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Orlando Mercado
Orlando (Rodriguez) Mercado

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 13, 1982
  vs. KCR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1990
Born November 7, 1961 in Arecibo, P.R.

Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 20 SEA AL   9   17    1    2   0  0   1    6   0  0   0   5  .118  .118  .294    8    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1983 21 SEA AL  66  178   10   35  11  2   1   16   2  2  14  27  .197  .256  .298   50   53   2   2   0   1   3
 1984 22 SEA AL  30   78    5   17   3  1   0    5   1  0   4  12  .218  .265  .282   53   22   1   0   0   1   1
 1986 24 TEX AL  46  102    7   24   1  1   1    7   0  1   6  13  .235  .279  .294   56   30   1   2   0   1   5
 1987 25 TOT     17   27    3    6   1  0   0    2   0  0   3   1  .222  .300  .259   53    7   0   0   0   0   0
         DET AL  10   22    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   0  .136  .208  .136   -4    3   0   0   0   0   0
         LAD NL   7    5    1    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   1  .600  .667  .800  291    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1988 26 OAK AL  16   24    3    3   0  0   1    1   0  0   3   8  .125  .222  .250   34    6   0   0   0   0   0
 1989 27 MIN AL  19   38    1    4   0  0   0    1   1  0   4   4  .105  .190  .105  -16    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1990 28 TOT NL  50   98   10   21   1  0   3    7   0  0   8  12  .214  .287  .316   67   31   0   0   3   2   4
         NYM NL  42   90   10   19   1  0   3    7   0  0   8  11  .211  .290  .322   69   29   0   0   3   2   4
         MON NL   8    8    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   41    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      253  562   40  112  17  4   7   45   4  3  42  82  .199  .259  .281   48  158   4   4   3   5  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        360   26   72  11  3   4   29   3  2  27  53  .199  .259  .281   48  101   3   3   2   3   8
 Career High     66  178   10   35  11  2   3   16   2  2  14  27                          53   2   2   3   2   5
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1982 20 SEA AL   17   15    1   1.8   101| .118  .268| .118  .332| .294  .408| .412  .739|   8  .151  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1983 21 SEA AL  197  152   14   2.5   101| .197  .270| .256  .333| .298  .408| .554  .740|  50  .246 -12.5  -1.3  50%
 1984 22 SEA AL   84   63    6   2.6    95| .218  .261| .265  .324| .282  .394| .547  .718|  53  .260  -5.0  -0.5 100%
 1986 24 TEX AL  112   87    7   2.2   102| .235  .264| .279  .332| .294  .412| .573  .744|  56  .195  -6.6  -0.6   0%
 1987 25 TOT      30   21    4   5.1   103| .222  .262| .300  .330| .259  .417| .559  .747|  53  .514  -1.7  -0.2   0%
         DET AL   24   19    1   1.4   102| .136  .260| .208  .328| .136  .418| .344  .746|  -4  .090  -3.3  -0.3   0%
         LAD NL    6    2    3  40.3   104| .600  .267| .667  .336| .800  .415|1.467  .751| 291  .980   1.6   0.1   0%
 1988 26 OAK AL   27   21    2   2.6    92| .125  .256| .222  .320| .250  .385| .472  .706|  34  .268  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1989 27 MIN AL   42   34    1   0.8    99| .105  .269| .190  .335| .105  .395| .295  .730| -16  .043  -6.2  -0.6 100%
 1990 28 TOT NL  108   81    9   3.0    98| .214  .264| .287  .330| .316  .396| .603  .727|  67  .329  -4.8  -0.5   0%
         NYM NL  100   75    8   2.9    98| .211  .264| .290  .331| .322  .397| .612  .728|  69  .313  -4.1  -0.4   0%
