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Kent Mercker | Major Leaguer 1989-2006

Full Name: Kent Franklin Mercker
Born: February 1,1968 in Indianapolis, Indiana
Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Dublin (Dublin,OH)
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Debut: September 22,1989

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Drafted: Selected by Atlanta Braves in 1st Round (5th overall) of 1986 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jun 3,1986] - signed [Dec 17,1995] - Traded by Braves to Orioles for Rachaad Stewart and Joe Borowski. [Jul 21,1996] - Traded by Orioles to Indians for Eddie Murray. [Nov 4,1996] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 10,1996] - Signed as Free Agent by Reds. [Oct 27,1997] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 15,1997] - Signed by Cardinals [Dec 16,1997] - Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals. [Aug 24,1999] - Traded by Cardinals to Red Sox for David Benham and Mike Matthews. [Nov 8,1999] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 26,2000] - Signed as Free Agent by Angels. [Jan 28,2000] - Signed by Angels [Nov 8,2000] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 5,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Red Sox. [Mar 28,2001] - Released by Red Sox. [Feb 7,2002] - Signed as Free Agent by Rockies. [Nov 1,2002] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 14,2003] - Signed as Free Agent by Reds. [Aug 12,2003] - Traded by Reds to Braves for Matt Belisle. [Oct 30,2003] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 19,2003] - Signed as Free Agent by Cubs. [Nov 1,2004] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 20,2004] - Signed as Free Agent by Reds. [Feb 8,2008] - Signed by Reds to minor league contract

Disabled List: [Jul 30,2002] - Activated [Jun 4,2004] - Activated [May 14,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - ( inflamed left elbow) [May 26,2006] - Activated [Jul 22,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - (inflammation in his left elbow) [Aug 7,2006] - Activated [Aug 12,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - (left elbow inflammation ) [Aug 16,2006] - Transferred to 60 day DL. [Nov 2,2006] - Activated

