Kent Mercker

Position: Relief 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1986	18	-1.7	Braves	GULF	Rk	ATL	4	3	.571	2.47	3.99	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
1987	19	-3.6	Durham	CARL	A	ATL	0	1	.000	5.40	6.17	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
1988	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	ATL	14	5	.737	2.91	3.27	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
1988	20	-3.8	Greenville	SOUL	AA	ATL	3	1	.750	3.35	3.72	9	9	0	0	0	0	48.1	36	20	18	2	26	1	60	1	2	2		1.283	6.7	0.4	4.8	11.2	2.31
1988	20	-2.4	Durham	CARL	A	ATL	11	4	.733	2.75	3.10	19	19	0	5	0	0	127.2	102	44	39	5	47	0	159	2	1	7		1.167	7.2	0.4	3.3	11.2	3.38
1989	21	-4.6	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	9	12	.429	3.20	3.52	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
1989	21	-7.8	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	0		12.46	12.46	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.1	8	6	6	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	26	3.231	16.6	0.0	12.5	8.3	0.67
1990	22	-3.5	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	5	4	.556	3.55	4.63	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
1990	22	-6.4	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	4	7	.364	3.17	4.10	36	0	28	0	0	7	48.1	43	22	17	6	24	3	39	2	0	2	211	1.386	8.0	1.1	4.5	7.3	1.63
1991	23	-5.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	5	3	.625	2.58	2.82	50	4	28	0	0	6	73.1	56	23	21	5	35	3	62	1	1	4	306	1.241	6.9	0.6	4.3	7.6	1.77
1992	24	-4.3	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	3	2	.600	3.42	3.56	53	0	18	0	0	6	68.1	51	27	26	4	35	1	49	3	0	6	289	1.259	6.7	0.5	4.6	6.5	1.40
1993	25	-3.2	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	3	1	.750	2.86	3.27	43	6	9	0	0	0	66.0	52	24	21	2	36	3	59	2	1	5	283	1.333	7.1	0.3	4.9	8.0	1.64
1994	26	-2.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	9	4	.692	3.45	3.69	20	17	0	2	1	0	112.1	90	46	43	16	45	3	111	0	1	4	461	1.202	7.2	1.3	3.6	8.9	2.47
1995	27	-0.9	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	7	8	.467	4.15	4.59	29	26	1	0	0	0	143.0	140	73	66	16	61	2	102	3	2	6	622	1.406	8.8	1.0	3.8	6.4	1.67
1996	28		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BAL-CLE	4	6	.400	6.98	7.75	24	12	2	0	0	0	69.2	83	60	54	13	38	2	29	3	1	3	329	1.737	10.7	1.7	4.9	3.7	0.76
1996	28	1.5	Buffalo	AA	AAA	CLE	0	2	.000	3.94	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
1996	28	-0.3	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	3	6	.333	7.76	8.69	14	12	0	0	0	0	58.0	73	56	50	12	35	1	22	3	1	3	283	1.862	11.3	1.9	5.4	3.4	0.63
1996	28	-0.3	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	1	0	1.000	3.09	3.09	10	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	10	4	4	1	3	1	7	0	0	0	46	1.114	7.7	0.8	2.3	5.4	2.33
1997	29	0.9	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	8	11	.421	3.92	4.04	28	25	0	0	0	0	144.2	135	65	63	16	62	6	75	2	1	2	616	1.362	8.4	1.0	3.9	4.7	1.21
1998	30	1.7	STL	NL	Maj	STL	11	11	.500	5.07	5.51	30	29	1	0	0	0	161.2	199	99	91	11	53	4	72	3	4	6	716	1.559	11.1	0.6	3.0	4.0	1.36
1999	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	BOS	8	5	.615	4.80	5.91	30	23	2	0	0	0	129.1	148	85	69	16	64	3	81	3	1	3	589	1.639	10.3	1.1	4.5	5.6	1.27
1999	31	2.6	STL	NL	Maj	STL	6	5	.545	5.12	6.34	25	18	2	0	0	0	103.2	125	73	59	16	51	3	64	2	1	3	476	1.698	10.9	1.4	4.4	5.6	1.25
1999	31	1.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	2	0	1.000	3.51	4.21	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.2	23	12	10	0	13	0	17	1	0	0	113	1.403	8.1	0.0	4.6	6.0	1.31
2000	32	9.1	Lake Elsinore	CALL	A+	ANA	0	0		0.00	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
2000	32	3.1	ANA	AL	Maj	ANA	1	3	.250	6.52	6.52	21	7	2	0	0	0	48.1	57	35	35	12	29	3	30	2	0	2	225	1.779	10.6	2.2	5.4	5.6	1.03

