#89 Kent Mercker, Reliever, 36 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs

#89 Kent Mercker, Reliever, 36 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs
Friday, 11/1/2004

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Kent Mercker

2/1/1968
36
USA,IN,INDIANAPOLIS
6"2
195

Reliever
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L

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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 840,000
2004
14 Year(s), 108 Days (2516 total Days)
172 Day(s)
16 Year(s), 13 Days (2765 total Days)
15 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Movement	Control	Velocity
Overall	7	4	4	89-92 Mph
Versus LHB	9	8	1
Versus RHB	6	3	4
Talent	7	5	3

Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
Groundball Pct. :
Holding Runners :

2
68
2

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	3	1	1	5
Versus LHP	1	3	1	1	5
Versus RHP	1	3	1	1	5
Talent	2	6	2	4	2

Running & Bunting Ratings
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1
2
2
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 6 (Range), .930 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
9/3	@MON	W 7-1		0.2	0	0	0	0	0
9/4	@MON	L 8-10		1.2	2	1	1	2	2
9/5	@MON	W 13-6		0.2	0	2	2	2	0
9/9	MON	W 6-1		0.2	1	0	0	0	0
9/10	@SFN	W 5-4		0	0	0	0	1	0
9/11	@SFN	L 5-6		1.1	1	0	0	0	0
9/13	@COL	W 1-0		1.1	0	0	0	0	2
9/14	@COL	W 8-3		0.1	1	1	1	0	0
9/27	@PHI	W 6-4		0.1	2	1	1	0	0
10/4	COL	W 6-5		1	0	0	0	0	1	W

Pitching Stats 2004

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
	62	0	2	1	0	4.63	56.1	61	34	29	34	48	0	.0	0	0	.0

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	15	3	.0	62	10	15.2	9.7	7.7	5.4	39	7	17.9	38	13	34.2	6.31

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	82	19	3	0	7	17	16	14	25	0	0	0	.232	.344	.524	.868
vs. RHB	142	42	4	0	6	22	18	20	23	0	0	0	.296	.383	.451	.833

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	31	0	2	0	0	3.72	29.0	25	15	12	17	27
Road	31	0	0	1	0	5.60	27.1	36	19	17	17	21
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

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	12	0	0	0	0	3.86	14.0	15	7	6	7	17
May	14	0	0	1	0	1.59	11.1	8	2	2	5	7
June	11	0	1	0	0	3.97	11.1	12	8	5	10	7
July	8	0	0	0	0	9.53	5.2	9	7	6	4	5
August	6	0	0	0	0	7.94	5.2	10	5	5	3	6
Sept./Oct.	11	0	1	0	0	5.40	8.1	7	5	5	5	6

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	Teams
1989	2	1	0	0	0	12.46	4.1	8	0	6	6	4	0	0	3.23	ATL
1990	36	0	4	7	7	3.17	48.1	43	0	17	24	39	0	0	1.39	ATL
1991	50	4	5	3	6	2.58	73.1	56	0	21	35	62	0	0	1.24	ATL
1992	53	0	3	2	6	3.42	68.1	51	0	26	35	49	0	0	1.26	ATL
1993	43	6	3	1	0	2.86	66.0	52	0	21	36	59	0	0	1.33	ATL
1994	20	17	9	4	0	3.44	112.1	90	0	43	45	111	2	1	1.20	ATL
1995	29	26	7	8	0	4.15	143.0	140	0	66	61	102	0	0	1.41	ATL
1996	24	12	4	6	0	6.98	69.2	83	0	54	38	29	0	0	1.74	BAL CLE
1997	28	25	8	11	0	3.92	144.2	135	0	63	62	75	0	0	1.36	CIN
1998	30	29	11	11	0	5.07	161.2	199	0	91	53	72	0	0	1.56	SLN
1999	30	23	8	5	0	4.80	129.1	148	0	69	64	81	0	0	1.64	BOS SLN
2000	21	7	1	3	0	6.52	48.1	57	0	35	29	30	0	0	1.78	ANA
2002	58	0	3	1	0	6.14	44.0	55	0	30	22	37	0	0	1.75	COL
2003	67	0	0	2	1	1.95	55.1	46	16	12	32	48	0	0	1.41	ATL CIN
2004	62	0	2	1	0	4.63	56.1	61	34	29	34	48	0	0	1.69	CHN
Total	553	150	68	65	20	4.28	1225.0	1224	50	583	576	846	2	1	1.47

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

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ERA

SHO

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1989	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ATL
1990	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ATL
1991	50	10	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	7	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	ATL
1992	53	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ATL
1993	43	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ATL
1994	20	37	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	15	0	0	.054	.103	.054	.157	ATL
1995	29	48	5	3	0	0	5	1	0	17	0	0	.104	.104	.167	.271	ATL
1996	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BAL CLE
1997	31	45	7	1	1	0	1	3	4	23	0	0	.156	.224	.222	.446	CIN
1998	32	54	8	0	1	1	6	3	2	25	0	0	.148	.179	.241	.420	SLN
1999	30	28	5	1	0	0	2	5	2	10	0	0	.179	.233	.214	.447	BOS SLN
2000	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ANA
2002	58	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	COL
2003	66	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CIN ATL
2004	62	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	CHN
Total	557	253	28	5	2	1	18	12	12	119	0	0	.111	.151	.158	.309

Fielding Stats 2004

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

56.1

3.51

Player History

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