Luis Mercedes

Luis Roberto (Santana) Mercedes

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 15, 1968 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1991
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Giants 1991-1993

Final Game: September 23, 1993
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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	20	BAL-min	Rk	59	253	215	36	59	8	4	0	20	16	11	32	39	.274	.372	.349	.721		75		2	3	1	0		BLD · APPY
1989	21	BAL-min	A	108	438	401	62	124	12	5	3	36	29	11	30	62	.309	.360	.387	.747		155	7	3	2	2	2		FDK · CARL
1990	22	BAL-min	AA	108	464	416	71	139	12	4	3	37	38	14	34	70	.334	.391	.404	.795		168		6	6	2	2		HGR · EL
1991	23	BAL-min	AAA	102	454	374	68	125	14	5	2	36	23	13	65	63	.334	.435	.414	.850		155	10	5	6	4	0		ROC · IL
1991	23	BAL	AL	19	59	54	10	11	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	9	.204	.259	.241	.499	42	13	1	0	1	0	0	7/9D
1992	24	BAL-min	AAA	103	460	409	62	128	15	1	3	29	35	14	44	56	.313	.379	.377	.755		154	11	1	3	3	2		ROC · IL
1992	24	BAL	AL	23	62	50	7	7	2	0	0	4	0	1	8	9	.140	.267	.180	.447	27	9	2	1	2	1	0	9/D87
1993	25	SFG-min	AAA	70	286	244	28	71	5	3	0	15	14	6	36	30	.291	.389	.336	.726		82	5	4	1	1	0		PHX · PCL
1993	25	TOT	MLB	28	59	49	2	11	2	1	0	3	1	2	6	7	.224	.333	.306	.639	74	15	1	2	2	0	0	/98D7
1993	25	BAL	AL	10	30	24	1	7	2	0	0	0	1	1	5	4	.292	.414	.375	.789	111	9	1	0	1	0	0	/9D
1993	25	SFG	NL	18	29	25	1	4	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	3	.160	.250	.240	.490	35	6	0	2	1	0	0	/879
1995	27	PIT-min	AAA	25	98	84	18	22	1	0	1	8	1	2	11	10	.262	.367	.310	.677		26	2	3	0	0	0		CGY,YUC · PCL,MEX
1996	28	TAB	AAA																										TAB · MEX
3 Yrs				70	180	153	19	29	6	1	0	9	1	3	18	25	.190	.286	.242	.528	48	37	4	3	5	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	417	354	44	67	14	2	0	21	2	7	42	58	.190	.286	.242	.528	48	86	9	7	12	2	0

BAL (3 yrs)				52	151	128	18	25	6	0	0	6	1	2	17	22	.195	.293	.242	.535	50	31	4	1	4	1	0
SFG (1 yr)				18	29	25	1	4	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	3	.160	.250	.240	.490	35	6	0	2	1	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				52	151	128	18	25	6	0	0	6	1	2	17	22	.195	.293	.242	.535	50	31	4	1	4	1	0
NL (1 yr)				18	29	25	1	4	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	3	.160	.250	.240	.490	35	6	0	2	1	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
1991	23	BAL	AL	19	59	-3	1	0	-5	-1	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.458	.495	-0.1	-0.6	-1	$	7/9D
1992	24	BAL	AL	23	62	-5	-0	-0	1	-1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.471	.496	-0.5	0.0	-5	$109,000	9/D87
1993	25	BAL	AL	10	30	0	-0	-0	0	-1	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.496	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$120,000	/9D
1993	25	SFG	NL	18	29	-2	-0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.477	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/879
3 Seasons				70	180	-10	-0	0	-6	-3	-18	-1.9	6	-12	-1.2	.473	.497	-0.7	-0.8	-7	$229,000

BAL (3 yrs)				52	151	-8	-0	-0	-4	-3	-14	-1.5	5	-9	-0.9	.471	.497	-0.6	-0.6	-5	$229,000
SFG (1 yr)				18	29	-2	-0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.477	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$

