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Merrill Kelly

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Team: Arizona Diamondbacks (majors, 60-day IL)

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

0.8

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: 15-17 / in Starts: 15-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2019 Pitching Game Log

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2019 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	1	5	Apr 1	ARI	@	SDP	W,10-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.50	5.38	25	88	58	18	7	7	13	7	2	0	51			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	.43	0.146	.42	0.09%	-0.02	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a6
2	2	10	Apr 7	ARI		BOS	L,0-1	GS-8	L(1-1)	5	8.0	4	1	1	0	9	1	0	2.57	3.79	27			22	6	7	11	3	1	0	79			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.293	.89	0.17%	3.28	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
3	3	15	Apr 13	ARI		SDP	L,4-5	GS-5		5	5.0	8	4	4	1	5	1	0	3.79	3.95	23	95	60	13	12	9	8	4	1	0	39			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.184	.75	-0.12%	-1.33	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
4	4	20	Apr 19	ARI	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-4	L(1-2)	5	3.2	6	3	3	7	5	0	0	4.37	4.32	24	109	60	18	9	6	6	2	2	0	35			0	0	0	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.154	1.31	-0.09%	-1.68	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out d3
5	5	25	Apr 24	ARI	@	PIT	W,11-2	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	7.0	6	2	2	2	5	2	0	3.94	4.80	29	106	64	27	7	10	12	7	2	0	60			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.153	.86	0.10%	1.59	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a6
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	6	31	May 1	ARI		NYY	W,3-2	GS-6	W(3-2)	6	5.1	5	1	1	2	2	1	0	3.60	4.99	22	90	55	15	10	10	8	2	0	0	54			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.158	1.15	0.11%	1.50	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out a2
7	7	35	May 6	ARI	@	TBR	L,1-12	GS-4	L(3-3)	4	4.0	7	7	7	3	2	1	1	4.85	5.34	22	94	53	10	12	7	9	6	0	0	19			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.342	.91	-0.24%	-4.88	1b start tie	4b 3 out d7
8	8	40	May 11	ARI		ATL	L,4-6	GS-7	L(3-4)	4	7.0	8	3	3	0	5	1	0	4.70	5.08	28	93	65	13	8	8	15	7	3	0	54			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.022	1.05	-0.02%	0.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
9	9	45	May 17	ARI		SFG	W,7-0	GS-6	W(4-4)	5	5.1	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.21	4.79	23			13	7	2	16	6	3	0	59			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.136	1.33	0.09%	1.60	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a1
10	10	50	May 22	ARI	@	SDP	L,2-5	GS-2	L(4-5)	4	1.2	5	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.75	4.97	14	63	33	11	0	1	9	4	0	0	25			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	.85	-0.299	.89	-0.19%	-3.78	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d4
11	11	55	May 28	ARI	@	COL	L,2-6	GS-7	L(4-6)	5	6.2	7	4	4	1	5	1	0	4.83	4.87	26			14	8	14	6	2	1	0	48			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.13	-0.100	1.16	-0.06%	0.16	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out d2
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
12	12	60	Jun 2	ARI		NYM	W,7-1	GS-8	W(5-6)	4	7.2	6	1	1	0	10	1	0	4.41	4.58	28			14	15	11	7	2	0	0	73			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.277	.60	0.13%	3.04	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a4
13	13	64	Jun 7	ARI	@	TOR	W,8-2	GS-7	W(6-6)	4	7.0	3	1	1	2	3	1	0	4.12	4.63	25	95	58	16	7	10	10	4	3	0	68			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.223	.36	0.09%	2.75	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
14	14	69	Jun 12	ARI	@	PHI	W,2-0	GS-8	W(7-6)	4	7.2	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.73	4.37	26	93	67	13	13	8	13	4	2	0	78			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.528	.94	0.30%	4.17	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a2
15	15	74	Jun 18	ARI		COL	L,1-8	GS-6	L(7-7)	5	6.0	8	6	5	0	5	1	0	3.99	4.33	27			15	10	5	16	9	1	0	39			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.262	.83	-0.17%	-2.79	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
