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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1992	18	HOU-min	Rk	1	2	.333	4.20	13	3	4	0	0	0	30.0	22	17	14	0	25	0	36	3	6	7	140		1.567	6.6	0.0	7.5	10.8	1.44	AST · GULF
1993	19	HOU-min	Rk,A+	6	5	.545	2.74	13	13	0	1	1	0	75.2	58	33	23	1	35	1	64	1	2	10	317		1.229	6.9	0.1	4.2	7.6	1.83	AST,OSC · GULF,FLOR
1994	20	HOU-min	A+	6	13	.316	3.95	25	25	0	1	1	0	136.2	123	75	60	5	79	4	88	1	3	9	601		1.478	8.1	0.3	5.2	5.8	1.11	OSC · FLOR
1995	21	HOU-min	A+,AA	7	12	.368	4.43	27	24	0	2	0	0	134.0	132	83	66	7	69	1	95	5	1	8	590		1.500	8.9	0.5	4.6	6.4	1.38	KIS,JAC · FLOR,TL
1996	22	HOU-min	A+	3	5	.375	4.16	56	0	18	0	0	3	80.0	78	43	37	4	48	1	68	4	0	6	353		1.575	8.8	0.4	5.4	7.6	1.42	KIS · FLOR
1997	23	FLA-min	AA,AAA	11	4	.733	4.14	32	18	6	1	1	0	134.2	134	71	62	12	59	5	126	3	2	17	590		1.433	9.0	0.8	3.9	8.4	2.14	PRT,CHR · EL,IL
1998		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1999	25	NYM-min	AAA	0	0		1.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	22		0.667	4.5	1.5	1.5	3.0	2.00	NFK · IL
2000	26	CIN-min	AAA	1	5	.167	3.04	47	5	10	0	0	2	77.0	69	26	26	2	48	2	67	2	0	6	339		1.519	8.1	0.2	5.6	7.8	1.40	LOU · IL
2000	26	CIN	NL	0	0		4.50	12	0	4	0	0	0	14.0	12	7	7	2	8	0	13	0	0	2	60	108	1.429	7.7	1.3	5.1	8.4	1.63
2001	27	CIN-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.35	12	0	4	0	0	1	13.1	12	2	2	0	6	1	13	1	0	1	55		1.350	8.1	0.0	4.0	8.8	2.17	LOU · IL
2001	27	CIN	NL	3	2	.600	4.08	56	0	10	0	0	0	53.0	55	27	24	6	30	1	59	0	0	4	240	113	1.604	9.3	1.0	5.1	10.0	1.97
2002	28	PHI-min	AAA	3	1	.750	1.62	26	0	12	0	0	3	33.1	22	6	6	2	12	1	43	1	0	2	131		1.020	5.9	0.5	3.2	11.6	3.58	SWB · IL
2002	28	PHI	NL	2	2	.500	4.62	31	3	7	0	0	0	39.0	32	21	20	2	25	2	40	3	1	3	173	85	1.462	7.4	0.5	5.8	9.2	1.60
2003	29	PHI-min	AAA,AA	0	3	.000	1.32	15	3	2	0	0	0	34.0	34	12	5	2	12	0	20	0	0	0	142		1.353	9.0	0.5	3.2	5.3	1.67	SWB,REA · IL,EL
2003	29	PHI	NL	0	0		5.79	13	0	4	0	0	1	18.2	18	12	12	5	12	0	15	1	0	1	86	70	1.607	8.7	2.4	5.8	7.2	1.25
2005	31	TEX-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	1.71	22	0	7	0	0	1	31.2	31	8	6	1	19	2	31	0	0	0	136		1.579	8.8	0.3	5.4	8.8	1.63	OKC · PCL
2006	32	DET-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.94	26	0	10	0	0	1	32.0	36	16	14	1	18	3	25	0	0	9	148		1.688	10.1	0.3	5.1	7.0	1.39	TOL · IL
2008	34	SLT	AAA	3	2	.600	3.71	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.0	35	17	14	1	15	0	27	0	0	2	147		1.471	9.3	0.3	4.0	7.1	1.80	SLT · MEX
4 Yrs				5	4	.556	4.55	112	3	25	0	0	1	124.2	117	67	63	15	75	3	127	4	1	10	559	95	1.540	8.4	1.1	5.4	9.2	1.69
162 Game Avg.				3	2	.556	4.55	66	2	15	0	0	1	74	69	40	37	9	44	2	75	2	1	6	331	95	1.540	8.4	1.1	5.4	9.2	1.69

