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: 16-14 / in Starts: 15-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 3

1999 Pitching Game Log

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1999 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	316	3	Apr 8	STL		MIL	W,9-4	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	0	5.40	5.13	23	80	51	16	7	8	11	3	2	0	41			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.061	1.04	-0.04%	-0.20	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
2	317	8	Apr 14	STL	@	PIT	W,9-5	GS-3		5	2.0	7	5	5	1	0	0	0	10.29	4.99	14	44	25	6	1	3	10	7	0	0	21			0	0	0	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.300	1.33	-0.21%	-3.29	1b start a 2	3b 1-- 0 out tie
3	318	13	Apr 20	STL	@	MIL	W,8-3	GS-5	W(2-0)	5	5.0	4	3	3	6	1	0	0	8.25	5.55	24	86	47	13	5	5	12	4	3	0	42			0	0	0	17	1	0	1	1	1	0	1.47	-0.006	1.84	-0.01%	-0.28	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a1
4	319	20	Apr 29	STL		COL	L,2-6	GS-6	L(2-1)	8	5.0	9	6	3	1	4	0	0	7.41	4.55	26	76	50	9	9	8	13	7	3	0	34			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	2	.54	-0.331	.67	-0.25%	-4.22	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d6
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
5	320	25	May 4	STL	@	ATL	W,9-1	GS-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.00	4.63	4	19	11	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	52			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.050	.80	0.04%	0.55	1b start tie	1b 3 out tie
6	321	27	May 6	STL		PIT	L,3-13	6-GF		1	3.2	5	5	4	3	1	1	0	7.48	5.30	20	78	46	14	5	8	8	2	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	.12	-0.069	.16	-0.05%	-4.35	6t 12- 1 out d4	9t end d10
7	322	32	May 11	STL		PHI	L,4-9	GS-5	L(2-2)	4	4.2	8	6	6	3	1	1	1	8.20	5.79	24	74	44	19	3	7	12	5	3	0	22			0	1	0	20	4	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.454	1.01	-0.31%	-3.55	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d2
8	323	43	May 25	STL		SFG	L,1-17	4-5		13	1.0	4	6	1	1	2	1	0	8.23	6.13	10	44	29	10	3	2	5	3	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	.12	-0.059	.13	-0.04%	-6.31	4t 1-- 2 out d6	5t --- 2 out d12
9	324	48	May 30	STL	@	CHC	L,4-7	4-5		4	2.0	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.98	6.03	11	42	24	3	2	4	6	4	2	0		1	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	1	.23	-0.048	.27	-0.03%	-1.53	4b 1-- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d7
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
10	325	51	Jun 2	STL	@	FLA	L,2-10	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.01	5.94	5	17	11	2	0	2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.48	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 9
11	326	57	Jun 8	STL	@	KCR	L,10-11	7-8		5	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	8.04	5.94	5	15	8	1	0	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.009	.43	0.01%	0.19	7b --- 0 out d2	8b 1-- 0 out d1
12	327	60	Jun 12	STL		DET	W,8-7	8-8		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.79	5.79	4	16	11	1	3	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.034	.53	0.02%	0.56	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
13	328	61	Jun 13	STL		DET	L,1-3	6-8		0	2.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.20	5.62	9	35	18	4	2	3	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.140	.96	0.07%	1.33	6t --- 0 out d1	8t -2- 2 out d1
14	329	65	Jun 17	STL		NYM	L,3-4	GS-6	L(2-3)	3	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	0	7.02	5.45	25	93	64	17	9	8	12	6	3	0	45			0	1	1	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.06	-0.136	.97	-0.08%	-0.64	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
15	330	70	Jun 22	STL		HOU	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	3	6	2	0	6.70	5.64	25	99	59	13	11	3	13	5	2	0	51			0	2	0	22	2	0	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.017	.73	-0.01%	0.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
