Henry Mercedes

Henry Felipe (Perez) Mercedes

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 23, 1969 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, DO)
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1992
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Royals/Rangers 1992-1997

Final Game: September 21, 1997
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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
1988	18	OAK-min	Rk	2	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800		2		0	0	0	0		ATH · ARIZ
1989	19	OAK-min	A-,A	89	294	250	23	45	3	1	3	17	0	2	39	92	.180	.296	.236	.532		59	1	2	3	0	1		MAD,SOR,MOD · MIDW,NORW,CALL
1990	20	OAK-min	A,AAA	102	357	313	32	70	14	2	3	39	6	1	33	107	.224	.298	.310	.608		97		1	8	2	0		MAD,TAC · MIDW,PCL
1991	21	OAK-min	A+	116	464	388	55	100	17	3	4	61	5	8	68	110	.258	.369	.348	.717		135	6	2	3	3	1		MOD · CALL
1992	22	OAK-min	AAA	85	276	246	36	57	9	2	0	20	1	3	26	60	.232	.305	.285	.590		70	8	0	4	0	0		TAC · PCL
1992	22	OAK	AL	9	5	5	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.800	.800	1.200	2.000	470	6	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1993	23	OAK-min	AAA	85	298	256	37	61	13	1	4	32	1	2	31	53	.238	.315	.344	.659		88	8	1	3	7	2		TAC · PCL
1993	23	OAK	AL	20	50	47	5	10	2	0	0	3	1	1	2	15	.213	.260	.255	.515	43	12	0	1	0	0	0	2/D

1994	24	OAK-min	AAA	66	226	205	16	39	5	1	1	17	1	2	13	60	.190	.235	.239	.474		49	6	0	5	3	0		TAC · PCL
1995	25	KCR-min	AAA	86	307	275	37	59	12	0	11	37	2	0	22	90	.215	.279	.378	.657		104	7	3	6	1	0		OMA · AA
1995	25	KCR	AL	23	55	43	7	11	2	0	0	9	0	0	8	13	.256	.370	.302	.673	78	13	0	1	1	2	0	2
1996	26	KCR-min	AAA	72	259	223	28	48	9	1	8	35	0	0	28	60	.215	.300	.372	.673		83	7	0	6	2	0		OMA · AA
1996	26	KCR	AL	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1997	27	TEX-min	AAA	16	66	57	6	14	3	0	1	4	0	0	9	12	.246	.348	.351	.699		20	3	0	0	0	0		OKC · AA
1997	27	TEX	AL	23	56	47	4	10	4	0	0	4	0	0	6	25	.213	.302	.298	.600	55	14	0	0	3	0	0	2
1998	28	SFG-CIN-min	AAA	35	124	104	18	21	5	2	2	12	0	0	16	33	.202	.314	.346	.660		36	4	1	3	0	0		FRE,INA · PCL,IL
1999	29	KCR-min	AAA	69	226	193	27	47	8	0	6	32	4	1	27	63	.244	.341	.378	.719		73	2	2	3	1	0		OMA · PCL
2000	30	STL-min	AAA	5	15	12	4	4	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	6	.333	.429	.750	1.179		9	0	0	1	0	0		MEM · PCL
2002	32	CDB	AAA	46	162	126	26	35	8	0	9	22	0	1	30	38	.278	.420	.556	.976		70	4	1	5	0	1		CDB · MEX
2003	33	UNL	AAA	12	51	39	4	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	14	.205	.392	.231	.623		9	0	0	0	0	0		UNL · MEX
5 Yrs				79	170	146	18	36	8	1	0	17	1	1	16	55	.247	.325	.315	.640	71	46	0	2	4	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	349	299	37	74	16	2	0	35	2	2	33	113	.247	.325	.315	.640	71	94	0	4	8	4	0

KCR (2 yrs)				27	59	47	8	12	2	0	0	9	0	0	8	14	.255	.362	.298	.660	74	14	0	1	1	2	0
OAK (2 yrs)				29	55	52	6	14	2	1	0	4	1	1	2	16	.269	.309	.346	.655	82	18	0	1	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				23	56	47	4	10	4	0	0	4	0	0	6	25	.213	.302	.298	.600	55	14	0	0	3	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
1992	22	OAK	AL	9	5	2	0	0	-1	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.517	.501	0.3	-0.1	3	$	/2
1993	23	OAK	AL	20	50	-2	-1	0	2	1	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.1	.499	.500	0.0	0.3	-0	$111,000	2/D