PHI (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	4.99	44	3	11	0	0	1	57.2	50	33	32	7	37	2	55	4	1	4	259	79	1.509	7.8	1.1	5.8	8.6	1.49
CIN (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	4.16	68	0	14	0	0	0	67.0	67	34	31	8	38	1	72	0	0	6	300	112	1.567	9.0	1.1	5.1	9.7	1.89

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2000	26	CIN	NL	14.0	12	0	7	4.50	5.01	0.26	-0.38	106.8	4.66	0	0.0	.7	-0.0	0.1	2	.502	.500	$220,000
2001	27	CIN	NL	53.0	56	0	27	4.58	5.03	-0.21	-0.38	107.3	5.21	4	0.4	.9	-0.1	0.6	9	.507	.502	$
2002	28	PHI	NL	39.0	31	3	21	4.85	4.43	0.13	-0.17	95.6	3.96	-4	-0.4	1.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0	.487	.497	$255,000
2003	29	PHI	NL	18.2	13	0	12	5.79	4.51	0.12	-0.33	91.4	3.71	-4	-0.4	.5	0.1	-0.2	-2	.467	.497	$330,000
4 Seasons				124.2	112	3	67	4.84	4.76	0.00	-0.30	101.2	4.53	-5	-0.5	.9	-0.2	0.3	8	.496	.499	$805,000

PHI (2 yrs)				57.2	44	3	33	5.15	4.46	0.13	-0.22	94.3	3.88	-8	-0.8	.9	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.481	.497	$585,000
CIN (2 yrs)				67.0	68	0	34	4.57	5.02	-0.11	-0.38	107.2	5.10	4	0.4	.9	-0.2	0.7	11	.506	.501	$220,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2000	26	CIN	NL	12	60	50	7	12	2	0	2	0	1	8	13	.240	.339	.400	.739	.278	20	2	0	1	1	0	0
2001	27	CIN	NL	56	240	206	27	55	8	3	6	2	1	30	59	.267	.357	.422	.779	.343	87	3	0	1	2	1	3
2002	28	PHI	NL	31	173	143	21	32	9	1	2	5	0	25	40	.224	.349	.343	.691	.294	49	1	3	1	1	2	0
2003	29	PHI	NL	13	86	71	12	18	2	1	5	2	0	12	15	.254	.360	.521	.882	.245	37	1	1	0	2	0	0
4 Yrs				112	559	470	67	117	21	5	15	9	2	75	127	.249	.353	.411	.764	.305	193	7	4	3	6	3	3
162 Game Avg.				66	331	278	40	69	12	3	9	5	1	44	75	.249	.353	.411	.764	.305	114	4	2	2	4	2	2
MLB Averages																.265	.335	.426	.761	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2000	26	CIN	NL	0.8	0.1	63	0.2	0.5	-0.4	.47	-0.0	0.4	1.9	0.2	0.47	-0.4	1	3	7
2001	27	CIN	NL	2.6	0.3	249	-1.2	2.3	-3.5	.61	-0.3	-1.6	-4.6	-0.4	0.61	-2.2	16	6	34
2002	28	PHI	NL	-2.8	-0.3	185	0.3	2.9	-2.6	.94	0.4	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.94	-0.2	10	4	12
2003	29	PHI	NL	-3.3	-0.3	89	0.0	0.7	-0.7	.53	-0.3	0.3	-1.0	-0.1	0.53	-6.5	1	3	7
4 Yrs				-2.8	-0.3	586	-0.7	6.4	-7.1	.69	-0.1	-0.9	-4.4	-0.4	0.69	-9.3	28	16	60

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2002	28	PHI	NL	31	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.333	0	2	0	0	0	0%	53.3	63	46	12	2	2	1	3.9	1.6	4.2	67	2	1	0	0	81
1 Yr				31	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.333	0	2	0	0	0	0%	53	63	46	12	2	2	1	3.9	1.6	4.2	67	2	1	0	0	81
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	100	-9					4.9	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2000	26	CIN	NL	12	12	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	7	1	14%	8	.471	1	3	7	3	0	9	5	7	4	3	5	1	3.5	22
2001	27	CIN	NL	56	56	10	3	2	2	0	2	0%	8	5	34	12	35%	7	.611	16	6	34	18	7	31	22	34	14	27	17	15	2.8	18
2002	28	PHI	NL	31	28	7	2	2	0	0	0		3	3	18	3	17%	6	.938	10	4	12	6	7	15	11	17	6	11	7	8	2.8	16
2003	29	PHI	NL	13	13	4	0	0	2	1	1	50%	2	0	9	2	22%	5	.528	1	3	7	7	0	6	4	9	4	1	4	0	4.3	26
4 Yrs				112	109	25	5	4	4	1	3	25%	14	9	68	18	26%		.684	28	16	60	34	14	61	42	67	28	42	33	24	3.1	19

