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: 14-10 / in Starts: 7-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 3

1996 Pitching Game Log

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1996 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	234	4	Apr 5	BAL	@	MIN	W,2-1	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.50	3.17	24	88	52	13	5	5	14	5	1	0	61			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.15	0.226	1.29	0.15%	2.65	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
2	235	10	Apr 13	BAL		MIN	W,7-6	GS-5		7	4.2	7	6	6	4	2	0	0	5.91	3.92	24	103	56	17	9	3	15	6	3	0	24			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.214	.98	-0.15%	-2.48	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d4
3	236	15	Apr 19	BAL	@	TEX	L,7-26	GS-5	L(1-1)	5	4.1	7	8	8	2	2	2	1	9.00	5.77	23	81	46	9	5	2	16	6	2	0	17			0	0	0	19	2	1	0	0	1	0	.69	-0.414	.86	-0.31%	-4.47	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 1 out d1
4	237	20	Apr 24	BAL	@	KCR	W,11-8	GS-5	W(2-1)	4	5.0	6	6	6	3	2	1	0	9.45	6.02	23	97	54	8	8	11	7	2	0	0	30			1	1	1	19	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.217	1.13	-0.15%	-3.02	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
5	238	25	Apr 29	BAL		TEX	W,8-7	GS-3		4	2.1	5	5	2	2	2	1	1	9.27	6.53	16	68	42	7	7	5	6	4	0	0	33			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.250	.97	-0.18%	-3.21	1t start tie	3t --3 1 out d4
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	239	27	May 1	BAL		NYY	L,6-11	13-15	L(2-2)	1	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	9.25	6.42	11					5	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	0	1	3.35	0.119	4.83	0.10%	0.18	13t --- 0 out tie	15t 12- 0 out tie
7	240	35	May 11	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-3	GS-7		9	6.1	3	3	1	5	1	0	0	7.63	6.17	27	99	52	17	2	8	13	2	2	0	55			3	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.051	1.10	-0.04%	0.31	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d1
8	241	40	May 18	BAL		SEA	L,3-7	GS-6	L(2-3)	6	5.2	8	4	4	2	3	1	0	7.43	6.06	26					5	15	7	1	1	38			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.170	1.48	-0.13%	-0.75	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d2
9	242	47	May 26	BAL		OAK	W,6-1	GS-6	W(3-3)	7	5.1	1	1	1	4	1	0	0	6.70	5.93	21					5	11	1	1	0	59			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.223	1.09	0.17%	2.85	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out a4
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
10	243	57	Jun 8	BAL		CHW	L,1-2	GS-6	L(3-4)	12	6.0	10	2	2	1	2	0	0	6.23	5.56	28	96	61	18	4	5	20	8	5	0	45			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.143	1.50	0.12%	1.61	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
11	244	62	Jun 13	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-10	GS-3	L(3-5)	4	2.2	8	5	5	3	0	1	0	6.79	5.87	19	62	39	10	2	4	12	7	2	0	19			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.292	.83	-0.22%	-3.70	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d4
12	245	67	Jun 18	BAL		TEX	L,0-7	GS-3	L(3-6)	4	3.0	5	6	6	2	0	4	0	7.43	6.81	16	58	31	7	5	4	10	4	0	0	23			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.311	.79	-0.25%	-4.19	1t start tie	3t 3 out d6
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
13	246	89	Jul 13(2)	BAL		NYY	L,5-7	6-7		24	1.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	7.20	6.77	7					1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.071	1.21	0.06%	0.94	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 1-- 2 out d2
14	247	93	Jul 17	BAL		TOR	W,11-10	GS-4		3	3.0	6	7	6	2	2	2	0	7.76	7.07	18	68	43	11	5	4	10	6	3	0	21			2	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	1	1	.89	-0.457	.80	-0.25%	-5.19	1t start tie	4t --- 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
				Player went from Baltimore Orioles to Cleveland Indians
15	248	116	Aug 9	CLE	@	OAK	W,10-4	8-8		22	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	7.78	7.19	4	18	9	5	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.010	.04	0.00%	-0.39	8b --- 0 out a5	8b 3 out a4
16	249	121	Aug 14	CLE	@	CAL	L,7-8	3-3		4	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.93	7.19	1					0	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	-0.075	.36	-0.01%	-0.73	3b 1-3 1 out a1	3b 12- 1 out tie
17	250	125	Aug 19	CLE		TEX	L,3-10	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.80	7.12	4	15	7	1	0	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.60	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
18	251	130	Aug 25	CLE		MIL	W,8-5	7-7		5	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.71	7.08	3	9	7	2	0	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.015	.13	0.00%	0.24	7t --- 0 out d2	7t -2- 2 out d2
19	252	132	Aug 27	CLE	@	DET	W,12-2	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.59	6.95	4	21	12	1	5	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.60	9b --- 0 out a10	9b end a10
Sept				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
20	253	137	Sep 2	CLE	@	MIL	L,6-7	5-6		5	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.35	6.88	8	31	16	5	0	2	5	1	1	0		3	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.60	0.012	.03	0.00%	0.09	5b 123 0 out a3	6b 3 out tie
21	254	145	Sep 12	CLE		CAL	W,11-2	6-7		9	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.13	6.77	7	31	20	2	3	3	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.049	.00	0.00%	1.19	6t --- 0 out a5	7t 3 out a5
22	255	151	Sep 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	6-8	H(1)	5	2.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	6.85	6.54	8					2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.252	.00	0.00%	1.60	6b --- 0 out a2	8b --- 2 out a2
23	256	156	Sep 23	CLE		MIN	W,7-6	6-6	H(2)	4	0.1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	7.08	6.61	3	11	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.63	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.73	6t 1-3 0 out a2	6t 123 1 out a1
24	257	160	Sep 28	CLE	@	KCR	W,5-4	6-6	W(4-6)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.98	6.53	4	12	7	2	1	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.081	.00	0.00%	0.60	6b --- 0 out tie	6b 3 out tie
							14-10		W-L:4-6,Hld:2	4.8	69.2	83	60	54	38	29	13	3	6.98	6.53	329	968	57%	14%	6%	0.44		29%	9%	1	35	7	71%	8	2	1	279	12	4	2	3	6	4	1.00	-1.343	1.07	-1.08%	-15.43

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