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Héctor Mercado    \mur-CAH-do\

Hector Luis Mercado

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

Born: April 29, 1974 in Catano, Puerto Rico
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 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Reds/Phillies 2000-2003

Final Game: July 11, 2003 (Age 29)
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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
1998 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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 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 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 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
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 (v2.2): 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 Awards
2000 26 CIN NL 14.0 12 0 7 4.50 5.01 0.26 -0.38 106.9 4.67 0 0.0 .7 -0.0 0.1 2 .502 .500 $220,000
2001 27 CIN NL 53.0 56 0 27 4.58 5.02 -0.21 -0.38 107.6 5.21 4 0.4 .9 -0.1 0.7 8 .506 .502
2002 28 PHI NL 39.0 31 3 21 4.85 4.42 0.13 -0.17 96.1 3.96 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .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 -3 .467 .497 $330,000
4 Seasons 124.2 112 3 67 4.84 4.75 0.00 -0.30 101.5 4.54 -5 -0.5 .9 -0.2 0.4 7 .496 .499 $805,000
PHI (2 yrs) 57.2 44 3 33 5.15 4.45 0.13 -0.22 94.6 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 5.01 -0.11 -0.38 107.4 5.10 4 0.4 .9 -0.2 0.8 10 .506 .501 $220,000

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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
1998 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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 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 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 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
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 (v2.2): 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 Awards
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 1 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 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .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 2 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 -0.0 0 $805,000
PHI (2 yrs) 44 6 -1 -0 -0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 $585,000
CIN (2 yrs) 68 3 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 -0.0 -0 $220,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2000 CIN NL 26 P 12 0 0 14.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.64 0.08 .960 1.74 1.72 0 1 100% 32% 0
2001 CIN NL 27 P 56 0 0 53.0 6 0 5 1 0 .833 0.85 0.09 .958 1.75 1.73 2 1 33% 33% 2
2002 PHI NL 28 P 31 3 0 39.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.92 0.13 .962 1.82 1.81 5 0 0% 32% 1
2003 PHI NL 29 P 13 0 0 18.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1 11 1.45 0.23 .957 1.83 1.83 2 0 0% 31% 0
4 Seasons P 112 3 0 124.2 14 1 12 1 0 .929 1 10 0.94 0.12 .959 1.78 1.76 9 2 18% 32% 3
4 Seasons TOT 112 3 0 124.2 14 1 12 1 0 .929 1 64 0.94 0.12 .959 1.78 1.76 9 2 18% 32% 3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Tim Davis (988)
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  3. Luis Perez (985)
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  5. Rick Austin (984)
  6. John Bale (984)
  7. Taylor Tankersley (984)
  8. Cookie Cuccurullo (983)
  9. Dave Rajsich (982)
  10. Macay McBride (982)
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  1. Armando Almanza (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rick Austin (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199824New York Mets$170,0004/3/98 USA Today
200026Cincinnati Reds$220,0004/5/00 AP
200228Philadelphia Phillies$255,0004/3/02 AP
200329Philadelphia Phillies$330,0004/3/03 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$975,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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