Kent Mercker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: February 1, 1968 in Dublin, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (5th) of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Dublin HS (Dublin, OH).

High School: Dublin HS (Dublin, OH)

School: Otterbein College (Westerville, OH)

Debut: September 22, 1989 (Age 21-233d, 13,331st in MLB 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

W

L

ERA

4.16

G

692

GS

150

SV

IP

1325.1

SO

917

WHIP

1.444

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1986	18	ATL-min	Rk	4	3	.571	2.47	9	8	1	0	0	0	47.1	37	21	13	1	16	1	42	0	1	0				1.120	7.0	0.2	3.0	8.0	2.63	BVS GULF
1987	19	ATL-min	A	0	1	.000	5.40	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.2	11	8	7	1	6	0	14	0	0	1				1.457	8.5	0.8	4.6	10.8	2.33	DHM CARL
1988	20	ATL-min	A,AA	14	5	.737	2.91	28	28	0	5	0	0	176.0	138	64	57	7	73	1	219	3	3	9				1.199	7.1	0.4	3.7	11.2	3.00	DHM,GRV CARL,SOUL
1989	21	ATL-min	AAA	9	12	.429	3.20	27	27	0	4	0	0	168.2	107	66	60	17	95	4	144	3	2	7				1.198	5.7	0.9	5.1	7.7	1.52	RMD IL
1989	21	ATL	NL	0	0		12.46	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.1	8	6	6	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	26	32	5.07	3.231	16.6	0.0	12.5	8.3	0.67
1990	22	ATL-min	AAA	5	4	.556	3.55	12	10	1	0	0	1	58.1	60	30	23	1	27	1	69	1	1	5				1.491	9.3	0.2	4.2	10.6	2.56	RMD IL
1990	22	ATL	NL	4	7	.364	3.17	36	0	28	0	0	7	48.1	43	22	17	6	24	3	39	2	0	2	211	128	4.42	1.386	8.0	1.1	4.5	7.3	1.63
1991	23	ATL	NL	5	3	.625	2.58	50	4	28	0	0	6	73.1	56	23	21	5	35	3	62	1	1	4	306	152	3.52	1.241	6.9	0.6	4.3	7.6	1.77
1992	24	ATL	NL	3	2	.600	3.42	53	0	18	0	0	6	68.1	51	27	26	4	35	1	49	3	0	6	289	108	3.78	1.259	6.7	0.5	4.6	6.5	1.40
1993	25	ATL	NL	3	1	.750	2.86	43	6	9	0	0	0	66.0	52	24	21	2	36	3	59	2	1	5	283	141	3.32	1.333	7.1	0.3	4.9	8.0	1.64
1994	26	ATL	NL	9	4	.692	3.45	20	17	0	2	1	0	112.1	90	46	43	16	45	3	111	0	1	4	461	123	4.21	1.202	7.2	1.3	3.6	8.9	2.47
1995	27	ATL	NL	7	8	.467	4.15	29	26	1	0	0	0	143.0	140	73	66	16	61	2	102	3	2	6	622	102	4.47	1.406	8.8	1.0	3.8	6.4	1.67
1996	28	CLE-min	AAA	0	2	.000	3.94	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	11	7	7	3	9	0	11	3	0	1	70			1.250	6.2	1.7	5.1	6.2	1.22	BFL AA
1996	28	TOT	AL	4	6	.400	6.98	24	12	2	0	0	0	69.2	83	60	54	13	38	2	29	3	1	3	329	71	6.53	1.737	10.7	1.7	4.9	3.7	0.76
1996	28	BAL	AL	3	6	.333	7.76	14	12	0	0	0	0	58.0	73	56	50	12	35	1	22	3	1	3	283	64	7.07	1.862	11.3	1.9	5.4	3.4	0.63
1996	28	CLE	AL	1	0	1.000	3.09	10	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	10	4	4	1	3	1	7	0	0	0	46	161	3.86	1.114	7.7	0.8	2.3	5.4	2.33
1997	29	CIN	NL	8	11	.421	3.92	28	25	0	0	0	0	144.2	135	65	63	16	62	6	75	2	1	2	616	110	4.84	1.362	8.4	1.0	3.9	4.7	1.21
1998	30	STL	NL	11	11	.500	5.07	30	29	1	0	0	0	161.2	199	99	91	11	53	4	72	3	4	6	716	84	4.17	1.559	11.1	0.6	3.0	4.0	1.36
1999	31	TOT	MLB	8	5	.615	4.80	30	23	2	0	0	0	129.1	148	85	69	16	64	3	81	3	1	3	589	98	5.04	1.639	10.3	1.1	4.5	5.6	1.27
1999	31	STL	NL	6	5	.545	5.12	25	18	2	0	0	0	103.2	125	73	59	16	51	3	64	2	1	3	476	90	5.44	1.698	10.9	1.4	4.4	5.6	1.25
1999	31	BOS	AL	2	0	1.000	3.51	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.2	23	12	10	0	13	0	17	1	0	0	113	145	3.45	1.403	8.1	0.0	4.6	6.0	1.31
2000	32	ANA-min	A+	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	12			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8		LEL CALL
2000	32	ANA	AL	1	3	.250	6.52	21	7	2	0	0	0	48.1	57	35	35	12	29	3	30	2	0	2	225	78	7.04	1.779	10.6	2.2	5.4	5.6	1.03

