Kent Mercker
Kent Franklin Mercker
Born: February 1, 1968
Brownsburg, IN USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 175
Career: 1989-2008
Draft: Round 1 (1986 June Amateur Draft, Atlanta Braves)
School: Dublin HS (OH)
Minor League Statistics
Kent Mercker compiled a career record of 74 wins and 67 losses in his 698-game career with the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Anaheim Angels, Colorado Rockies and Chicago Cubs. He began playing during the 1989 season and last took the field during the 2008 campaign.
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Boston Red Sox |
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1989 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 0 | 0 | 12.46 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
1990 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.17 | 36 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 48.3 | 43 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 211 |
1991 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.58 | 50 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 73.3 | 56 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 306 |
1992 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.42 | 53 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 68.3 | 51 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 289 |
1993 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.86 | 43 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 52 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 283 |
1994 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.45 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 112.3 | 90 | 46 | 43 | 16 | 45 | 3 | 111 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 461 |
1995 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.15 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.0 | 140 | 73 | 66 | 16 | 61 | 2 | 102 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 622 |
1996 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 3 | 6 | .333 | 7.76 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 73 | 56 | 50 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 283 |
1996 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.09 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
1997 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.92 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144.7 | 135 | 65 | 63 | 16 | 62 | 6 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 616 |
1998 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 11 | 11 | .500 | 5.07 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7 | 199 | 99 | 91 | 11 | 53 | 4 | 72 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 716 |
1999 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.12 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103.7 | 125 | 73 | 59 | 16 | 51 | 3 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 476 |
1999 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.51 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 113 |
2000 | AL | Anaheim Angels | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.52 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.3 | 57 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 29 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 225 |
2002 | NL | Colorado Rockies | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6.14 | 58 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 55 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 208 |
2003 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.35 | 49 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 169 |
2003 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 0 | 0 | 1.06 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73 | |
2004 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.55 | 71 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 39 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 223 |
2005 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.65 | 78 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61.7 | 64 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 265 |
2006 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.13 | 37 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.3 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 123 |
2008 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.29 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 |
Totals | 74 | 67 | .525 | 4.16 | 692 | 150 | 157 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 1325.3 | 1307 | 676 | 612 | 154 | 607 | 47 | 917 | 32 | 15 | 55 | 5792 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1989 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1990 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1991 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 50 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 53 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1993 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 43 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1994 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 20 | 43 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .054 | .100 | .054 | .154 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
1995 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 29 | 54 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .104 | .104 | .167 | .271 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1996 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1997 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 53 | 45 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .156 | .224 | .222 | .447 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 32 | 61 | 54 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .148 | .179 | .241 | .419 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 26 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .179 | .233 | .214 | .448 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2000 | AL | Anaheim Angels | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2002 | NL | Colorado Rockies | 58 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2003 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2006 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2008 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 698 | 282 | 248 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 115 | .113 | .150 | .161 | .311 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1989 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 2 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1990 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 36 | 0 | 48.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .559 | .083 |
1991 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 50 | 4 | 73.3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.105 | .180 |
1992 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 53 | 0 | 68.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .395 | .057 |
1993 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 43 | 6 | 66.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .682 | .116 |
1994 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 20 | 17 | 112.3 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.522 | .950 |
1995 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 29 | 26 | 143.0 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.762 | .966 |
1996 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 14 | 12 | 58.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.552 | .714 |
1996 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 10 | 0 | 11.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.314 | .300 |
1997 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 28 | 25 | 144.7 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.053 | 1.179 |
1998 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 30 | 30 | 161.7 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.614 | .967 |
1999 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 25 | 18 | 103.7 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .810 | 1.476 | .680 |
1999 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 5 | 5 | 25.7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.156 | 1.800 |
2000 | AL | Anaheim Angels | P | 21 | 7 | 48.3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 1.117 | .286 |
2002 | NL | Colorado Rockies | P | 58 | 0 | 44.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.023 | .086 |
2003 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 49 | 0 | 38.3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 2.817 | .245 |
2003 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 18 | 0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
2004 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 71 | 0 | 53.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .849 | .070 |
2005 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 78 | 0 | 61.7 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.605 | .141 |
2006 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 37 | 0 | 28.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .953 | .081 |
2008 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 15 | 0 | 13.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .659 | .067 |
Totals | 692 | 151 | 1325.3 | 53 | 158 | 17 | 8 | .925 | 1.433 | .305 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1991 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
1991 | NL | Atlanta Braves | WS | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
1992 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
1993 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
1995 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1995 | NL | Atlanta Braves | WS | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
1999 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
1999 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.70 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
2003 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Totals | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.63 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1991 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1991 | NL | Atlanta Braves | WS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1992 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1993 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1995 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1995 | NL | Atlanta Braves | WS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1999 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1999 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2003 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1991 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | P | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1991 | NL | Atlanta Braves | WS | P | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1992 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | P | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1993 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | P | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1995 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS1 | P | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1995 | NL | Atlanta Braves | WS | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1999 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | P | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.400 | 1.000 |
1999 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | P | 2 | 2 | 7.7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.696 | 2.000 |
2003 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
Totals | 16 | 3 | 22.3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.015 | .313 |
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