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2000	26	CIN	NL	60	42%	3.3%	21.7%	13.3%	6.7%	33%	0.64	1.15	60%	28%	9.5%	5%	11	2	18%
2001	27	CIN	NL	240	42%	2.5%	24.6%	12.5%	7.1%	31%	0.58	0.83	60%	30%	8.5%	21%	53	3	6%
2002	28	PHI	NL	173	25%	1.2%	23.1%	14.5%	6.9%	38%	0.72	0.90	59%	23%	4.2%	17%	33	1	3%
2003	29	PHI	NL	86	30%	5.8%	17.4%	14.0%	9.3%	44%	0.87	1.28	62%	22%	17.9%	10%	17	1	6%
4 Yrs				559	35%	2.7%	22.7%	13.4%	7.3%	35%	0.67	0.95	60%	26%	8.9%	16%	114	7	6%
MLB Averages					47%	2.9%	16.8%	8.8%	8.0%	34%	0.76	1.07	70%	23%	8.3%	14%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2000	26	CIN	NL	60	263	4.38	150	57%	23%	25%	26%	26%	77%	0%	44%	67%	37%	12%	7	5	17%	10	8	1	0%	3	2	0	0	0
2001	27	CIN	NL	241	1019	4.23	623	61%	25%	20%	31%	24%	75%	1%	46%	73%	56%	6%	15	11	22%	52	26	3	15%	6	3	-1	0	0
2002	28	PHI	NL	173	662	3.83	398	60%	25%	20%	28%	26%	75%	2%	45%	73%	57%	8%	13	2	23%	39	22	0	30%	9	9	0	0	0
2003	29	PHI	NL	86	342	3.98	206	60%	28%	18%	26%	28%	72%	0%	43%	75%	55%	6%	5	2	13%	11	8	1	13%	2	3	0	0	0
4 Yrs				560	2286	4.08	1377	60%	25%	21%	29%	26%	75%	1%	45%	73%	54%	7%	40	20	20%	112	64	5	18%	20	17	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2000	26	CIN	NL	60	12	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	100%	0	2	0	27	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0
2001	27	CIN	NL	240	55	4	0	6	0	5	2	4	3	3	12	5	3	42%	3	4	2	104	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	11	0
2002	28	PHI	NL	173	32	4	1	2	1	11	2	0	1	1	18	9	6	50%	0	3	3	65	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
2003	29	PHI	NL	86	18	1	0	5	0	9	5	0	1	4	10	5	4	50%	0	1	0	30	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4 Yrs				559	117	9	1	15	1	25	9	6	7	8	42	21	13	50%	3	10	5	226	9	2	82%	8	1	1	0	0	1	4	1	29	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2000	26	0	0		4.50	12	0	4	0	14.0	12	7	7	2	8	0	13	0	0	2	60	108	1.429	7.7	1.3	5.1	8.4	1.63	108
2001	27	3	2	.600	4.16	68	0	14	0	67.0	67	34	31	8	38	1	72	0	0	6	300	112	1.567	9.0	1.1	5.1	9.7	1.89	112
2002	28	5	4	.556	4.33	99	3	21	0	106.0	99	55	51	10	63	3	112	3	1	9	473	101	1.528	8.4	0.8	5.3	9.5	1.78	101
2003	29	5	4	.556	4.55	112	3	25	1	124.2	117	67	63	15	75	3	127	4	1	10	559	95	1.540	8.4	1.1	5.4	9.2	1.69	95

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2000	26	0	1	.000	3.86	14.0	11	7	6	2	7	13	0	1.286	7.1	4.5	8.4	1.86	1.3	12
2001	27	3	2	.600	3.57	53.0	52	23	21	6	28	59	0	1.509	8.8	4.8	10.0	2.11	1.0	56
2002	28	1	3	.250	5.35	37.0	33	24	22	2	26	38	3	1.595	8.0	6.3	9.2	1.46	0.5	31
2003	29	1	1	.500	6.00	18.0	18	13	12	5	12	15	1	1.667	9.0	6.0	7.5	1.25	2.5	13
4 Yrs		5	7	.417	4.50	122.0	114	67	61	15	73	125	4	1.533	8.4		9.2	1.71	1.1	112

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