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
1991	23	BAL	AL	59	45	3	1.8	93	.244	.204	.256	.259	.324	.241	.388	.499	.711	42	.155	-4.2	-0.4	.386	.111	.037
1992	24	BAL	AL	62	49	3	1.6	95	.167	.140	.260	.267	.330	.180	.387	.447	.716	27	.142	-4.6	-0.5	.370	.180	.040
1993	25	TOT	MLB	59	43	6	3.7	103	.262	.224	.269	.333	.337	.306	.410	.639	.747	74	.394	-1.7	-0.2	.537	.184	.082	.0
1993	25	BAL	AL	30	20	4	5.4	106	.350	.292	.271	.414	.343	.375	.415	.789	.757	111	.548	0.7	0.1	.737	.292	.083	.0
1993	25	SFG	NL	29	23	2	2.3	100	.182	.160	.266	.250	.331	.240	.406	.490	.736	35	.221	-2.4	-0.2	.364	.080	.080
3 Yrs				180	137	12	2.4	97	.225	.190	.261	.286	.330	.242	.395	.528	.724	48	.229	-10.6	-1.1	.427	.157	.052	.0
162 Game Avg.				417	317	28	2.4	97	.225	.190	.261	.286	.330	.242	.395	.528	.724	48	.229	-10.6	-1.1	.427	.157	.052

BAL (3 yrs)				151	114	10	2.4	97	.234	.195	.260	.293	.330	.242	.392	.535	.722	50	.232	-8.1	-0.8	.440	.172	.047	.0
SFG (1 yr)				29	23	2	2.3	100	.182	.160	.266	.250	.331	.240	.406	.490	.736	35	.221	-2.4	-0.2	.364	.080	.080

AL (3 yrs)				151	114	10	2.4	97	.234	.195	.260	.293	.330	.242	.392	.535	.722	50	.232	-8.1	-0.8	.440	.172	.047	.0
NL (1 yr)				29	23	2	2.3	100	.182	.160	.266	.250	.331	.240	.406	.490	.736	35	.221	-2.4	-0.2	.364	.080	.080

