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Merrill Kelly

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 202lb (188cm, 91kg)

Team: Arizona Diamondbacks (majors, 60-day IL)

Born: October 14, 1988 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 37th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Desert Mountain HS (Scottsdale, AZ), the Cleveland Indians in the 22nd round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ) and the Tampa Bay Rays in the 8th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Desert Mountain HS (Scottsdale, AZ)

Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 2 yrs/$18M (23-24) & 25 team option

Service Time (01/2024): 5.000 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Apex Baseball

Full Name: Kenneth Merrill Kelly

Nicknames: Mert

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.8

12.6

ERA

2.19

3.75

131

24.2

775.1

702

WHIP

0.932

1.211

2021 Player Pitching Game Log

2021 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2021-04-02	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	San Diego Padres	1-5	L	4.0	5	3	3	3	4	1	0	41	14	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	18	94	56	16	6	4	7	4	0
2	2021-04-08	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Colorado Rockies	1-6	L	6.0	9	7	6	0	1	1	0	29	28	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	28	90	62	14	9	11	16	9	2
3	2021-04-15	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Washington Nationals	1-7	W	6.0	9	6	6	1	5	2	0	34	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	96	61	15	10	7	15	8	2
4	2021-04-21	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Cincinnati Reds	1-5		5.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	1	47	16	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	21	79	48	11	6	8	8	4	1
5	2021-04-27	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		San Diego Padres	1-6	W	6.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	63	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	23	95	61	18	3	8	8	4	1
6	2021-05-02	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Colorado Rockies	1-6		5.2	7	2	2	2	6	1	0	51	24	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	27	85	63	17	7	11	8	2	0
7	2021-05-08	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	New York Mets	1-6	L	5.2	3	3	2	5	6	1	0	54	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	99	59	15	8	4	10	3	0
8	2021-05-13	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Miami Marlins	1-7	L	6.1	7	3	3	2	4	0	0	49	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	96	60	17	9	13	8	5	1
9	2021-05-20	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-7	L	7.0	6	3	3	0	12	2	0	65	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	25	94	63	24	11	5	8	4	1
10	2021-05-26	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		San Francisco Giants	1-6		6.0	5	2	2	0	6	0	0	60	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	81	60	18	11	8	9	7	0
11	2021-05-31	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		New York Mets	1-7	L	6.2	9	5	5	2	6	1	0	40	28	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	30	83	58	21	7	8	14	5	2
12	2021-06-05	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Milwaukee Brewers	1-6		6.0	6	5	4	1	4	1	0	45	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	85	62	12	12	13	7	4	1
13	2021-06-11	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Los Angeles Angels	1-5		5.0	4	3	3	2	6	1	0	51	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	88	62	15	9	5	8	4	1
14	2021-06-16	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	San Francisco Giants	1-3	L	3.0	4	4	4	3	4	1	0	36	13	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	16	85	56	13	8	1	8	3	1
15	2021-06-21	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Milwaukee Brewers	1-7	W	7.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	67	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	94	61	15	11	10	10	6	0
16	2021-06-26	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	San Diego Padres	1-6	W	6.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	1	67	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	99	64	17	10	11	7	2	2
17	2021-07-01	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		San Francisco Giants	1-7	W	7.0	7	3	3	0	7	2	0	58	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	92	66	19	11	12	9	4	1
18	2021-07-06	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Colorado Rockies	1-6		5.1	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	48	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	91	58	14	6	11	10	4	1
19	2021-07-11	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-6		5.1	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	58	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	20	88	62	13	5	8	8	4	0
20	2021-07-18	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Chicago Cubs	1-9	W	8.0	6	4	4	0	6	0	0	60	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	30	82	63	13	12	12	12	5	0
21	2021-07-24	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Chicago Cubs	1-6	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	1	59	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	77	52	10	10	6	10	5	2
22	2021-07-31	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Los Angeles Dodgers	1-7	L	6.1	8	4	3	2	6	0	0	47	27	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	29	88	62	16	8	5	16	6	2
23	2021-08-05	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		San Francisco Giants	1-8		8.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	78	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	102	66	20	7	6	17	6	3
24	2021-08-11	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	San Francisco Giants	1-5	L	5.0	11	5	5	1	3	2	0	27	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	94	62	15	7	9	12	5	2
		Player Moved from Maj-NL to Rk-ACL
25	2021-09-09	Rk-ACL	ACL Diamondbacks	@	ACL Giants Orange	1-4		4.0	3	2	2	2	7	0	0	53	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18					3	6	2	0
		Player Moved from Rk-ACL to Maj-NL
26	2021-09-15	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-5	L	4.2	10	4	4	2	1	1	0	27	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	24	82	51	15	3	6	15	6	3
27	2021-09-22	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Atlanta Braves	1-6	L	6.0	7	6	6	2	7	2	0	39	22	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	25	90	55	10	9	7	9	2	0
28	2021-09-29	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	San Francisco Giants	1-5		5.0	3	0	0	4	4	0	1	61	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	96	58	16	5	11	3	3	0

