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: 24-29

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 16

1992 Pitching Game Log

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1992 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	89	3	Apr 9	ATL		SFG	L,4-11	7-8		99	1.2	3	5	4	3	0	1	0	21.60	15.98	11	41	20	5	3	6	2	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.31	-0.093	.58	-0.10%	-4.29	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 1-- 2 out d7
2	90	5	Apr 11	ATL		SFG	L,0-3	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	9.82	9.87	7	32	17	5	3	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.019	.24	0.02%	0.92	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
3	91	7	Apr 13	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-5	5-6		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.35	7.19	7	35	24	8	4	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.018	.39	0.02%	0.90	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
4	92	15	Apr 21	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-4	5-6		7	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.87	7.48	6	25	18	4	4	3	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.50	-0.025	.71	-0.02%	0.25	5b 1-- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d2
5	93	16	Apr 22	ATL	@	SDP	L,4-9	7-7		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5.19	7.05	5	15	10	2	2	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.44	7b --- 0 out d7	7b 3 out d7
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
6	94	23	May 1	ATL		NYM	L,7-8	4-5		8	1.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	6.30	7.58	6	17	13	3	1	2	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.028	.33	-0.02%	-1.33	4t 1-- 2 out d5	5t 3 out d7
7	95	25	May 3	ATL		NYM	L,0-7	6-7		1	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	6.00	6.70	9	40	27	9	3	2	4	3	0	0		0	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.011	.22	-0.01%	-0.08	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d6
8	96	28	May 6	ATL	@	PIT	L,3-4	10-13		2	4.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.06	5.53	15	58	34	9	5	4	7	0	4	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.14	0.045	4.49	0.04%	0.72	10b --- 0 out tie	13b 3 out tie
9	97	33	May 11	ATL	@	STL	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.76	5.49	5	22	11	4	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
10	98	35	May 13	ATL		PIT	L,10-11	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.50	5.39	5	21	12	1	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.005	.14	0.00%	0.46	7t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
11	99	37	May 15	ATL		MON	W,4-2	1-4	W(1-0)	1	3.2	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	3.74	5.18	16	66	35	12	4	5	6	3	1	0		1	1	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.124	1.33	0.08%	1.03	1t -2- 1 out tie	4t 3 out a1
12	100	39	May 17	ATL		MON	L,4-5	5-6		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	3.42	4.85	9	35	24	7	7	0	5	2	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.017	.20	0.01%	0.92	5t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d5
13	101	41	May 19	ATL		STL	L,2-7	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.65	4.77	5	21	13	3	2	2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.006	.06	0.00%	-0.54	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
14	102	44	May 23	ATL	@	MON	L,6-7	5-5	BS(1)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.51	4.61	3	14	10	4	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.097	1.65	0.05%	0.76	5b 1-3 0 out a1	5b 3 out tie
15	103	46	May 25	ATL	@	PHI	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	4.55	3	9	6	1	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.11	0.005	.11	0.00%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
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
16	104	52	Jun 2	ATL		PHI	W,5-3	8-8		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.25	4.41	5	17	10	4	2	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.20	0.047	1.13	0.03%	0.46	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
17	105	53	Jun 3	ATL		PHI	L,1-4	8-GF		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.03	4.10	6	21	16	4	7	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.013	.09	0.01%	0.92	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 3
18	106	57	Jun 8	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-2	6-7	H(1)	4	1.1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.90	4.11	8	33	18	6	3	0	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.097	1.94	-0.09%	-0.63	6b --- 0 out a3	7b 123 1 out a3
19	107	64	Jun 16	ATL		LAD	W,9-8	7-8		7	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	4.05	5	12	7	2	0	0	5	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.015	.60	0.02%	-0.20	7t --3 2 out a5	8t 3 out a4
20	108	66	Jun 18	ATL		CIN	L,5-7	7-7		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	4.04	2	8	4	1	0	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.007	1.24	0.01%	0.10	7t --- 2 out d2	7t 3 out d2
21	109	67	Jun 19	ATL		CIN	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	W(2-0)	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.65	3.84	5	25	15	4	5	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	0.191	5.52	0.33%	0.68	9t 1-- 2 out tie	10t end tie
22	110	68	Jun 20	ATL		CIN	W,2-1	8-GF	S(1)	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.52	3.68	5	17	13	4	1	0	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.01	0.362	9.01	0.65%	1.33	8t 12- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
23	111	69	Jun 21	ATL		CIN	W,2-0	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.48	3.61	3	10	7	0	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.032	2.70	0.06%	0.24	9t --- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
24	112	73	Jun 27	ATL	@	CIN	L,3-12	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.41	3.48	3	13	9	2	5	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
25	113	74	Jun 28	ATL	@	CIN	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	3.47	2	9	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.018	1.91	-0.04%	0.13	8b 1-3 1 out d1	8b end d 2
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
26	114	76	Jul 1	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	3.45	3	12	7	2	2	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.023	.76	0.03%	0.41	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
