Jose Mercedes
Jose Miguel (Santana) Mercedes
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 5, 1971 in El Seibo, D.R.
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1994
Final Game: September 24, 2003
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1994 23 MIL AL 2 0 1.000 2.32 19 0 5 0 0 0 31.0 22 9 8 4 16 1 11 2 1 0 120 217 1.226 6.4 1.2 4.6 3.2 0.69
1995 24 MIL AL 0 1 .000 9.82 5 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 12 9 8 1 8 0 6 0 0 1 42 50 2.727 14.7 1.2 9.8 7.4 0.75
1996 25 MIL AL 0 2 .000 9.18 11 0 4 0 0 0 16.2 20 18 17 6 5 0 6 0 0 2 74 57 1.500 10.8 3.2 2.7 3.2 1.20
1997 26 MIL AL 7 10 .412 3.79 29 23 1 2 1 0 159.0 146 76 67 24 53 2 80 5 1 1 653 123 1.252 8.3 1.4 3.0 4.5 1.51
1998 27 MIL NL 2 2 .500 6.75 7 5 0 0 0 0 32.0 42 25 24 5 9 1 11 1 0 0 146 63 1.594 11.8 1.4 2.5 3.1 1.22
2000 29 BAL AL 14 7 .667 4.02 36 20 7 1 0 0 145.2 150 71 65 15 64 1 70 3 0 3 636 118 1.469 9.3 0.9 4.0 4.3 1.09
2001 30 BAL AL 8 17 .320 5.82 33 31 1 2 0 0 184.0 219 125 119 20 63 3 123 10 2 5 828 74 1.533 10.7 1.0 3.1 6.0 1.95
2003 32 MON NL 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 6 3 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 31 1.500 7.4 0.0 6.1 3.7 0.60
8 Seasons 33 39 .458 4.75 145 79 18 5 1 0 583.0 617 336 308 75 223 8 310 21 4 13 2530 96 1.441 9.5 1.2 3.4 4.8 1.39
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .458 4.75 44 24 5 2 0 0 177 187 102 93 23 68 2 94 6 1 4 768 96 1.441 9.5 1.2 3.4 4.8 1.39
MIL (5 yrs) 11 15 .423 4.54 71 28 10 2 1 0 246.0 242 137 124 40 91 4 114 8 2 4 1035 104 1.354 8.9 1.5 3.3 4.2 1.25
BAL (2 yrs) 22 24 .478 5.02 69 51 8 3 0 0 329.2 369 196 184 35 127 4 193 13 2 8 1464 89 1.505 10.1 1.0 3.5 5.3 1.52
MON (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 6 3 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 31 1.500 7.4 0.0 6.1 3.7 0.60
AL (6 yrs) 31 37 .456 4.70 133 74 18 5 1 0 543.2 569 308 284 70 209 7 296 20 4 12 2353 98 1.431 9.4 1.2 3.5 4.9 1.42
NL (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 5.49 12 5 0 0 0 0 39.1 48 28 24 5 14 1 14 1 0 1 177 79 1.576 11.0 1.1 3.2 3.2 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1994 23 MIL AL 19 120 102 9 22 2 0 4 0 0 16 11 .216 .333 .353 .686 .207 36 9 2 0 0 1
1995 24 MIL AL 5 42 32 9 12 2 0 1 1 0 8 6 .375 .476 .531 1.007 .407 17 0 0 0 2 0
1996 25 MIL AL 11 74 68 18 20 4 1 6 1 1 5 6 .294 .338 .647 .985 .246 44 1 0 0 1 0
1997 26 MIL AL 29 653 588 76 146 26 2 24 9 7 53 80 .248 .314 .422 .736 .250 248 21 5 3 4 2
1998 27 MIL NL 7 146 133 25 42 5 0 5 4 1 9 11 .316 .359 .466 .825 .311 62 2 1 1 2 1
2000 29 BAL AL 36 636 555 71 150 31 8 15 4 5 64 70 .270 .345 .436 .781 .283 242 20 3 7 7 1
2001 30 BAL AL 33 828 745 125 219 48 4 20 21 3 63 123 .294 .354 .450 .803 .326 335 12 10 2 8 3
2003 32 MON NL 5 31 26 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 .231 .355 .231 .586 .261 6 3 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 145 2530 2249 336 617 118 15 75 40 17 223 310 .274 .342 .440 .782 .287 990 68 21 13 24 8
162 Game Avg. 44 768 683 102 187 36 5 23 12 5 68 94 .274 .342 .440 .782 .287 301 21 6 4 7 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1997 26 MIL AL 29 23 6 10 7 1 2 8 15 .348 1 3 2 1 9 39% 52 83 23 15 4 1 7 3.9 4.3 6.4 93 4 9 7 1 120
1998 27 MIL NL 7 5 2 2 1 0 0 3 2 .600 0 0 0 0 2 40% 40 60 -9 4 3 1 3 4.6 2.8 5.5 88 1 3 0 0 93
2000 29 BAL AL 36 20 13 5 2 3 1 14 6 .700 2 0 1 0 11 55% 49 83 16 18 1 1 7 5.5 6.7 6.1 97 2 11 5 2 129
2001 30 BAL AL 33 31 8 16 7 2 2 10 20 .333 5 2 2 0 13 42% 44 68 16 30 10 2 15 4.0 4.8 5.9 96 7 9 14 1 129
4 Seasons 105 79 29 33 17 6 5 35 43 .449 8 5 5 1 35 44% 47 83 -9 67 18 5 32 4.4 5.0 6.0 95 14 32 26 4 129
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1994 23 MIL AL 19 19 5 2 0 1 0 1 0% 4 3 11 0 0% 8 0.709 3 3 13 9 1 9 7 12 10 4 11 3 4.9 23
1995 24 MIL AL 5 5 0 0 1 2 0 2 0% 3 1 4 1 25% 7 1.382 3 1 1 4 0 1 2 3 4 0 5 0 4.4 33
1996 25 MIL AL 11 11 4 0 2 1 0 1 0% 3 2 10 2 20% 8 0.524 2 2 7 5 1 5 7 4 5 5 6 2 4.5 23
1997 26 MIL AL 29 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 20% 7 0.883 0 4 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 1 5 0 6.3 37
1998 27 MIL NL 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.998 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 6.5 34
2000 29 BAL AL 36 16 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 55% 8 0.853 2 2 11 0 2 14 5 11 6 5 6 3 4.6 25
2001 30 BAL AL 33 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 1.011 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.5 18
2003 32 MON NL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 0.172 0 0 5 0 0 5 3 2 4 1 4 0 4.4 24
8 Seasons 145 66 18 4 6 4 0 4 0% 11 7 47 11 23% 0.905 11 14 40 22 6 38 28 38 35 17 39 8 4.8 26