1995	25	KCR	AL	23	55	-2	0	0	1	1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.503	.500	0.2	0.2	2	$149,000	2
1996	26	KCR	AL	4	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
1997	27	TEX	AL	23	56	-4	-0	0	-2	1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.478	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$180,000	2
5 Seasons				79	170	-6	-1	0	0	3	-3	-0.3	6	2	0.3	.496	.500	0.4	0.3	2	$440,000

KCR (2 yrs)				27	59	-2	0	0	1	1	0	0.1	2	2	0.3	.501	.500	0.2	0.2	1	$149,000
OAK (2 yrs)				29	55	-0	-0	0	1	1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.505	.500	0.3	0.2	2	$111,000
TEX (1 yr)				23	56	-4	-0	0	-2	1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.478	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$180,000

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	PwrSpd
1992	22	OAK	AL	5	1	5	134.4	89	1.000	.800	.252	.800	.320	1.200	.375	2.000	.695	470	.998	2.2	0.2	6.000	.400	.400
1993	23	OAK	AL	50	38	3	2.1	97	.313	.213	.259	.260	.329	.255	.397	.515	.726	43	.181	-3.7	-0.4	.395	.085	.043	.0

1995	25	KCR	AL	55	35	6	4.6	110	.344	.256	.271	.370	.346	.302	.429	.673	.774	78	.440	-0.7	-0.1	.688	.233	.047
1996	26	KCR	AL	4	3	0	0.0	115	.333	.250	.276	.250	.349	.250	.443	.500	.792	28	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1997	27	TEX	AL	56	40	5	3.4	113	.455	.213	.277	.302	.347	.298	.438	.600	.786	55	.312	-3.1	-0.3	.541	.213	.085
5 Yrs				170	117	19	4.3	107	.387	.247	.269	.325	.340	.315	.420	.640	.760	71	.429	-5.8	-0.5	.577	.178	.068	.0
162 Game Avg.				349	240	39	4.3	107	.387	.247	.269	.325	.340	.315	.420	.640	.760	71	.429	-5.8	-0.5	.577	.178	.068

KCR (2 yrs)				59	38	6	4.2	111	.343	.255	.272	.362	.346	.298	.430	.660	.776	74	.401	-1.2	-0.1	.657	.213	.043
OAK (2 yrs)				55	39	8	5.5	97	.389	.269	.259	.309	.328	.346	.395	.655	.723	82	.563	-1.5	-0.1	.538	.115	.077	.0
TEX (1 yr)				56	40	5	3.3	113	.455	.213	.277	.302	.347	.298	.438	.600	.786	55	.311	-3.1	-0.3	.541	.213	.085

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
1992	22	OAK	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	20.0%	25%		5.0		5.0	1.00		80%	0%	0.0%	0%
1993	23	OAK	AL	50	0.0%	30.0%	4.0%	4.0%	20%	7.50	3.1		15.7	1.58	1.50	64%	13%	0.0%	25%

1995	25	KCR	AL	55	0.0%	23.6%	14.6%	3.6%	18%	1.63	3.3		4.8	1.21	1.75	58%	12%	0.0%	29%
1996	26	KCR	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			0.00	0.00	75%	33%	0.0%	0%
1997	27	TEX	AL	56	0.0%	44.6%	10.7%	7.1%	40%	4.17	1.9		11.8	0.57	1.14	39%	24%	0.0%	14%
5 Yrs				170	0.0%	32.4%	9.4%	5.3%	25%	3.44	2.7		8.6	1.02	1.36	55%	15%	0.0%	20%
MLB Averages					2.5%	15.9%	8.9%	7.4%	32%	1.80	5.6	35.7	7.7	0.82	1.09	71%	21%	7.5%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1992	22	OAK	AL	2.2	0.2	6	0.3	0.3	0.0	.24	0.2	0.9	1.6	0.2	0.54	2.4	0.00	2
1993	23	OAK	AL	-3.7	-0.4	54	0.3	0.9	-0.7	.79	-0.1	0.5	-1.1	-0.1	0.94	-2.5	0.01	2