27	115	78	Jul 4	ATL		CHC	W,4-2	8-GF	S(3)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.23	3.38	5	13	10	4	0	3	1	0	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.056	1.90	0.07%	-0.23	8t -2- 2 out a3	9t end a 2
28	116	82	Jul 8	ATL		NYM	W,2-1	8-9	H(2)	3	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.18	3.51	6	26	11	3	1	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	-0.372	3.97	-0.30%	-1.36	8t --- 0 out a1	9t 123 0 out a1
29	117	86	Jul 12	ATL	@	CHC	W,7-4	8-9	W(3-0)	3	2.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.08	3.54	9	38	22	5	0	4	4	2	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.76	0.226	6.03	0.30%	0.89	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
30	118	88	Jul 17	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-0	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.03	3.48	3	14	9	3	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.18	0.01%	0.41	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
31	119	91	Jul 21	ATL	@	STL	W,9-7	8-9		3	1.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.97	3.55	7	27	15	3	2	0	4	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.02	0.022	5.41	0.04%	0.01	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 12- 1 out tie
32	120	92	Jul 22	ATL	@	STL	W,2-0	9-GF	S(4)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	3.54	1	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.31	0.089	6.43	0.15%	0.45	9b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
33	121	93	Jul 24	ATL		PIT	W,4-3	8-8	H(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	3.52	3	10	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.116	4.49	0.20%	0.46	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
34	122	94	Jul 25	ATL		PIT	W,1-0	9-GF	S(5)	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.89	3.58	2	10	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.07	0.075	11.65	0.13%	0.21	9t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
35	123	96	Jul 27	ATL		HOU	L,1-5	9-10		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.81	3.51	7	25	14	5	0	1	5	1	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0.259	5.69	0.44%	0.92	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
36	124	100	Jul 31	ATL	@	SFG	L,3-4	8-9	BL(3-1)	3	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.15	3.50	4	12	8	1	1	2	2	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.04	-0.438	12.43	-0.81%	-1.00	8b -2- 1 out a1	9b -2- 0 out tie
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
37	125	102	Aug 2(1)	ATL	@	SFG	W,3-0	9-9		1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.15	3.56	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.040	2.25	-0.07%	-0.36	9b --- 0 out a3	9b 1-- 0 out a3
38	126	109	Aug 9	ATL		LAD	W,10-3	7-8		6	2.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.41	3.60	10	46	25	8	4	3	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.07	0.00%	-1.08	7t --- 0 out a9	8t 3 out a7
39	127	111	Aug 11	ATL		SDP	L,4-8	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.36	3.55	3	11	6	2	1	0	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.07	0.00%	0.46	8t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d6
40	128	114	Aug 15	ATL	@	PIT	W,7-5	7-8	H(4)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.28	3.45	7	29	18	5	1	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	0.177	5.06	0.27%	0.86	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a2
41	129	116	Aug 17	ATL	@	PIT	W,5-4	7-8		1	1.1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.38	3.54	6	30	14	3	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	-0.175	6.86	-0.28%	-0.47	7b --- 0 out tie	8b -23 1 out a1
42	130	120	Aug 21	ATL		STL	L,2-5	10-10	L(3-2)	3	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.83	3.59	5	24	15	3	1	1	3	2	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	-0.342	3.56	-0.38%	-0.95	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 12- 2 out d1
43	131	122	Aug 23	ATL		STL	L,3-8	5-6		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.73	3.52	6	24	18	7	3	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.045	.50	0.04%	0.92	5t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d3
44	132	124	Aug 26	ATL		MON	L,4-5	6-7		2	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.80	3.55	8	31	18	4	1	1	6	5	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.069	2.98	-0.11%	-0.49	6t --- 0 out d1	7t 12- 2 out d2
45	133	126	Aug 29	ATL	@	PHI	W,7-6	9-GF	S(6)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	3.55	1	5	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.68	0.149	17.24	0.27%	0.33	9b --3 2 out a1	9b end a 1
46	134	128	Aug 31(1)	ATL	@	NYM	W,8-6	8-8	BS(3)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.76	3.51	2	9	6	2	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.69	-0.028	9.16	-0.04%	0.11	8b 1-3 1 out a1	8b 3 out tie
47	135	129	Aug 31(2)	ATL	@	NYM	W,7-5	7-8	H(5)	-1	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.87	3.50	5	15	7	1	0	2	3	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.083	2.46	-0.11%	-1.58	7b 1-3 2 out a4	8b 1-- 1 out a2
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
48	136	131	Sep 2	ATL	@	NYM	L,5-6	6-7	BS(4)	1	0.1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.86	3.59	5	20	7	2	1	0	3	1	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	-0.407	2.78	-0.26%	-2.21	6b 12- 2 out a1	7b -2- 0 out d1
49	137	132	Sep 3	ATL		MON	L,2-11	8-GF		0	2.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.18	3.63	11	50	30	9	2	5	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	-2.08	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 9
50	138	138	Sep 9	ATL		CIN	W,12-7	6-6		5	0.1	1	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.58	3.89	4	32	19	3	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.045	.57	-0.05%	-2.78	6t --- 0 out a7	6t --- 1 out a4
51	139	157	Sep 30	ATL		SFG	L,0-1	9-GF		20	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.53	3.84	3	9	6	3	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
52	140	159	Oct 2(1)	ATL		SDP	W,4-1	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.48	3.79	3	16	10	2	2	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.46	7t --- 0 out a4	7t 3 out a4
53	141	162	Oct 4	ATL		SDP	L,3-4	7-7	H(6)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.42	3.78	3	12	8	0	1	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.46	7t --- 0 out a3	7t 3 out a3
							24-29		W-L:3-2,Sv:6,BSv:4,Hld:6	2.1	68.1	51	27	26	35	49	4	3	3.42	3.78	289	1174	59%	16%	9%	0.68		22%	11%	0		22	41%	12	2	0	246	10	0	1	4	1	3	1.13	0.067	2.34	0.59%	-2.25

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