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: 8-13 / in Starts: 4-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 6

2000 Pitching Game Log

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2000 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	346	1	Apr 3	ANA		NYY	L,2-3	6-8		99	2.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.38	7.26	10	32	19	6	1	2	7	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.000	.78	0.00%	0.55	6t --- 1 out d1	8t 3 out d2
2	347	4	Apr 7	ANA		BOS	W,7-3	7-GF		3	2.1	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.60	6.73	9	31	23	7	4	2	4	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.010	.32	0.01%	-0.41	7t -2- 2 out a5	9t end a 4
3	348	5	Apr 8	ANA		BOS	W,7-5	7-7		0	0.1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	6.75	7.63	3	13	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.020	.58	-0.01%	-0.41	7t --- 0 out a5	7t 12- 1 out a5
4	349	8	Apr 11	ANA		TOR	W,5-4	7-7	H(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.35	7.90	2	12	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.006	1.92	0.00%	0.05	7t 1-- 1 out a3	7t 1-3 2 out a3
5	350	13	Apr 17	ANA	@	TOR	L,1-7	6-6		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6.00	7.80	2	13	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.028	1.61	0.02%	0.27	6b -2- 1 out d1	6b 12- 2 out d1
6	351	14	Apr 18	ANA	@	TOR	W,16-10	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.14	7.13	3	9	6	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.08	0.00%	0.62	8b --- 0 out a7	8b 3 out a7
7	352	16	Apr 20	ANA	@	TOR	L,11-12	4-7		1	3.0	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	6.30	7.43	12	47	24	7	4	5	3	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	.49	0.014	.55	0.01%	-2.07	4b 12- 2 out d6	7b --3 2 out d1
8	353	18	Apr 22	ANA	@	TBD	L,9-11	10-GF(10)	L(0-1)	1	0.2	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	7.59	8.20	4	18	10	1	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	-0.346	3.47	-0.23%	-1.54	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 2
9	354	23	Apr 27	ANA		TBD	L,3-7	7-8		4	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	7.11	7.32	10	30	20	8	1	4	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.002	.20	0.00%	0.22	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d6
10	355	24	Apr 28	ANA		TBD	L,2-11	2-5		0	3.2	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	6.61	6.32	16	56	35	9	6	6	7	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.032	.34	-0.02%	0.45	2t 1-- 1 out d6	5t 3 out d6
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
11	356	31	May 6	ANA	@	SEA	L,0-1	GS-5		7	5.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	5.06	5.24	19	76	45	21	6	2	11	5	1	0	65			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.294	1.42	0.26%	2.81	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
12	357	36	May 11	ANA		TEX	W,3-2	GS-2		4	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	5.16	5.74	6	25	13	6	0	1	3	1	0	0	46			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.039	1.04	-0.03%	-0.40	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out d1
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
13	358	117	Aug 12	ANA		NYY	W,9-6	GS-4		92	3.2	5	3	3	3	1	2	0	5.47	6.63	18	75	38	5	1	5	9	4	1	0	37			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.018	1.31	-0.01%	-0.41	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out a4
14	359	121	Aug 17	ANA	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	5.0	3	2	2	3	4	1	0	5.17	6.52	21	88	54	17	6	2	12	2	4	0	54			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	.71	0.034	.84	0.02%	0.96	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
15	360	126	Aug 22	ANA	@	BOS	W,11-4	GS-6	W(1-2)	4	6.0	9	4	4	4	2	0	0	5.30	6.19	29	94	50	20	3	7	16	7	1	0	36			0	0	0	25	4	0	1	1	0	0	1.06	-0.122	1.28	-0.09%	-0.31	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a6
16	361	130	Aug 27	ANA		CLE	W,10-9	GS-4		4	3.2	8	4	4	4	1	1	0	5.71	6.48	22	73	44	10	4	4	13	7	0	0	26			1	0	0	17	4	0	1	0	0	0	.88	-0.230	1.01	-0.16%	-2.06	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 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
17	362	135	Sep 2	ANA	@	CHW	L,6-13	GS-2	L(1-3)	5	2.0	2	4	4	3	1	0	0	6.28	6.48	11	48	22	7	2	0	7	3	0	0	34			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.228	1.16	-0.14%	-2.78	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
18	363	152	Sep 21	ANA	@	KCR	L,3-8	6-7		18	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	6.33	9	28	18	2	1	4	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.032	.01	0.00%	1.23	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d3
19	364	156	Sep 25	ANA	@	OAK	L,5-7	5-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.87	6.24	4	20	11	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.010	.01	0.00%	0.57	5b --- 0 out d5	5b 3 out d5
20	365	158	Sep 27	ANA	@	OAK	L,7-9	2-4		1	2.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5.63	6.30	9	31	14	5	0	4	2	0	0	0		3	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.96	0.098	.00	0.00%	1.49	2b 123 2 out d2	4b 12- 2 out d2
21	366	161	Sep 30	ANA		SEA	L,9-21	6-6		2	0.1	5	5	5	0	1	3	0	6.52	7.04	6	14	11	3	0	1	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-4.72	6t --- 0 out d4	6t --- 1 out d9
							8-13		W-L:1-3,Hld:1	2.8	48.1	57	35	35	29	30	12	2	6.52	7.04	225	833	57%	17%	6%	0.48		23%	5%	0	43	9	33%	2	0	0	190	12	0	3	5	1	0	.79	-0.594	.86	-0.37%	-5.86

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