Orlando Mercado
Born: November 7, 1961, Arecibo, P.R.Height: 6'0" Weight: 180 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1982 Seattle AL 20 9 17 1 2 5 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 .118 .294 .118 1983 Seattle AL 21 66 178 10 35 53 11 2 1 16 2 2 2 2 14 0 1 27 3 .197 .298 .256 1984 Seattle AL 22 30 78 5 17 22 3 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 12 1 .218 .282 .265 1986 Texas AL 24 46 102 7 24 30 1 1 1 7 1 2 0 1 6 0 1 13 5 .235 .294 .279 1987 Detroit AL 25 10 22 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .136 .136 .208 1987 Los Angeles NL 25 7 5 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .600 .800 .667 1988 Oakland AL 26 16 24 3 3 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 0 .125 .250 .222 1989 Minnesota AL 27 19 38 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 4 0 .105 .105 .190 1990 New York NL 28 42 90 10 19 29 1 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 11 4 .211 .322 .290 1990 Montreal NL 28 8 8 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .250 .250 TOTALS 253 562 40 112 158 17 4 7 45 4 4 4 3 39 3 5 82 13 .199 .281 .259
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1982 Seattle AL C 49.0 5 3 2 8 31 1 0 0 1.000 4 1 0 1983 Seattle AL C 506.2 59 6 15 65 342 27 2 2 .995 46 11 1 1984 Seattle AL C 194.0 21 8 3 29 118 10 1 0 .992 15 7 3 1986 Texas AL C 290.1 31 14 12 45 240 25 1 5 .996 26 12 6 1987 Detroit AL C 66.0 8 2 5 10 40 8 1 1 .980 5 2 1 1987 Los Angeles NL C 19.1 1 6 0 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 1988 Oakland AL C 79.0 8 8 3 16 45 2 2 0 .959 6 1 0 1989 Minnesota AL C 111.0 14 5 9 19 73 9 0 2 1.000 6 3 1 1990 New York NL C 242.0 27 13 12 40 213 8 2 2 .991 34 5 4 1990 Montreal NL C 29.2 3 5 1 8 26 1 0 0 1.000 6 1 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Seattle Mariners (January 6, 1978).
- Traded by Seattle Mariners to Texas Rangers in exchange for Donnie Scott (April 4, 1985).
- Traded by Texas Rangers to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dario Guzman (March 24, 1987).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Balvino Galvez (May 5, 1987).
- Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (November 12, 1987).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (January 14, 1988).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1988).
- Signed by Minnesota Twins (December 30, 1988).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1989).
- Signed by New York Mets (December 12, 1989).
- Claimed on waivers by Montreal Expos from New York Mets (August 30, 1990).
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