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1986	GCL Braves	GCL	18	Atl	Rk	4	3	2.47	9	8	0	0	1	0	47.1	37	21	13	1	16	42	0		7.04	0.19	3.04	7.99	1.12	--
1987	Durham	Caro	19	Atl	A+	0	1	5.40	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.2	11	8	7	1	6	14	1		8.49	0.77	4.63	10.81	1.46	--
1988	Durham	Caro	20	Atl	A+	11	4	2.75	19	19	5	0	0	0	127.2	44	4	39	5	47	159	7		3.10	0.35	3.31	11.21	0.71	--
	Greenville	Sou	20	Atl	AA	3	1	3.35	9	9	0	0	0	0	48.1	36	20	18	2	26	60	2		6.70	0.37	4.84	11.17	1.28	--
1989	Richmond	IL	21	Atl	AAA	9	12	3.20	27	27	4	0	0	0	168.2	107	66	60	17	95	144	7		5.71	0.91	5.07	7.68	1.20	--
	Atlanta	NL	21	Atl	MLB	0	0	12.47	2	1	0	0	1	0	4.1	8	6	6	0	6	4	0	0	16.63	0.00	12.47	8.31	3.23	18%
1990	Richmond	IL	22	Atl	AAA	5	4	3.55	12	10	0	0	1	1	58.1	60	30	23	1	27	69	5		9.26	0.15	4.17	10.65	1.49	--
	Atlanta	NL	22	Atl	MLB	4	7	3.17	36	0	0	0	28	7	48.1	43	22	17	6	24	39	2	0	8.01	1.12	4.47	7.26	1.39	31%
1991	Atlanta	NL	23	Atl	MLB	5	3	2.58	50	4	0	0	28	6	73.1	56	23	21	5	35	62	4	1	6.87	0.61	4.30	7.61	1.24	48%
1992	Atlanta	NL	24	Atl	MLB	3	2	3.42	53	0	0	0	18	6	68.1	51	27	26	4	35	49	6	0	6.72	0.53	4.61	6.45	1.26	41%
1993	Atlanta	NL	25	Atl	MLB	3	1	2.86	43	6	0	0	9	0	66.0	52	24	21	2	36	59	5	1	7.09	0.27	4.91	8.05	1.33	47%
1994	Atlanta	NL	26	Atl	MLB	9	4	3.45	20	17	2	1	0	0	112.1	90	46	43	16	45	111	4	1	7.21	1.28	3.61	8.89	1.20	39%
1995	Atlanta	NL	27	Atl	MLB	7	8	4.15	29	26	0	0	1	0	143.0	140	73	66	16	61	102	6	2	8.81	1.01	3.84	6.42	1.41	48%
1996	Buffalo	Amer	28	Cle	AAA	0	2	3.94	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	11	7	7	3	9	11	1	0	6.19	1.69	5.06	6.19	1.25	--
	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	3	6	7.76	14	12	0	0	0	0	58.0	73	56	50	12	35	22	3	1	11.33	1.86	5.43	3.41	1.86	34%
	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	1	0	3.09	10	0	0	0	2	0	11.2	10	4	4	1	3	7	0	0	7.72	0.77	2.32	5.40	1.11	33%
1997	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	8	11	3.92	28	25	0	0	0	0	144.2	135	65	63	16	62	75	2	1	8.40	1.00	3.86	4.67	1.36	--
1998	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	11	11	5.07	30	29	0	0	1	0	161.2	199	99	91	11	53	72	6	4	11.08	0.61	2.95	4.01	1.56	41%
1999	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	6	5	5.12	25	18	0	0	2	0	103.2	125	73	59	16	51	64	3	1	10.85	1.39	4.43	5.56	1.70	--
	Boston	AL	31	Bos	MLB	2	0	3.51	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.2	23	12	10	0	13	17	0	0	8.07	0.00	4.56	5.96	1.40	--
2000	Lk Elsin	Calif	32	Ana	A+	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.75	0.00	--
	Anaheim	AL	32	Ana	MLB	1	3	6.52	21	7	0	0	2	0	48.1	57	35	35	12	29	30	2	0	10.61	2.23	5.40	5.59	1.78	54%
2002	Colo Spr	PCL	34	Col	AAA	0	0	21.69	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	16.27	10.84	10.84	0.00	3.01	--
	Colorado	NL	34	Col	MLB	3	1	6.14	58	0	0	0	8	0	44.0	55	33	30	12	22	37	1	0	11.25	2.45	4.50	7.57	1.75	42%
2003	Cincinnati	NL	35	Cin	MLB	0	2	2.35	49	0	0	0	8	0	38.1	31	13	10	5	25	41	2	1	7.28	1.17	5.87	9.63	1.46	38%
	Atlanta	NL	35	Atl	MLB	0	0	1.06	18	0	0	0	7	1	17.0	15	3	2	1	7	7	2	0	7.94	0.53	3.71	3.71	1.29	33%
2004	Chi Cubs	NL	36	Chc	MLB	3	1	2.55	71	0	0	0	7	0	53.0	39	15	15	4	27	51	4	1	6.62	0.68	4.58	8.66	1.25	35%
2005	Cincinnati	NL	37	Cin	MLB	3	1	3.65	78	0	0	0	23	4	61.2	64	27	25	8	19	45	1	0	9.34	1.17	2.77	6.57	1.35	49%
2006	Cincinnati	NL	38	Cin	MLB	1	1	4.13	37	0	0	0	7	1	28.1	28	15	13	6	11	17	1	1	8.90	1.91	3.49	5.40	1.38	43%
2008	Dayton	Midw	40	Cin	A	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	--
	Louisville	IL	40	Cin	AAA	0	1	5.40	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	10.80	0.00	5.40	0.00	1.80	--
	Cincinnati	MLB	40	Cin	MLB	1	0	3.29	15	0	0	0		0	13.2	13	5	5	1	8	6	1	0	8.56	0.66	5.27	3.95	1.54	--

