Merrill Kelly

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 202lb (188cm, 91kg)

Born: October 14, 1988 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 37th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Desert Mountain HS (Scottsdale, AZ), the Cleveland Indians in the 22nd round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ) and the Tampa Bay Rays in the 8th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Desert Mountain HS (Scottsdale, AZ)

Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 2 yrs/$18M (23-24) & 25 team option

Service Time (01/2024): 5.000 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Apex Baseball

Full Name: Kenneth Merrill Kelly

Nicknames: Mert

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.8

12.6

ERA

2.19

3.75

131

24.2

775.1

702

WHIP

0.932

1.211

2019 Player Pitching Game Log

2019 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2019-04-01	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	San Diego Padres	1-6	W	6.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	0	51	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	88	58	18	7	7	13	7	2
2	2019-04-07	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Boston Red Sox	1-8	L	8.0	4	1	1	0	9	1	0	79	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	94	70	22	6	7	11	3	1
3	2019-04-13	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		San Diego Padres	1-5		5.0	8	4	4	1	5	1	0	39	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	95	60	13	12	9	8	4	1
4	2019-04-19	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Chicago Cubs	1-4	L	3.2	6	3	3	7	5	0	0	35	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	109	60	18	9	5	6	2	2
5	2019-04-24	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	1-7	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	5	2	0	60	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	106	64	27	7	10	12	7	2
6	2019-05-01	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		New York Yankees	1-6	W	5.1	5	1	1	2	2	1	0	54	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	90	55	15	10	10	9	3	0
7	2019-05-06	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Tampa Bay Rays	1-4	L	4.0	7	7	7	3	2	1	1	19	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	94	53	10	12	7	9	6	0
8	2019-05-11	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Atlanta Braves	1-7	L	7.0	8	3	3	0	5	1	0	54	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	93	65	13	8	8	15	7	3
9	2019-05-17	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		San Francisco Giants	1-6	W	5.1	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	59	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	89	56	13	7	2	16	6	3
10	2019-05-22	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	San Diego Padres	1-2	L	1.2	5	4	4	4	0	0	0	25	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	63	33	11	0	1	9	4	0
11	2019-05-28	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Colorado Rockies	1-7	L	6.2	7	4	4	1	5	1	0	48	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	26	104	71	14	8	13	6	2	1
12	2019-06-02	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		New York Mets	1-8	W	7.2	6	1	1	0	10	1	0	73	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	105	67	14	15	10	7	2	0
13	2019-06-07	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-7	W	7.0	3	1	1	2	3	1	0	68	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	95	58	16	7	10	10	4	3
14	2019-06-12	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Philadelphia Phillies	1-8	W	7.2	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	78	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	93	67	13	13	8	13	4	2
15	2019-06-18	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Colorado Rockies	1-6	L	6.0	8	6	5	0	5	1	0	39	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	84	58	15	10	5	16	9	1
16	2019-06-23	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		San Francisco Giants	1-7		6.0	4	2	2	2	9	1	0	63	22	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	98	63	16	12	6	8	3	0
17	2019-06-28	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	San Francisco Giants	1-5	L	5.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	42	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	76	51	8	5	6	13	3	1
18	2019-07-03	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-6		6.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	50	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	90	64	20	7	6	16	5	1
19	2019-07-13	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	St. Louis Cardinals	1-5	L	5.0	5	4	1	3	5	1	0	49	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	96	56	17	9	10	7	4	0
20	2019-07-18	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Milwaukee Brewers	1-7		7.0	3	1	1	0	6	0	0	73	22	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	23	93	66	14	15	12	5	1	0
21	2019-07-23	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Baltimore Orioles	1-3	L	2.1	8	7	7	0	4	3	0	17	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	63	42	11	9	3	9	7	0
22	2019-07-29	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Miami Marlins	1-6	L	6.0	7	7	7	2	4	2	0	32	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	94	60	18	6	6	14	6	1
23	2019-08-05	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Philadelphia Phillies	1-6	L	6.0	8	4	3	1	4	1	0	45	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	84	58	17	7	9	10	4	1
24	2019-08-12	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Colorado Rockies	1-5	W	5.0	9	6	6	2	5	2	0	28	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	94	57	9	6	8	11	7	0
25	2019-08-18	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		San Francisco Giants	1-6	W	5.2	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	56	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	100	59	12	10	8	8	5	0
26	2019-08-23	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Milwaukee Brewers	1-5	L	4.1	8	6	6	4	5	2	0	24	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	105	67	25	10	5	11	7	0
27	2019-08-29	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Los Angeles Dodgers	1-4		4.0	3	3	3	4	4	0	0	44	14	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	19	78	50	14	12	2	9	5	2
28	2019-09-03	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		San Diego Padres	1-7	W	7.0	3	0	0	2	9	0	0	78	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	102	65	18	13	12	3	0	1
29	2019-09-09	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	New York Mets	1-6	L	6.0	7	3	3	2	5	2	1	49	22	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	25	97	62	11	10	9	8	5	1
30	2019-09-14	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Cincinnati Reds	1-7	W	7.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	74	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	24	91	61	12	7	6	11	3	1
31	2019-09-20	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	San Diego Padres	1-7	W	7.0	2	0	0	3	9	0	0	79	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	100	59	28	10	7	6	3	1
32	2019-09-25	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		St. Louis Cardinals	1-6	W	6.0	8	5	5	2	7	1	0	41	24	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	27	99	63	19	13	8	10	6	0

