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Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Pitching Comparison

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Totals

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Mark Gardner	27-39	1989	2001	99	93	.516	4.56	345	275	20	15	8	1	1764.2	1752	960	894	237	628	37	1256	65	13	29	7540	2498	88	4.53	1.349	8.9	1.2	3.2	6.4
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	74	67	.525	4.16	692	150	157	2	1	25	1325.1	1307	676	612	154	607	47	917	32	15	55	5792	2005	104	4.63	1.444	8.9	1.0	4.1	6.2

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Mark Gardner	38	2000	2000	0	1	.000	8.31	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	4	4	1	2	0	5	0	0	1	20	7		5.21	1.385	8.3	2.1	4.2	10.4
2	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	0	2	.000	3.63	16	3	2	0	0	0	22.1	20	9	9	2	15	0	15	1	0	0	100	36		4.59	1.567	8.1	0.8	6.0	6.0

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Value

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Mark Gardner	27-39	1989	2001	345	275	1764.2	6.2	-7.8
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	12.8	2.2

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Totals Against

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Mark Gardner	27-39	1989	2001	345	275	1764.2	2498	6707	1142	324	49	147	110	57.20	10	94	73	66	.261	.327	.430	.758	108	.169	.287	956	2885	610	2445	2498
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	2005	5039	852	278	23	104	44	70.27	12	104	65	46	.259	.340	.415	.755	100	.156	.287	728	2093	455	1946	2005

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Mark Gardner	38	2000	2000	1	1	4.1	7	18	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.500	.800		.278	.250	3	9	3	6	7
2	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	3	22.1	36	74	13	3	2	4	0	100.00	1	1	1	1	.270	.396	.446	.842		.176	.310	17	33	7	36	36

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Starting & Relieving

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mark Gardner	27-39	1989	2001	138	50	49.8	46	16	35	1	50.0	20	70
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	59	39	47.8	285	95	33	27	48.1	157	542

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mark Gardner	38	2000	2000	0	0	42.0						0	0
2	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	0	0	41.0	11	1	9	0		2	13

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Ratios

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mark Gardner	27-39	1989	2001	345	275	1764.2	16.7	8.3	8.3
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	15.8	10.5	5.4

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mark Gardner	38	2000	2000	1	1	4.1	25.0	10.0	15.0
2	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	3	22.1	15.0	15.0	0.0

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Pitch Summary

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mark Gardner	27-39	1989	2001	345	275	1764.2	3801	97	2455	64.59
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	692	150	1325.1	5205	87	3156	60.63

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mark Gardner	38	2000	2000	1	1	4.1	71	71	47	66.20
2	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	3	22.1	195		107	54.87

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Totals

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Kent Mercker	0	1	.000	6.27	5	3	0	0	0	0	18.2	27	13	13	3	6	0	9	0	0	1	85	1.768	13.0	1.4	2.9	4.3
2	Mark Gardner	1	1	.500	5.87	5	4	0	0	0	0	23.0	25	15	15	2	10	0	13	1	0	0	103	1.522	9.8	0.8	3.9	5.1

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Game Logs

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Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Mark Gardner	SFG	1998-06-07	GS-6, W	6.0	8	5	5	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	28	11	24	6	2	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	2	34	93	56	-0.3	-1.93			0.63
2	Kent Mercker	STL	1998-06-07	GS-7, L	6.2	13	6	6	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	31	13	30	7	4	0	0	0	0	23	1	0	1	6	27	101	73	-0.4	-2.53			1.23
3	Mark Gardner	SFG	1998-05-22	GS-7	7.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	26	5	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	65	89	62	0.1	1.58			0.98
4	Kent Mercker	STL	1998-05-22	GS-9	8.0	5	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	30	8	27	4	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	1	62	105	60	0.3	2.46			1.15
5	Mark Gardner	FLA	1994-04-26	6-6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		24	17	0.1	0.53	0	0	1.06
6	Kent Mercker	ATL	1994-04-26	GS-4	3.2	8	5	5	0	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	22	11	19	5	2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	3	27	80	46	-0.3	-3.13			1.18
7	Mark Gardner	MON	1991-09-04	GS-7	6.1	4	3	3	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	26	8	22	2	2	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	2	53	101	55	0.0	0.53			1.13
8	Kent Mercker	ATL	1991-09-04	6-6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	0.0	0.21	1	0	0.45
9	Mark Gardner	MON	1990-06-30	GS-3, L	2.2	8	5	5	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	19	11	16	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	22	73	39	-0.4	-4.06			1.20
10	Kent Mercker	ATL	1990-06-30	7-7	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	-0.2	-0.87	1	0	2.60

