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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, Dominican Republic
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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Royals/Rangers 1992-1997

Final Game: September 21, 1997 (Age 28)
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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
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 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
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 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 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
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 (v2.2): 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
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 0.2 .500 .500 -0.0 0.3 -0 $111,000 2/D
1995 25 KCR AL 23 55 -1 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .504 .501 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 .479 .497 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $180,000 2
5 Seasons 79 170 -6 -1 0 0 3 -3 -0.3 6 3 0.3 .496 .499 0.3 0.3 3 $440,000
KCR (2 yrs) 27 59 -2 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .502 .500 0.2 0.2 2 $149,000
OAK (2 yrs) 29 55 -0 -0 0 1 1 1 0.1 2 4 0.4 .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 .479 .497 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $180,000

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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% lgCS% PO Awards
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% 34% 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% 36% 0
1993 OAK AL 23 DH 1 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% 31% 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% 30% 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% 32% 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% 33% 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% 33% 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-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

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.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199323Oakland Athletics$111,000USA Today
199525Kansas City Royals$149,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199727Texas Rangers$180,0001997 AP survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$440,000
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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