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: 16-21

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 1, Entered with runners on base: 12

2006 Pitching Game Log

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2006 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	641	2	Apr 5	CIN		CHC	W,8-6	7-8	H(1)	99	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	13.50	22.65	3	13	7	3	0	1	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.069	1.22	-0.04%	-1.39	7t -2- 2 out a3	8t --- 1 out a1
2	642	4	Apr 7	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.00	14.15	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.50	0.147	5.40	0.09%	0.47	9t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
3	643	6	Apr 9	CIN		PIT	L,3-5	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.50	5.65	3	19	10	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.019	.25	0.01%	0.56	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
4	644	9	Apr 13	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-3	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.00	3.81	5	25	13	6	3	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.009	.21	0.01%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
5	645	10	Apr 14	CIN	@	STL	W,1-0	8-8	H(2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.70	4.65	2	8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.68	-0.001	4.25	0.00%	-0.02	8b 1-- 0 out a1	8b 12- 1 out a1
6	646	18	Apr 22	CIN	@	MIL	L,0-11	7-7		7	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.15	4.99	6	24	14	4	2	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.45	7b --- 0 out d10	7b 3 out d11
7	647	21	Apr 25	CIN	@	WSN	W,6-5	8-8	H(3)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	4.65	3	7	5	2	0	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.143	2.19	0.10%	0.51	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
8	648	22	Apr 26	CIN	@	WSN	W,5-0	9-9		0	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.00	5.48	4	33	19	4	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.003	.33	0.00%	0.07	9b --- 0 out a5	9b 12- 2 out a5
9	649	24	Apr 29	CIN		HOU	W,6-3	8-8		2	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.84	5.36	3	9	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.004	1.40	0.00%	-0.65	8t -2- 2 out a4	8t 3 out a3
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
10	650	31	May 6	CIN	@	ARI	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	4.78	4	12	9	2	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.018	.52	0.01%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
11	651	32	May 7	CIN	@	ARI	W,9-8	8-8	H(4)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	4.71	1	8	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.70	0.126	6.31	0.10%	0.47	8b 12- 2 out a1	8b 3 out a1
12	652	34	May 10	CIN		WSN	W,9-6	8-8		2	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.52	4.71	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.120	1.59	-0.09%	-1.10	8t 1-- 2 out a2	8t -2- 2 out a1
13	653	49	May 27	CIN		ARI	L,0-7	8-8		16	1.0	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	6.23	6.72	7	25	14	2	3	2	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.035	.16	-0.03%	-2.44	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d7
14	654	51	May 29	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-7	7-7		1	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	7.45	7.70	5	14	8	2	1	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.079	.47	-0.06%	-1.44	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d4
15	655	52	May 30	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	7.59	8.49	4	13	8	3	0	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.006	.04	-0.01%	-0.44	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
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	656	56	Jun 4	CIN	@	HOU	W,6-4	9-9		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.94	7.86	3	9	6	1	1	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.145	2.82	0.13%	0.54	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
17	657	60	Jun 8	CIN		CHC	W,7-1	8-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.39	7.49	3	12	10	4	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.027	.49	0.02%	0.56	8t --- 0 out a4	8t 3 out a4
18	658	61	Jun 9	CIN		CHC	L,5-6	9-9		0	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.08	7.50	4	13	6	2	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.001	.69	0.00%	0.02	9t --- 0 out d2	9t 1-3 2 out d2
19	659	64	Jun 12	CIN		MIL	L,5-6	8-8	BL(0-1)	2	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	7.07	8.22	4	22	15	5	2	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	-0.172	2.57	-0.16%	-0.69	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 1-- 2 out tie
20	660	65	Jun 13	CIN		MIL	L,4-6	9-GF		0	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	6.60	7.75	5	14	10	3	1	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.071	1.41	-0.07%	-0.44	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
21	661	69	Jun 18	CIN		CHW	L,1-8	7-7		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.46	7.65	1	6	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.020	1.10	0.02%	0.47	7t 12- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d3
22	662	71	Jun 20	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-9	7-7		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.19	7.46	2	5	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.003	.09	0.00%	0.94	7b 12- 1 out d6	7b 3 out d6
23	663	75	Jun 24	CIN	@	CLE	L,0-4	7-7		3	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	6.35	7.97	4	15	8	3	0	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.023	.29	-0.02%	-0.45	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
24	664	77	Jun 27	CIN		KCR	L,8-9	8-8		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	7.70	5	12	7	0	1	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.58	0.034	.89	0.03%	0.56	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
25	665	80	Jun 30	CIN		CLE	W,9-8	9-GF	W(1-1)	2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.16	7.46	4	8	7	2	0	1	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.17	-0.016	.28	-0.02%	-0.44	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
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	666	82	Jul 2	CIN		CLE	L,3-6	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.85	7.40	4	20	13	4	2	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.093	2.87	0.09%	0.56	7t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out tie
27	667	83	Jul 3	CIN	@	MIL	L,7-8	7-7	BS(2)	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.57	7.19	4	14	11	1	3	4	0	0	0	0		2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	-0.195	1.93	-0.22%	-0.96	7b -23 0 out a1	7b 3 out d2
28	668	85	Jul 5	CIN	@	MIL	L,5-6	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.32	6.74	3	18	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.112	2.62	0.12%	0.55	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
29	669	86	Jul 6	CIN	@	ATL	L,7-8	9-9		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.09	6.49	4	14	11	2	3	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	0.145	3.81	0.14%	0.54	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
30	670	89	Jul 9	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-8	7-7		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.88	6.36	4	16	9	2	1	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.12	0.004	.19	0.00%	0.54	7b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
31	671	91	Jul 14	CIN		COL	W,3-1	8-8	H(5)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.81	6.23	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	0.073	4.49	0.07%	0.47	8t 12- 2 out a2	8t 3 out a2
32	672	92	Jul 15	CIN		COL	W,3-2	8-8	H(6)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.74	6.19	1	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.057	3.73	0.06%	0.26	8t --- 0 out a1	8t --- 1 out a1
33	673	95	Jul 19	CIN		NYM	W,7-4	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.56	6.07	3	9	5	2	0	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.093	2.01	0.10%	0.56	7t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out tie
34	674	96	Jul 20	CIN		NYM	L,2-4	10-GF(10)		0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	6.03	2	9	7	1	1	1	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.085	1.38	-0.09%	-0.65	10t -2- 2 out d1	10t end d 2
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
35	675	112	Aug 7	CIN		STL	L,1-13	8-8		17	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.33	5.85	5	16	11	3	2	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.56	8t --- 0 out d9	8t 3 out d9
36	676	114	Aug 9	CIN		STL	W,8-7	8-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.28	5.82	1	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	0.076	7.02	0.11%	0.82	8t 123 2 out d1	8t 3 out d1
37	677	116	Aug 11	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-6	10-10		1	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.13	5.86	4	15	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.17	0.151	7.04	0.20%	0.57	10b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
							16-21		W-L:1-1,Sv:1,BSv:2,Hld:6	1.7	28.1	28	15	13	11	17	6	0	4.13	5.86	123	473	63%	17%	9%	0.67		20%	5%	0		20	30%	1	0	0	108	7	0	1	4	1	3	.94	0.623	1.49	0.62%	0.16

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