#3 Kent Mercker, Starting Pitcher, 36 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals

#3 Kent Mercker, Starting Pitcher, 36 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals
Wednesday, 11/3/2004

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Kent Mercker

2/1/1968
36
USA,IN,INDIANAPOLIS
6"2
205

Starting Pitcher
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Big League Contract
$ 7,180,000
2005
13 Year(s), 18 Days (2254 total Days)
172 Day(s)
13 Year(s), 18 Days (2254 total Days)
15 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	5	4	6	86-89 Mph
Versus LHB	6	5	6
Versus RHB	5	4	5
Talent	6	5	6

Pitching Ratings
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6
67
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball

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	1	1	1	10

Running & Bunting Ratings
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3
3
2
1
Normal

Fielding Ratings
P : 5 (Range), .955 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
7/23	@SFN	L 6-11	*	4.1	11	8	8	1	1	L
7/29	@ATL	L 0-3	*	6	3	2	2	4	2	L
8/3	CHC	W 7-3	*	5.2	4	3	3	4	7	W
8/9	@LAN	W 5-4	*	6	8	2	2	3	6
8/14	@NYN	W 7-1	*	4.2	3	1	1	4	3
8/20	HOU	L 1-10	*	0	5	7	7	2	0	L
8/25	@CIN	L 0-6	*	4	2	2	2	5	1	L
8/30	ARI	L 1-2	*	5.2	2	2	2	2	3	L
9/27	@NYN	W 16-8	*	3.2	5	6	4	2	2
10/2	ATL	W 9-8	*	5	6	4	4	2	3	W

Pitching Stats 2004

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	28	28	6	12	0	6.50	142.2	157	114	103	94	98	0	.0	0	9	32.1
Projected	28	28	6	12	0	6.50	142.0	157	114	103	94	98

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	16.3	9.9	6.2	5.9	21	9	42.9	0	0	.0	6.53

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	151	40	8	0	6	27	31	24	29	0	0	3	.265	.374	.437	.811
vs. RHB	412	117	11	1	21	75	83	70	69	0	0	5	.284	.390	.468	.859

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	12	12	3	4	0	7.00	63.0	61	50	49	37	40
Road	16	16	3	8	0	6.10	79.2	96	64	54	57	58
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	4	4	2	1	0	3.16	25.2	19	12	9	16	21
May	6	6	1	3	0	9.90	30.0	43	37	33	22	22
June	5	5	0	2	0	6.20	24.2	28	19	17	15	17
July	5	5	1	3	0	6.18	27.2	32	19	19	17	13
August	6	6	1	3	0	5.88	26.0	24	17	17	20	20
Sept./Oct.	2	2	1	0	0	8.31	8.2	11	10	8	4	5

Career Pitching Stats

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
2002	35	35	11	15	0	5.43	205.2	219	131	124	27	88	156	0	0	1.49	.314	STL
2003	23	13	4	5	0	5.91	88.1	103	65	58	15	39	59	0	0	1.61	.310	STL
2004	28	28	6	12	0	6.50	142.2	157	114	103	27	94	98	0	0	1.76	.297	STL
Total	525	273	105	94	3	4.43	1852.1	1857	1021	912	204	851	1401	3	2	1.46	.298

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

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

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

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

Career Batting Stats

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
2002	35	64	6	2	0	1	4	5	3	24	0	0	.094	.134	.172	.306	STL
2003	23	23	4	0	0	1	2	5	4	6	0	0	.174	.296	.304	.601	STL
2004	29	49	3	0	0	0	2	1	3	20	0	0	.061	.113	.061	.174	STL
Total	526	515	62	7	0	3	29	39	31	182	0	1	.120	.173	.151	.324

Fielding Stats 2004

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.930

142.2

2.71

Player History

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

ERA 2001 - 3.42 - 4th	WHIP 2001 - 1.22 - 8th	Losses 2002 - 15 - 5th	BB 2000 - 90 - 10th	CG 2001 - 3 - 6th
SHO 2001 - 2 - 3rd

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