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: 4-12 / in Starts: 1-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	1991	NLCS g4	Oct 13	ATL		PIT	L,2-3	10-10	L(0-1)	6	0.2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	13.50	11.86	4	19	8	3	1	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	0.022	94.66	0.38%	0.06	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 12- 2 out tie
2	1991	WS g3	Oct 22	ATL		MIN	W,5-4	12-12		8	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.00	6.86	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.25	0.177	218.74	4.77%	0.58	12t 1-3 1 out tie	12t -23 2 out tie
3	1991	WS g5	Oct 24	ATL		MIN	W,14-5	6-6	H(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	5.26	2	5	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	0.102	259.14	4.64%	0.56	6t 123 1 out a3	6t 3 out a2
1992 Postseason		Year	Series	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
4	1992	NLCS g5	Oct 11	ATL	@	PIT	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	5.78	5	20	9	3	0	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.04	0.00%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
5	1992	NLCS g6	Oct 13	ATL		PIT	L,4-13	7-8		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.12	6	20	11	3	1	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.92	7t --- 0 out d12	8t 3 out d11
1993 Postseason		Year	Series	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
6	1993	NLCS g1	Oct 6	ATL	@	PHI	L,3-4	7-8		9	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.49	8	42	27	6	5	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.073	15.32	1.05%	0.98	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
7	1993	NLCS g3	Oct 9	ATL		PHI	W,9-4	8-8		2	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.00	3.65	5	15	8	1	2	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.05	0.002	1.67	0.03%	-0.50	8t --- 0 out a7	8t 3 out a6
8	1993	NLCS g4	Oct 10	ATL		PHI	L,1-2	7-7		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	3.53	2	6	4	1	0	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.094	65.37	1.95%	0.91	7t 12- 1 out d1	7t 3 out d1
9	1993	NLCS g5	Oct 11	ATL		PHI	L,3-4	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.93	2.56	3	13	8	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.029	15.60	0.76%	0.50	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
10	1993	NLCS g6	Oct 13	ATL	@	PHI	L,3-6	6-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	2.59	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.004	6.54	0.09%	0.36	6b --3 2 out d5	6b 3 out d5
1995 Postseason		Year	Series	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	1995	NLDS g3	Oct 6	ATL		COL	L,5-7	10-GF(10)		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.10	1					0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.016	5.57	0.10%	0.45	10t 12- 2 out d2	10t end d 2
12	1995	WS g3	Oct 24	ATL	@	CLE	L,6-7	5-7		17	2.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.86	3.96	9	34	15	4	4	4	1	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.046	30.08	-1.07%	-0.07	5b 1-- 2 out d3	7b 12- 2 out d2
1999 Postseason		Year	Series	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	1999	ALDS g4	Oct 10	BOS		CLE	W,23-7	GS-2		10	1.2	3	2	2	3	1	0	0	10.80	7.33	11					2	2	0	0	3	39			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.17	-0.120	22.64	-1.36%	-1.27	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out tie
14	1999	ALCS g1	Oct 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-4		2	4.0	6	2	2	2	2	1	0	6.35	7.02	20					7	5	3	0	4	42			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.060	31.44	1.01%	0.31	1b start a 2	4b 3 out a1
15	1999	ALCS g5	Oct 18	BOS		NYY	L,1-6	GS-4	L(0-1)	4	3.2	6	2	2	2	3	1	1	5.79	7.21	19					2	5	1	3	6	42			0	0	1	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.049	14.46	-0.56%	-0.40	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d2
2003 Postseason		Year	Series	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
16	2003	NLDS g1	Sep 30	ATL		CHC	L,2-4	8-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4.03	3	13	9	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.017	5.60	0.17%	0.52	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
											22.1	20	9	9	15	15	2	1	3.63		100																			0

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