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: 11-17 / in Starts: 10-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 1

1997 Pitching Game Log

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1997 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	258	3	Apr 3	CIN		COL	L,1-7	4-5		99	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.86	6	27	14	5	0	1	3	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.008	.32	-0.01%	0.31	4t 123 2 out d5	5t 3 out d6
2	259	4	Apr 4	CIN	@	FLA	W,9-7	6-6	W(1-0)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	4.82	3	13	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.29	0.016	.31	0.01%	0.49	6b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
3	260	7	Apr 7	CIN	@	COL	L,2-13	4-5		2	1.2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	5.11	8	31	14	5	3	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.97	4b --- 1 out d10	5b 3 out d9
4	261	13	Apr 15	CIN	@	ATL	L,0-3	GS-7	L(1-1)	7	7.0	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.45	4.02	29	105	67	21	5	18	7	4	0	0	49			2	0	0	27	0	2	0	2	0	0	.73	-0.075	.70	-0.04%	0.67	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
5	262	18	Apr 20	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.1	5	5	4	4	2	0	0	4.11	4.28	21	92	53	14	7	6	9	2	3	0	33			0	1	0	15	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.09	-0.214	1.09	-0.13%	-1.79	1b start a 1	5b -23 1 out d1
6	263	25	Apr 30	CIN		ATL	L,3-12	GS-6	L(1-3)	9	5.0	9	6	6	2	6	1	1	5.75	4.49	26	80	46	19	6	9	8	5	0	0	29			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.356	.60	-0.11%	-2.77	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d2
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
7	264	30	May 5	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-3	GS-5		4	5.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	0	4.97	4.53	23	97	55	19	6	10	7	3	2	0	51			0	2	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.24	0.134	.55	0.04%	1.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
8	265	35	May 11	CIN	@	SDP	L,4-5	GS-6		5	5.0	5	4	4	3	2	0	0	5.34	4.46	23	96	56	12	7	8	10	4	2	0	40			3	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	.70	-0.167	.29	-0.04%	-0.99	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a1
9	266	40	May 17	CIN		SDP	L,2-6	GS-5	L(1-4)	5	5.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	5.09	4.64	22					5	8	0	1	4	50			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.04	0.024	.30	0.00%	0.62	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
10	267	45	May 23	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	GS-7	L(1-5)	5	6.1	3	3	3	4	1	1	0	4.97	4.96	25	95	50	15	6	5	15	4	2	0	52			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.100	.23	0.02%	1.06	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d1
11	268	51	May 28	CIN		PHI	W,2-0	GS-6	W(2-5)	4	6.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.34	4.64	22					10	8	0	2	2	66			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.373	.40	0.08%	3.14	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
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
12	269	56	Jun 3	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-7	W(3-5)	5	6.1	2	1	1	4	5	1	0	4.00	4.74	25	108	59	17	6	3	13	6	1	0	66			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.199	.28	0.04%	2.06	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a2
13	270	61	Jun 9	CIN		NYM	L,2-4	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.84	4.65	28	95	58	17	7	7	14	3	2	0	58			1	1	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.091	.34	0.02%	1.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
14	271	65	Jun 14	CIN		CHW	W,5-1	GS-8	W(4-5)	4	8.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.39	4.43	28	93	59	12	6	12	12	3	3	0	76			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	.86	0.393	.34	0.09%	4.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
15	272	70	Jun 20	CIN	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-6	W(5-5)	5	6.0	6	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.36	4.35	28	104	66	21	9	7	12	7	2	0	53			1	0	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.46	0.120	1.11	0.06%	1.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
16	273	75	Jun 25	CIN	@	MON	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.18	4.38	27					10	11	4	1	0	65			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	0.324	.67	0.11%	2.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
17	274	80	Jun 30	CIN		MIL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	7.0	7	3	3	1	0	2	1	3.24	4.64	29					9	15	2	2	3	50			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.086	.46	0.02%	0.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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
18	275	85	Jul 5	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS-7	L(6-6)	4	7.0	4	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.19	4.56	27	99	63	16	10	6	15	6	2	0	61			1	0	0	23	3	0	1	0	0	0	.94	0.066	.87	0.04%	1.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
19	276	90	Jul 14	CIN		STL	W,4-2	GS-6	W(7-6)	8	5.2	7	2	2	2	6	2	0	3.19	4.67	26					6	9	2	3	3	51			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.39	0.034	.72	0.01%	0.35	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a1
20	277	96	Jul 20	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-10	GS-4	L(7-7)	5	4.0	8	6	6	2	1	2	0	3.58	4.90	21	79	48	15	6	5	13	5	1	0	21			0	0	0	19	2	0	1	0	0	0	.58	-0.296	.19	-0.06%	-4.01	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
21	278	101	Jul 26	CIN		ATL	W,7-6	GS-5		5	5.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.66	4.92	24					5	7	0	1	6	43			2	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.010	.12	0.00%	-0.38	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
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
22	279	106	Aug 1	CIN		SFG	L,7-8	GS-5	L(7-8)	5	4.0	6	4	4	4	1	0	0	3.85	4.94	22					6	7	2	0	4	31			1	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.216	.08	-0.01%	-1.75	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out tie
23	280	111	Aug 6	CIN		SDP	L,3-6	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	2	1	5	2	0	3.80	5.01	25	74	53	11	4	2	16	2	2	0	56			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	.75	-0.036	.03	0.00%	0.14	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
24	281	116	Aug 11	CIN	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS-7	W(8-8)	4	7.0	4	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.81	4.93	26	98	65	21	9	10	10	5	0	0	57			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	3	0	1	.40	0.097	.02	0.00%	0.52	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a4
25	282	121	Aug 16	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-3	L(8-9)	4	2.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.89	4.91	9	37	19	5	2	4	3	1	0	0	44			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	-0.004	.07	0.00%	-0.03	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out tie
Sept				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
26	283	144	Sep 10	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	GS-4	L(8-10)	24	4.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.84	4.84	17					2	9	2	1	5	49			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.087	.08	0.00%	1.09	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
27	284	150	Sep 16	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-5	GS-6	L(8-11)	5	6.0	5	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.80	4.87	24	85	49	12	5	8	12	4	2	0	54			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.049	.21	0.01%	1.14	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
28	285	157	Sep 23	CIN	@	STL	W,8-6	GS-5		6	5.0	6	4	4	1	6	1	0	3.92	4.84	22	81	53	9	13	7	8	3	2	0	44			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.254	.00	0.00%	-1.46	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
							11-17		W-L:8-11	4.7	144.2	135	65	63	62	75	16	2	3.92	4.84	616	1589	60%	17%	7%	0.71		18%	8%	27	50	3	33%	14	5	0	539	25	4	6	15	4	5	.96	0.579	.41	0.16%	12.34

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