Merrill Kelly

Position: 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)

Debut: April 1, 2019 (Age 30-169d, 21,838th in major league history)
vs. SDP 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, W

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

0.7

12.5

ERA

2.19

3.75

131

24.2

775.1

702

WHIP

0.932

1.211

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-17 / in Starts: 16-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2022 Pitching Game Log

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2022 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	65	2	Apr 8	ARI		SDP	L,0-3	GS-4		99	4.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	0.00	1.11	17			15	10	4	4	2	0	0	59			0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.212	1.10	0.13%	1.96	19.40	33.00	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
2	66	6	Apr 13	ARI		HOU	W,3-2	GS-6		4	5.1	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	0.00	1.61	21			15	6	7	6	4	0	0	66			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.221	.96	0.10%	2.03	21.00	34.00	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a1
3	67	12	Apr 20	ARI	@	WSN	W,11-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	6	6.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	0.59	1.74	25	80	55	20	7	10	9	6	1	0	60			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.145	.31	0.06%	1.81	21.30	40.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a10
4	68	17	Apr 25	ARI		LAD	L,0-4	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	0	1.69	2.03	26	98	64	16	7	10	10	7	0	0	48			1	0	0	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.077	.58	-0.03%	-0.07	10.10	25.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
5	69	22	Apr 30	ARI	@	STL	W,2-0	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	7.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	1.27	2.12	25	97	64	15	12	7	13	0	2	0	77			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.435	.77	0.19%	3.35	25.95	43.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
6	70	27	May 6	ARI		COL	W,4-1	GS-9	W(3-1)	5	8.2	7	1	1	2	8	0	0	1.22	2.08	34	106	75	13	9	10	14	6	1	0	72			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.432	1.03	0.23%	2.91	32.10	57.00	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out a3
7	71	32	May 11	ARI		MIA	L,3-11	GS-5		4	5.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	1.71	2.47	22	93	67	11	10	7	9	7	0	0	43			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.102	.68	-0.06%	-0.56	7.85	18.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
8	72	38	May 17(2)	ARI	@	LAD	L,3-12	GS-2	L(3-2)	5	2.0	5	8	8	4	2	1	0	3.27	2.98	14			9	3	1	7	3	1	0	12			0	0	0	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	-0.541	.97	-0.28%	-6.99	-12.90	-12.00	1b start a 2	2b 3 out d6
9	73	43	May 22	ARI	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-5		4	5.0	5	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.49	3.09	23	93	52	12	2	4	14	2	3	0	44			1	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.127	.73	-0.06%	-0.46	4.45	12.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
10	74	48	May 28	ARI		LAD	L,2-3	GS-5	L(3-3)	5	5.0	7	3	3	2	5	1	0	3.67	3.26	22	91	56	21	8	6	9	5	0	0	44			1	1	1	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.32	-0.128	1.03	-0.06%	-0.56	9.85	21.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
11	75	53	Jun 3	ARI	@	PIT	W,8-6	GS-5	W(4-3)	5	5.0	5	3	2	4	2	0	0	3.66	3.38	23	89	53	16	8	10	7	2	0	0	45			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.083	.80	-0.04%	-0.56	9.85	21.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
12	76	58	Jun 8	ARI	@	CIN	W,7-0	GS-6	W(5-3)	4	6.0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.32	3.34	21			11	15	6	7	4	0	0	72			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.302	.50	0.10%	3.17	25.10	43.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
13	77	63	Jun 13	ARI		CIN	L,4-5	GS-6	L(5-4)	4	6.0	8	5	5	2	7	1	0	3.68	3.39	27	102	67	21	11	7	11	4	1	0	41			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.284	.57	-0.09%	-2.07	11.50	24.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
14	78	68	Jun 19	ARI		MIN	W,7-1	GS-7	W(6-4)	5	7.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.46	3.24	25	96	67	19	10	12	8	2	1	0	68			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.244	.35	0.06%	2.42	24.75	43.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
15	79	72	Jun 24	ARI		DET	L,1-5	GS-6	L(6-5)	4	6.0	7	4	4	1	5	1	0	3.64	3.30	26	99	68	17	8	11	9	3	1	0	46			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.179	.24	-0.03%	-1.07	10.70	21.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
16	80	77	Jul 1	ARI	@	COL	W,9-3	GS-7	W(7-5)	6	7.0	5	2	1	1	3	1	0	3.46	3.40	26	101	71	19	4	14	8	3	1	0	63			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	.84	0.246	.23	0.04%	1.87	20.15	37.00	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a4
