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: 18-12 / in Starts: 18-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1998 Pitching Game Log

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1998 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	286	4	Apr 4	STL		SDP	W,8-6	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.0	4	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.50	4.31	23	82	48	13	6	4	15	3	4	0	50			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.153	.85	0.09%	0.68	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a6
2	287	8	Apr 9	STL	@	COL	W,7-5	GS-5		4	5.0	10	5	5	1	0	0	0	6.55	4.05	23	88	50	14	2	8	14	6	4	0	26			1	1	0	22	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.173	1.24	-0.11%	-1.91	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
3	288	13	Apr 14	STL		ARI	W,15-5	GS-6		4	6.0	3	4	4	2	2	1	0	6.35	4.61	23	95	59	13	12	9	10	1	2	0	50			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.012	1.04	-0.01%	-0.93	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
4	289	18	Apr 19	STL		PHI	W,3-2	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	7.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.50	4.18	29	103	58	16	3	8	16	7	4	0	66			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.382	1.36	0.26%	3.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
5	290	22	Apr 24	STL	@	PHI	L,4-8	GS-5	L(2-1)	4	4.1	7	7	7	3	3	0	0	6.04	4.13	23	91	47	16	7	9	8	7	1	0	21			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.17	-0.414	1.38	-0.29%	-3.33	1b start a 1	5b 12- 1 out d1
6	291	26	Apr 29	STL		MON	W,13-7	GS-4		4	4.0	5	5	4	3	3	0	2	6.40	4.28	22	67	38	11	6	7	7	2	3	0	34			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.296	1.15	-0.20%	-2.96	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
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
7	292	31	May 5	STL	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-4	L(2-2)	5	4.0	7	5	4	2	3	1	0	6.69	4.52	20	77	48	12	3	9	6	3	0	0	31			2	1	1	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	.69	-0.249	.82	-0.18%	-2.92	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
8	293	36	May 12	STL		MIL	W,6-5	GS-6		6	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	6.38	4.30	26	80	56	14	4	11	12	6	2	0	47			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.014	1.06	-0.01%	0.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
9	294	41	May 17	STL		FLA	W,13-4	GS-6	W(3-2)	4	5.2	11	4	4	2	4	0	0	6.38	4.12	30	105	67	19	9	11	13	6	3	0	33			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.014	.83	-0.01%	-1.54	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out a5
10	295	46	May 22	STL		SFG	W,4-3	GS-9		4	8.0	5	2	2	3	1	0	0	5.79	4.10	30	105	60	16	7	10	16	5	3	0	62			0	2	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.330	1.11	0.19%	2.46	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a2
11	296	48	May 24	STL		SFG	L,6-9	17-GF(17)	L(3-3)	1	1.0	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	6.00	4.14	6	21	10	3	0	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.78	-0.458	1.89	-0.29%	-2.49	17t --- 0 out tie	17t end d 3
12	297	51	May 28	STL		COL	W,4-1	GS-5	W(4-3)	3	5.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	5.66	3.95	21	78	49	9	12	7	8	5	1	0	57			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	0.153	1.15	0.09%	1.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
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
13	298	56	Jun 2	STL	@	LAD	W,7-4	GS-7	W(5-3)	4	7.0	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	5.61	3.99	27	91	61	12	11	8	17	7	3	0	47			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	2	0	.95	-0.003	.86	0.00%	-0.60	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
14	299	61	Jun 7	STL		SFG	L,5-6	GS-7	L(5-4)	4	6.2	13	6	6	0	3	2	0	5.83	4.18	31	101	73	16	5	14	14	7	0	0	27			0	0	0	30	4	0	0	1	1	0	1.23	-0.400	.73	-0.14%	-2.53	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d1
15	300	66	Jun 13	STL	@	ARI	L,4-7	GS-3		5	2.2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.63	4.16	12	49	33	6	4	3	7	5	1	0	52			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.107	.38	0.03%	1.09	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out tie
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
