Jordy Mercer

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: August 27, 1986 in Taloga, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 26th round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Taloga HS (Taloga, OK) and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK).

High School: Taloga HS (Taloga, OK)

School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)

Debut: May 29, 2012 (Age 25-276d, 20,195th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 2021 (Age 35-037d)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

Agents: Truth Sports • Previously: The Legacy Agency

National Team: us USA (Pro,College)

Full Name: Jordy Joe Mercer

Nicknames: The Rook

Pronunciation: \MUHR-sir\

Twitter: @jordy_mercer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.9

3104

796

.256

330

RBI

308

OBP

.315

SLG

.386

OPS

.701

OPS+

Summary of 66 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 17 go ahead

3 Tms
PIT	55
DET	9
WSN	2

Platoon
vs RHP	47
vs LHP	19

Home/Road
Away	45
Home	21

Outs
0	30
1	18
2	18

26 Opps
CHC	10
SFG	6
ARI	4
STL	4
CIN	4
MIL	4
SDP	3
NYM	3
LAD	3
COL	2
LAA	2
KCR	2
ATL	2
PHI	2
CLE	2
MIA	2
CHW	2
MIN	1
TBR	1
OAK	1
NYY	1
BAL	1
BOS	1
WSN	1
HOU	1
TOR	1

62 Pitchers
Travis Wood	2
Adam Wainwright	2
Jordan Lyles	2
Josh Collmenter	2
Tim Hudson	1
Reynaldo López	1
Chase Anderson	1
Collin McHugh	1
Johnny Cueto	1
Adam Plutko	1
Richard Lovelady	1
Alfredo Simón	1
Lance Lynn	1
Arodys Vizcaíno	1
Glenn Sparkman	1
Eric Lauer	1
Chris Rusin	1
Dylan Covey	1
Brett Anderson	1
Mike Montgomery	1
Antonio Bastardo	1
Edwin Jackson	1
John Lackey	1
Jon Lester	1
Matt Garza	1
Tim Lincecum	1
Shelby Miller	1
Matt Cain	1
Josh Osich	1
Patrick Corbin	1
Leonel Campos	1
Ross Stripling	1
Greg Reynolds	1
Jerad Eickhoff	1
Jered Weaver	1
Adam Ottavino	1
Sal Romano	1
R.A. Dickey	1
Brad Hand	1
Kyle Lohse	1
Ross Detwiler	1
Jason Hammel	1
Adam Conley	1
Tim Stauffer	1
Jeff Samardzija	1
Adam Warren	1
Jaime Barria	1
John Means	1
Joe Blanton	1
Zack Greinke	1
Jon Niese	1
Sam Dyson	1
Jacob Barnes	1
Yusmeiro Petit	1
Sonny Gray	1
Robert Carson	1
J.J. Hoover	1
Randy Wolf	1
Michael Wacha	1
Pat Neshek	1
Chad Bettis	1
CC Sabathia	1

22 Parks
PNC Pk (PIT)	15
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	8
Oracle Park (SFO)	5
Comerica Pk (DET)	4
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	3
Am Fam Field (MIL)	3
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
loanDepot pk (MIA)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
Citi Field (NYC)	2
Chase Field (PHO)	2
CitizensBank (PHI)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Petco Pk (SAN)	2
Truist Pk (ATL)	2
Nationals Pk (WAS)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	35
78	21
8	5
9	4
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	20
4	12
2	9
5	8
7+	7
1	6
6	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	62
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	47
1--	7
-2-	4
12-	3
--3	2
123	1
-23	1
1-3	1

92 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	47
1 on	13
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	19

Inning
1	5
2	8
3	8
4	8
5	13
6	8
7	4
8	6
9	4
Extra	2

1-3	21
4-6	29
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	6
+2	10
+1	9
Tied	16
-1	4
-2	2
-3	4
-4..	7

Ahead	33
Tied	16
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	13
2-1	8
2-2	7
3-2	6
0-0	6
2-0	6
1-2	5
0-1	5
1-0	4
3-1	4
0-2	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
SS	59
2B	6
1B	1

