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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 11	ATL		LAD	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	5 (2)	Apr 15	ATL		HOU	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	8 (2)	Apr 19	ATL		CIN	L,3-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	10 (1)	Apr 21	ATL		CIN	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	13 (2)	Apr 24	ATL	@	LAD	L,4-8	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	15 (1)	Apr 27	ATL	@	HOU	W,2-1		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	17 (1)	Apr 29	ATL	@	STL	L,3-4		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	19 (1)	May 1	ATL	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	20	May 3	ATL		CHC	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	21	May 4	ATL		CHC	W,4-2		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	24 (2)	May 8	ATL		STL	W,17-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	26 (1)	May 11	ATL	@	PIT	W,3-2	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	29 (2)	May 14	ATL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	31 (1)	May 17	ATL		PIT	W,9-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	34 (2)	May 21	ATL		SDP	W,4-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	36 (1)	May 23	ATL		SDP	L,10-11		5	1.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
17	40 (3)	May 27	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-1		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	41	May 28	ATL	@	SDP	W,8-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	46 (4)	Jun 2	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	48 (1)	Jun 5	ATL		PHI	L,11-12		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	49	Jun 6	ATL		PHI	W,9-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	51 (1)	Jun 8	ATL		MON	W,7-6	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	58 (6)	Jun 15	ATL	@	MON	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	59	Jun 16	ATL	@	MON	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	61 (1)	Jun 18	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	65 (3)	Jun 22	ATL		NYM	L,2-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	66	Jun 23	ATL		NYM	W,4-3		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	70 (3)	Jun 28 (1)	ATL		LAD	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	72 (1)	Jun 29	ATL		LAD	L,1-2	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	78 (5)	Jul 6	ATL	@	LAD	L,6-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	79	Jul 7	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-5		5	0.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
32	82 (2)	Jul 13	ATL		STL	W,10-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	84 (1)	Jul 15	ATL		CHC	L,4-6	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
34	86 (1)	Jul 17	ATL		CHC	W,12-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	88 (1)	Jul 20	ATL	@	STL	L,1-2		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
36	91 (2)	Jul 23	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-12	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	92	Jul 24	ATL	@	PIT	L,4-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	97 (4)	Jul 29 (2)	ATL		PIT	W,5-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	98	Jul 30	ATL		PIT	W,10-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	102 (3)	Aug 4	ATL		SDP	W,9-7		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	106 (3)	Aug 8	ATL		SFG	L,1-8		12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	122 (15)	Aug 24	ATL		PHI	L,5-6		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	129 (6)	Aug 31	ATL	@	PHI	L,0-5		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	133 (3)	Sep 4	ATL	@	MON	L,4-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	134	Sep 6	ATL	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS	17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
46	139 (4)	Sep 11	ATL		SDP	W,1-0	GS	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	144 (4)	Sep 16	ATL	@	SFG	L,5-8	GS	20	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
48	150 (5)	Sep 22	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-3		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	155 (4)	Sep 28	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-4	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	162 (6)	Oct 6	ATL		HOU	L,3-8		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							50gm		73.1	2	7	1	10	1