2019 Player Pitching Splits

2019 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	32	777	709	95	184	38	4	29	3	1	57	158	.260	.314	.447	.762	.294	317	14	2	2	5	4

Home	16	387	362	39	91	20	3	12	2	1	19	93	.251	.287	.423	.709	.304	153	6	0	1	3	2
Away	16	390	347	56	93	18	1	17	1	0	38	65	.268	.342	.473	.815	.285	164	8	2	1	2	2

April	5	128	115	13	29	7	1	5	0	0	12	27	.252	.320	.461	.781	.286	53	1	0	0	1	0
May	6	135	121	19	38	9	0	4	0	0	11	18	.314	.373	.488	.861	.340	59	4	1	1	1	0
June	6	152	146	13	31	8	0	5	0	0	5	34	.212	.238	.370	.608	.243	54	2	0	0	0	1
July	5	114	108	22	29	1	1	7	0	0	5	21	.269	.298	.491	.789	.272	53	1	0	0	1	0
August	5	121	105	20	34	11	1	5	1	0	13	23	.324	.395	.591	.986	.372	62	1	0	1	1	2
September	5	127	114	8	23	2	1	3	2	1	11	35	.202	.276	.316	.591	.260	36	5	1	0	1	1

As Starter	32	777	709	95	184	38	4	29	3	1	57	158	.260	.314	.447	.762	.294	317	14	2	2	5	4

vs RHB as RHP	32	419	383		95	20	1	20			26	95	.248	.296	.462	.758	.275	177	8	2	2	5	1
vs LHB as RHP	32	358	326		89	18	3	9			31	63	.273	.336	.429	.766	.315	140	6	0	0	0	3

Bases Empty	32	470	445		113	25	3	20			24	110	.254	.292	.458	.751	.295	204	0	0	0	0	0
Runners On	32	307	264		71	13	1	9			33	48	.269	.349	.428	.777	.293	113	14	2	2	5	4

vs. Younger Batters	32	573	523		133	26	2	22			43	122	.254	.311	.438	.748	.291	229	7	1	2	3	4
vs. Older Batters	27	204	186		51	12	2	7			14	36	.274	.325	.473	.798	.303	88	7	1	0	2	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	13	14	.481	4.42	32	32	0	183.1	184	95	90	29	57	4	158	2	0	0	777	1.315	7.8	2.77

Home	7	5	.583	3.49	16	16	0	95.1	91	39	37	12	19	2	93	0	0	0	387	1.154	8.8	4.89
Away	6	9	.400	5.42	16	16	0	88.0	93	56	53	17	38	2	65	2	0	0	390	1.489	6.6	1.71

April	2	2	.500	3.94	5	5	0	29.2	29	13	13	5	12	0	27	0	0	0	128	1.382	8.2	2.25
May	2	4	.333	5.70	6	6	0	30.0	38	19	19	4	11	0	18	1	0	0	135	1.633	5.4	1.64
June	3	2	.600	2.75	6	6	0	39.1	31	13	12	5	5	1	34	0	0	0	152	0.915	7.8	6.80
July	0	3	.000	6.49	5	5	0	26.1	29	22	19	7	5	0	21	0	0	0	114	1.291	7.2	4.20
August	2	2	.500	6.84	5	5	0	25.0	34	20	19	5	13	2	23	0	0	0	121	1.880	8.3	1.77
September	4	1	.800	2.18	5	5	0	33.0	23	8	8	3	11	1	35	1	0	0	127	1.030	9.5	3.18

As Starter	13	14	.481	4.42	32	32	0	183.1	184	95	90	29	57	4	158	2	0	0	777	1.315	7.8	2.77

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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