1995	25	KCR	AL	-0.7	-0.1	56	0.1	0.8	-0.7	.83	-0.1	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.92	0.2	0.46	1
1996	26	KCR	AL	-0.4	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.44	-0.0	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.01	-0.6		0
1997	27	TEX	AL	-3.1	-0.3	57	-0.5	0.5	-1.1	.90	-0.3	-0.3	-3.4	-0.3	0.96	-4.2		0
5 Yrs				-5.8	-0.5	177	0.1	2.5	-2.4	.81	-0.3	0.5	-3.0	-0.3	0.93	-4.7	0.10	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1992	22	OAK	AL	0	0	25%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	23	OAK	AL	2	0	39%	20	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0%	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1995	25	KCR	AL	0	0	35%	34	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	57%	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
1996	26	KCR	AL	0	0	100%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	27	TEX	AL	0	0	25%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	20%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
5 Yrs				2	0	33%	80	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	31%	10	9	1	0	0	0	6	2	4

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
1992	22	OAK	AL	5	40%	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
1993	23	OAK	AL	50	46%	10	3	0	2	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	24	3	13%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1995	25	KCR	AL	55	51%	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.46	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	8	0	0%	9	4	44%	36	9	25%	6	4	67%	3	1	33%	0
1996	26	KCR	AL	4	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1997	27	TEX	AL	56	32%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	8	0	0%	11	4	36%	41	4	10%	4	0	0%	6	3	50%	0
5 Yrs				170	42%	36	3	0	5	1	0	0	0.10	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	21	0	0%	21	8	38%	105	17	16%	11	4	36%	9	4	44%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			72%			10%			35%			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
1992	22	OAK	AL	5	19	3.80	10	53%	40%	10%	10%	40%	60%	0%	32%	83%	20%	0%	0	0	20%	1	1	20%	1	1	100%	0	0	0
1993	23	OAK	AL	50	188	3.76	119	63%	33%	22%	18%	27%	67%	0%	43%	68%	28%	4%	2	0	6%	3	1	6%	3	1	33%	0	0	0

1995	25	KCR	AL	54	213	3.94	123	58%	35%	15%	24%	26%	65%	0%	38%	78%	35%	7%	4	0	17%	9	3	15%	8	2	54%	1	0	0
1996	26	KCR	AL	4	17	4.25	13	76%	15%	15%	46%	23%	85%	0%	65%	82%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1997	27	TEX	AL	56	206	3.68	136	66%	29%	27%	26%	18%	71%	0%	47%	62%	46%	4%	2	0	9%	5	3	5%	3	2	48%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				169	643	3.80	401	62%	32%	21%	23%	24%	68%	0%	43%	69%	36%	5%	8	0	11%	18	8	9%	15	6	45%	1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.68		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	SF
1992	22	9	5	5	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.800	.800	1.200	2.000	470	6	0	0	0
1993	23	29	55	52	6	14	2	1	4	1	1	2	16	.269	.309	.346	.655	82	18	1	0	0
1994	24	29	55	52	6	14	2	1	4	1	1	2	16	.269	.309	.346	.655	82	18	1	0	0
1995	25	52	110	95	13	25	4	1	13	1	1	10	29	.263	.339	.326	.666	80	31	2	1	2
1996	26	56	114	99	14	26	4	1	13	1	1	10	30	.263	.336	.323	.660	78	32	2	1	2
1997	27	79	170	146	18	36	8	1	17	1	1	16	55	.247	.325	.315	.640	71	46	2	4	2

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	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1992	22	9	6	6	1	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	.833	.833	1.167	2.000	6	9
1993	23	20	50	47	5	10	2	0	0	3	1	2	15	.213	.260	.255	.515	3	20

1995	25	26	59	47	7	11	2	0	0	8	0	8	15	.234	.345	.277	.621	4	23
1996	26	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1997	27	23	56	47	4	10	4	0	0	4	0	6	25	.213	.302	.298	.600	4	23
5 Yrs		82	175	151	17	36	8	1	0	16	1	16	57	.238	.316	.305	.620	17	79
162 Game Avg.		162	346	298	34	71	16	2	0	32	2	32	113	.238	.316	.305	.620	34	79

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