#55 Kent Mercker, Reliever, 35 yrs, Boston Red Sox - Out of the Park Baseball Report

#55 Kent Mercker, Reliever, 35 yrs, Boston Red Sox
Sunday, 6/13/2003

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Kent Mercker

2/1/1968
35
USA,OH,Dublin
6"1
185

Reliever
L
L

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Minimal
Loyal
None at all
2 / 6 (Fair)
0 / 6 (Unknown)
Average
Normal
Prone
1.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 350,000
2003 (Arbitration eligible)
5 Year(s), 10 Days (870 total Days)
80 Day(s)
6 Year(s), 146 Days (1178 total Days)
18 Year(s)
Arbitration eligible
Out of Option Years

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	6	6	7	89-92 Mph
Versus LHB	6	6	8
Versus RHB	6	6	7
Talent	6	6	8

Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
Groundball Pct. :
Holding Runners :

5
51
5

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Sinker
Slider

Batting Ratings

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	3	1	1	2

Running & Bunting Ratings
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3
3
2
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 7 (Range), .930 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
5/5	DET	W 7-4		1	4	2	2	0	0
5/9	@MIN	W 7-4		0.1	1	2	0	2	0
5/19	@TEX	W 7-4		1.2	2	3	2	3	2
5/21	@OAK	L 4-11		4	4	5	5	5	7
5/28	@TOR	W 5-2		1.1	0	0	0	1	1	W
5/31	@BAL	L 4-10		0	2	2	0	0	0
6/5	TOR	L 0-5		3.2	5	2	2	2	5
6/6	TOR	W 8-6		5	3	1	0	1	5
6/11	@ATL	W 7-6		1.1	0	0	0	0	0
6/12	@ATL	L 0-3		1.1	1	0	0	0	0

Pitching Stats 2003

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	21	0	4	1	0	6.98	38.2	50	36	30	28	36	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	54	0	10	3	0	6.98	99.0	129	93	77	72	93

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	5	2	.0	21	3	18.4	11.6	8.4	6.5	12	1	8.3	23	13	56.5	7.02

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	59	21	3	5	1	17	16	10	13	0	0	0	.356	.437	.627	1.064
vs. RHB	106	29	7	1	3	28	20	18	23	0	0	1	.274	.384	.443	.827

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	8	0	1	1	0	4.05	20.0	25	10	9	9	20
Road	13	0	3	0	0	10.13	18.2	25	26	21	19	16
This Week	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.2	1	0	0	0	0
Last Week	3	0	0	0	0	2.08	8.2	10	5	2	3	10

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	9	0	3	1	0	10.13	16.0	25	18	18	10	15
May	8	0	1	0	0	7.94	11.1	16	15	10	15	11
June	4	0	0	0	0	1.59	11.1	9	3	2	3	10

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1996	20	0	4	1	1	6.00	51.0	56	38	34	3	24	43	0	0	1.57	.335	BOS
1997	23	0	2	0	2	4.14	45.2	55	29	21	1	12	32	0	0	1.47	.335	BOS
1998	24	0	0	0	2	5.15	43.2	46	26	25	6	14	28	0	0	1.37	.294	BOS
2000	32	0	4	2	3	6.78	77.0	93	65	58	5	32	59	0	0	1.62	.355	BOS
2001	7	0	0	2	0	11.45	11.0	20	14	14	3	7	12	0	0	2.45	.459	BOS
2002	16	0	2	0	1	3.67	41.2	29	17	17	3	22	31	0	0	1.22	.234	BOS
2003	21	0	4	1	0	6.98	38.2	50	36	30	4	28	36	0	0	2.02	.368	BOS
Total	143	0	16	6	9	5.80	308.2	349	225	199	25	139	241	0	0	1.58	.332

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1986, A	28	28	9	8	0	3.67	181.1	152	76	74	17	77	114	2	2	1.26	.246
1987, A	29	29	22	1	0	2.47	193.1	132	58	53	16	78	113	1	1	1.09	.201
1988, A	28	28	11	7	0	4.14	169.2	145	82	78	16	77	127	0	0	1.31	.261
1989, AA	12	2	1	2	0	4.25	36.0	39	17	17	5	16	26	0	0	1.53	.318
1990, AA	11	1	2	0	0	6.56	23.1	23	18	17	3	8	27	0	0	1.33	.328
1990, AAA	2	0	0	0	0	10.13	2.2	4	3	3	1	5	2	0	0	3.38	.333
1991, AAA	19	0	2	1	0	4.02	40.1	35	19	18	8	26	33	0	0	1.51	.250
1992, AAA	29	29	5	10	0	4.96	154.1	150	89	85	19	118	151	0	0	1.74	.319
1993, AAA	28	28	4	8	0	3.94	162.0	155	81	71	15	64	175	0	0	1.35	.323
1994, AAA	29	29	6	12	0	4.65	158.2	160	90	82	25	60	171	0	0	1.39	.318
1995, AAA	20	20	2	8	0	5.71	99.1	126	75	63	21	49	113	0	0	1.76	.383
1996, AAA	17	17	6	3	0	3.10	104.2	94	39	36	12	36	98	0	0	1.24	.281
1998, AAA	27	0	3	0	0	4.61	41.0	48	22	21	2	16	39	0	0	1.56	.377
1999, AAA	53	0	4	1	4	4.82	61.2	69	36	33	6	21	64	0	0	1.46	.358
2001, AAA	25	0	5	3	0	3.82	61.1	59	28	26	4	28	64	0	0	1.42	.325

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1996	3	0	0	0	0	8.53	6.1	6	6	6	5	7	0	0
1997	7	0	1	1	0	6.00	12.0	17	8	8	3	8	0	0
Total	10	0	1	1	0	6.87	18.1	23	14	14	8	15	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1996	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS
1997	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	BOS
1998	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS
2000	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS
2001	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS
2002	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS
Total	124	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000

Fielding Stats 2003

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.875

38.2

1.86

Player History

Signed as a free agent by Boston on 3/3/1986 to a minor league contract.
Injured on 8/22/1988 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week...
Injured on 4/30/1995 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks...
Earned first career win on 8/9/1996...
Had first career hit on 5/6/1997, off Billy Wagner (DET)...
Injured on 6/25/2000 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks...
2/2/2002: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 5/16/2002 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 5 weeks...
2/2/2003: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 3/19/2003 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week...

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