Merrill Kelly

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 202lb (188cm, 91kg)

Born: October 14, 1988 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 37th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Desert Mountain HS (Scottsdale, AZ), the Cleveland Indians in the 22nd round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ) and the Tampa Bay Rays in the 8th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Desert Mountain HS (Scottsdale, AZ)

Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ)

Debut: April 1, 2019 (Age 30-169d, 21,838th in major league history)
vs. SDP 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 2 yrs/$18M (23-24) & 25 team option

Service Time (01/2024): 5.000 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Apex Baseball

Full Name: Kenneth Merrill Kelly

Nicknames: Mert

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.7

12.6

ERA

2.19

3.75

131

24.2

775.1

702

WHIP

0.932

1.211

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-17 / in Starts: 10-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2021 Pitching Game Log

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2021 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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	38	2	Apr 2	ARI	@	SDP	L,2-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.0	5	3	3	3	4	1	0	6.75	6.67	18	94	56	16	6	4	7	4	0	0	41			0	2	0	14	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.178	1.07	-0.11%	-1.74			1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out d3
2	39	7	Apr 8	ARI	@	COL	L,3-7	GS-6	L(0-2)	5	6.0	9	7	6	0	1	1	0	8.10	5.67	28	90	62	14	9	11	16	9	2	0	29			1	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.234	.53	-0.14%	-3.53			1b start tie	6b 3 out d7
3	40	13	Apr 15	ARI	@	WSN	W,11-6	GS-7	W(1-2)	6	6.0	9	6	6	1	5	2	0	8.44	5.92	28	96	61	15	10	7	15	8	2	0	34			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.328	.38	-0.14%	-3.07			1b start a 3	7b 12- 0 out a5
4	41	18	Apr 21	ARI	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS-5		5	5.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	1	7.71	5.27	21			11	6	8	8	4	1	0	47			0	1	0	16	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.04	-0.055	.81	-0.03%	-0.19			1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
5	42	23	Apr 27	ARI		SDP	W,5-1	GS-6	W(2-2)	5	6.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	6.33	4.65	23	95	61	18	3	8	8	4	1	0	63			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.229	1.07	0.14%	2.03			1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
6	43	28	May 2	ARI		COL	W,8-4	GS-6		4	5.2	7	2	2	2	6	1	0	5.79	4.61	27			17	7	11	8	2	0	0	51			1	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.15	0.032	1.24	0.02%	0.59			1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a2
7	44	33	May 8	ARI	@	NYM	L,2-4	GS-6	L(2-3)	5	5.2	3	3	2	5	6	1	0	5.40	4.81	25	99	59	16	7	4	10	3	0	0	54			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.110	.59	-0.06%	-0.28			1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d2
8	45	38	May 13	ARI		MIA	L,1-5	GS-7	L(2-4)	4	6.1	7	3	3	2	4	0	0	5.24	4.54	27	96	60	17	9	13	8	5	1	0	49			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.031	.89	0.02%	1.01			1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d1
9	46	45	May 20	ARI	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-7	L(2-5)	6	7.0	6	3	3	0	12	2	0	5.05	4.39	25	94	63	24	11	5	8	4	1	0	65			0	0	1	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.077	.39	-0.02%	0.69			1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
10	47	50	May 26	ARI		SFG	L,4-5	GS-6		5	6.0	5	2	2	0	6	0	0	4.84	4.05	23	81	60	18	11	8	9	7	0	0	60			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.132	.19	0.02%	1.03			1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
11	48	55	May 31	ARI		NYM	L,2-6	GS-7	L(2-6)	4	6.2	9	5	5	2	6	1	0	5.04	4.07	30			21	7	8	14	5	2	0	40			1	0	1	28	2	0	1	0	0	0	.89	-0.148	.09	-0.01%	-1.57			1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d5
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
