Merrill Kelly

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 202lb (188cm, 91kg)

Team: Arizona Diamondbacks (majors, 15-day IL)

Born: October 14, 1988 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 37th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Desert Mountain HS (Scottsdale, AZ), the Cleveland Indians in the 22nd round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ) and the Tampa Bay Rays in the 8th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Desert Mountain HS (Scottsdale, AZ)

Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 2 yrs/$18M (23-24) & 25 team option

Service Time (01/2024): 5.000 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Apex Baseball

Full Name: Kenneth Merrill Kelly

Nicknames: Mert

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.8

12.6

ERA

2.19

3.75

131

24.2

775.1

702

WHIP

0.932

1.211

2012 Player Pitching Game Log

2012 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2012-04-08	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	4-5		2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0		7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	39	22	3	5	2	4	2	0
2	2012-04-11	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Mississippi Braves	4-4		0.1	5	4	4	2	0	0	0		5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8	29	14	4	1	3	3	2	0
3	2012-04-14	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Mississippi Braves	11-13	W	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	33	21	6	4	4	4	1	2
4	2012-04-21	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits		Pensacola Blue Wahoos	6-8		3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0		9	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	9	35	23	5	5	4	4	1	1
5	2012-04-23	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits		Pensacola Blue Wahoos	7-8		1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	17	12	1	4	1	2	0	0
6	2012-04-27	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits		Birmingham Barons	5-7		3.0	3	2	2	1	3	0	1		11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	44	31	8	2	4	5	1	2
7	2012-05-02	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Tennessee Smokies	6-7		2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	31	14	1	3	2	5	2	0
8	2012-05-05	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Tennessee Smokies	3-5		3.0	3	3	0	1	3	0	0		12	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	52	32	6	6	6	4	0	1
9	2012-05-10	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Chattanooga Lookouts	5-5		1.0	5	4	4	0	0	1	0		8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	26	14	1	1	4	4	1	0
10	2012-05-13 (2)	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits		Jacksonville Suns	1-3		3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	57	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	45	26	6	3	5	3	1	1
11	2012-05-19	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Birmingham Barons	1-5		5.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	70	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	65	43	10	9	6	5	1	0
12	2012-05-26	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits		Jackson Generals	5-7	W	3.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0		11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	12					3	5	0	2
13	2012-05-31 (2)	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Mississippi Braves	1-4	L	4.0	4	3	3	0	3	0	0	45	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	67	36	7	7	7	7	4	0
14	2012-06-05	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits		Tennessee Smokies	3-6		3.0	8	6	3	2	4	0	0		18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	70	40	10	6	8	6	4	1
15	2012-06-11	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits		Chattanooga Lookouts	6-6	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	8	4	1	0	2	1	1
16	2012-06-15	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Huntsville Stars	7-8		2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		5	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	19	12	2	4	3	1	0	0
17	2012-06-25	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Mobile BayBears	5-7	W	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	40	22	5	1	3	4	0	1
18	2012-06-30	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits		Jacksonville Suns	4-7	W	3.1	3	2	2	0	3	0	0		12	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	42	27	7	6	6	3	0	0
19	2012-07-05	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits		Mobile BayBears	5-6		1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	8	0	3	1	2	0	1
20	2012-07-08	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits		Jackson Generals	6-7		2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0		8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	34	21	2	6	2	4	1	2
21	2012-07-13	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Jacksonville Suns	7-7		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	5	1	0	0	3	1	1
22	2012-07-16	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits		Mobile BayBears	5-7		3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0		10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	52	36	6	7	2	5	1	1
23	2012-07-20	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Birmingham Barons	4-5		2.0	4	2	2	2	1	0	0		9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	40	22	4	3	3	4	2	1
24	2012-07-25	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Jackson Generals	8-8		0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	9	6	0	0	1	3	1	0
25	2012-07-28	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Jackson Generals	9-9	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	7	1	2	1	1	0	0
26	2012-07-31	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits		Mississippi Braves	6-7		1.1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0		7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	24	13	3	3	3	4	2	0
27	2012-08-03	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Jacksonville Suns	1-4	L	4.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	44	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	62	39	9	9	5	11	0	2
28	2012-08-08	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits		Jackson Generals	1-6		5.2	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	61	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	72	49	15	12	5	10	2	2
29	2012-08-14	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Huntsville Stars	1-5	W	5.0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	57	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	75	46	6	8	8	11	2	0
30	2012-08-19	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	@	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	1-5		4.1	4	2	2	4	2	0	1	45	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	74	44	9	6	7	6	1	1
31	2012-08-24	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits		Jacksonville Suns	1-6	L	5.0	3	4	4	1	6	1	1	50	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	80	46	11	8	1	11	0	3
32	2012-08-30	AA-SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits		Huntsville Stars	1-6	W	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	1	46	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	86	48	8	5	8	14	2	0

