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Orlando Mercado

Orlando (Rodriguez) Mercado

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 7, 1961 in Arecibo, P.R.
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1982
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Rangers/Mets/Twins/Athletics/... 1982-1990

Final Game: September 30, 1990
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1982 SEA AL 20 C 8 5 3 49.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -24 5.88 4.00 .988 5.69 5.66 0 3 4 1 20% 36% 0
1982 SEA AL 20 DH 1 0
1983 SEA AL 21 C 65 59 44 506.2 371 342 27 2 2 .995 -4 -9 6.55 5.68 .986 5.70 5.66 1 12 46 11 19% 33% 0
1984 SEA AL 22 C 29 21 18 194.0 129 118 10 1 0 .992 -1 -6 5.94 4.41 .987 5.96 5.92 3 6 15 7 32% 36% 0
1986 TEX AL 24 C 45 31 19 290.1 266 240 25 1 5 .996 -1 -4 8.21 5.89 .989 6.62 6.56 6 15 26 12 32% 34% 0
1987 TOT MLB 25 C 17 9 4 85.1 62 53 8 1 1 .984 -1 -14 6.43 3.59 .988 6.78 6.76 1 4 6 2 25% 31% 0
1987 DET AL 25 C 10 8 3 66.0 49 40 8 1 1 .980 -1 -18 6.55 4.80 .988 6.74 6.67 1 3 5 2 29% 31% 0
1987 LAD NL 25 C 7 1 1 19.1 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.05 1.86 .987 6.94 6.90 0 1 1 0 0% 29% 0
1988 OAK AL 26 C 16 8 5 79.0 49 45 2 2 0 .959 -1 -15 5.35 2.94 .989 6.22 6.16 0 3 6 1 14% 31% 0
1989 MIN AL 27 C 19 14 5 111.0 82 73 9 0 2 1.000 0 0 6.65 4.32 .989 6.24 6.17 1 4 6 3 33% 31% 0
1990 TOT NL 28 C 48 30 17 271.2 250 239 9 2 2 .992 -6 -27 8.22 5.17 .987 6.65 6.61 4 12 40 6 13% 29% 1
1990 NYM NL 28 C 40 27 15 242.0 223 213 8 2 2 .991 -5 -25 8.22 5.53 .987 6.65 6.61 4 11 34 5 13% 29% 1
1990 MON NL 28 C 8 3 2 29.2 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -40 8.19 3.38 .987 6.64 6.61 0 1 6 1 14% 29% 0
8 Seasons C 247 177 115 1587.0 1241 1141 91 9 12 .993 -15 -11 6.99 4.99 .987 6.18 6.19 16 59 149 43 22% 32% 1
8 Seasons TOT 247 177 115 1587.0 1241 1141 91 9 12 .993 -15 -11 6.99 4.99 .987 6.18 6.19 16 59 149 43 22% 32% 1
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1982 SEA AL 20 C -1 -24 -1
1983 SEA AL 21 C -4 -9 -4
1984 SEA AL 22 C -1 -6 -1
1986 TEX AL 24 C -1 -4 -1
1987 DET AL 25 C -1 -18 -1
1987 LAD NL 25 C 0 0 0
1988 OAK AL 26 C -1 -15 -1
1989 MIN AL 27 C 0 0 0
1990 NYM NL 28 C -5 -25 -5
1990 MON NL 28 C -1 -40 -1
8 Seasons C -15 -11 -15
8 Seasons TOT -15 -11 -15

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1982 SEA AL 20 9 5 9 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1983 SEA AL 21 66 59 66 65 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1984 SEA AL 22 30 21 30 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 TEX AL 24 46 31 46 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1987 DET AL 25 10 8 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 LAD NL 25 7 1 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 OAK AL 26 16 8 16 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 MIN AL 27 19 14 19 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 NYM NL 28 42 27 42 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1990 MON NL 28 8 3 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 253 177 253 247 0 247 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1982 SEA AL 20 207 4.22 4.59 6 100% 0 0 33 6 0 0 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 SEA AL 21 2196 4.26 4.69 28 93% 0 0 343 18 0 10 315 25 8 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 3 100%
1984 SEA AL 22 861 4.08 4.73 9 100% 0 0 118 5 1 2 110 10 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1986 TEX AL 24 1191 2.95 3.38 17 100% 0 0 241 9 3 4 225 24 4 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 100%
1987 DET AL 25 284 5.05 5.32 4 100% 0 0 41 2 0 2 37 7 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1987 LAD NL 25 81 1.86 1.86 2 100% 0 0 14 1 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 OAK AL 26 330 3.53 3.76 4 100% 0 0 44 3 0 1 40 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 MIN AL 27 468 3.57 3.97 6 100% 0 0 73 3 0 3 67 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 100%
1990 NYM NL 28 986 2.94 3.20 13 100% 0 0 214 10 0 3 201 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 100%
1990 MON NL 28 122 2.43 2.43 2 100% 0 0 25 2 0 0 23 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 6726 3.68 4.08 91 98% 0 0 1146 59 4 26 1057 88 22 1 1 14 9 1 0 8 1 11 0 1 4 14 100%
MLB Averages 3.88 4.34 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1982 SEA AL 20 0 3 63 4 1 1 20% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 1.04 2.07
1983 SEA AL 21 2 12 888 46 11 8 19% 42 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 68 17 1.34 1.13
1984 SEA AL 22 3 6 330 15 7 5 32% 14 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 9 1.55 1.24
1986 TEX AL 24 6 15 401 26 12 9 32% 22 11 4 0 0 1 0 0 58 14 1.24 1.45
1987 DET AL 25 1 3 112 5 2 2 29% 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 2 1.22 1.11
1987 LAD NL 25 0 1 30 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.33
1988 OAK AL 26 0 3 124 6 1 1 14% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0.82 1.29
1989 MIN AL 27 1 4 174 6 3 3 33% 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 1.37 0.95
1990 NYM NL 28 4 11 319 34 5 4 13% 31 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 56 7 1.38 1.43
1990 MON NL 28 0 1 49 6 1 0 14% 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0.93 1.16
8 Seasons 17 59 2490 149 43 33 22% 133 41 16 1 0 1 1 0 270 55 1.31 1.28
MLB Averages 32% 1.29 1.28

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1982 AL  born 1961-11-07 (3rd)
1983 AL  born 1961-11-07 (10th)

                                         

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