2002	34	COL-min	AAA	0	0		21.60	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10			3.000	16.2	10.8	10.8	0.0	0.00	CSP PCL
2002	34	COL	NL	3	1	.750	6.14	58	0	8	0	0	0	44.0	55	33	30	12	22	2	37	2	0	1	208	78	6.46	1.750	11.3	2.5	4.5	7.6	1.68
2003	35	TOT	NL	0	2	.000	1.95	67	0	15	0	0	1	55.1	46	16	12	6	32	4	48	0	1	4	242	216	4.44	1.410	7.5	1.0	5.2	7.8	1.50
2003	35	CIN	NL	0	2	.000	2.35	49	0	8	0	0	0	38.1	31	13	10	5	25	2	41	0	1	2	169	177	4.54	1.461	7.3	1.2	5.9	9.6	1.64
2003	35	ATL	NL	0	0		1.06	18	0	7	0	0	1	17.0	15	3	2	1	7	2	7	0	0	2	73	413	4.21	1.294	7.9	0.5	3.7	3.7	1.00
2004	36	CHC	NL	3	1	.750	2.55	71	0	7	0	0	0	53.0	39	15	15	4	27	2	51	3	1	4	223	174	3.80	1.245	6.6	0.7	4.6	8.7	1.89
2005	37	CIN	NL	3	1	.750	3.65	78	0	23	0	0	4	61.2	64	27	25	8	19	4	45	3	0	1	265	118	4.32	1.346	9.3	1.2	2.8	6.6	2.37
2006	38	CIN	NL	1	1	.500	4.13	37	0	7	0	0	1	28.1	28	15	13	6	11	1	17	0	1	1	123	115	5.86	1.376	8.9	1.9	3.5	5.4	1.55

2008	40	CIN-min	AAA,A	0	1	.000	3.38	3	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	11			1.125	6.8	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00	LOU,DAY IL,MIDW
2008	40	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	3.29	15	0	5	0	0	0	13.2	13	5	5	1	8	1	6	0	0	1	58	136	4.96	1.537	8.6	0.7	5.3	4.0	0.75
18 Yrs				74	67	.525	4.16	692	150	157	2	1	25	1325.1	1307	676	612	154	607	47	917	32	15	55	5792	104	4.63	1.444	8.9	1.0	4.1	6.2	1.51
162 Game Avg.				6	5	.525	4.16	56	12	13	0	0	2	107	106	55	49	12	49	4	74	3	1	4	468	104	4.63	1.444	8.9	1.0	4.1	6.2	1.51
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
ATL (8 yrs)				31	25	.554	3.41	251	54	92	2	1	20	532.2	455	224	202	50	249	17	433	11	5	29	2271	120	4.05	1.322	7.7	0.8	4.2	7.3	1.74
CIN (5 yrs)				13	15	.464	3.64	207	25	43	0	0	5	286.2	271	125	116	36	125	14	184	5	3	7	1231	119	4.79	1.381	8.5	1.1	3.9	5.8	1.47
STL (2 yrs)				17	16	.515	5.09	55	47	3	0	0	0	265.1	324	172	150	27	104	7	136	5	5	9	1192	86	4.67	1.613	11.0	0.9	3.5	4.6	1.31
COL (1 yr)				3	1	.750	6.14	58	0	8	0	0	0	44.0	55	33	30	12	22	2	37	2	0	1	208	78	6.46	1.750	11.3	2.5	4.5	7.6	1.68
BOS (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	3.51	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.2	23	12	10	0	13	0	17	1	0	0	113	145	3.45	1.403	8.1	0.0	4.6	6.0	1.31
CHC (1 yr)				3	1	.750	2.55	71	0	7	0	0	0	53.0	39	15	15	4	27	2	51	3	1	4	223	174	3.80	1.245	6.6	0.7	4.6	8.7	1.89
ANA (1 yr)				1	3	.250	6.52	21	7	2	0	0	0	48.1	57	35	35	12	29	3	30	2	0	2	225	78	7.04	1.779	10.6	2.2	5.4	5.6	1.03
CLE (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.09	10	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	10	4	4	1	3	1	7	0	0	0	46	161	3.86	1.114	7.7	0.8	2.3	5.4	2.33
BAL (1 yr)				3	6	.333	7.76	14	12	0	0	0	0	58.0	73	56	50	12	35	1	22	3	1	3	283	64	7.07	1.862	11.3	1.9	5.4	3.4	0.63

NL (16 yrs)				67	58	.536	3.91	642	126	153	2	1	25	1181.2	1144	569	513	129	527	42	841	26	14	50	5125	109	4.45	1.414	8.7	1.0	4.0	6.4	1.60
AL (3 yrs)				7	9	.438	6.20	50	24	4	0	0	0	143.2	163	107	99	25	80	5	76	6	1	5	667	81	6.15	1.691	10.2	1.6	5.0	4.8	0.95

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