OrderPos
8th	29
7th	11
2nd	9
9th	8
6th	5
1st	4

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	26
Low Lev	32

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2012-08-08	PIT		ARI	Josh Collmenter	ahead 6-4	b 6	0	---	4,(1-2) .BCCX	1	8	6	0.064	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2013-05-03	PIT		WSN	Ross Detwiler	tied 1-1	b 5	2	-2-	3,(2-0) 1.BBX	2	2	4	0.267	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Marte Scores
3	3	2	1	2013-05-11	PIT	@	NYM	Jon Niese	ahead 4-0	t 5	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	2	4	0.037	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
4	4	3	2	2013-05-11	PIT	@	NYM	Robert Carson	ahead 10-1	t 8	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	2	4	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	4	1	2013-06-21	PIT	@	LAA	Jered Weaver	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	9	6	0.185	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Snider Scores
6	6	5	1	2013-08-13	PIT	@	STL	Adam Wainwright	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	6	0.087	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
7	7	6	1	2013-08-22	PIT	@	SFG	Matt Cain	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	6	0.088	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
8	8	7	1	2013-09-24	PIT	@	CHC	Chris Rusin	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	---	8,(3-2) CCBFFBBX	1	2	6	0.063	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
9	9	8	1	2013-09-29	PIT	@	CIN	Greg Reynolds	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	6,(2-2) CBBCFX	1	7	6	0.101	71%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF)
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2014-05-11	PIT		STL	Shelby Miller	behind 0-4	b 4	1	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	7	6	0.134	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); I. Davis Scores
11	11	2	1	2014-06-02	PIT	@	SDP	Tim Stauffer	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	7,(2-2) BCCBFFX	1	8	6	0.131	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	3	1	2014-06-06	PIT		MIL	Kyle Lohse	ahead 3-2	b 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	6	0.109	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	4	1	2014-06-14	PIT	@	MIA	Randy Wolf	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	6	0.114	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
14	14	5	1	2014-06-20	PIT	@	CHC	Edwin Jackson	behind 0-5	t 5	0	12-	5,(2-2) CBC*BX	3	8	6	0.125	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Harrison Scores; P. Álvarez Scores
15	15	6	1	2014-06-21	PIT	@	CHC	Travis Wood	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	4,(1-2) SBFX	1	7	6	0.122	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	7	1	2014-07-30	PIT	@	SFG	Tim Lincecum	behind 3-4	t 4	1	-2-	3,(2-0) BB.X	2	7	6	0.234	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Snider Scores
17	17	8	1	2014-08-31	PIT		CIN	Johnny Cueto	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	6,(2-2) 1B1F1F11.BFX	1	7	6	0.103	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	9	1	2014-09-02	PIT	@	STL	Adam Wainwright	behind 1-2	t 3	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	6	0.124	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
19	19	10	1	2014-09-06	PIT	@	CHC	Arodys Vizcaíno	ahead 4-0	t 9	0	---	3,(0-2) .TFX	1	2	6	0.007	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
20	20	11	1	2014-09-07	PIT	@	CHC	Travis Wood	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	1--	4,(1-2) FF11BX	2	2	6	0.115	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Marte Scores
21	21	12	1	2014-09-27	PIT	@	CIN	Alfredo Simón	behind 1-3	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) BLX	1	7	6	0.119	35%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2015-06-02	PIT	@	SFG	Yusmeiro Petit	ahead 5-4	t 5	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	8	6	0.129	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	2	1	2015-06-03	PIT	@	SFG	Tim Hudson	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	8	6	0.149	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	3	1	2015-09-26	PIT	@	CHC	Jason Hammel	tied 0-0	t 5	0	12-	2,(1-0) *BX	3	8	6	0.232	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); F. Cervelli Scores; P. Álvarez Scores
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2016-04-22	PIT	@	ARI	Patrick Corbin	ahead 3-1	t 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	6	0.082	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	2	1	2016-06-07 (1)	PIT		NYM	Antonio Bastardo	ahead 2-0	b 6	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	6	0.071	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
27	27	3	1	2016-06-18	PIT	@	CHC	Jon Lester	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	1	6	0.098	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
28	28	4	1	2016-06-25	PIT		LAD	Joe Blanton	ahead 4-1	b 6	2	--3	5,(3-1) CBBBX	2	7	6	0.059	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Joyce Scores
29	29	5	1	2016-07-01	PIT	@	OAK	Sonny Gray	behind 0-3	t 3	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	6	0.080	26%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
30	30	6	1	2016-07-09	PIT		CHC	Adam Warren	ahead 11-5	b 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	6	0.010	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
31	31	7	1	2016-08-12	PIT	@	LAD	Ross Stripling	ahead 4-1	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	6	6	0.045	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
32	32	8	1	2016-08-14	PIT	@	LAD	Brett Anderson	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	8,(3-2) L11BCFF*B1BX	2	2	6	0.158	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Harrison Scores
