Héctor Mercado

Hector Luis Mercado

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 29, 1974 in Catano, P.R.
High School: Jose S. Alegria (Dorado, PR)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 13th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2000
Teams (by GP): Reds/Phillies 2000-2003

Final Game: July 11, 2003
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1992	18	HOU-min	Rk	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		AST · GULF
1993	19	HOU-min	Rk,A+	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		AST,OSC · GULF,FLOR
1994	20	HOU-min	A+	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OSC · FLOR
1995	21	HOU-min	AA,A+	27	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125		0	1	0	0	0	0		JAC,KIS · TL,FLOR
1996	22	HOU-min	A+	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		KIS · FLOR
1997	23	FLA-min	AA,AAA	32	14	11	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.182	.250	.182	.432		2	0	0	2	0	0		PRT,CHR · EL,IL
1998		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1999	25	NYM-min	AAA	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0	0		NFK · IL
2000	26	CIN-min	AAA	47	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0	0		LOU · IL
2000	26	CIN	NL	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	27	CIN-min	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LOU · IL
2001	27	CIN	NL	56	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	28	PHI-min	AAA	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		SWB · IL
2002	28	PHI	NL	31	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	29	PHI-min	AAA,AA	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		SWB,REA · IL,EL
2003	29	PHI	NL	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2004	30	FKA	Fgn																										FKA · JPPL
2005	31	TEX-min	AAA	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OKC · PCL
2006	32	DET-min	AAA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2008	34	SLT,PAA	AAA,Fgn	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SLT,PAA · MEX,ITSA
4 Yrs				112	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	-41	1	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.111	.111	.111	.222	-41	1	1	0	0	0	0

PHI (2 yrs)				44	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-9	1	1	0	0	0	0
CIN (2 yrs)				68	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2000	26	CIN	NL	12	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$220,000	1
2001	27	CIN	NL	56	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
2002	28	PHI	NL	31	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$255,000	1
2003	29	PHI	NL	13	2	-1	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$330,000	1
4 Seasons				112	9	-2	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$805,000

PHI (2 yrs)				44	6	-1	0	-0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$585,000
CIN (2 yrs)				68	3	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$220,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
2000	26	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	118		.000	.276	.000	.353	.000	.450	.000	.803	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
2001	27	CIN	NL	2	2	0	0.0	116	.000	.000	.274	.000	.346	.000	.450	.000	.796	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2002	28	PHI	NL	4	3	0	0.0	102	.500	.250	.259	.250	.332	.250	.412	.500	.743	36	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
2003	29	PHI	NL	2	3	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.260	.000	.331	.000	.418	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				9	9	0	0.0	107	.200	.111	.264	.111	.337	.111	.426	.222	.763	-41	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.111	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				13	13	0	0.0	107	.200	.111	.264	.111	.337	.111	.426	.222	.763	-41	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.111	.000	.000

PHI (2 yrs)				6	6	0	0.0	102	.250	.167	.259	.167	.331	.167	.414	.333	.745	-9	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
CIN (2 yrs)				3	3	0	0.0	116	.000	.000	.275	.000	.349	.000	.450	.000	.798	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2000	26	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
2001	27	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					50%	0%
2002	28	PHI	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0			0.00	0.00	50%	50%	0.0%	0%
2003	29	PHI	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
4 Yrs				9	0.0%	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3			1.00	4.00	56%	20%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.9%	16.8%	8.8%	8.0%	34%	1.90	5.3	31.1	7.5	0.76	1.07	70%	23%	8.3%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
2000	26	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.14	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.86	-0.3
2001	27	CIN	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.10	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.00	-0.7
2002	28	PHI	NL	-0.4	-0.0	4	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	2.29	-0.0	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.90	-0.4
2003	29	PHI	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.65	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.88	-0.9
4 Yrs				-1.9	-0.2	9	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	1.53	-0.2	0.0	-3.3	-0.3	1.36	-2.3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO
2000	26	CIN	NL		0
2001	27	CIN	NL		1
2002	28	PHI	NL	0%	2
2003	29	PHI	NL		0
4 Yrs				0%	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2000	26	CIN	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2001	27	CIN	NL	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2002	28	PHI	NL	4	75%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2003	29	PHI	NL	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				9	89%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	10	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					53%																			74%			11%			34%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2000	26	CIN	NL	1	7	7.00	4	57%	25%	50%	25%	0%	75%	0%	43%	33%	0%	0%	0	0	100%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2001	27	CIN	NL	2	7	3.50	5	71%	40%	20%	20%	20%	60%	0%	43%	67%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2002	28	PHI	NL	4	12	3.00	9	75%	22%	44%	11%	22%	78%	0%	58%	43%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2003	29	PHI	NL	2	7	3.50	4	57%	25%	25%	0%	50%	75%	0%	43%	67%	50%	0%	0	0	50%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
4 Yrs				9	33	3.67	22	67%	27%	36%	14%	23%	73%	0%	48%	50%	33%	0%	0	0	22%	2	0	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
2000	26	12	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
2001	27	68	3	3	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
2002	28	99	7	7	1	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-24	1	0
2003	29	112	9	9	1	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	-41	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
2000	26	12	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	12
2001	27	56	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	56
2002	28	31	4	4	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	31
2003	29	13	2	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	13
4 Yrs		112	9	9	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	112
162 Game Avg.		162	13	13	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	112

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