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mark Gardner (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mark Gardner (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1998	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0

Mark Gardner (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mark Gardner (Pitcher) vs. Kent Mercker (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1998	1998-05-22	STL	SFG	down 1-0	b2	1-3	2	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	1998	1998-05-22	STL	SFG	down 1-0	b5	---	2	4 (0-2)	Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
3	1998	1998-06-07	STL	SFG	ahead 0-4	b2	---	0	1 (0-0)	Single to C (Bunt to Short 3B Line)
4	1998	1998-06-07	STL	SFG	ahead 1-4	b4	---	1	2 (1-0)	Groundout: 2B-1B
5	1998	1998-06-07	STL	SFG	ahead 2-5	b6	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: C-1B/Sacrifice; R. Clayton to 2B

Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Mark Gardner (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Mark Gardner (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1998	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Mark Gardner (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kent Mercker (Pitcher) vs. Mark Gardner (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1998	1998-05-22	SFG	STL	ahead 0-1	t2	1-3	2	6 (2-2)	Flyball: CF
2	1998	1998-05-22	SFG	STL	ahead 0-1	t5	---	1	3 (1-1)	Flyball: RF
3	1998	1998-06-07	SFG	STL	down 4-0	t3	---	0	3 (1-1)	Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
4	1998	1998-06-07	SFG	STL	down 4-1	t5	---	0	1 (0-0)	Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
5	1998	1998-06-07	SFG	STL	down 5-2	t7	1--	0	2 (1-0)	Double to LF (Ground Ball); R. Sánchez to 3B

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Comparison

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Totals

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Mark Gardner	27-39	1989	2001	328	589	506	22	62	3	2	1	22	0	0	16	206	.123	.155	.142	.298	-19	72	9	4	61	2	0
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	248	12	28	5	2	1	18	0	0	11	115	.113	.150	.161	.311	-18	40	1	0	22	1	0

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Mark Gardner	38	2000	2000	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Value

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Mark Gardner	27-39	1989	2001	328	589	-1.4	-1.5	-1.4	0.0	-89	-1	-2	0
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	-0.1	-45	1	-1	0

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Sabermetric

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Mark Gardner	27-39	1989	2001	328	589	6	82	90	516	14	.203	43	-88	-8.5	.020	2.5		0
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	8	39	42	244	8	.203	29	-45	-4.4	.048	2.2		0

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Mark Gardner	38	2000	2000	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0			.000	2.0		0
2	Kent Mercker	23-35	1991	2003	16	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Win Probability

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Mark Gardner	27-39	1989	2001	328	589	-7.3	-7.8	-0.1	-90.02	-9.2	-89.87	0.92
2	Kent Mercker	21-40	1989	2008	637	282	-3.6	-4.0	0.2	-42.44	-4.2	-45.21	0.96

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Head-to-Head Batting

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Totals

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Kent Mercker	5	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	Mark Gardner	5	9	8	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.556	.875	1.431	7	0	0	0	0	0

Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Game Logs

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Mark Gardner vs. Kent Mercker: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Mark Gardner	SFG	1998-06-07	*	7	9	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.125	1.50	0.10%	1.25			P
2	Kent Mercker	STL	1998-06-07	*	7	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.35	0.000	0.21	0.00%	0.02			P
3	Mark Gardner	SFG	1998-05-22	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.064	1.60	-0.05%	-0.67			P
4	Kent Mercker	STL	1998-05-22	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.085	1.02	-0.05%	-0.85			P
5	Mark Gardner	FLA	1994-04-26		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Kent Mercker	ATL	1994-04-26	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.026	1.40	-0.02%	-0.25			P
7	Mark Gardner	MON	1991-09-04	*	7	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.57	-0.021	0.00	0.00%	-0.41			P
8	Kent Mercker	ATL	1991-09-04		2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Mark Gardner	MON	1990-06-30	*	3	9	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	3.000	4.000	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	0.019	0.58	0.02%	0.25			P
10	Kent Mercker	ATL	1990-06-30		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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