11 missed (0%) 6/57 missed (11%) 0/62 missed (0%) 1/38 missed (3%) 0/60 missed (0%) 1/69 missed (1%) 0/49 missed (0%) 0/3 missed (0%) 4/67 missed (6%) 14/43 missed (33%) 8/41 missed (20%) 0/42 missed (0%) 2/35 missed (6%) 9/52 missed (17%) 12/47 missed (26%) 0/18 missed (0%) 0/35 missed (0%) 1/45 missed (2%) 1/59 missed (2%) 1/42 missed (2%) 0/49 missed (0%) 0/20 missed (0%) 0/36 missed (0%) 0/8 missed (0%) 0/19 missed (0%) 2/50 missed (4%) 1/42 missed (2%) 12/66 missed (18%) 9/29 missed (31%) 9/52 missed (17%) 1/33 missed (3%) 7/48 missed (15%) 12/42 missed (29%) 0/69 missed (0%) 0/10 missed (0%) 0/34 missed (0%) 0/18 missed (0%) 0/34 missed (0%) 20/61 missed (33%) 2/56 missed (4%) 3/38 missed (8%) 1/45 missed (2%) 0/36 missed (0%) 5/38 missed (13%) 0/10 missed (0%) 10/56 missed (18%) 0/11 missed (0%) 0/16 missed (0%) 0/46 missed (0%) 0/18 missed (0%) 0/9 missed (0%) 0/19 missed (0%) 0/7 missed (0%) 0/12 missed (0%) 0/39 missed (0%) 0/6 missed (0%) 0/12 missed (0%) 0/10 missed (0%) 0/9 missed (0%) 0/13 missed (0%) 0/8 missed (0%)
Miss rate: 0% 100%
Game Log
Date Matchup Called Pitches Correct Accuracy% Missed Strikes Missed Balls Graced Consistency% Favor (Home) Zone Chart
2026-06-14 Cotuit Kettleers @ Chatham Anglers 195 176 90.26% 5 14 10 75.56% -0.42 View →
2026-06-18 Chatham Anglers @ Cotuit Kettleers 160 149 93.12% 0 11 2 59.26% +0.01 View →
2026-06-21 Wareham Gatemen @ Falmouth Commodores 181 164 90.61% 4 13 13 71.74% -0.23 View →
2026-06-24 Wareham Gatemen @ Harwich Mariners 148 134 90.54% 2 12 4 73.33% -0.17 View →
2026-06-26 Orleans Firebirds @ Cotuit Kettleers 156 147 94.23% 1 8 9 76.47% -0.36 View →
2026-06-30 Wareham Gatemen @ Orleans Firebirds 140 130 92.86% 0 10 15 66.67% +0.41 View →
2026-07-04 Brewster Whitecaps @ Harwich Mariners 146 133 91.1% 1 12 2 66.67% +0.99 View →
2026-07-08 Harwich Mariners @ Brewster Whitecaps 169 145 85.8% 0 24 8 35.29% -2.15 View →
2026-07-09 Hyannis Harbor Hawks @ Falmouth Commodores 158 146 92.41% 4 8 12 69.23% +0.21 View →
2026-07-12 Orleans Firebirds @ Chatham Anglers 152 139 91.45% 2 11 11 54.55% -0.10 View →
2026-07-16 Harwich Mariners @ Falmouth Commodores 142 128 90.14% 3 11 11 57.69% -0.19 View →
2026-07-21 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox @ Brewster Whitecaps 63 55 87.3% 1 7 6 57.14% +0.26 View →
2026-07-24 Bourne Braves @ Harwich Mariners 159 150 94.34% 1 8 13 70.37% -0.06 View →
2026-07-28 Brewster Whitecaps @ Orleans Firebirds 158 150 94.94% 0 8 11 70.37% -0.36 View →
2026-08-02 Wareham Gatemen @ Orleans Firebirds 94 89 94.68% 0 5 7 73.68% -0.08 View →