2021 Player Pitching Splits

2021 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	28	685	628	84	166	33	4	21	9	4	43	137	.264	.314	.430	.744	.306	270	9	4	6	4	3

Home	13	341	320	36	78	18	0	7	5	0	18	69	.244	.283	.366	.649	.290	117	4	0	2	1	2
Away	15	344	308	48	88	15	4	14	4	4	25	68	.286	.344	.497	.841	.323	153	5	4	4	3	1

April	5	118	105	20	32	6	2	4	1	3	7	18	.305	.345	.514	.859	.326	54	1	1	2	3	0
May	6	157	145	18	37	7	0	5	3	0	11	40	.255	.308	.407	.715	.320	59	1	0	1	0	2
June	5	112	103	13	24	4	1	3	1	0	7	24	.233	.288	.379	.667	.276	39	1	1	1	0	1
July	6	154	148	16	36	8	1	4	3	0	5	29	.243	.273	.392	.665	.278	58	3	1	0	0	0
August	2	54	51	5	14	3	0	2	0	0	3	7	.275	.315	.451	.766	.286	23	1	0	0	0	0
September	4	90	76	12	23	5	0	3	1	1	10	19	.303	.386	.487	.873	.364	37	2	1	2	1	0

As Starter	28	685	628	84	166	33	4	21	9	4	43	137	.264	.314	.430	.744	.306	270	9	4	6	4	3

vs RHB as RHP	28	358	327		94	16	2	14			21	81	.288	.337	.477	.814	.343	156	0	4	5	1	1
vs LHB as RHP	28	327	301		72	17	2	7			22	56	.239	.288	.379	.667	.270	114	0	0	1	3	2

Bases Empty	28	413	385		98	21	2	9			25	83	.255	.305	.390	.695	.304	150	0	3	0	0	0
Runners On	28	272	243		68	12	2	12			18	54	.280	.327	.494	.821	.309	120	0	1	6	4	3

vs. Younger Batters	28	559	513		130	30	3	16			33	115	.253	.300	.417	.717	.295	214	0	3	6	4	3
vs. Older Batters	23	126	115		36	3	1	5			10	22	.313	.373	.487	.860	.352	56	0	1	0	0	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	7	11	.389	4.44	28	28	0	162.0	166	84	80	21	43	3	137	4	0	3	685	1.290	7.6	3.19

Home	4	4	.500	3.78	13	13	0	83.1	78	36	35	7	18	2	69	0	0	1	341	1.152	7.5	3.83
Away	3	7	.300	5.15	15	15	0	78.2	88	48	45	14	25	1	68	4	0	2	344	1.436	7.8	2.72

April	2	2	.500	6.33	5	5	0	27.0	32	20	19	4	7	0	18	1	0	0	118	1.444	6.0	2.57
May	0	4	.000	4.10	6	6	0	37.1	37	18	17	5	11	2	40	0	0	1	157	1.286	9.6	3.64
June	2	1	.667	4.00	5	5	0	27.0	24	13	12	3	7	1	24	1	0	1	112	1.148	8.0	3.43
July	3	1	.750	3.55	6	6	0	38.0	36	16	15	4	5	0	29	1	0	0	154	1.079	6.9	5.80
August	0	1	.000	3.46	2	2	0	13.0	14	5	5	2	3	0	7	0	0	0	54	1.308	4.8	2.33
September	0	2	.000	5.49	4	4	0	19.2	23	12	12	3	10	0	19	1	0	1	90	1.678	8.7	1.90

As Starter	7	11	.389	4.44	28	28	0	162.0	166	84	80	21	43	3	137	4	0	3	685	1.290	7.6	3.19

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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