Kent Mercker

Kent Franklin Mercker

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
• School Otterbein College
• High School Dublin (OH) High School
• Debut September 22, 1989
• Final Game May 30, 2008
• Born February 1, 1968 in Brownsburg, IN USA

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Biographical Information

Kent Mercker had lofty expectations to live up to, as the 5th pick and first high schooler taken in the 1986 amateur draft. He was taken after Jeff King, Greg Swindell, Matt Williams and Kevin Brown and right before Gary Sheffield. Mercker ranked 4th in all of the National League in 1992 in holding lead-off hitters to a .183 batting average.

After verbal run-ins with Chicago Cubs announcer Steve Stone in 2004, he left the Cubs as a free agent and signed with the Cincinnati Reds.

In retirement, he became an accomplished pickleball player, taking part in the U.S. national championships in 2022.

Notable Achievement

• Won a World Series with the Atlanta Braves in 1995

Further Reading

• Matt Monagan: "The big leaguer turned pickleball star: Kent Mercker is going for pickle gold", mlb.com, April 21, 2022. [1]

Related Sites

• Kent Mercker at the SABR Bio Project