2002	34	7.1	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	0	0		21.60	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
2002	34	5.2	COL	NL	Maj	COL	3	1	.750	6.14	6.75	58	0	8	0	0	0	44.0	55	33	30	12	22	2	37	2	0	1	208	1.750	11.3	2.5	4.5	7.6	1.68
2003	35		2 Teams	NL	Maj	ATL-CIN	0	2	.000	1.95	2.60	67	0	15	0	0	1	55.1	46	16	12	6	32	4	48	0	1	4	242	1.410	7.5	1.0	5.2	7.8	1.50
2003	35	6.2	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	2	.000	2.35	3.05	49	0	8	0	0	0	38.1	31	13	10	5	25	2	41	0	1	2	169	1.461	7.3	1.2	5.9	9.6	1.64
2003	35	6.2	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	0		1.06	1.59	18	0	7	0	0	1	17.0	15	3	2	1	7	2	7	0	0	2	73	1.294	7.9	0.5	3.7	3.7	1.00
2004	36	6.8	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	3	1	.750	2.55	2.55	71	0	7	0	0	0	53.0	39	15	15	4	27	2	51	3	1	4	223	1.245	6.6	0.7	4.6	8.7	1.89
2005	37	7.8	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	3	1	.750	3.65	3.94	78	0	23	0	0	4	61.2	64	27	25	8	19	4	45	3	0	1	265	1.346	9.3	1.2	2.8	6.6	2.37
2006	38	8.9	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	1	1	.500	4.13	4.76	37	0	7	0	0	1	28.1	28	15	13	6	11	1	17	0	1	1	123	1.376	8.9	1.9	3.5	5.4	1.55

2008	40		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A	CIN	0	1	.000	3.38	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
2008	40	12.9	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	0	1	.000	5.40	5.40	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
2008	40	18.3	Dayton	MIDW	A	CIN	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2008	40	11.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	1	0	1.000	3.29	3.29	15	0	5	0	0	0	13.2	13	5	5	1	8	1	6	0	0	1	58	1.537	8.6	0.7	5.3	4.0	0.75
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (18 seasons)					Majors		74	67	.525	4.16	4.59	692	150	157	2	1	25	1325.1	1307	676	612	154	607	47	917	32	15	55	5792	1.444	8.9	1.0	4.1	6.2	1.51
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		32	28	.533	3.18	3.72	88	81	2	9	0	1	486.1	369	201	172	32	229	7	503	10	7	23	103	1.230	6.8	0.6	4.2	9.3	2.20
All Levels (21 Seasons)							106	95	.527	3.89	4.36	780	231	159	11	1	26	1811.2	1676	877	784	186	836	54	1420	42	22	78	5895	1.387	8.3	0.9	4.2	7.1	1.70

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		14	19	.424	3.47	3.95	46	41	1	4	0	1	246.1	183	108	95	23	134	5	224	7	3	13	88	1.287	6.7	0.8	4.9	8.2	1.67
AA (1 season)					Minors		3	1	.750	3.35	3.72	9	9	0	0	0	0	48.1	36	20	18	2	26	1	60	1	2	2		1.283	6.7	0.4	4.8	11.2	2.31
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	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
A (3 seasons)					Minors		11	5	.688	2.95	3.33	23	22	0	5	0	0	140.1	113	52	46	6	53	0	174	2	1	8	3	1.183	7.2	0.4	3.4	11.2	3.28
Rk (1 season)					Minors		4	3	.571	2.47	3.99	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