#3 Kent Mercker, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals Friday, 10/22/1996 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Kent Mercker
2/1/1968 28 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) 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 $ 2,950,000 1998 5 Year(s), 0 Days (860 total Days) 172 Day(s) 5 Year(s), 0 Days (860 total Days) 7 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 7 | 6 | 8 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 7 | 7 | 8 | |
Versus RHB | 7 | 6 | 7 | |
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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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 31 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5.08 | 88.2 | 97 | 55 | 50 | 43 | 65 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 7 | 53.8 |
Projected | 31 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5.08 | 88.0 | 97 | 55 | 50 | 43 | 65 | | | | | |
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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 |
| 4 | 0 | 1.$ | 18 | 9 | 14.5 | 9.8 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 5.47 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 86 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .309 | .407 | .715 |
vs. RHB | 264 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 42 | 40 | 37 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .280 | .374 | .447 | .821 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.06 | 67.2 | 60 | 27 | 23 | 25 | 44 |
Road | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11.57 | 21.0 | 37 | 28 | 27 | 18 | 21 |
Postseason | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.08 | 4.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
This Week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
May | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.40 | 5.0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
June | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.65 | 12.1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
July | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 9.1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
August | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 | 30.1 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 23 |
Sept./Oct. | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.28 | 29.0 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 24 |
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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 |
Total | 273 | 32 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 3.80 | 480.2 | 486 | 239 | 203 | 38 | 217 | 363 | 0 | 0 | 1.46 | .307 | |
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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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.08 | 4.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.08 | 21.2 | 21 | 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 |
Total | 273 | 77 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .185 | .169 | .354 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 31 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1.000 | 88.2 | 2.03 | | | | |
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2/1/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,617,143 through salary arbitration... Won World Championship with St. Louis in 1995... 11/3/1995: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $2,950,000 per year, for 3 years. Injured on 7/19/1996 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week...
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