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1994 23 MIL AL 120 38% 3.3% 9.2% 13.3% 5.0% 27% 0.98 1.34 73% 13% 12.1% 28% 32 9 28%
1995 24 MIL AL 42 33% 2.4% 14.3% 19.1% 7.1% 25% 0.47 0.60 64% 36% 6.7% 21% 9 0 0%
1996 25 MIL AL 74 41% 8.1% 8.1% 6.8% 14.9% 55% 0.66 0.95 77% 25% 18.2% 13% 18 1 6%
1997 26 MIL AL 653 53% 3.7% 12.3% 8.1% 8.0% 36% 0.74 1.07 75% 23% 10.5% 20% 118 21 18%
1998 27 MIL NL 146 47% 3.4% 7.5% 6.2% 6.9% 24% 0.40 0.45 82% 25% 6.8% 16% 19 2 11%
2000 29 BAL AL 636 48% 2.4% 11.0% 10.1% 8.5% 36% 0.64 0.91 75% 27% 6.1% 15% 126 20 16%
2001 30 BAL AL 828 50% 2.4% 14.9% 7.6% 8.7% 33% 0.65 0.89 74% 28% 6.3% 13% 166 12 7%
2003 32 MON NL 31 35% 0.0% 9.7% 16.1% 0.0% 0% 0.64 1.11 74% 22% 0.0% 21% 6 3 50%
8 Seasons 2530 49% 3.0% 12.3% 8.8% 8.2% 34% 0.66 0.93 75% 25% 7.8% 16% 494 68 14%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1994 23 MIL AL 112 420 3.75 242 58% 33% 9% 24% 35% 67% 2% 39% 87% 46% 6% 7 3 13% 14 6 1 27% 1 3 8 0 0
1995 24 MIL AL 18 65 3.61 41 63% 29% 20% 17% 34% 71% 0% 45% 72% 50% 0% 0 0 22% 4 3 1 0% 1 0 24 0 0
1996 25 MIL AL 74 253 3.42 152 60% 24% 11% 23% 41% 76% 0% 45% 85% 58% 1% 1 1 8% 6 1 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1997 26 MIL AL 602 2176 3.61 1384 64% 26% 11% 28% 35% 74% 1% 47% 85% 60% 3% 21 17 21% 125 80 6 32% 16 2 51 1 6
1998 27 MIL NL 146 510 3.49 316 62% 27% 8% 26% 40% 73% 2% 45% 89% 55% 8% 11 6 16% 23 15 4 55% 1 4 0 0 0
2000 29 BAL AL 636 2347 3.69 1464 62% 27% 11% 28% 34% 73% 0% 46% 85% 56% 6% 35 21 20% 130 89 12 23% 14 13 0 0 0
2001 30 BAL AL 828 3015 3.64 1944 64% 26% 13% 29% 33% 74% 1% 48% 83% 60% 5% 41 27 26% 214 129 19 37% 19 11 0 0 0
2003 32 MON NL 31 122 3.94 71 58% 28% 7% 32% 32% 72% 0% 42% 90% 68% 3% 1 0 39% 12 4 0 67% 1 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2447 8908 3.64 5614 63% 26% 11% 28% 34% 73% 1% 46% 84% 58% 5% 117 75 22% 528 327 43 33% 53 34 83 1 6
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1994 23 MIL AL 120 22 3 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 2 8 2 1 25% 1 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1995 24 MIL AL 42 12 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 100% 0 1 0 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1996 25 MIL AL 74 20 1 0 6 1 1 4 2 4 2 6 5 0 83% 2 2 0 26 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1997 26 MIL AL 653 146 14 4 24 1 10 12 12 10 14 27 15 3 56% 5 1 2 217 9 7 56% 9 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1998 27 MIL NL 146 42 11 0 5 0 1 3 2 2 3 9 7 0 78% 1 0 0 54 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2000 29 BAL AL 636 150 16 2 15 0 21 7 8 9 6 38 23 3 61% 11 3 0 240 4 5 44% 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2001 30 BAL AL 828 219 21 3 20 0 17 10 10 7 13 54 27 10 50% 4 5 3 324 21 3 88% 17 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
2003 32 MON NL 31 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 2530 617 69 9 75 2 56 41 34 35 40 145 82 17 57% 25 13 5 947 40 17 70% 34 17 6 0 0 0 2 0 55 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1994 23 2 0 1.000 2.32 19 0 5 0 0 0 31.0 22 9 8 4 16 1 11 2 1 0 120 217 1.226 6.4 1.2 4.6 3.2 0.69 217
1995 24 2 1 .667 3.76 24 0 5 0 0 0 38.1 34 18 16 5 24 1 17 2 1 1 162 134 1.513 8.0 1.2 5.6 4.0 0.71 134
1996 25 2 3 .400 5.40 35 0 9 0 0 0 55.0 54 36 33 11 29 1 23 2 1 3 236 94 1.509 8.8 1.8 4.7 3.8 0.79 94
1997 26 9 13 .409 4.21 64 23 10 2 1 0 214.0 200 112 100 35 82 3 103 7 2 4 889 113 1.318 8.4 1.5 3.4 4.3 1.26 113
1998 27 11 15 .423 4.54 71 28 10 2 1 0 246.0 242 137 124 40 91 4 114 8 2 4 1035 104 1.354 8.9 1.5 3.3 4.2 1.25 104
1999 28 11 15 .423 4.54 71 28 10 2 1 0 246.0 242 137 124 40 91 4 114 8 2 4 1035 104 1.354 8.9 1.5 3.3 4.2 1.25 104
2000 29 25 22 .532 4.34 107 48 17 3 1 0 391.2 392 208 189 55 155 5 184 11 2 7 1671 109 1.397 9.0 1.3 3.6 4.2 1.19 109
2001 30 33 39 .458 4.82 140 79 18 5 1 0 575.2 611 333 308 75 218 8 307 21 4 12 2499 95 1.440 9.6 1.2 3.4 4.8 1.41 95
2002 31 33 39 .458 4.82 140 79 18 5 1 0 575.2 611 333 308 75 218 8 307 21 4 12 2499 95 1.440 9.6 1.2 3.4 4.8 1.41 95
2003 32 33 39 .458 4.75 145 79 18 5 1 0 583.0 617 336 308 75 223 8 310 21 4 13 2530 96 1.441 9.5 1.2 3.4 4.8 1.39 96

