Kent Mercker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: February 1, 1968 in Brownsburg, IN us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (5th) of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Dublin Coffman HS (Dublin, OH).

High School: Dublin Coffman HS (Dublin, OH)

School: Otterbein University (Westerville, OH)

Debut: September 22, 1989 (Age 21-233d, 15,723rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: May 30, 2008 (Age 40-119d)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Casey Close

Full Name: Kent Franklin Mercker

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1995 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.0

ERA

4.16

692

150

1325.1

917

WHIP

1.444

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-13 / in Starts: 16-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 0

1995 Pitching Game Log

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1995 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	205	4	Apr 29	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-3	GS-5		99	5.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	2.70	19	81	52	16	6	6	7	1	2	0	63			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.261	1.11	0.17%	2.35	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	206	9	May 5	ATL		PHI	L,4-9	GS-3	L(0-1)	5	2.0	6	5	5	2	0	1	0	6.43	5.53	12	47	27	8	2	2	8	6	1	0	22			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	.95	-0.284	1.38	-0.25%	-3.78	1t start tie	3t 123 0 out d3
3	207	14	May 10	ATL	@	NYM	L,2-5	GS-7		4	6.1	3	1	1	2	8	0	0	4.05	3.63	25	109	67	20	13	9	6	3	0	0	69			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.360	1.41	0.28%	2.95	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a2
4	208	19	May 15	ATL		COL	W,4-0	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	8.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.53	2.96	29	85	64	15	9	10	9	4	2	0	80			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.392	.88	0.26%	4.26	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
5	209	24	May 20	ATL		FLA	W,8-7	GS-5		4	4.0	3	3	3	6	4	0	0	3.20	3.38	21	79	42	12	6	4	7	3	3	0	42			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.032	1.66	-0.02%	-0.26	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out a2
6	210	29	May 26	ATL	@	HOU	W,8-3	GS-5	W(2-1)	5	5.0	6	3	1	2	2	0	0	2.97	3.40	24	79	48	9	7	7	13	6	1	0	47			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	2	.79	0.049	1.08	0.04%	-0.62	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	211	34	Jun 1	ATL		LAD	L,3-6	GS-7	L(2-2)	5	6.2	9	6	6	3	10	1	0	3.89	3.40	30	113	70	25	15	10	7	5	0	0	39			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	2	0	0	.95	-0.195	1.26	-0.16%	-1.61	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d2
8	212	39	Jun 6	ATL		CHC	W,17-3	GS-6	W(3-2)	4	6.0	5	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.98	3.20	23	75	54	13	9	12	5	2	1	0	54			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	.47	0.096	.62	0.08%	0.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out a12
9	213	44	Jun 13	ATL	@	MON	L,2-11	GS-4	L(3-3)	6	3.0	7	6	6	5	1	0	0	4.89	3.47	21	80	44	12	3	9	6	5	0	0	17			1	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.324	1.60	-0.31%	-4.25	1b start a 1	4b 123 0 out d3
10	214	49	Jun 18	ATL	@	COL	W,9-4	GS-8	W(4-3)	4	8.0	4	2	2	2	6	1	0	4.50	3.55	29	111	74	19	11	7	14	7	0	0	70			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.205	.94	0.19%	3.29	1b start a 4	8b 3 out a7
11	215	54	Jun 23	ATL		NYM	L,3-9	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	6.1	5	5	5	2	4	2	0	4.77	3.90	26	89	49	14	6	3	17	3	3	0	45			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.246	1.68	-0.22%	-1.56	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d3
12	216	59	Jun 28	ATL		MON	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	1	4.68	3.88	30	96	60	12	9	9	13	6	2	0	54			1	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.38	-0.036	2.47	-0.04%	0.73	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	217	64	Jul 4	ATL		LAD	W,3-2	GS-6		5	6.0	5	2	2	2	7	1	1	4.54	3.92	24	99	60	16	9	2	12	5	3	0	59			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	.95	0.110	1.47	0.10%	1.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
