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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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More Stats

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
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

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	-min	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	-min	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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1992	22	OAK	AL	5	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$	/2
1993	23	OAK	AL	50	-4	-1	1	0	2	1	2	1	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$111,000	2

1995	25	KCR	AL	55	-1	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$149,000	2
1996	26	KCR	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/2
1997	27	TEX	AL	56	-3	0	0	0	-2	1	2	-2	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$180,000	2
5 Seasons				170	-5	-1	1	0	0	3	6	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$440,000

KCR (2 yrs)				59	-1	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$149,000
OAK (2 yrs)				55	-1	-1	1	0	1	1	2	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$111,000
TEX (1 yr)				56	-3	0	0	0	-2	1	2	-2	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$180,000

Standard Fielding

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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%	PO
1992	OAK	AL	22	C	9	0	0	16.0	8	7	0	1	0	.875	-1	-75	3.94	0.78	.989	6.19	6.18	0	0	3	0	0%	0
1993	OAK	AL	23	C	18	12	11	119.0	77	66	10	1	1	.987	2	20	5.75	4.22	.991	6.56	6.50	1	6	5	8	62%	0
1995	KCR	AL	25	C	22	14	8	139.1	71	62	8	1	1	.986	1	9	4.52	3.18	.990	6.74	6.67	2	5	11	4	27%	2
1996	KCR	AL	26	C	4	0	0	10.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.80	0.50	.990	6.93	6.88	0	0	1	0	0%	0
1997	TEX	AL	27	C	23	12	7	128.2	83	78	4	1	2	.988	-2	-19	5.74	3.57	.991	7.15	7.09	2	5	11	1	8%	0
	5 Seasons			C	76	38	26	413.0	241	215	22	4	4	.983	0	0	5.16	3.12	.991	6.80	6.71	5	16	31	13	30%	2
	5 Seasons			TOT	76	38	26	413.0	241	215	22	4	4	.983	0	0	5.16	3.12	.991	6.80	6.71	5	16	31	13	30%	2

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 22, 1987: Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent.
October 15, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
November 11, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
October 12, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
November 18, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
October 27, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
January 12, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

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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
1993	23	Oakland Athletics	$111,000	USA Today

1995	25	Kansas City Royals	$149,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1

1997	27	Texas Rangers	$180,000	1997 AP survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$440,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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