Thomas
Mercier
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: March 10, 1981 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Dangelo Ramos Award 2006    2012   
All-Star Selections 2006    2012   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 19 WA GE     0 0 1 0 1 2 1 7 7 7 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
2001 20 WA GE $ 300,000   0 0 2 1 1 2 1 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 4 4
2002 21 WA GE     0 2 4 3 2 3 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
2003 22 WA GE     2 3 5 4 2 3 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
2004 23 WA GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 2 3 3 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
2005 24 WA GE $ 300,000   6 5 7 6 2 3 2 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 10 10 10
2006 25 WA GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 2 3 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 10 9 10
2007 26 WA GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 2 3 2 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 10 10 10
2008 27 WA GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 2 3 2 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 10 10 10
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 1 0 1 2 1 7 7 7 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 2 3 3 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 10 10 10
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 28 CT FF $ 300,000 4 9 9 9 7 8 7 7 8 7
2010 29 CT FF $ 300,000 4 9 10 9 7 8 7 7 8 7
2011 30 CT FF $ 300,000 4 9 10 10 7 8 7 7 8 7
2012 31 ID GE $ 300,000 4 9 9 9 7 8 7 7 8 8
2013 32 ID GE $ 300,000 4 9 9 9 7 8 7 7 8 7
2014 33 ID GE $ 300,000 4 9 9 9 7 8 7 7 8 7
2015 34 MS FF $ 300,000 4 9 9 9 7 8 7 8 8 8
2016 35 MS FF $ 300,000 4 9 9 9 7 8 7 7 7 7
2017 36 MN GE $ 300,000 4 9 10 10 6 7 7 5 5 5
2018 37 MN GE $ 300,000 4 9 9 9 6 7 7 5 5 5
2019 38 MN GE $ 300,000 4 9 10 10 6 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 9 9 9 6 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 4 9 10 10 7 8 7 8 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 19 WA GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2001 20 WA GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2002 21 WA GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2003 22 WA GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2004 23 WA GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2005 24 WA GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2006 25 WA GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2007 26 WA GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2008 27 WA GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 28 CT FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2010 29 CT FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2011 30 CT FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2012 31 ID GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2013 32 ID GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2014 33 ID GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2015 34 MS FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2016 35 MS FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2017 36 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2018 37 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
2019 38 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2000 19 A   12 8 .600 70 0 0 0 36 91.3 77 31 9 31 64 3.05 .231 .296 .380 .676  
2001 20 AA   4 9 .308 44 0 0 0 21 52.0 52 29 5 13 33 5.02 .268 .314 .433 .747  
    A   0 3 .000 12 0 0 0 5 16.0 17 11 2 10 10 6.19 .262 .360 .415 .775  
2002 21 AA   4 2 .667 45 0 0 0 11 79.7 67 23 6 22 64 2.60 .231 .285 .383 .668  
2003 22 AAA   3 2 .600 21 0 0 0 12 23.7 16 5 2 4 18 1.90 .193 .230 .325 .555  
    AA   2 5 .286 34 0 0 0 24 38.0 31 9 4 17 47 2.13 .218 .302 .401 .703  
2004 23 WA GE 3 2 .600 11 0 0 0 0 11.7 15 6 0 3 14 4.63 .294 .333 .490 .824 0.9
    AAA   4 5 .444 38 0 0 0 22 40.3 36 20 2 19 31 4.46 .240 .325 .367 .692  
2005 24 WA GE 2 4 .333 80 0 0 0 2 72.0 61 37 9 23 91 4.63 .227 .302 .375 .678 3.7
2006 25 WA GE 7 3 .700 76 0 0 0 46 79.3 43 18 4 19 85 2.04 .158 .218 .257 .475 21.3
2007 26 WA GE 5 9 .357 69 0 0 0 9 72.7 67 41 7 30 81 5.08 .241 .317 .406 .724 3.0
2008 27 WA GE 6 7 .462 56 0 0 0 34 56.7 53 24 7 18 63 3.81 .242 .307 .443 .750 9.4
