Kent Mercker  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Mercker also has a decent changeup. The Retired or Inactive Players hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. He traditionally fares better against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
For a lefty, his move to first base is average at best, and he has a tendency to forget about runners at second, thereby creating opportunities to swipe third. Mercker is nothing special in the field. Mercker is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Mercker has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Mercker as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 STL 80 67 56 77 56 56 53 49 52 65 51 54 16 63 0 0 28 9 Overhand DL 0 7 20 51 367
1999 ST. L. 79 67 56 78 56 56 53 49 52 65 51 54 7 63 0 0 29 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 358
2000 ST. L. 79 67 56 79 56 56 53 49 52 65 51 54 0 63 0 0 30 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 351
2001 ST. L. 88 67 56 80 56 56 53 49 52 65 51 54 0 63 0 0 31 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 362
2002 ST. L. 88 67 56 83 56 56 53 49 52 65 51 54 0 63 0 0 32 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 364
2003 ST. L. 88 67 56 83 56 56 53 49 52 65 51 54 0 63 0 0 33 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 363
2004 ST. L. 91 67 56 83 56 56 53 49 52 65 51 54 0 63 0 0 34 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 365
2005 CLE 91 67 56 83 56 56 53 49 52 65 51 54 0 63 0 0 35 16 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 364
2006 CLE 90 52 56 81 56 56 53 49 52 65 51 54 0 63 0 0 36 17 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 39 390
2007 CLE 89 55 56 81 56 56 53 49 52 65 51 54 0 63 0 0 37 18 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 38 388
2008 BAL 86 53 56 80 56 56 53 49 52 65 51 54 0 63 0 0 38 19 Overhand Active 0 0 0 36 380
Ratings Delta   -3 -2   -1                         +1 +1           -2 -8
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.