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
1991	23	BAL	AL	59	0.0%	15.3%	6.8%	3.4%	18%	2.25	6.0		27.0	1.44	1.83	76%	20%	0.0%	19%
1992	24	BAL	AL	62	0.0%	14.5%	12.9%	3.2%	29%	1.13	5.6		12.5	1.73	2.23	68%	14%	0.0%	0%
1993	25	TOT	MLB	59	0.0%	11.9%	10.2%	5.1%	27%	1.17	7.0		16.3	1.50	2.40	71%	14%	0.0%	19%
1993	25	BAL	AL	30	0.0%	13.3%	16.7%	6.7%	29%	0.80	6.0			3.75	14.00	67%	14%	0.0%	0%
1993	25	SFG	NL	29	0.0%	10.3%	3.5%	3.5%	25%	3.00	8.3		8.3	0.75	1.11	76%	13%	0.0%	25%
3 Yrs				180	0.0%	13.9%	10.0%	3.9%	24%	1.39	6.1		17.0	1.55	2.14	72%	16%	0.0%	13%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.74	5.9	42.2	8.3	0.80	1.06	73%	21%	6.1%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1991	23	BAL	AL	-4.2	-0.4	60	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	.90	-0.3	0.2	-3.2	-0.3	0.93	-3.4	2.90	2
1992	24	BAL	AL	-4.7	-0.5	63	-0.6	0.7	-1.2	.95	-0.6	-0.0	-3.8	-0.4	0.95	-5.5	2.19	2
1993	25	TOT	MLB	-1.8	-0.2	61	-0.8	0.7	-1.4	1.17	-0.4	-0.2	-5.1	-0.5	1.00	-3.9	0.83	12
1993	25	BAL	AL	0.7	0.1	31	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	1.27	-0.1	-0.3	-3.8	-0.4	0.99	-1.3		0
1993	25	SFG	NL	-2.5	-0.2	30	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	1.07	-0.3	0.1	-1.3	-0.1	1.00	-2.6	0.83	12
3 Yrs				-10.7	-1.1	184	-1.5	2.1	-3.6	1.01	-1.4	-0.1	-12.2	-1.2	0.96	-12.8	1.26	16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1991	23	BAL	AL	2	67%	27	0	0		0	0	1	2	67%	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	1
1992	24	BAL	AL	0	44%	25	0	1	0%	0	1	1	2	38%	3	2	0	2	1	1	3	1	2
1993	25	TOT	MLB	0	11%	23	1	2	33%	1	2	1	0	75%	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
1993	25	BAL	AL	0	8%	14	1	1	50%	1	1	1	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1993	25	SFG	NL	0	14%	9	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	100%	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				2	38%	75	1	3	25%	1	3	3	4	56%	8	3	4	3	1	2	7	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
1991	23	BAL	AL	59	59%	11	6	1	2	1	0	0	2.90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	10	1	10%	6	2	33%	27	2	7%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1992	24	BAL	AL	62	71%	7	3	1	2	0	0	0	2.19	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	12	2	17%	7	3	43%	34	5	15%	2	1	50%	2	2	100%	0
1993	25	TOT	MLB	59	56%	11	3	1	12	0	0	0	0.83	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	14	1	7%	10	4	40%	40	4	10%	5	2	40%	3	2	67%	0
1993	25	BAL	AL	30	73%	7	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	1	14%	6	2	33%	24	1	4%	4	1	25%	2	1	50%	0
1993	25	SFG	NL	29	38%	4	0	0	12	0	0	0	0.83	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	7	0	0%	4	2	50%	16	3	19%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				180	62%	29	12	3	16	1	0	0	1.26	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	63%	36	4	11%	23	9	39%	101	11	11%	8	3	38%	5	4	80%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			73%			10%			36%			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
1991	23	BAL	AL	59	237	4.02	157	66%	27%	8%	36%	29%	73%	0%	49%	90%	31%	3%	2	0	15%	9	4	8%	5	2	22%	0	0	0
1992	24	BAL	AL	62	243	3.92	141	58%	34%	11%	23%	31%	66%	0%	38%	83%	13%	5%	3	0	18%	11	5	10%	6	3	0%	0	0	0
1993	25	TOT	MLB	58	242	4.17	145	60%	42%	8%	20%	30%	58%	0%	35%	86%	14%	9%	5	0	21%	12	2	16%	9	5	29%	1	0	0
1993	25	BAL	AL	30	126	4.20	74	59%	45%	9%	18%	28%	55%	0%	33%	83%	20%	10%	3	0	20%	6	0	17%	5	3	50%	0	0	0
1993	25	SFG	NL	28	116	4.14	71	61%	39%	7%	23%	31%	61%	0%	37%	88%	7%	7%	2	0	21%	6	2	14%	4	2	0%	1	0	0
3 Yrs				179	722	4.03	443	61%	34%	9%	27%	30%	66%	0%	40%	86%	19%	6%	10	0	18%	32	11	11%	20	10	16%	1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.65		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1991	23	19	59	54	10	11	2	0	2	0	0	4	9	.204	.259	.241	.499	42	13	1	0	1	0
1992	24	42	121	104	17	18	4	0	6	0	1	12	18	.173	.263	.212	.474	35	22	3	1	3	1
1993	25	70	180	153	19	29	6	1	9	1	3	18	25	.190	.286	.242	.528	48	37	4	3	5	1

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1991	23	19	60	55	12	12	2	0	2	0	4	9	.218	.271	.255	.526	4	19
1992	24	23	64	51	9	8	2	0	5	0	9	9	.157	.290	.196	.486	3	23
1993	25	28	61	50	2	12	2	1	3	1	7	7	.240	.356	.320	.676	5	28
3 Yrs		70	185	156	23	32	6	1	10	1	20	25	.205	.306	.256	.562	12	70
162 Game Avg.		162	428	361	53	74	14	2	23	2	46	58	.205	.306	.256	.562	28	70

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