Merrill Kelly

Position: Starting 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)

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

0.8

12.6

ERA

2.19

3.75

131

24.2

775.1

702

WHIP

0.932

1.211

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2010	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A	TBR	1	2	.333	4.30	5.26	12	3	0	0	0	0	37.2	31	22	18	1	13	0	29	3	2	1	158	1.168	7.4	0.2	3.1	6.9	2.23
2010	21	-0.7	Bowling Green	MIDW	A	TBR	0	1	.000	7.16	8.27	5	2	0	0	0	0	16.1	15	15	13	1	8	0	10	2	1	0	72	1.408	8.3	0.6	4.4	5.5	1.25
2010	21	-0.3	Hudson Valley	NYPL	A-	TBR	1	1	.500	2.11	2.95	7	1	0	0	0	0	21.1	16	7	5	0	5	0	19	1	1	1	86	0.984	6.8	0.0	2.1	8.0	3.80
2011	22	-0.9	Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TBR	8	7	.533	3.28	3.63	25	23	1	0	0	0	129.0	117	52	47	6	51	1	70	7	3	4	543	1.302	8.2	0.4	3.6	4.9	1.37
2012	23	-0.8	Montgomery	SOUL	AA	TBR	8	3	.727	3.57	4.18	32	9	2	0	0	0	88.1	84	41	35	4	28	0	61	4	1	6	369	1.268	8.6	0.4	2.9	6.2	2.18
2013	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	TBR	13	10	.565	3.64	4.04	28	26	0	0	0	0	158.1	128	71	64	7	65	1	111	6	1	7	659	1.219	7.3	0.4	3.7	6.3	1.71
2013	24	-3.2	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	8	4	.667	3.19	3.93	15	14	0	0	0	0	84.2	74	37	30	4	34	0	70	3	1	4	360	1.276	7.9	0.4	3.6	7.4	2.06
2013	24	-0.3	Montgomery	SOUL	AA	TBR	5	6	.455	4.15	4.15	13	12	0	0	0	0	73.2	54	34	34	3	31	1	41	3	0	3	299	1.154	6.6	0.4	3.8	5.0	1.32
2013	24	1.0	Salt River	AZFL	Fal		1	0	1.000	4.91	5.73	9	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	18	7	6	2	3	0	9	0	0	3	53	1.909	14.7	1.6	2.5	7.4	3.00
2014	25	-1.9	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	9	4	.692	2.76	3.08	28	15	3	0	0	0	114.0	107	39	35	10	37	0	108	6	1	8	487	1.263	8.4	0.8	2.9	8.5	2.92
2014-15	25	-3.2	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		0	2	.000	4.50	5.73	6	6	0	0	0	0	22.0	23	14	11	1	14	0	23	0	0	0	102	1.682	9.4	0.4	5.7	9.4	1.64
2015	26	-2.6	SK	KBO	Fgn		11	10	.524	4.13	4.33	30	29	1	1	0	0	181.0	188	87	83	16	54	1	139	5	2	9	775	1.337	9.3	0.8	2.7	6.9	2.57
2016	27	-1.2	SK	KBO	Fgn		9	8	.529	3.68	4.09	31	31	0	0	0	0	200.1	205	91	82	15	60	0	152	7	2	8	846	1.323	9.2	0.7	2.7	6.8	2.53
2017	28	-0.4	SK	KBO	Fgn		16	7	.696	3.60	4.03	30	30	0	0	0	0	190.0	204	85	76	16	45	2	189	11	1	9	815	1.311	9.7	0.8	2.1	9.0	4.20
2018	29	0.9	SK	KBO	Fgn		12	7	.632	4.09	4.43	28	28	0	0	0	0	158.1	152	78	72	18	47	1	161	13	2	5	674	1.257	8.6	1.0	2.7	9.2	3.43
2019	30	1.7	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	13	14	.481	4.42	4.66	32	32	0	0	0	0	183.1	184	95	90	29	57	4	158	2	0	4	777	1.315	9.0	1.4	2.8	7.8	2.77
2020	31	2.6	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	3	2	.600	2.59	2.59	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.1	26	9	9	5	5	1	29	1	0	0	125	0.989	7.5	1.4	1.4	8.3	5.80
2021	32	11.1	Diamondbacks	ACL	Rk	ARI	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	7	0	0	1	18	1.250	6.8	0.0	4.5	15.8	3.50
2021	32	3.1	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	7	11	.389	4.44	4.67	27	27	0	0	0	0	158.0	163	82	78	21	41	3	130	4	0	2	667	1.291	9.3	1.2	2.3	7.4	3.17
2022	33	3.8	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	13	8	.619	3.37	3.46	33	33	0	0	0	0	200.1	167	77	75	21	61	2	177	2	1	4	804	1.138	7.5	0.9	2.7	8.0	2.90
2023	34	4.8	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	12	8	.600	3.29	3.60	30	30	0	0	0	0	177.2	143	71	65	20	69	0	187	4	4	3	722	1.193	7.2	1.0	3.5	9.5	2.71
2024	35	5.5	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	2	0	1.000	2.19	2.19	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.2	17	6	6	3	6	0	21	0	1	0	92	0.932	6.2	1.1	2.2	7.7	3.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (6 seasons)					Majors		50	43	.538	3.75	3.95	131	131	0	0	0	0	775.1	700	340	323	99	239	10	702	13	6	13	3187	1.211	8.1	1.1	2.8	8.1	2.94
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		39	26	.600	3.40	3.85	126	77	6	0	0	0	531.1	470	227	201	28	196	2	386	26	8	27	2234	1.253	8.0	0.5	3.3	6.5	1.97
Foreign (5 seasons)					Foreign		48	34	.585	3.88	4.25	125	124	1	1	0	0	751.2	772	355	324	66	220	4	664	36	7	31	3212	1.320	9.2	0.8	2.6	8.0	3.02
KBO (4 seasons)					KBO		48	32	.600	3.86	4.21	119	118	1	1	0	0	729.2	749	341	313	65	206	4	641	36	7	31	3110	1.309	9.2	0.8	2.5	7.9	3.11
Other (1 season)					Other		1	0	1.000	4.91	5.73	9	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	18	7	6	2	3	0	9	0	0	3	53	1.909	14.7	1.6	2.5	7.4	3.00
All Levels (15 Seasons)							138	103	.573	3.71	4.04	391	332	9	1	0	0	2069.1	1960	929	854	195	658	16	1761	75	21	74	8686	1.265	8.5	0.8	2.9	7.7	2.68