2012 Player Pitching Splits

2012 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	32	369	334	41	84	18	2	4	4	7	28	61	.252	.314	.353	.668	.294	118	5	4	0	3	0

Home	15	184	169	19	41	8	1	3	3	3	12	38	.243	.304	.355	.659	.297	60	3	3	0	0	0
Away	17	185	165	22	43	10	1	1	1	4	16	23	.261	.324	.352	.676	.292	58	2	1	0	3	0

April	6	53	46	7	13	1	0	0	2	0	4	9	.283	.340	.304	.644	.333	14	2	1	0	2	0
May	7	85	80	10	19	7	0	1	1	3	5	15	.238	.282	.363	.645	.281	29	1	0	0	0	0
June	5	51	47	8	12	2	0	0	0	1	4	11	.255	.314	.298	.612	.333	14	2	0	0	0	0
July	8	52	47	4	12	3	1	1	0	1	4	8	.255	.308	.426	.733	.282	20	0	0	0	1	0
August	6	128	114	12	28	5	1	2	1	2	11	18	.246	.328	.360	.688	.277	41	0	3	0	0	0

As Starter	9	171	156	15	34	7	1	2	2	3	12	27	.218	.287	.314	.601	.252	49	0	3	0	0	0
As Reliever	23	198	178	26	50	11	1	2	2	4	16	34	.281	.338	.388	.726	.331	69	5	1	0	3	0

vs RHB as RHP	32	201	182		44	9	2	1			14	36	.242	.304	.330	.633	.293	60	4	3	0	2	0
vs LHB as RHP	31	168	152		40	9	0	3			14	25	.263	.327	.382	.709	.296	58	1	1	0	1	0

Bases Empty	31	208	192		44	12	1	3			12	42	.229	.289	.349	.638	.279	67	0	4	0	0	0
Runners On	28	161	142		40	6	1	1			16	19	.282	.348	.359	.707	.312	51	5	0	0	3	0

vs. Younger Batters	31	126	107		26	3	0	1			14	19	.243	.341	.299	.640	.281	32	2	3	0	2	0
vs. Older Batters	32	243	227		58	15	2	3			14	42	.256	.300	.379	.679	.301	86	3	1	0	1	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	8	3	.727	3.57	32	9	0	88.1	84	41	35	4	28	0	61	4	1	0	369	1.268	6.2	2.18

Home	4	1	.800	3.20	15	4	0	45.0	41	19	16	3	12	0	38	3	1	0	184	1.178	7.6	3.17
Away	4	2	.667	3.95	17	5	0	43.1	43	22	19	1	16	0	23	1	0	0	185	1.362	4.8	1.44

April	1	0	1.000	4.97	6	0	0	12.2	13	7	7	0	4	0	9	1	0	0	53	1.342	6.4	2.25
May	1	1	.500	3.00	7	3	0	21.0	19	10	7	1	5	0	15	0	0	0	85	1.143	6.4	3.00
June	3	0	1.000	3.65	5	0	0	12.1	12	8	5	0	4	0	11	0	1	0	51	1.297	8.0	2.75
July	1	0	1.000	2.92	8	0	0	12.1	12	4	4	1	4	0	8	0	0	0	52	1.297	5.8	2.00
August	2	2	.500	3.60	6	6	0	30.0	28	12	12	2	11	0	18	3	0	0	128	1.300	5.4	1.64

As Starter	2	3	.400	3.21	9	9	0	42.0	34	15	15	2	12	0	27	3	0	0	171	1.095	5.8	2.25
As Reliever	6	0	1.000	3.88	23	0	0	46.1	50	26	20	2	16	0	34	1	1	0	198	1.425	6.6	2.13

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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