17	81	82	Jul 6	ARI		SFG	L,5-7	GS-7		4	6.1	2	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.42	3.35	24			13	15	4	11	2	3	0	64			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.180	.23	0.03%	1.16	19.25	35.00	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a2
18	82	87	Jul 11	ARI	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS-8	W(8-5)	4	7.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.36	3.31	28			18	10	7	15	4	3	0	61			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.278	.18	0.03%	2.00	19.55	37.00	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a3
19	83	92	Jul 17	ARI	@	SDP	W,3-1	GS-7	W(9-5)	5	6.0	6	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.26	3.33	23	97	67	16	13	7	11	3	1	0	61			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.268	.08	0.01%	1.78	21.90	40.00	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out a2
20	84	96	Jul 25	ARI		SFG	W,7-0	GS-8	W(10-5)	7	8.0	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.04	3.20	25	99	61	23	7	8	10	4	2	0	83			0	0	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.369	.10	0.03%	3.91	34.20	55.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
21	85	101	Jul 31	ARI	@	ATL	L,0-1	GS-7		5	7.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.87	3.11	25	91	59	10	15	11	4	0	1	0	77			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.448	.11	0.03%	3.59	28.75	49.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
22	86	106	Aug 6	ARI		COL	L,2-3	GS-8		5	7.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	1	2.86	3.18	27	93	70	21	11	13	7	5	0	0	59			1	0	1	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	-0.066	.09	0.00%	1.04	16.35	34.00	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out tie
23	87	111	Aug 11	ARI		PIT	W,9-3	GS-5		4	5.0	4	3	3	3	6	0	0	2.95	3.16	23	99	62	19	9	5	9	4	2	0	50			4	0	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.089	.05	0.00%	-0.56	13.05	24.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
24	88	116	Aug 16	ARI	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.81	3.10	26	93	61	17	7	5	12	4	3	0	74			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.484	.07	0.02%	3.38	26.15	46.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
25	89	121	Aug 21	ARI		STL	L,4-6	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	3	3	6	1	0	2.87	3.17	26	97	59	16	9	8	9	5	1	0	49			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	0.052	.05	0.00%	-0.07	13.50	31.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
26	90	125	Aug 27	ARI	@	CHW	W,10-5	GS-8	W(11-5)	5	7.1	5	4	4	1	7	1	0	2.97	3.18	27	99	68	15	10	9	10	4	0	0	58			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.067	.03	0.00%	0.20	22.90	37.00	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out a4
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
27	91	130	Sep 1	ARI		MIL	W,5-0	GS-7	W(12-5)	4	7.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.84	3.09	24	91	58	14	10	9	8	3	1	0	76			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.293	.02	0.01%	3.42	31.35	52.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
28	92	135	Sep 6	ARI	@	SDP	L,5-6	GS-7		4	7.0	3	4	4	1	5	3	0	2.94	3.28	25	96	70	20	9	7	12	2	2	0	59			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.106	.07	0.01%	-0.76	15.35	24.00	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
29	93	141	Sep 13	ARI		LAD	L,0-4	GS-5	L(12-6)	6	5.0	5	3	3	5	8	2	0	3.01	3.41	25	96	50	15	8	2	10	3	1	0	48			0	0	0	20	2	0	1	0	0	0	.73	-0.120	.00	0.00%	-0.56	15.25	30.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
30	94	147	Sep 19	ARI	@	LAD	L,2-5	GS-6	L(12-7)	5	6.0	8	5	5	2	7	2	0	3.15	3.50	26	97	61	16	11	4	13	6	1	0	41			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-1.98	11.50	24.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
31	95	153	Sep 24	ARI		SFG	W,5-2	GS-7	W(13-7)	4	7.0	4	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.13	3.51	26	93	65	15	12	10	9	4	1	0	66			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.145	.00	0.00%	1.42	24.75	43.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
32	96	157	Sep 30	ARI	@	SFG	L,4-10	GS-5	L(13-8)	5	4.2	9	8	8	2	2	3	0	3.43	3.71	25	102	67	14	6	6	15	6	1	0	14			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.469	.00	0.00%	-5.68	-8.10	-4.00	1b start a 1	5b --- 2 out d4
33	97	162	Oct 5	ARI	@	MIL	W,4-2	GS-6		4	6.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.37	3.65	22	83	57	9	11	6	7	3	0	0	65			1	2	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.203	.00	0.00%	1.96	21.90	40.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
							16-17		W-L:13-8	4.6	200.1	167	77	75	61	177	21	2	3.37	3.65	804	2571	66%	20%	12%	0.78		22%	6%	0	57		---%	15	5	4	739	40	2	2	14	1	2	.96	2.667	.35	0.40%	21.47	568.75	1057.00

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