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: 23-27 / in Starts: 3-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 8

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	39	2	Apr 11	ATL		LAD	L,2-4	9-GF		99	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.86	5	22	14	1	2	3	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.008	.23	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
2	40	5	Apr 15	ATL		HOU	L,1-3	8-GF	L(0-1)	3	2.0	2	2	2	0	3	1	0	6.00	5.19	8	27	18	6	2	1	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.307	2.40	-0.30%	-1.03	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 2
3	41	8	Apr 19	ATL		CIN	L,3-8	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.50	4.86	3	12	7	1	2	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
4	42	10	Apr 21	ATL		CIN	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.60	4.66	4	22	15	5	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	0.159	3.51	0.12%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
5	43	13	Apr 24	ATL	@	LAD	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	4.36	3	9	7	0	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
6	44	15	Apr 27	ATL	@	HOU	W,2-1	8-9		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	3.73	6	21	12	3	3	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.146	1.50	0.13%	0.85	8b --- 0 out d1	9b 3 out tie
7	45	17	Apr 29	ATL	@	STL	L,3-4	9-10		1	1.2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.86	3.79	7	34	19	6	2	0	3	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.54	0.257	4.84	0.21%	0.94	9b 1-- 1 out tie	10b 3 out tie
May				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
8	46	19	May 1	ATL	@	STL	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	W(1-1)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.59	3.30	6	24	14	9	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	0.260	3.03	0.20%	0.70	9b --- 1 out tie	10b end a 1
9	47	20	May 3	ATL		CHC	W,5-2	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	3.10	3	9	8	2	1	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.032	.58	0.03%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
10	48	21	May 4	ATL		CHC	W,4-2	9-9	H(1)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	2.93	3	12	8	2	1	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.037	1.42	0.03%	0.26	9t --- 0 out a2	9t 1-- 2 out a2
11	49	24	May 8	ATL		STL	W,17-1	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	2.78	3	8	6	3	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a16	9t end a16
12	50	26	May 11	ATL	@	PIT	W,3-2	8-GF	S(3)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	2.53	4	14	10	2	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	0.280	4.63	0.28%	0.76	8b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
13	51	29	May 14	ATL	@	CHC	L,4-5	8-GF(8)	L(1-2)	2	1.0	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.65	3.41	7	21	12	2	2	2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.240	2.12	-0.29%	-0.53	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
14	52	31	May 17	ATL		PIT	W,9-3	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	3.24	6	32	18	7	2	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.008	.16	0.01%	0.97	8t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
15	53	34	May 21	ATL		SDP	W,4-1	9-GF	W(2-2)	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.40	3.17	5	26	15	6	5	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	0.134	6.04	0.19%	0.49	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
16	54	36	May 23	ATL		SDP	L,10-11	8-9		1	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	3.14	5	21	13	2	2	1	4	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	-0.096	3.29	-0.13%	0.38	8t 12- 1 out tie	9t 3 out d1
17	55	40	May 27	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-1	8-8	H(2)	3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	3.04	3	18	12	2	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.043	3.33	0.05%	0.25	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 1-- 2 out a2
18	56	41	May 28	ATL	@	SDP	W,8-6	7-7	BS(1)	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.64	3.54	2	7	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	-0.548	3.41	-0.67%	-2.52	7b 1-3 2 out a2	7b 3 out d1
Jun				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
19	57	46	Jun 2	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-2	8-GF(8)	L(2-3)	4	1.0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.96	3.55	4	21	10	2	1	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.00	-0.253	4.24	-0.32%	-0.56	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
20	58	48	Jun 5	ATL		PHI	L,11-12	8-8		2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.96	3.68	1	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.36	-0.164	11.38	-0.21%	-1.00	8t 123 1 out a2	8t 123 1 out a1
21	59	49	Jun 6	ATL		PHI	W,9-4	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.88	3.69	3	12	7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.006	.31	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
22	60	51	Jun 8	ATL		MON	W,7-6	8-GF	S(4)	1	2.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	1	2.42	3.70	13	57	37	11	4	5	4	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.25	0.080	6.01	0.09%	-1.03	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 1
23	61	58	Jun 15	ATL	@	MON	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	3.67	4	17	11	1	0	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.012	.38	0.01%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
24	62	59	Jun 16	ATL	@	MON	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.25	3.68	4	21	12	1	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.027	.98	0.03%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
25	63	61	Jun 18	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.17	3.58	3	18	14	5	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
26	64	65	Jun 22	ATL		NYM	L,2-7	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.10	3.66	4	18	11	5	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