Major League Totals - 18 Season(s)						74	67	4.16	692	150	2	1		25	1,325.1	1307	676	612	154	607	917	55	15	8.88	1.05	4.12	6.23	1.44	--
Minor League Totals - 9 Season(s)						32	28	3.18	88	81	9	0	2	1	486.1	311	161	172	32	229	503	23		5.76	0.59	4.24	9.31	1.11	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1986	GCL Braves	GCL	18	Atl	Rk	p		9	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0		.200	.200	.200	400	--
1987	Durham	Caro	19	Atl	A+	p		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
1988	Greenville	Sou	20	Atl	AA	p		9	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0		.375	.375	.375	750	--
1989	Richmond	IL	21	Atl	AAA	p		27	27	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	0	0	3	0		.074	.138	.074	212	--
	Atlanta	NL	21	Atl	MLB	p	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1990	Richmond	IL	22	Atl	AAA	p		12	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Atlanta	NL	22	Atl	MLB	p	9	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
1991	Atlanta	NL	23	Atl	MLB	p	9	50	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	282	50%
1992	Atlanta	NL	24	Atl	MLB	p	9	53	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
1993	Atlanta	NL	25	Atl	MLB	p	9	43	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	29%
1994	Atlanta	NL	26	Atl	MLB	p	9	20	37	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	15	0	0	3	1	0	.054	.100	.054	154	57%
1995	Atlanta	NL	27	Atl	MLB	p	9	29	48	1	5	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	17	0	0	6	0	0	.104	.104	.167	271	59%
1996	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	p	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	p	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1997	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	p	9	31	45	3	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	23	0	0	4	0	0	.156	.224	.222	446	--
1998	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	p	9,8	32	54	3	8	0	1	1	6	0	0	2	25	0	0	5	0	1	.148	.179	.241	420	49%
1999	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	p		25	28	5	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	0	0	4	0	0	.179	.233	.214	447	--
	Boston	AL	31	Bos	MLB	p		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2000	Anaheim	AL	32	Ana	MLB	p	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2002	Colorado	NL	34	Col	MLB	p	9	58	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
2003	Cincinnati	NL	35	Cin	MLB	p	9	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Atlanta	NL	35	Atl	MLB	p	9	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2004	Chi Cubs	NL	36	Chc	MLB	p	9	66	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2005	Cincinnati	NL	37	Cin	MLB	p	9	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2008	Cincinnati	MLB	40	Cin	MLB			15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 17 Season(s)								654	248	12	28	5	2	1	18	0	0	11	115	0	0	22	1	1	.113	.150	.161	311	50%
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)								60	48	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	22	0	0	8	0		.125	.160	.125	285	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1991	Atlanta	NL	23		Ch	0	1	13.64	1		0			0	0.2	0		1		2	0			0.00	---	27.27	0.00	3.03	--
	Atlanta	NL	23		Ws	0	0	0.00	2		0			0	1.0	0		0		0	1			0.00	---	0.00	9.00	0.00	--
1992	Atlanta	NL	24		Ch	0	0	0.00	2		0			0	3.0	1		0		1	6			3.00	---	3.00	18.00	0.67	--
1993	Atlanta	NL	25		Ch	0	0	1.80	5		0			0	5.0	3		1		2	4			5.40	---	3.60	7.20	1.00	--
1995	Atlanta	NL	27		Div	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	0.1	0		0		0	0			0.00	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	--
	Atlanta	NL	27		Ws	0	0	4.50	1		0			0	2.0	1		1		2	2			4.50	---	9.00	9.00	1.50	--
1999	Boston	AL	31		Div	0	0	10.84	1		0			0	1.2	3		2		3	1			16.27	---	16.27	5.42	3.61	--
	Boston	AL	31		Ch	0	1	4.70	2		0			0	7.2	4		4		4	5			4.70	---	4.70	5.87	1.04	--
2003	Atlanta	NL	35		Div	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	9.00	9.00	1.00	--

