#3 Kent Mercker, Starting Pitcher, 34 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday, 11/3/2002 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Kent Mercker
2/1/1968 34 USA,IN,INDIANAPOLIS 6"2 205
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 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good GREAT Normal 2.5 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 $ 7,180,000 2005 11 Year(s), 18 Days (1910 total Days) 172 Day(s) 11 Year(s), 18 Days (1910 total Days) 13 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 6 | 5 | 7 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 7 | 6 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 6 | 5 | 6 | |
Talent | 7 | 5 | 6 | |
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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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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 35 | 35 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 5.43 | 205.2 | 219 | 131 | 124 | 88 | 156 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 14 | 40.0 |
Projected | 35 | 35 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 5.43 | 205.0 | 219 | 131 | 124 | 88 | 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 | 14.0 | 9.6 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.97 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 211 | 72 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 39 | 18 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .341 | .397 | .526 | .924 |
vs. RHB | 584 | 147 | 28 | 1 | 21 | 86 | 92 | 70 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .252 | .335 | .411 | .746 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 18 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5.38 | 103.2 | 113 | 68 | 62 | 42 | 79 |
Road | 17 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5.47 | 102.0 | 106 | 63 | 62 | 46 | 77 |
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 | 5.20 | 27.2 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 26 |
May | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.91 | 36.2 | 34 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 28 |
June | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.86 | 32.2 | 33 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 21 |
July | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.89 | 32.2 | 35 | 27 | 25 | 17 | 28 |
August | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.03 | 34.1 | 40 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 27 |
Sept./Oct. | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.62 | 41.2 | 44 | 27 | 26 | 20 | 26 |
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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 |
2001 | 34 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3.42 | 205.1 | 165 | 88 | 78 | 24 | 86 | 151 | 3 | 2 | 1.22 | .239 | STL |
2002 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 5.43 | 205.2 | 219 | 131 | 124 | 27 | 88 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 1.49 | .314 | STL |
Total | 474 | 232 | 95 | 77 | 3 | 4.17 | 1621.1 | 1597 | 842 | 751 | 162 | 718 | 1244 | 3 | 2 | 1.43 | .297 | |
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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 |
2001 | 34 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .169 | .063 | .233 | STL |
2002 | 35 | 64 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .134 | .172 | .306 | STL |
Total | 474 | 443 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 33 | 24 | 156 | 0 | 1 | .124 | .172 | .153 | .326 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 35 | 35 | 14 | 38 | 1 | 54 | 2 | .963 | 205.2 | 2.36 | | | | |
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 2001 - 3.42 - 4th
| WHIP 2001 - 1.22 - 8th
| BB 2000 - 90 - 10th
| CG 2001 - 3 - 6th
| SHO 2001 - 2 - 3rd
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