16	331	75	Jun 27	STL	@	ARI	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	0	6.17	5.39	26	101	62	12	16	8	11	4	3	0	64			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.10	0.046	.94	0.02%	1.92	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
17	332	80	Jul 3	STL		ARI	W,2-1	GS-5		5	5.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	5.64	5.17	19	82	51	14	6	4	9	3	3	0	65			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.298	.64	0.10%	2.80	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
18	333	85	Jul 8	STL		CIN	L,5-8	GS-3	L(2-4)	4	2.1	6	5	3	1	1	2	1	5.87	5.58	15	56	35	7	3	4	8	4	2	0	29			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.284	.56	-0.16%	-3.79	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out d4
19	334	93	Jul 19	STL		MIN	W,8-4	GS-7	W(3-4)	10	6.0	6	3	2	4	2	0	0	5.61	5.48	28	107	56	21	3	15	7	1	0	0	48			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	1	.60	0.077	.21	0.02%	-1.14	1t start tie	7t -23 0 out a5
20	335	98	Jul 24	STL	@	COL	W,10-2	GS-6	W(4-4)	4	6.0	7	0	0	3	3	0	0	5.15	5.33	27	108	63	21	9	11	10	5	4	0	58			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.190	.32	0.05%	4.19	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a7
21	336	103	Jul 30	STL		COL	L,4-5	GS-7		5	6.2	7	3	3	3	3	1	0	5.06	5.35	29	104	68	16	6	9	14	5	0	0	48			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.012	.32	0.00%	0.45	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
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
22	337	108	Aug 4	STL		SDP	W,7-6	GS-5		4	5.0	5	6	5	2	4	2	0	5.29	5.50	22	83	50	16	9	6	10	3	2	0	37			0	1	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.441	.26	-0.07%	-3.20	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
23	338	114	Aug 9	STL	@	PHI	W,12-6	GS-7	W(5-4)	4	7.0	6	2	2	2	5	1	0	5.09	5.42	26	120	77	22	14	6	13	4	4	0	60			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.48	-0.015	.05	0.00%	2.04	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a9
24	339	120	Aug 16	STL		PHI	W,4-3	GS-6	W(6-4)	6	6.0	6	2	2	4	6	1	0	4.96	5.41	28	119	71	23	10	8	10	6	0	0	54			0	0	1	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	0.073	.11	0.00%	1.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
25	340	123	Aug 21	STL	@	NYM	L,4-7	GS-6	L(6-5)	4	5.2	6	5	5	5	6	1	0	5.12	5.44	27	112	63	22	8	9	7	1	1	0	38			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.109	.09	-0.01%	-1.15	1b start a 2	6b --3 2 out tie
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Red Sox
26	341	128	Aug 27	BOS		ANA	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	3	0	2	0	0	5.09	5.28	23	76	49	14	3	12	9	5	2	0	50			0	1	1	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.009	1.65	0.01%	0.68	1t start tie	6t 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
27	342	133	Sep 1	BOS		KCR	W,4-3	GS-7	W(7-5)	4	6.0	2	3	1	6	5	0	0	4.90	5.23	26	101	56	18	8	10	5	1	0	0	59			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	2	.89	0.156	1.88	0.20%	1.83	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a4
28	343	138	Sep 6	BOS	@	SEA	W,3-2	GS-4		4	3.1	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.76	5.18	15	60	33	11	3	5	5	3	1	0	55			2	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.127	2.70	0.17%	1.40	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out a1
29	344	152	Sep 23	BOS		TOR	L,5-7	GS-5		16	4.2	6	4	4	4	5	0	1	4.88	5.14	25	75	45	14	7	4	11	5	5	0	37			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.23	-0.205	.41	-0.04%	-1.43	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out tie
30	345	157	Sep 29(1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	GS-6	W(8-5)	5	5.2	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.80	5.04	24	102	64	18	8	7	14	4	2	0	50			1	1	1	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	0.125	.00	0.00%	1.31	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 2 out a2
							16-14		W-L:8-5	4.1	129.1	148	85	69	64	81	16	3	4.80	5.04	589	2224	60%	17%	8%	0.71		24%	12%	0	46	4	100%	3	9	5	510	41	1	3	10	4	12	.89	-1.213	.70	-0.59%	-14.56

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