33	33	9	1	2016-08-24	PIT		HOU	Collin McHugh	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	5,(2-2) CFBBX	1	8	6	0.112	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34	34	10	1	2016-08-26	PIT	@	MIL	Matt Garza	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	123	5,(0-2) CFFFX	4	8	6	0.188	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Polanco Scores/unER; S. Marte Scores/unER; F. Cervelli Scores/unER; J. Mercer Scores/unER
35	35	11	1	2016-09-15	PIT	@	PHI	Jerad Eickhoff	ahead 3-2	t 7	2	1-3	6,(3-2) B*BSSB>X	3	8	6	0.238	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Polanco Scores/unER; F. Cervelli Scores/unER; J. Mercer Scores/unER
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2017-04-21	PIT		NYY	CC Sabathia	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	6	0.099	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
37	37	2	1	2017-04-28	PIT	@	MIA	Adam Conley	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	7,(1-2) CCFFBFX	1	2	6	0.105	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
38	38	3	1	2017-05-23	PIT	@	ATL	R.A. Dickey	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	6	0.119	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
39	39	4	1	2017-05-24	PIT	@	ATL	Josh Collmenter	ahead 11-5	t 10	2	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	6	6	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
40	40	5	1	2017-05-31	PIT		ARI	J.J. Hoover	behind 4-5	b 11	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	8	6	0.489	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
41	41	6	1	2017-06-18	PIT		CHC	John Lackey	behind 0-4	b 5	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	6	0.069	19%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
42	42	7	1	2017-06-24	PIT	@	STL	Lance Lynn	tied 1-1	t 4	2	1--	4,(2-1) 1BB1F1X	2	7	6	0.233	70%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); A. McCutchen Scores
43	43	8	1	2017-07-02	PIT		SFG	Jeff Samardzija	tied 0-0	b 4	1	-2-	5,(2-2) FBBFX	2	6	6	0.191	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Polanco Scores
44	44	9	1	2017-07-21	PIT	@	COL	Jordan Lyles	ahead 8-3	t 6	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	8	6	0.043	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. Cervelli Scores
45	45	10	1	2017-07-24	PIT	@	SFG	Josh Osich	ahead 6-3	t 8	2	-23	7,(3-2) CFBBFBX	3	8	6	0.059	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Bell Scores; D. Freese Scores
46	46	11	1	2017-08-12	PIT	@	TOR	Leonel Campos	behind 1-7	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	7	6	0.004	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
47	47	12	1	2017-08-28	PIT	@	CHC	Mike Montgomery	behind 0-5	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) ...BCX	1	7	6	0.019	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
48	48	13	1	2017-09-03	PIT		CIN	Sal Romano	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	8	6	0.116	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
49	49	14	1	2017-09-11	PIT	@	MIL	Jacob Barnes	ahead 6-0	t 8	2	---	6,(3-2) BFBSBX	1	8	6	0.005	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	2018-05-06	PIT	@	MIL	Chase Anderson	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	8	6	0.085	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
51	51	2	1	2018-05-09	PIT	@	CHW	Reynaldo López	behind 0-4	t 6	0	---	7,(3-2) BSFBFBX	1	9	6	0.055	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
52	52	3	1	2018-05-20	PIT		SDP	Jordan Lyles	behind 3-4	b 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	6	0.203	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	4	1	2018-06-13	PIT	@	ARI	Zack Greinke	ahead 4-2	t 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	6	0.093	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
54	54	5	1	2018-06-29	PIT	@	SDP	Eric Lauer	ahead 5-0	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	8	6	0.026	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
55	55	6	1	2018-08-07	PIT	@	COL	Chad Bettis	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	8	6	0.188	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Freese Scores; F. Cervelli Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	2019-05-01	DET	@	PHI	Pat Neshek	behind 2-5	t 8	0	---	5,(3-1) ...BCBBX	1	7	6	0.067	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57	57	2	1	2019-07-15	DET	@	CLE	Adam Plutko	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	6	0.109	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
58	58	3	2	2019-07-15	DET	@	CLE	Brad Hand	behind 5-8	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	9	6	0.045	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
59	59	4	1	2019-07-29	DET	@	LAA	Jaime Barria	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	6	0.095	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
60	60	5	1	2019-08-06 (2)	DET		CHW	Dylan Covey	ahead 5-2	b 7	2	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	9	6	0.052	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Beckham Scores
61	61	6	1	2019-08-08	DET		KCR	Richard Lovelady	tied 8-8	b 9	1	-2-	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	9	6	0.293	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Demeritte Scores
62	62	7	1	2019-09-01	DET		MIN	Sam Dyson	behind 2-6	b 7	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	8	3	0.050	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
63	63	8	1	2019-09-05	DET	@	KCR	Glenn Sparkman	tied 3-3	t 4	2	---	8,(2-2) CBCFFBFX	1	9	6	0.123	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
64	64	9	1	2019-09-16	DET		BAL	John Means	tied 0-0	b 1	0	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	2	4	0.092	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); V. Reyes Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	2021-06-30	WSN		TBR	Michael Wacha	ahead 7-5	b 5	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	4	0.077	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
66	66	2	1	2021-10-01	WSN		BOS	Adam Ottavino	behind 1-4	b 8	1	---	4,(1-2) CBTX	1	6	4	0.060	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)