27	65	66	Jun 23	ATL		NYM	W,4-3	8-8	W(3-3)	0	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.03	3.76	5	18	7	3	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.14	0.050	1.34	0.04%	0.49	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
28	66	70	Jun 28(1)	ATL		LAD	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	W(4-3)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.97	3.67	4	24	16	3	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	0.134	5.30	0.18%	0.49	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
29	67	72	Jun 29	ATL		LAD	L,1-2	11-GF(11)		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.93	3.68	4	14	7	2	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.18	-0.246	6.75	-0.31%	-0.33	11t -2- 1 out tie	11t end d 1
Jul				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
30	68	78	Jul 6	ATL	@	LAD	L,6-7	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.82	3.61	7	33	22	4	2	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.065	.78	0.05%	0.90	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
31	69	79	Jul 7	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-5	7-7		0	0.2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.78	3.54	5	20	13	5	0	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.147	1.27	-0.11%	-1.85	7b --- 0 out d1	7b -2- 2 out d3
32	70	82	Jul 13	ATL		STL	W,10-5	9-GF		5	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.98	3.60	5	19	11	3	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.002	.10	0.00%	-0.52	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 5
33	71	84	Jul 15	ATL		CHC	L,4-6	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.88	3.59	6	24	15	2	2	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.044	.50	0.04%	0.97	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
34	72	86	Jul 17	ATL		CHC	W,12-2	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.83	3.52	3	12	7	4	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a10	9t end a10
35	73	88	Jul 20	ATL	@	STL	L,1-2	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.79	3.65	5	25	11	3	0	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.77	0.027	1.67	0.04%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
36	74	91	Jul 23	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-12	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.18	3.94	6	22	15	3	0	1	5	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.55	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 9
37	75	92	Jul 24	ATL	@	PIT	L,4-7	7-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.13	3.87	3	15	8	2	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.15	0.01%	0.45	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
38	76	97	Jul 29(2)	ATL		PIT	W,5-3	9-GF	S(5)	4	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.28	3.80	6	27	20	5	1	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.032	3.22	0.03%	-0.52	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
39	77	98	Jul 30	ATL		PIT	W,10-3	7-GF	S(6)	0	3.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.14	3.78	13	42	23	6	3	5	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.098	1.40	0.12%	1.46	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 7
Aug				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
40	78	102	Aug 4	ATL		SDP	W,9-7	9-9	H(3)	4	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	3.77	3	16	12	2	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	0.035	4.33	0.04%	0.17	9t --- 0 out a2	9t -2- 2 out a2
41	79	106	Aug 8	ATL		SFG	L,1-8	6-7		3	1.2	5	4	4	2	2	1	0	2.77	4.05	12	46	27	8	3	3	5	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.085	.93	-0.12%	-3.13	6t --- 0 out d3	7t --- 2 out d7
42	80	122	Aug 24	ATL		PHI	L,5-6	7-7	BS(2)	15	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	4.05	1	5	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	-0.400	11.00	-0.80%	-1.93	7t 12- 2 out a1	7t --3 2 out d1
43	81	129	Aug 31	ATL	@	PHI	L,0-5	5-6		6	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.66	3.88	7	28	20	6	7	2	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.010	.24	0.02%	0.91	5b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d5
Sep/Oct				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
44	82	133	Sep 4	ATL	@	MON	L,4-8	6-6		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	3.88	1	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.012	1.79	0.03%	0.21	6b 1-- 2 out d2	6b 3 out d2
45	83	134	Sep 6	ATL	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS-5		1	4.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.45	3.75	17	67	43	13	4	3	10	1	4	0	56			0	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	.90	0.120	3.48	0.28%	1.20	1b start a 1	5b -2- 0 out a3
46	84	139	Sep 11	ATL		SDP	W,1-0	GS-6	W(5-3)	4	6.0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.21	3.56	20	82	49	14	12	7	5	0	1	0	76			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.356	3.93	0.93%	2.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
47	85	144	Sep 16	ATL	@	SFG	L,5-8	GS-5		4	4.1	3	4	4	4	2	0	0	2.62	3.64	20	70	37	12	5	5	9	2	5	0	39			2	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.19	-0.200	5.77	-0.58%	-1.70	1b start tie	5b --3 1 out a1
48	86	150	Sep 22	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-3	5-6		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.54	3.58	7	21	12	3	1	1	5	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.032	3.17	0.25%	0.90	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
49	87	155	Sep 28	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-4	GS-5		5	5.0	4	2	2	3	6	0	0	2.61	3.49	22	87	53	16	8	9	4	1	1	0	54			3	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.036	4.75	-0.10%	0.13	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
50	88	162	Oct 6	ATL		HOU	L,3-8	8-8		7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.58	3.52	5	17	10	1	1	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.49	8t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
							23-27		W-L:5-3,Sv:6,BSv:2,Hld:3	2.4	73.1	56	23	21	35	62	5	1	2.58	3.52	306	1246	61%	17%	8%	0.93		14%	12%	0	56	13	54%	10	0	0	266	9	2	3	5	2	2	1.11	-0.202	2.79	-0.50%	5.22

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