2009 28 WA GE 2 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 0 12.3 12 13 1 8 8 9.48 .255 .364 .383 .747 0.0
  CT FF 11 2 .846 73 0 0 0 0 66.3 55 23 7 24 51 3.12 .221 .297 .369 .667 7.6
  TOT   13 2 .867 84 0 0 0 0 78.7 67 36 8 32 59 4.12 .226 .308 .372 .680 7.6
2010 29 CT FF 2 3 .400 71 0 0 0 8 63.7 49 26 6 20 38 3.68 .209 .277 .345 .622 6.3
2011 30 CT FF 2 0 1.000 38 0 0 0 26 46.3 40 15 5 6 28 2.91 .233 .267 .366 .633 8.5
2012 31 ID GE 3 7 .300 70 0 0 0 44 69.7 57 24 7 25 42 3.10 .224 .302 .349 .651 11.2
2013 32 ID GE 4 10 .286 62 0 0 0 26 72.3 67 26 8 22 45 3.24 .244 .311 .404 .715 8.7
2014 33 ID GE 7 6 .538 63 0 0 0 34 66.0 65 28 7 19 47 3.82 .253 .324 .389 .713 9.2
2015 34 ID GE 2 6 .250 31 0 0 0 10 32.7 35 14 2 14 29 3.86 .271 .365 .395 .760 2.9
  MS FF 2 2 .500 32 0 0 0 23 31.7 34 9 1 3 16 2.56 .268 .306 .354 .660 6.3
  TOT   4 8 .333 63 0 0 0 33 64.3 69 23 3 17 45 3.22 .270 .337 .375 .712 9.2
2016 35 MS FF 2 3 .400 53 0 0 0 36 51.7 39 15 4 11 33 2.61 .210 .260 .317 .577 9.2
2017 36 MS FF 2 2 .500 12 0 0 0 5 8.7 11 6 1 3 9 6.22 .306 .359 .444 .803 0.2
  MN GE 7 2 .778 54 0 0 0 0 69.3 44 20 5 22 48 2.60 .182 .254 .293 .547 7.5
  TOT   9 4 .692 66 0 0 0 5 78.0 55 26 6 25 57 3.00 .198 .267 .313 .580 7.7
2018 37 MN GE 4 4 .500 52 0 0 0 1 62.0 76 46 6 26 49 6.68 .293 .362 .398 .760 0.0
2019 38 MN GE 4 8 .333 62 0 0 0 1 76.3 55 23 10 23 53 2.71 .199 .266 .368 .634 6.2
16 Years Sim 77 80 .490 976 0 0 0 305 1021.3 878 414 97 319 830 3.65 .229 .297 .367 .664 122.0
2 Years AAA 7 7 .500 59 0 0 0 34 64.0 52 25 4 23 49 3.52 .223 .293 .352 .645  
3 Years AA 10 16 .385 123 0 0 0 56 169.7 150 61 15 52 144 3.24 .240 .298 .403 .700  
2 Years A 12 11 .522 82 0 0 0 41 107.3 94 42 11 41 74 3.52 .236 .307 .386 .693  
7 Years Minors 29 34 .460 264 0 0 0 131 341.0 296 128 30 116 267 3.38 .235 .300 .388 .688  
Season Average 4 5 .444 61 0 0 0 19 63.8 54 25 6 19 51 3.65 .229 .297 .367 .664  
Career Highs 13 10 1.000 84 0 0 0 46 79.3 76 46 10 32 91 6.68 .294 .362 .490 .824  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   485 239 55 179 519   .216 .274 .350 .624
vs LH   393 175 42 140 311   .247 .308 .391 .699
Home 45 35 .563 515 0 0 0 157 553.9 459 241 53 191 434 3.92 .222 .288 .362 .650
Away 32 45 .416 461 0 0 0 161 467.3 419 173 44 128 396 3.33 .237 .289 .372 .661
Mar/Apr 13 13 .500 152 0 0 0 64 162.0 142 79 22 58 134 4.39 .233 .300 .389 .689
May 14 18 .438 167 0 0 0 49 179.6 145 78 17 62 149 3.91 .215 .281 .356 .636
June 8 11 .421 151 0 0 0 41 160.3 132 53 14 44 141 2.98 .221 .275 .356 .631
July 12 11 .522 163 0 0 0 41 164.3 158 70 9 51 129 3.83 .249 .305 .356 .661
August 16 11 .593 166 0 0 0 52 172.0 144 62 14 54 141 3.24 .225 .286 .358 .644
Sep/Oct 14 16 .467 177 0 0 0 71 182.9 157 72 21 50 136 3.54 .231 .283 .386 .669
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 23 WA GE 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2005 24 WA GE 80 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2006 25 WA GE 76 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2007 26 WA GE 69 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
2009 28 WA GE 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
  CT FF 73 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
  TOT   84 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.3
2010 29 CT FF 71 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2011 30 CT FF 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2012 31 ID GE 70 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2013 32 ID GE 62 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
2014 33 ID GE 63 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2015 34 ID GE 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  MS FF 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   63 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2017 36 MS FF 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  MN GE 54 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
  TOT   66 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2018 37 MN GE 52 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2019 38 MN GE 62 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
14 Years Sim 867 39 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .026 .026 .026 .051 -3.3 0.3
162 Game Average 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .026 .026 .026 .051 -0.6  
Career Highs 84 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.5
