Orlando Mercado
Orlando (Rodriguez) Mercado
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 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
Final Game: September 30, 1990
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1982 SEA AL 20 C 8 5 49.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -24.5 -1 5.88 4.00 .988 5.69 4.90 0 3 4 1 20%
1982 SEA AL 20 DH 1
1983 SEA AL 21 C 65 59 506.2 371 342 27 2 2 .995 -4.0 -9.5 -4 6.55 5.68 .986 5.70 4.76 1 12 46 11 19%
1984 SEA AL 22 C 29 21 194.0 129 118 10 1 0 .992 -1.0 -6.2 -1 5.94 4.41 .987 5.96 5.05 3 6 15 7 32%
1986 TEX AL 24 C 45 31 290.1 266 240 25 1 5 .996 -1.0 -4.1 -1 8.21 5.89 .989 6.62 5.44 6 15 26 12 32%
1987 TOT MLB 25 C 17 9 85.1 62 53 8 1 1 .984 -1.0 -14.1 -1 6.43 3.59 .987 6.78 5.66 1 4 6 2 25%
1987 DET AL 25 C 10 8 66.0 49 40 8 1 1 .980 -1.0 -18.2 -1 6.55 4.80 .988 6.74 5.49 1 3 5 2 29%
1987 LAD NL 25 C 7 1 19.1 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.05 1.86 .985 6.94 5.91 0 1 1 0 0%
1988 OAK AL 26 C 16 8 79.0 49 45 2 2 0 .959 -1.0 -15.2 -1 5.35 2.94 .990 6.22 5.28 0 3 6 1 14%
1989 MIN AL 27 C 19 14 111.0 82 73 9 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.65 4.32 .989 6.24 5.20 1 4 6 3 33%
1990 TOT NL 28 C 48 30 271.2 250 239 9 2 2 .992 -6.0 -26.5 -6 8.22 5.17 .987 6.65 5.44 4 12 40 6 13%
1990 NYM NL 28 C 40 27 242.0 223 213 8 2 2 .991 -5.0 -24.8 -5 8.22 5.53 .987 6.65 5.44 4 11 34 5 13%
1990 MON NL 28 C 8 3 29.2 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -40.4 -1 8.19 3.38 .985 6.64 5.44 0 1 6 1 14%
8 Seasons C 247 177 1587.0 1241 1141 91 9 12 .993 -15.0 -11.3 -15 6.99 4.99 .987 6.18 5.18 16 59 149 43 22%
1 Season DH 1
8 Seasons TOT 247 177 1587.0 1241 1141 91 9 12 .993 -15.0 -11.3 -15 6.99 4.99 .980 6.18 5.18 16 59 149 43 22%

Appearances

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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 0 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 0 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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 20 217 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 2285 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 22 895 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 1251 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 25 294 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 83 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 26 343 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 27 483 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 1039 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 28 130 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 7020 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*

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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 1.02 2.00
1983 SEA AL 21 2 12 888 46 11 8 19% 42 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 68 17 1.34 1.14
1984 SEA AL 22 3 6 330 15 7 5 32% 14 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 9 1.57 1.24
1986 TEX AL 24 6 15 401 26 12 9 32% 22 11 4 0 0 1 0 0 58 14 1.23 1.45
1987 DET AL 25 1 3 112 5 2 2 29% 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 2 1.23 1.09
1987 LAD NL 25 0 1 30 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.39
1988 OAK AL 26 0 3 124 6 1 1 14% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0.85 1.26
1989 MIN AL 27 1 4 174 6 3 3 33% 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 1.36 0.96
1990 NYM NL 28 4 11 319 34 5 4 13% 31 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 56 7 1.38 1.38
1990 MON NL 28 0 1 49 6 1 0 14% 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0.95 1.14
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 1954 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.

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