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		17	8	.680	2.94	3.44	43	29	3	0	0	0	198.2	181	76	65	14	71	0	178	9	2	12	847	1.268	8.2	0.6	3.2	8.1	2.51
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		13	9	.591	3.83	4.17	45	21	2	0	0	0	162.0	138	75	69	7	59	1	102	7	1	9	668	1.216	7.7	0.4	3.3	5.7	1.73
A+ (1 season)					Minors		8	7	.533	3.28	3.63	25	23	1	0	0	0	129.0	117	52	47	6	51	1	70	7	3	4	543	1.302	8.2	0.4	3.6	4.9	1.37
A (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	7.16	8.27	5	2	0	0	0	0	16.1	15	15	13	1	8	0	10	2	1	0	72	1.408	8.3	0.6	4.4	5.5	1.25
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	1	.500	2.11	2.95	7	1	0	0	0	0	21.1	16	7	5	0	5	0	19	1	1	1	86	0.984	6.8	0.0	2.1	8.0	3.80
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		4.50	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	7	0	0	1	18	1.250	6.8	0.0	4.5	15.8	3.50
Fgn (4 seasons)					Foreign		48	32	.600	3.86	4.21	119	118	1	1	0	0	729.2	749	341	313	65	206	4	641	36	7	31	3110	1.309	9.2	0.8	2.5	7.9	3.11
FgW (1 season)					Foreign		0	2	.000	4.50	5.73	6	6	0	0	0	0	22.0	23	14	11	1	14	0	23	0	0	0	102	1.682	9.4	0.4	5.7	9.4	1.64