vs LH   13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.7
Home 407 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.4
Away 349 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7
RISP   13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.7
Close/Late   17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.6
Mar/Apr 59 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
May 75 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
June 53 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
July 75 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
August 60 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Sep/Oct 39 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2004 23 WA GE P 11 0 11.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.77    
2005 24 WA GE P 80 0 72.0 1 8 1 0 .900 1.13    
2006 25 WA GE P 76 0 79.3 3 9 0 2 1.000 1.36    
2007 26 WA GE P 69 0 72.7 3 5 0 0 1.000 0.99    
2008 27 WA GE P 56 0 56.7 3 6 1 0 .900 1.43    
2009 28 WA GE P 11 0 12.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.46    
  CT FF P 73 0 66.3 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.76    
  TOT   P 84 0 78.7 6 9 0 0 1.000 1.72    
2010 29 CT FF P 71 0 63.7 3 6 1 1 .900 1.27    
2011 30 CT FF P 38 0 46.3 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.14    
2012 31 ID GE P 70 0 69.7 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.29    
2013 32 ID GE P 62 0 72.3 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.12    
2014 33 ID GE P 63 0 66.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.09    
2015 34 ID GE P 31 0 32.7 3 4 1 0 .875 1.93    
  MS FF P 32 0 31.7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.99    
  TOT   P 63 0 64.3 6 8 1 0 .933 1.96    
2016 35 MS FF P 53 0 51.7 3 7 1 0 .909 1.74    
2017 36 MS FF P 12 0 8.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.04    
  MN GE P 54 0 69.3 3 10 0 2 1.000 1.69    
  TOT   P 66 0 78.0 3 11 0 2 1.000 1.62    
2018 37 MN GE P 52 0 62.0 2 4 1 0 .857 0.87    
2019 38 MN GE P 62 0 76.3 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.06    
Career Totals   976 0 1021.3 44 110 6 7 .963 1.36    
Career Highs   84 0 79.3 6 11 1 2 1.000 2.14    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2012 31 ID GE 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 3.0 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 .091 .167 .091 .258
2015 34 MS FF 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 8 7.3 7 4 1 3 2 4.91 .233 .303 .333 .636
2016 35 MS FF 0 3 .000 11 0 0 0 4 11.3 12 4 2 0 8 3.18 .261 .261 .413 .674
2017 36 MN GE 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.3 6 2 1 3 0 3.38 .286 .375 .524 .899
2018 37 MN GE 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 8 0.00 .045 .045 .045 .091
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 4 .000 31 0 0 0 13 34.0 27 10 4 7 20 2.65 .208 .248 .323 .571
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 35 MS FF 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
2006-1-46
2008-5-34
2011-8-26
2012-1-44
2013-6-26
2014-5-34
2015-9-23
2016-4-36
CAR-21-305
Games Pitched
2005-2-80
2006-3-76
2007-8-69
2009-3-73
CAR-27-976
Strikeouts per 9IP
CAR-43-7.3
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
 
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History
Drafted in 18th round, 423rd overall pick, by Washington Griffins in 2000
Earned first career win on 8/24/2004
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game
Injured on 9/30/2007 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/8/2009, off Genaro Anzalone (Col)
Traded from Washington to Connecticut on 4/27/2009 (Going to Con: P Thomas Mercier, P Jeeves VanHooten. Going to Was: P Daniel Quartz)
Injured on 7/24/2011 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 7 weeks
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Traded from Idaho to Mississippi on 7/11/2015 (Going to Ida: SS Jason Kroner, C Jose Tarango, P Joe Vest, P Matthew Farrer, P Michael Budge. Going to Mis: P Kyle Nunn, P Hugh Hoots, SS Matt McQuade, P Thomas Mercier, P Thor Haalko)
Won National Cup with Mississippi in 2015
Injured on 5/10/2016 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Mississippi to Minnesota on 5/1/2017 (Going to MS: P Galon Thrace, RF Noe Brixner, P Gary Crossman, MN's 1st-4th round picks in 2018, NV's 4th round pick in 2018. Going to MN: SS Matt McQuade, P Kyle Nunn, P Thomas Mercier)