#3 Kent Mercker, Starting Pitcher, 33 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, 10/30/2001 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Kent Mercker
2/1/1968 33 USA,IN,INDIANAPOLIS 6"2 200
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) 2 / 6 (Fair) Good GREAT Normal 3.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : 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 $ 7,180,000 (4 year(s)) 10 Year(s), 18 Days (1738 total Days) 172 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 18 Days (1738 total Days) 12 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 7 | 6 | 7 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 7 | 6 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 7 | 5 | 6 | |
Talent | 8 | 6 | 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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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/14 | @PHI | W 9-4 | * | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | W | | | | |
8/19 | MIL | W 2-0 | * | 8.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | W | PoG | | | |
8/24 | @CIN | W 3-1 | * | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
8/29 | SFN | W 8-2 | * | 8.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | W | | | | |
9/3 | @ATL | W 11-1 | * | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | W | | | | |
9/8 | @NYN | W 2-1 | * | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | | PoG | | | |
9/13 | CHC | W 8-7 | * | 4.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
9/19 | @LAN | W 7-3 | * | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | W | | | | |
9/25 | COL | W 5-4 | * | 6.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
9/30 | NYN | W 6-1 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 34 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3.42 | 205.1 | 165 | 88 | 78 | 86 | 151 | 3 | 8.8 | 2 | 17 | 50.0 |
Projected | 34 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3.42 | 205.0 | 165 | 88 | 78 | 86 | 151 | | | | | |
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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 | 11.2 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 17 | 3 | 17.6 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.15 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 156 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .224 | .309 | .288 | .597 |
vs. RHB | 609 | 130 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 75 | 77 | 67 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .213 | .292 | .396 | .687 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 17 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3.95 | 98.0 | 85 | 48 | 43 | 44 | 79 |
Road | 17 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2.93 | 107.1 | 80 | 40 | 35 | 42 | 72 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.67 | 27.0 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 19 |
May | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.52 | 39.1 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 29 |
June | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.19 | 34.1 | 39 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 28 |
July | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.19 | 26.0 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 19 |
August | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.61 | 44.2 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 29 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.91 | 34.0 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 27 |
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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 |
Total | 439 | 197 | 84 | 62 | 3 | 3.99 | 1415.2 | 1378 | 711 | 627 | 135 | 630 | 1088 | 3 | 2 | 1.42 | .295 | |
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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 |
Total | 439 | 379 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 28 | 21 | 132 | 0 | 1 | .129 | .179 | .150 | .329 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 34 | 34 | 19 | 43 | 3 | 64 | 2 | .969 | 205.1 | 2.81 | | | | |
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Hit first career homerun on 4/17/2000, off Mike Thurman (SDN)... Pitched NO-HITTER against New York (N) on 5/8/2001, striking out 7... 9/27/2001: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $7,180,000 per year, for 4 years.
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