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

2014 Player Pitching Game Log

2014 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2014-04-03	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls		Gwinnett Braves	3-6		3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0		11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	38	28	6	8	6	1	1	0
2	2014-04-07	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls		Charlotte Knights	6-8	W	3.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	1		12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	54	37	8	10	3	4	2	0
3	2014-04-12	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls	@	Gwinnett Braves	1-6	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	3	1	0	59	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	80	52	11	6	10	10	3	2
4	2014-04-17	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls		Norfolk Tides	1-6	W	6.0	2	2	2	2	6	0	0	64	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	22	90	58	12	14	7	7	2	1
5	2014-04-22	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls	@	Charlotte Knights	1-6	W	6.0	7	1	1	0	7	0	0	61	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	91	60	14	16	9	8	4	0
6	2014-04-27	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls		Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	1-6		6.0	3	3	3	1	5	2	2	58	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	88	59	17	10	9	7	1	1
7	2014-05-03	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls		Columbus Clippers	1-8		7.2	3	0	0	2	9	0	0	80	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	27	105	70	23	14	10	6	1	0
8	2014-05-09	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls	@	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	1-6	L	5.1	9	3	3	5	2	1	0	35	23	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	29	102	60	18	10	10	12	4	1
9	2014-05-14	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls		Charlotte Knights	1-5		4.1	8	4	3	3	3	1	1	33	19	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	24	86	51	10	8	9	7	2	0
10	2014-05-19	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls		Louisville Bats	1-7		6.1	4	2	2	1	7	1	0	63	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	22	81	56	18	12	4	10	5	1
11	2014-05-26	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls	@	Toledo Mud Hens	1-5	W	5.0	5	2	1	2	3	1	0	52	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	93	57	14	7	5	13	3	2
12	2014-05-31	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls		Lehigh Valley IronPigs	6-9	W	3.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1		12	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	56	35	7	3	7	4	1	0
13	2014-06-06	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls		Pawtucket Red Sox	4-9		6.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	0		21	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	95	63	14	14	4	9	3	1
14	2014-06-13	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls	@	Indianapolis Indians	1-6		6.0	3	1	0	2	6	0	0	68	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	87	58	17	8	9	5	2	2
15	2014-06-18	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls	@	Louisville Bats	3-6		3.0	6	4	4	1	4	0	0		15	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	65	37	9	10	6	5	3	1
16	2014-06-22	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls		Syracuse Chiefs	6-8		2.2	4	3	3	2	3	0	0		14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	59	42	8	6	6	5	0	1
17	2014-06-28	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls	@	Pawtucket Red Sox	1-4	L	3.0	9	5	5	0	4	1	0	25	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	74	46	11	7	4	10	4	0
18	2014-07-03	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls		Gwinnett Braves	6-7		0.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	25	11	2	0	3	0	0	0
19	2014-07-12	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls	@	Buffalo Bisons	6-7		2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	32	20	5	2	3	2	1	0
20	2014-07-20	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls	@	Gwinnett Braves	7-7		0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	14	2	2	0	1	0	0
21	2014-07-23	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls		Rochester Red Wings	8-8		1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	16	13	4	3	2	2	1	0
22	2014-07-29	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls	@	Charlotte Knights	1-5	L	5.0	7	4	4	1	5	2	0	41	21	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	94	64	20	12	4	12	5	2
23	2014-08-04	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls	@	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	9	3	2	1	0	0	0
24	2014-08-07	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls		Buffalo Bisons	1-4	L	4.0	4	2	2	3	5	0	1	48	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	87	51	14	14	9	2	1	0
25	2014-08-14	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls	@	Rochester Red Wings	1-6	W	6.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	72	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	101	69	14	13	6	11	2	1
26	2014-08-21	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls		Norfolk Tides	6-8		3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0		10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	29	24	6	5	4	4	1	1
27	2014-08-24	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls		Gwinnett Braves	6-7	W	2.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	41	24	6	6	3	5	3	0
28	2014-08-29 (2)	AAA-IL	Durham Bulls	@	Norfolk Tides	1-6	W	6.0	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	64	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	87	55	18	6	7	11	6	0
		Player Moved from AAA-IL to FgW-DOWL
29	2014-10-22	FgW-DOWL	Leones del Escogido	@	Aguilas Cibaenas	1-4	L	3.1	4	2	2	1	4	0	0	47	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14					4	6	3	1
30	2014-10-28	FgW-DOWL	Leones del Escogido	@	Toros del Este	1-4	L	3.0	2	5	4	3	2	0	0	36	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15					5	5	4	0
31	2014-11-03	FgW-DOWL	Leones del Escogido		Gigantes del Cibao	1-3		2.0	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	51	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13					6	0	0	0