14	218	69	Jul 9	ATL		SFG	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	4.15	3.81	28	98	60	24	6	12	7	1	2	0	72			1	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.52	0.455	1.60	0.29%	3.73	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
15	219	74	Jul 16	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-3	GS-5	L(4-5)	6	4.0	6	3	3	3	1	2	0	4.27	4.17	20	67	38	11	4	6	10	2	0	0	36			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.133	.52	-0.05%	-1.84	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out d2
16	220	79	Jul 22	ATL		SDP	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.94	4.03	25	90	56	14	6	11	9	2	0	0	72			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.425	.80	0.18%	3.73	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
17	221	84	Jul 27	ATL	@	LAD	L,4-9	GS-5	L(4-6)	4	5.0	8	6	2	2	3	2	0	3.92	4.26	26	91	57	14	9	13	8	1	0	0	36			1	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.02	-0.509	.48	-0.14%	-3.65	1b start a 3	5b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	222	89	Aug 2	ATL		PHI	W,7-5	GS-6	W(5-6)	5	5.1	7	4	4	3	6	0	0	4.07	4.17	27	85	58	14	8	5	13	6	2	0	41			0	0	0	23	4	0	0	0	1	1	.98	0.099	.75	0.05%	-0.51	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out a3
19	223	94	Aug 7	ATL	@	MON	W,5-1	GS-7	W(6-6)	4	6.2	7	1	1	2	3	0	1	3.90	4.13	30	104	63	15	7	10	14	6	5	0	57			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.253	.13	0.02%	2.27	1b start a 2	7b 12- 2 out a3
20	224	99	Aug 12	ATL		COL	L,4-16	GS-3	L(6-7)	4	3.0	7	5	5	3	2	1	0	4.20	4.26	18					5	7	4	1	1	24			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.365	.03	-0.01%	-3.40	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
21	225	104	Aug 18	ATL	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(6-8)	5	6.0	6	2	2	3	0	1	0	4.14	4.39	27	89	47	14	1	9	15	5	3	0	49			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.047	.01	0.00%	1.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
22	226	109	Aug 23	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-2	GS-7	W(7-8)	4	7.0	2	2	1	3	4	0	0	3.98	4.33	26	99	62	20	5	7	12	3	3	0	68			1	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	1	1	1.10	0.227	.00	0.00%	1.33	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
23	227	114	Aug 29	ATL		HOU	L,9-11	GS-5		5	4.2	9	6	6	1	1	2	0	4.26	4.49	23	68	43	3	7	9	12	4	3	0	22			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.225	.00	0.00%	-3.45	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out tie
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	228	124	Sep 8	ATL	@	FLA	W,6-5	GS-6		9	5.0	7	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.30	4.54	23	75	46	5	4	10	11	5	2	0	41			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.42	1b start tie	6b --- 0 out d3
25	229	129	Sep 13	ATL	@	COL	W,9-7	GS-1		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.27	4.54	5	17	7	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	51			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.66	1b start tie	1b 3 out tie
26	230	134	Sep 19	ATL		NYM	L,3-10	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	4.53	3	9	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
27	231	139	Sep 24	ATL		MON	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	0	4.21	4.49	21	74	50	7	5	7	6	1	1	0	55			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
28	232	142	Sep 29	ATL	@	NYM	L,3-6	5-5		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.18	4.48	4	14	11	2	2	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.50	5b --- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d4
29	233	144	Oct 1	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-1	6-6		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.15	4.47	3	7	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.50	6b --- 0 out tie	6b 3 out tie
							16-13		W-L:7-8	4.5	143.0	140	73	66	61	102	16	3	4.15	4.47	622	2130	62%	16%	8%	0.80		22%	9%	1	49	0	---%	9	1	0	543	31	3	2	12	7	6	.99	0.749	.87	0.46%	4.57

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