Kent Mercker

Kent Mercker is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher, born on February 1, 1968, who played for nine teams over a 17 year career. Born in Brownsburg, Indiana, he was taken in the first round, fifth overall, of the 1986 draft by the Atlanta Braves and made his major league debut with them on September 22, 1989. He took part in two no-hit games with the Braves, a combined effort on September 11, 1991 and a solo no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 8, 1994, which is the last no-hitter pitched by a Brave. He received the Tony Conigliaro Award in 2000 after recovering from a cerebral hemorrhage and worked as a broadcaster for the Reds from 2009 to 2012. He played in the 2022 Minto U.S. Open Pickleball Championships.