16	301	82	Jul 1	STL		KCR	L,4-6	GS-2	L(5-5)	17	1.2	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	6.08	4.21	12	44	26	10	0	3	7	5	0	0	21			1	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.16	-0.405	.51	-0.11%	-4.42	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d3
17	302	86	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6	GS-6	L(5-6)	3	5.2	6	4	4	2	0	0	0	6.09	4.21	24	77	45	12	0	9	13	7	3	0	39			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.31	-0.022	.39	0.00%	0.51	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out d1
18	303	89	Jul 11	STL		HOU	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	7	2	2	2	3	1	0	5.83	4.27	30	86	55	7	11	11	14	6	2	0	56			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	0.204	.31	0.04%	1.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
19	304	94	Jul 16	STL		LAD	L,2-8	GS-4	L(5-7)	4	3.1	8	5	5	1	1	1	0	6.09	4.38	18	69	44	11	4	6	10	6	0	0	24			1	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.227	.17	-0.03%	-2.49	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d4
20	305	99	Jul 21	STL	@	SDP	L,3-6	GS-6	L(5-8)	4	5.0	10	6	4	1	0	1	0	6.15	4.48	26	93	63	15	5	8	17	5	3	0	26			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.296	.11	-0.03%	-3.03	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d2
21	306	104	Jul 26	STL	@	COL	W,3-1	GS-5	W(6-8)	4	5.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.94	4.38	19	61	37	9	7	7	8	6	1	0	55			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.198	.15	0.02%	2.09	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
22	307	108	Jul 31	STL	@	ATL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(7-8)	4	8.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	0	5.68	4.44	31	119	73	23	13	10	15	7	2	0	62			0	2	1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.199	.11	0.01%	1.70	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
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
23	308	113	Aug 5	STL	@	MIL	W,5-1	GS-7	W(8-8)	4	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	1	5.43	4.39	29	101	57	19	6	11	12	6	4	0	66			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.199	.06	0.01%	2.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
24	309	118	Aug 11	STL		NYM	L,3-8	GS-5	L(8-9)	5	5.0	8	5	4	1	6	0	0	5.50	4.27	24	83	47	15	6	4	13	8	3	0	38			0	0	0	22	4	0	1	0	1	0	.74	-0.271	.13	-0.03%	-2.44	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
25	310	123	Aug 18	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	GS-6	L(8-10)	6	5.2	10	4	4	2	4	0	0	5.54	4.20	27	101	63	18	9	10	11	6	1	0	35			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.13	-0.148	.14	-0.01%	-1.46	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out d3
26	311	130	Aug 23	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-5	L(8-11)	4	4.0	6	3	3	4	2	1	0	5.57	4.33	21	86	47	15	4	7	8	2	1	0	36			0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	1	0	.76	-0.280	.02	0.00%	-2.76	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out d1
27	312	135	Aug 28	STL		ATL	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	1	4	1	0	0	5.40	4.35	27	114	60	18	6	11	11	4	4	0	53			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.136	.00	0.00%	1.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
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
28	313	140	Sep 2	STL	@	FLA	W,14-4	GS-7	W(9-11)	4	7.0	5	3	2	0	6	1	0	5.27	4.30	27	99	69	22	14	14	7	3	1	0	63			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	1	2	.48	0.180	.00	0.00%	0.36	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
29	314	145	Sep 8	STL		CHC	W,6-3	GS-6	W(10-11)	5	6.0	8	2	2	3	2	0	0	5.18	4.28	28	98	61	16	5	8	15	5	3	0	47			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.079	.00	0.00%	1.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
30	315	150	Sep 13	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-7	W(11-11)	4	7.0	8	2	2	0	5	0	0	5.07	4.17	27	90	65	11	10	9	13	1	1	0	58			0	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.108	.00	0.00%	1.51	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
							18-12		W-L:11-11	4.1	161.2	199	99	91	53	72	11	3	5.07	4.17	716	2554	61%	16%	7%	0.73		25%	10%	0	44	0	---%	8	10	2	641	42	1	4	15	9	5	1.02	-1.254	.56	-0.72%	-13.89

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