#3 Kent Mercker, Starting Pitcher, 32 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, 10/26/2000 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Kent Mercker
2/1/1968 32 USA,IN,INDIANAPOLIS 6"2 195
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good GREAT Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 4,250,000 2001 9 Year(s), 18 Days (1566 total Days) 172 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 18 Days (1566 total Days) 11 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 7 | 5 | 7 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 7 | 6 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 7 | 5 | 6 | |
Talent | 8 | 6 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 7 67 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 2 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .955 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/16 | HOU | L 2-9 | * | 5.2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | L | | | | |
8/21 | MIL | L 2-4 | * | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | L | | | | |
8/26 | @SDN | L 3-4 | * | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
9/1 | @FLA | W 5-0 | * | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
9/6 | MON | W 7-6 | * | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | | | | | |
9/11 | COL | W 5-3 | * | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | W | PoG | | | |
9/16 | @PIT | L 4-5 | * | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
9/23 | @SDN | L 2-5 | * | 4.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | L | | | | |
9/28 | HOU | W 7-4 | * | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | | | | | |
10/3 | @ATL | W 7-3 | * | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | W | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 33 | 33 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 4.37 | 191.1 | 194 | 112 | 93 | 90 | 156 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 13 | 39.4 |
Projected | 33 | 33 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 4.37 | 191.0 | 194 | 112 | 93 | 90 | 156 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.47 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 194 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 18 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .324 | .443 | .767 |
vs. RHB | 551 | 143 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 67 | 79 | 72 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .260 | .348 | .377 | .726 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 16 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4.12 | 91.2 | 96 | 54 | 42 | 46 | 74 |
Road | 17 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4.61 | 99.2 | 98 | 58 | 51 | 44 | 82 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.61 | 33.2 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 21 |
May | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 34.2 | 31 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 33 |
June | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.28 | 27.1 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 22 |
July | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 | 25.0 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 22 |
August | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.76 | 28.1 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 23 |
Sept./Oct. | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.83 | 42.1 | 38 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 35 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1992 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.93 | 66.1 | 58 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 30 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 | .287 | PIT |
1993 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3.83 | 122.1 | 131 | 67 | 52 | 8 | 54 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 1.51 | .320 | PIT SLN |
1994 | 71 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2.55 | 106.0 | 96 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 38 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 1.26 | .290 | SLN |
1995 | 81 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3.88 | 97.1 | 104 | 45 | 42 | 8 | 52 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 1.60 | .322 | SLN |
1996 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5.08 | 88.2 | 97 | 55 | 50 | 14 | 43 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1.58 | .306 | SLN |
1997 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4.22 | 190.0 | 176 | 98 | 89 | 19 | 77 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 | .274 | SLN |
1998 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4.74 | 176.2 | 191 | 100 | 93 | 18 | 77 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 1.52 | .322 | STL |
1999 | 33 | 32 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3.72 | 171.2 | 166 | 74 | 71 | 16 | 83 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 1.45 | .306 | STL |
2000 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 4.37 | 191.1 | 194 | 112 | 93 | 20 | 90 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 1.48 | .306 | STL |
Total | 405 | 163 | 69 | 56 | 3 | 4.08 | 1210.1 | 1213 | 623 | 549 | 111 | 544 | 937 | 0 | 0 | 1.45 | .304 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1989, A | 68 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4.36 | 64.0 | 68 | 31 | 31 | 7 | 28 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | .324 |
1990, A | 62 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3.88 | 67.1 | 63 | 35 | 29 | 10 | 35 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 1.46 | .308 |
1991, A | 55 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3.63 | 57.0 | 45 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 40 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1.49 | .304 |
1992, A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .286 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1994 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.16 | 8.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.93 | 4.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.05 | 22.0 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1992 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | PIT |
1993 | 44 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .229 | .212 | .441 | PIT SLN |
1994 | 71 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | SLN |
1995 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SLN |
1996 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .200 | .130 | .330 | SLN |
1997 | 33 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .155 | .118 | .273 | SLN |
1998 | 33 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .177 | .190 | .177 | .368 | STL |
1999 | 33 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | .094 | .140 | .094 | .235 | STL |
2000 | 33 | 56 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .233 | .286 | .519 | STL |
Total | 405 | 316 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 110 | 0 | 1 | .142 | .181 | .168 | .348 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 33 | 33 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 41 | 5 | .878 | 191.1 | 1.93 | | | | |
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Hit first career homerun on 4/17/2000, off Mike Thurman (SDN)...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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