12	49	60	Jun 5	ARI	@	MIL	L,5-7	GS-6		4	6.0	6	5	4	1	4	1	0	5.12	4.11	25	85	62	12	12	13	7	4	1	0	45			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.273	.05	-0.01%	-1.97			1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
13	50	64	Jun 11	ARI		LAA	L,5-6	GS-5		5	5.0	4	3	3	2	6	1	0	5.14	4.14	21			15	9	5	8	4	1	0	51			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.112	.01	0.00%	-0.47			1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
14	51	69	Jun 16	ARI	@	SFG	L,7-13	GS-3	L(2-7)	4	3.0	4	4	4	3	4	1	0	5.40	4.28	16			13	8	1	8	3	1	0	36			1	0	0	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.283	.00	0.00%	-2.50			1b start a 2	3b 3 out d2
15	52	74	Jun 21	ARI		MIL	W,5-1	GS-7	W(3-7)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	5.06	4.11	26	94	61	15	11	10	10	6	0	0	67			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.197	.00	0.00%	2.54			1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
16	53	78	Jun 26	ARI	@	SDP	W,10-1	GS-6	W(4-7)	4	6.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	1	4.73	3.97	24	99	64	17	10	11	7	2	2	0	67			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.174	.00	0.00%	2.82			1b start a 1	6b 3 out a8
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
17	54	83	Jul 1	ARI		SFG	W,5-3	GS-7	W(5-7)	4	7.0	7	3	3	0	7	2	0	4.67	4.03	28			19	11	12	9	4	1	0	58			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.54			1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
18	55	87	Jul 6	ARI		COL	W,4-3	GS-6		4	5.1	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.60	4.00	23	91	58	14	6	11	10	4	1	0	48			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.16			1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a1
19	56	92	Jul 11	ARI	@	LAD	L,4-7	GS-6		4	5.1	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	4.46	4.05	20			13	5	8	8	4	0	0	58			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.144	.00	0.00%	1.46			1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out a1
20	57	95	Jul 18	ARI		CHC	W,6-4	GS-9	W(6-7)	6	8.0	6	4	4	0	6	0	0	4.46	3.89	30	82	63	13	12	12	12	5	0	0	60			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.185	.00	0.00%	0.66			1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a3
21	58	100	Jul 24	ARI	@	CHC	W,7-3	GS-6	W(7-7)	5	6.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	1	4.39	3.91	24	77	52	10	10	6	10	5	2	0	59			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.105	.00	0.00%	1.03			1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
22	59	105	Jul 31	ARI		LAD	L,3-8	GS-7	L(7-8)	6	6.1	8	4	3	2	6	0	0	4.38	3.83	29	88	62	16	8	5	16	6	2	0	47			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.017	.00	0.00%	0.01			1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
23	60	110	Aug 5	ARI		SFG	L,4-5	GS-8		4	8.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.13	3.77	29	102	66	20	7	6	17	6	3	0	78			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.304	.00	0.00%	4.05			1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
24	61	115	Aug 11	ARI	@	SFG	L,2-7	GS-5	L(7-9)	5	5.0	11	5	5	1	3	2	0	4.30	3.91	25	94	62	15	7	9	12	5	2	0	27			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.314	.00	0.00%	-2.50			1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
25	62	146	Sep 15	ARI	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-5	L(7-10)	34	4.2	10	4	4	2	1	1	0	4.41	4.01	24	82	51	15	3	6	15	6	3	0	27			1	1	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.276	.00	0.00%	-1.99			1b start tie	5b -23 2 out d2
26	63	152	Sep 22	ARI		ATL	L,2-9	GS-6	L(7-11)	6	6.0	7	6	6	2	7	2	0	4.59	4.09	25	90	55	10	9	7	9	2	0	0	39			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	1	0	.60	-0.301	.00	0.00%	-2.97			1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
27	64	158	Sep 29	ARI	@	SFG	L,0-1	GS-5		6	5.0	3	0	0	4	4	0	1	4.44	4.11	23	96	58	16	5	11	3	3	0	0	61			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.280	.00	0.00%	2.51			1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
							10-17		W-L:7-11	4.8	158.0	163	82	78	41	130	21	4	4.44	4.11	667	1825	66%	23%	12%	0.81		25%	6%	0	50		---%	9	4	2	612	31	4	3	9	4	2	.90	-0.880	.27	-0.33%	-1.94

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