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: 19-17

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 10

1990 Pitching Game Log

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1990 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	3	72	Jun 30	ATL	@	MON	W,7-6	7-7		99	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	-0.191	.18	-0.01%	-0.87	7b 1-- 1 out a1	7b -23 1 out a1
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
2	4	73	Jul 1	ATL	@	MON	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-1.19	3	12	10	6	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
3	5	75	Jul 3	ATL	@	PHI	L,1-5	6-7		1	1.2	2	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.38	5.06	8	36	21	5	4	0	4	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.114	.09	-0.01%	-1.39	6b 1-3 1 out d1	7b 3 out d4
4	6	77	Jul 5	ATL		NYM	L,8-9	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.45	3.35	5	15	14	4	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.29	0.017	.03	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
5	7	79	Jul 7	ATL		NYM	W,4-3	8-GF	W(1-0)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	3.16	7	22	15	5	0	4	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	0.267	.08	0.01%	0.99	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
6	8	82	Jul 14(1)	ATL		MON	W,3-2	8-GF	W(2-0)	6	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.17	2.29	7	27	18	6	4	2	2	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.188	.02	0.00%	0.99	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end a 1
7	9	84	Jul 15	ATL		MON	L,14-16	8-9	BL(2-1)	0	1.1	4	5	0	1	1	0	0	1.00	2.47	10	42	25	5	3	3	5	2	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2.18	-0.726	.04	-0.01%	-4.27	8t --- 0 out a2	9t --- 1 out d3
8	10	86	Jul 17	ATL		PHI	W,14-10	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.2	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	2.53	3.37	9	44	23	9	0	2	4	3	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.11	8t -23 1 out a4	9t end a 4
9	11	90	Jul 21	ATL	@	NYM	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	3.32	4	10	8	3	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
10	12	91	Jul 22	ATL	@	NYM	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	W(3-1)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	3.25	6	23	14	3	3	2	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.321	.00	0.00%	0.94	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
11	13	94	Jul 24(2)	ATL		HOU	W,9-8	10-GF(10)	W(4-1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.84	2.94	4					0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	0.136	.00	0.00%	0.49	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
12	14	97	Jul 27	ATL	@	LAD	L,4-5	9-11		2	3.0	1	0	0	5	5	0	0	1.53	3.20	15	72	39	14	5	3	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.16	0.385	.01	0.00%	1.37	9b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
13	15	100	Jul 30	ATL	@	SDP	W,4-3	8-10		2	2.2	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	1.77	3.99	11	60	34	10	3	3	5	2	2	0		0	0	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	-0.107	.00	0.00%	0.33	8b --- 0 out tie	10b --- 2 out tie
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
14	16	105	Aug 5	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		5	1.1	2	1	1	1	3	0	1	2.08	3.92	8					2	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.16	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.08	7b 1-3 2 out d3	8b end d 4
15	17	108	Aug 8	ATL		SDP	W,7-1	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.90	3.65	6	20	15	5	2	0	4	0	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.99	8t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 6
16	18	110	Aug 10	ATL		LAD	W,3-2	8-GF	S(2)	1	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	1	2.10	3.67	10	35	23	11	2	1	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	0.163	.00	0.00%	-0.01	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
17	19	113	Aug 13	ATL		LAD	W,9-5	9-GF		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	3.58	1	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.32	9t -2- 2 out a4	9t end a 4
18	20	116	Aug 15	ATL	@	PIT	W,8-1	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.93	3.38	7					2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.90	8b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 7
19	21	117	Aug 16	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-4	8-GF	L(4-2)	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.17	3.74	4					1	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	-0.224	.00	0.00%	-0.15	8b -2- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
20	22	120	Aug 19	ATL	@	CHC	L,4-5	8-GF(8)	BL(4-3)	2	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.70	4.14	5	18	12	3	1	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	-0.530	.00	0.00%	-1.49	8b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 1
21	23	122	Aug 21	ATL	@	STL	W,7-2	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.61	4.03	4					1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
22	24	123	Aug 22	ATL	@	STL	W,2-1	8-GF	S(3)	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.48	3.88	6	25	16	6	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	0.334	.00	0.00%	0.97	8b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
23	25	130	Aug 30	ATL		STL	L,3-5	8-10		7	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.31	3.75	8	29	20	5	2	2	5	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.297	.00	0.00%	1.09	8t --- 2 out tie	10t 3 out tie
24	26	131	Aug 31	ATL		STL	W,4-1	9-GF	S(4)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.27	3.68	3	15	10	2	2	1	1	0	1	0		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.57	9t 123 1 out a4	9t end a 3
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
25	27	132	Sep 1	ATL		STL	W,4-3	9-GF	S(5)	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.45	4.01	4	15	11	2	0	0	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
26	28	135	Sep 4	ATL		CIN	W,7-4	9-GF	S(6)	2	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.39	4.08	6	22	11	6	1	0	3	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
27	29	136	Sep 5	ATL	@	LAD	W,6-2	9-GF		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	4.06	2					2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.49	9b 1-- 1 out a4	9b end a 4
28	30	139	Sep 8	ATL	@	SDP	W,11-5	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.29	4.05	4	18	9	4	2	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
29	31	140	Sep 9	ATL	@	SDP	L,4-5	10-GF(11)	L(4-4)	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.45	4.10	6	20	12	3	2	4	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	-0.292	.00	0.00%	-1.16	10b --- 1 out tie	11b end d 1
30	32	141	Sep 10	ATL	@	SFG	L,6-7	9-GF(10)	BL(4-5)	0	0.2	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.63	4.30	8	36	17	3	3	4	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	-0.782	.00	0.00%	-2.85	9b 1-- 2 out a1	10b end d 1
31	33	147	Sep 17	ATL		LAD	L,2-5	8-8		6	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.79	4.33	4	23	13	3	1	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.51	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
32	34	150	Sep 20	ATL		SFG	L,3-5	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	4.30	3	10	7	1	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
33	35	151	Sep 21	ATL		HOU	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	L(4-6)	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.86	4.56	4	13	7	2	1	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.302	.00	0.00%	-0.51	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
34	36	155	Sep 26	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	4.52	4	15	10	2	0	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
35	37	157	Sep 28	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-2	9-10	L(4-7)	1	1.1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.11	4.53	6					2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	-0.007	.00	0.00%	0.05	9b --- 0 out tie	10b 12- 1 out a1
36	38	160	Oct 1	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-3	8-GF	S(7)	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.17	4.42	8	37	27	8	3	3	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.13	0.087	.00	0.00%	-0.10	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
							19-17		W-L:4-7,Sv:7,BSv:3	1.7	48.1	43	22	17	24	39	6	2	3.17	4.42	211	720	62%	19%	7%	0.70		21%	12%	0		15	27%	5	4	1	182	5	1	3	1	2	3	1.66	-0.780	.01	-0.01%	0.31

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