Óscar Mercado

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 197lb (188cm, 89kg)

Born: December 16, 1994 in Cartagena, Colombia co

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from Vivian Gaither HS (Tampa, FL).

High School: Vivian Gaither HS (Tampa, FL)

Debut: May 14, 2019 (Age 24-149d, 21,892nd in major league history)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2024 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 3.031 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Excel Sports Management

Full Name: Óscar Mauricio Mercado

Nicknames: Merc

Pronunciation: \oscar mer-KAH-doh\

Twitter: @Osc_merc

Instagram: @oscmerc21

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.6

890

211

.237

123

RBI

100

OBP

.289

SLG

.388

OPS

.677

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2022 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2022 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-3	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 9	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 10	CLE	@	KCR	W,17-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 11	CLE	@	KCR	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 12	CLE	@	CIN	W,10-5	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 13	CLE	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 15	CLE		SFG	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	9 (1)	Apr 17	CLE		SFG	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	10	Apr 20 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,11-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	11	Apr 20 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	12	Apr 21	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	14 (1)	Apr 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
13	15	Apr 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	17 (1)	Apr 26	CLE	@	LAA	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	18	Apr 27	CLE	@	LAA	L,5-9	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	19	Apr 28	CLE	@	LAA	L,1-4	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	20	Apr 29	CLE	@	OAK	W,9-8	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	21	Apr 30	CLE	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	22	May 1	CLE	@	OAK	W,7-3	GF	15	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	24 (1)	May 4 (2)	CLE		SDP	W,6-5	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	25	May 5	CLE		TOR	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	27 (1)	May 7 (2)	CLE		TOR	W,8-2	GS	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
23	28	May 8	CLE		TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	29	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-9	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	31 (1)	May 13	CLE	@	MIN	L,8-12	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	32	May 14	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	34 (1)	May 17	CLE		CIN	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	36 (1)	May 20	CLE		DET	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	38 (1)	May 23	CLE	@	HOU	W,6-1	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	39	May 24	CLE	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	41 (1)	May 26	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
32	42	May 28	CLE	@	DET	W,8-1	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	44 (1)	May 30	CLE		KCR	W,7-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	45	May 31	CLE		KCR	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	46	Jun 1	CLE		KCR	W,4-0	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	47	Jun 3	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	49 (1)	Jun 5	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	50	Jun 7 (1)	CLE		TEX	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	51	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		TEX	L,3-6	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	52	Jun 8	CLE		TEX	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	53	Jun 9	CLE		OAK	W,8-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	56 (2)	Jun 12	CLE		OAK	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	58 (1)	Jun 15	CLE	@	COL	W,7-5	GS	18	4.0	0	0	1	1	0
44	61 (2)	Jun 18	CLE	@	LAD	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	62	Jun 19	CLE	@	LAD	W,5-3	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
				Player went from Cleveland Guardians to Philadelphia Phillies
46	77	Jun 30	PHI		ATL	W,14-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to Cleveland Guardians
47	78	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	79	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,4-11	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	80	Jul 6	CLE	@	DET	L,2-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	81	Jul 8	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-4	GF	13	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
51	82	Jul 9	CLE	@	KCR	W,13-1	GF	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
							53gm		307.1	79	1	1	81	0