16	16	79	Jun 23	ARI		SFG	W,3-2	GS-7		4	6.0	4	2	2	2	9	1	0	3.93	4.27	24	98	63	16	12	5	8	3	0	0	63			0	0	0	22	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.14	0.065	.68	0.02%	1.21	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out tie
17	17	84	Jun 28	ARI	@	SFG	L,3-6	GS-5	L(7-8)	4	5.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.00	4.34	22	76	51	8	5	7	12	2	1	0	42			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.102	.70	-0.05%	-0.49	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
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
18	18	88	Jul 3	ARI	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.03	4.36	24	90	64	20	7	6	16	5	1	0	50			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.025	.54	-0.01%	0.08	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
19	19	93	Jul 13	ARI	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-5	L(7-9)	9	5.0	5	4	1	3	5	1	0	3.93	4.41	25	96	56	17	9	10	7	4	0	0	49			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	2	.74	-0.197	.66	-0.11%	-1.46	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
20	20	97	Jul 18	ARI		MIL	L,1-5	GS-7		4	7.0	3	1	1	0	6	0	0	3.77	4.24	23			14	15	12	5	1	0	0	73			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	1	0	.99	0.350	.93	0.20%	2.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
21	21	102	Jul 23	ARI		BAL	L,2-7	GS-3	L(7-10)	4	2.1	8	7	7	0	4	3	0	4.22	4.48	15	63	42	11	9	3	8	6	0	0	17			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.484	.61	-0.22%	-5.95	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d5
22	22	107	Jul 29	ARI	@	MIA	L,6-11	GS-6	L(7-11)	5	6.0	7	7	7	2	4	2	0	4.52	4.61	27			18	6	7	14	6	1	0	32			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.314	.41	-0.13%	-3.95	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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	23	113	Aug 5	ARI		PHI	L,3-7	GS-6	L(7-12)	6	6.0	8	4	3	1	4	1	0	4.52	4.61	27			17	7	11	10	4	1	0	45			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.146	.94	-0.07%	-0.79	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
24	24	119	Aug 12	ARI	@	COL	W,8-6	GS-5	W(8-12)	6	5.0	9	6	6	2	5	2	0	4.75	4.72	26			9	6	8	11	7	0	0	28			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	.86	-0.306	.57	-0.12%	-2.93	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
25	25	125	Aug 18	ARI		SFG	W,6-1	GS-6	W(9-12)	5	5.2	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	4.63	4.63	24	100	59	12	10	9	8	5	0	0	56			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.90	0.148	.38	0.04%	1.41	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a3
26	26	129	Aug 23	ARI	@	MIL	L,1-6	GS-5	L(9-13)	4	4.1	8	6	6	4	5	2	0	4.86	4.78	25	105	67	25	10	5	11	7	0	0	24			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.251	.26	-0.06%	-3.27	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d5
27	27	134	Aug 29	ARI		LAD	W,11-5	GS-4		5	4.0	3	3	3	4	4	0	0	4.91	4.76	19			14	12	2	9	5	2	0	44			0	0	0	14	3	0	1	0	1	0	.98	-0.119	.43	-0.03%	-0.86	1t start tie	4t 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	Entered	Exited
28	28	139	Sep 3	ARI		SDP	W,2-1	GS-7	W(10-13)	4	7.0	3	0	0	2	9	0	0	4.69	4.62	26	102	65	18	13	12	3	0	1	0	78			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.416	.58	0.16%	3.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
29	29	144	Sep 9	ARI	@	NYM	L,1-3	GS-6	L(10-14)	5	6.0	7	3	3	2	5	2	1	4.68	4.72	25	97	62	11	10	9	8	5	1	0	49			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	3	0	0	.80	-0.085	.98	-0.06%	-0.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
30	30	149	Sep 14	ARI		CIN	W,1-0	GS-7	W(11-14)	4	7.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	4.49	4.63	24	91	61	12	7	6	11	3	1	0	74			0	1	1	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.473	.20	0.05%	3.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
31	31	154	Sep 20	ARI	@	SDP	W,9-0	GS-7	W(12-14)	5	7.0	2	0	0	3	9	0	0	4.31	4.53	25	100	59	28	10	7	6	3	1	0	79			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.438	.05	0.01%	3.48	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
32	32	159	Sep 25	ARI		STL	W,9-7	GS-6	W(13-14)	4	6.0	8	5	5	2	7	1	0	4.42	4.51	27	99	63	19	13	8	10	6	0	0	41			1	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.15	-0.246	.00	0.00%	-1.79	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
							15-17		W-L:13-14	4.7	183.1	184	95	90	57	158	29	2	4.42	4.51	777	2043	63%	25%	14%	0.77		25%	6%	0	51		---%	3	2	1	709	38	4	4	14	5	2	.89	0.166	.69	-0.19%	-0.79

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