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1994 23 3 1 .750 2.02 40.0 28 10 9 5 20 14 3 1.200 6.3 4.5 3.2 0.70 1.1 19
1995 24 0 0 9.00 8.0 13 9 8 1 9 7 0 2.750 14.6 10.1 7.9 0.78 1.1 5
1996 25 0 1 .000 7.41 17.0 19 16 14 6 5 6 0 1.412 10.1 2.6 3.2 1.20 3.2 11
1997 26 9 7 .563 3.73 152.0 141 70 63 23 51 76 5 1.263 8.3 3.0 4.5 1.49 1.4 29
1998 27 1 2 .333 6.68 31.0 42 26 23 5 9 11 1 1.645 12.2 2.6 3.2 1.22 1.5 7
2000 29 8 7 .533 3.80 142.0 145 67 60 14 62 68 3 1.458 9.2 3.9 4.3 1.10 0.9 36
2001 30 6 13 .316 6.15 177.0 222 134 121 20 64 118 10 1.616 11.3 3.3 6.0 1.84 1.0 33
2003 32 0 0 0.00 7.0 6 0 0 0 5 3 0 1.571 7.7 6.4 3.9 0.60 0.0 5
8 Seasons 27 31 .466 4.67 574.0 616 332 298 74 225 303 22 1.465 9.7 4.8 1.35 1.2 145

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2000 AL--.667--7th

Shutouts s c a p y
1997 AL--1--9th

Losses s c a p y
2001 AL--17--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
2001 AL--119--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  9. Kevin Foster (970)
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Name and misspellings: Jose Miguel (Santana) Jose Mercedes

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