2014 Player Pitching Splits

2014 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	28	487	439	39	107	18	2	10	3	2	37	108	.244	.309	.362	.672	.299	159	9	6	2	3	0

Home	15	249	220	17	48	11	1	4	1	2	21	60	.218	.302	.332	.634	.280	73	4	6	1	1	0
Away	13	238	219	22	59	7	1	6	2	0	16	48	.269	.317	.393	.709	.317	86	5	0	1	2	0

April	6	121	110	7	22	2	0	3	1	0	7	29	.200	.267	.300	.567	.244	33	1	3	1	0	0
May	6	138	120	11	32	8	0	4	1	2	13	25	.267	.343	.433	.776	.301	52	4	2	1	2	0
June	5	96	88	14	26	6	0	1	1	0	7	25	.296	.344	.398	.742	.397	35	1	0	0	1	0
July	5	41	38	4	12	1	1	2	0	0	3	9	.316	.366	.553	.919	.370	21	2	0	0	0	0
August	6	91	83	3	15	1	1	0	0	0	7	20	.181	.253	.217	.470	.238	18	1	1	0	0	0

As Starter	15	349	315	31	76	14	1	10	2	2	26	75	.241	.306	.387	.693	.285	122	7	4	2	2	0
As Reliever	13	138	124	8	31	4	1	0	1	0	11	33	.250	.319	.298	.617	.337	37	2	2	0	1	0

vs RHB as RHP	27	237	219		55	10	2	7			13	57	.251	.304	.411	.715	.308	90	5	4	0	1	0
vs LHB as RHP	27	250	220		52	8	0	3			24	51	.236	.315	.314	.628	.292	69	4	2	2	2	0

Bases Empty	27	271	250		66	14	2	6			19	62	.264	.321	.408	.729	.330	102	0	2	0	0	0
Runners On	27	216	189		41	4	0	4			18	46	.217	.294	.302	.596	.261	57	9	4	2	3	0

vs. Younger Batters	27	167	156		33	8	1	3			7	44	.212	.249	.333	.582	.273	52	4	1	2	1	0
vs. Older Batters	28	320	283		74	10	1	7			30	64	.262	.341	.378	.719	.313	107	5	5	0	2	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	9	4	.692	2.76	28	15	0	114.0	107	39	35	10	37	0	108	6	1	0	487	1.263	8.5	2.92

Home	4	1	.800	2.44	15	6	0	59.0	48	17	16	4	21	0	60	6	0	0	249	1.170	9.2	2.86
Away	5	3	.625	3.11	13	9	0	55.0	59	22	19	6	16	0	48	0	1	0	238	1.364	7.9	3.00

April	4	0	1.000	2.10	6	4	0	30.0	22	7	7	3	7	0	29	3	0	0	121	0.967	8.7	4.14
May	2	1	.667	2.53	6	5	0	32.0	32	11	9	4	13	0	25	2	0	0	138	1.406	7.0	1.92
June	0	1	.000	5.66	5	2	0	20.2	26	14	13	1	7	0	25	0	1	0	96	1.597	10.9	3.57
July	0	1	.000	3.86	5	1	0	9.1	12	4	4	2	3	0	9	0	0	0	41	1.607	8.7	3.00
August	3	1	.750	0.82	6	3	0	22.0	15	3	2	0	7	0	20	1	0	0	91	1.000	8.2	2.86

As Starter	6	4	.600	2.94	15	15	0	82.2	76	31	27	10	26	0	75	4	1	0	349	1.234	8.2	2.88
As Reliever	3	0	1.000	2.30	13	0	0	31.1	31	8	8	0	11	0	33	2	0	0	138	1.340	9.5	3.00

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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