Major League Totals - 6 Season(s)						0	2	3.63	16		0			0	22.1	12		9		15	20			4.84	---	6.04	8.06	1.21	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1991	Atlanta	NL	23	Atl	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Atlanta	NL	23	Atl	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1992	Atlanta	NL	24	Atl	Ch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1993	Atlanta	NL	25	Atl	Ch	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1995	Atlanta	NL	27	Atl	Div	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Atlanta	NL	27	Atl	Ws	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2003	Atlanta	NL	35	Atl	Div	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)						13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1986	GCL Braves	GCL	18	Atl	Rk	P	9			1	9	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	--

1987	Durham	Caro	19	Atl	A+	P	3			0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1988	Durham	Caro	20	Atl	A+	P	19			9	12	0	21	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
1988	Greenville	Sou	20	Atl	AA	P	9			0	5	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1989	Richmond	IL	21	Atl	AAA	P	27			5	17	4	26	1	-	-	-	.846	--
1989	Atlanta	NL	21	Atl	MLB	P	2		4.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

1990	Richmond	IL	22	Atl	AAA	P	12			1	4	1	6	0	-	-	-	.833	--
1990	Atlanta	NL	22	Atl	MLB	P	36		48.1	2	1	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	.56

1991	Atlanta	NL	23	Atl	MLB	P	50		73.1	2	7	1	10	1	-	-	-	.900	1.10

1992	Atlanta	NL	24	Atl	MLB	P	53		68.1	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	.40

1993	Atlanta	NL	25	Atl	MLB	P	43		66	1	4	1	6	0	-	-	-	.833	.68

1994	Atlanta	NL	26	Atl	MLB	P	20		112.1	4	15	0	19	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.52

1995	Atlanta	NL	27	Atl	MLB	P	29		143	5	23	1	29	2	-	-	-	.966	1.76

1996	Buffalo	Amer	28	Cle	AAA	P	3			1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1996	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	P	14		58	6	4	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	1.55
1996	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	P	10		11.2	3	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.31

1997	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	P	28		144.2	11	22	0	33	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.05

1998	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	P	30		161.2	3	26	2	31	0	-	-	-	.935	1.61

1999	Boston	AL	31	Bos	MLB	P	5		25.2	1	8	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	3.16
1999	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	P	25		103.2	1	16	4	21	1	-	-	-	.810	1.48

2000	Lk Elsin	Calif	32	Ana	A+	P	1			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2000	Anaheim	AL	32	Ana	MLB	P	21		48.1	1	5	1	7	1	-	-	-	.857	1.12

2002	Colo Spr	PCL	34	Col	AAA	P	2			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Colorado	NL	34	Col	MLB	P	58		44	3	2	1	6	0	-	-	-	.833	1.02

2003	Atlanta	NL	35	Atl	MLB	P	18	-	17	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
2003	Cincinnati	NL	35	Cin	MLB	P	49	-	38.1	6	6	1	13	0	-	-	-	.923	2.82

2004	Chi Cubs	NL	36	Chc	MLB	P	71	-	53	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	.85

2005	Cincinnati	NL	37	Cin	MLB	P	78	-	61.2	0	11	2	13	0	-	-	-	.846	1.61

2006	Cincinnati	NL	38	Cin	MLB	P	37	-	28.1	1	2	0	3	1	-	-	-	1.000	.95

Awards

[2000] - Tony Conigliaro Award (Overcoming Adversity)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1989	*62,500		375,257	80
1990	102,000		426,358	68
1991	117,000		617,627	58
1992	190,000		798,185	53
1993	721,250		815,723	30
1994	1,237,500		914,157	25
1995	2,250,000		831,504	14
1996	2,825,000		835,262	11
1997	1,700,000		996,990	21
1998	1,300,000		1,054,037	24
1999	2,500,000		1,222,537	17
2000	850,000		1,369,505	33
2002	500,000		1,654,088	42
2003	550,000		1,773,364	41
2004	1,200,000		1,716,303	29
2005	1,250,000		1,825,756	30
2006	1,550,000		1,937,004	29
2008	*600,000

Career:	$19,505,250	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Atlanta Braves in 1995.

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