         MON NL    8    6    1   4.5    95| .250  .260| .250  .325| .250  .390| .500  .715|  41  .507  -0.7  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       617  474   44   2.5    99| .199  .265| .259  .330| .281  .403| .540  .734|  48  .250 -41.3  -4.1  57%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 20 SEA AL C 8 31 1 0 0 1.000 .988 4.00 4.90 5.88 5.69 5 49.0 0 3 4 1 DH 1 1983 21 SEA AL C 65 342 27 2 2 .995 .986 5.68 4.76 6.55 5.70 59 506.7 1 12 46 11 1984 22 SEA AL C 29 118 10 1 0 .992 .987 4.41 5.05 5.94 5.96 21 194.0 3 6 15 7 1986 24 TEX AL C 45 240 25 1 5 .996 .989 5.89 5.44 8.22 6.62 31 290.3 6 15 26 12 1987 25 TOT C 17 53 8 1 1 .984 .987 3.59 5.66 6.44 6.78 9 85.3 1 4 6 2 DET AL C 10 40 8 1 1 .980 .988 4.80 5.49 6.55 6.74 8 66.0 1 3 5 2 LAD NL C 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 .985 1.86 5.91 6.06 6.95 1 19.3 0 1 1 0 1988 26 OAK AL C 16 45 2 2 0 .959 .989 2.94 5.28 5.35 6.22 8 79.0 0 3 6 1 1989 27 MIN AL C 19 73 9 0 2 1.000 .989 4.32 5.20 6.65 6.24 14 111.0 1 4 6 3 1990 28 TOT NL C 48 239 9 2 2 .992 .987 5.17 5.44 8.21 6.65 30 271.7 4 12 40 6 NYM NL C 40 213 8 2 2 .991 .987 5.53 5.44 8.22 6.65 27 242.0 4 11 34 5 MON NL C 8 26 1 0 0 1.000 .985 3.38 5.44 8.18 6.64 3 29.7 0 1 6 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 20 SEA AL C 8 31 1 0 0 1.000 .988 4.00 4.90 5.88 5.69 5 49.0 0 3 4 1 1983 21 SEA AL C 65 342 27 2 2 .995 .986 5.68 4.76 6.55 5.70 59 506.7 1 12 46 11 1984 22 SEA AL C 29 118 10 1 0 .992 .987 4.41 5.05 5.94 5.96 21 194.0 3 6 15 7 1986 24 TEX AL C 45 240 25 1 5 .996 .989 5.89 5.44 8.22 6.62 31 290.3 6 15 26 12 1987 25 TOT C 17 53 8 1 1 .984 .987 3.59 5.66 6.44 6.78 9 85.3 1 4 6 2 DET AL C 10 40 8 1 1 .980 .988 4.80 5.49 6.55 6.74 8 66.0 1 3 5 2 LAD NL C 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 .985 1.86 5.91 6.06 6.95 1 19.3 0 1 1 0 1988 26 OAK AL C 16 45 2 2 0 .959 .989 2.94 5.28 5.35 6.22 8 79.0 0 3 6 1 1989 27 MIN AL C 19 73 9 0 2 1.000 .989 4.32 5.20 6.65 6.24 14 111.0 1 4 6 3 1990 28 TOT NL C 48 239 9 2 2 .992 .987 5.17 5.44 8.21 6.65 30 271.7 4 12 40 6 NYM NL C 40 213 8 2 2 .991 .987 5.53 5.44 8.22 6.65 27 242.0 4 11 34 5 MON NL C 8 26 1 0 0 1.000 .985 3.38 5.44 8.18 6.64 3 29.7 0 1 6 1 1982 20 SEA AL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 247 1141 91 9 12 .993 .987 4.99 5.18 6.99 6.18 177 1587.0 16 59 149 43 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 247 1141 91 9 12 .993 .987 4.99 5.18 6.99 6.18 177 1587
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Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1982 AL-20-3
1983 AL-21-10

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Transactions 

January 6, 1978: Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent.

April 4, 1985: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Texas Rangers for Donnie Scott.

March 24, 1987: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Detroit Tigers for Ruben Guzman (minors).

May 5, 1987: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Balvino Galvez.

November 12, 1987: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

January 14, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

October 15, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 30, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

October 15, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

August 30, 1990: Selected off waivers by the Montreal Expos from the New York Mets.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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