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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 Fielding

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 Awards
1991 BAL AL 23 OF 15 14 6 113.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -5 -54 1.59 1.33 .983 2.37 2.37
1991 BAL AL 23 LF 13 12 4 93.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -58 1.16 0.92 .978 2.17 2.16
1991 BAL AL 23 RF 3 2 2 20.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -36 3.60 2.67 .980 2.20 2.20
1991 BAL AL 23 DH 1 0
1992 BAL AL 24 OF 16 12 6 113.2 45 41 2 2 0 .956 1 12 3.40 2.69 .983 2.47 2.46
1992 BAL AL 24 RF 13 11 5 100.2 38 34 2 2 0 .947 1 7 3.22 2.77 .982 2.24 2.22
1992 BAL AL 24 DH 7 1
1992 BAL AL 24 CF 2 0 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 90 6.75 1.50 .987 2.92 2.90
1992 BAL AL 24 LF 1 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 27 3.00 3.00 .980 2.30 2.30
1993 TOT MLB 25 OF 13 10 7 99.2 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 -2 -19 1.54 1.31 .982 2.39 2.36
1993 TOT MLB 25 RF 9 7 4 67.2 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 0 4 1.60 1.33 .978 2.22 2.21
1993 BAL AL 25 OF 8 7 4 66.2 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 0 4 1.62 1.50 .983 2.42 2.39
1993 BAL AL 25 RF 8 7 4 66.2 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 0 4 1.62 1.50 .978 2.23 2.21
1993 BAL AL 25 DH 2 0
1993 SFG NL 25 OF 5 3 3 33.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -65 1.36 1.00 .980 2.35 2.32
1993 SFG NL 25 CF 3 3 3 29.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -33 1.55 1.67 .984 2.76 2.73
1993 SFG NL 25 LF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -400 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10
1993 SFG NL 25 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
3 Seasons OF 44 36 19 326.1 82 77 3 2 1 .976 -6 -21 2.21 1.82 .983 2.41 2.40
3 Seasons RF 25 20 11 188.1 58 53 3 2 1 .966 0 1 2.68 2.24 .981 2.23 2.22
3 Seasons LF 15 13 5 105.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -5 -61 1.29 1.00 .979 2.18 2.17
2 Seasons CF 5 3 3 33.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -18 2.18 1.60 .985 2.78 2.80
3 Seasons TOT 44 36 19 326.1 82 77 3 2 1 .976 -6 -21 2.21 1.82 .983 2.41 2.40
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1991 BAL AL 23 LF -4 -58 -4 -4 -1 0
1991 BAL AL 23 RF -1 -36 -1 -1 0 0
1992 BAL AL 24 RF 1 7 2 4 -2 -1
1992 BAL AL 24 CF 0 90 0 0 0 0
1992 BAL AL 24 LF 0 27 0 0 0 0
1993 BAL AL 25 RF 0 4 0 -0 0 0
1993 SFG NL 25 CF -1 -33 -1 -1 0 0
1993 SFG NL 25 LF -1 -400 -1 0 -1 0
1993 SFG NL 25 RF 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons RF 0 1 1 3 -2 -1
3 Seasons LF -5 -61 -5 -4 -2 0
2 Seasons CF -0 -18 -0 -1 0 0
3 Seasons TOT -6 -21 -5 -1 -3 -1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1991 BAL AL 23 19 14 19 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 3 16 1 2 3
1992 BAL AL 24 23 13 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13 16 7 2 7
1993 SFG NL 25 18 3 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 0 13 1
1993 BAL AL 25 10 7 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 2 0 3
3 Seasons 70 37 70 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 25 45 10 17 14
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1991 BAL AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 78 50% 78% 50% 13 62%
1992 BAL AL 24 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 2 407 49% 82% 47% 50 68%
1993 BAL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 1 292 64% 74% 38% 22 50%
1993 SFG NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 75% 25% 0
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 13 7 53.8% 6 0 0.0% 3 781 55% 79% 44% 85 62%
MLB Averages 42.7% 2.6% 58% 80% 41% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1991 BAL AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 18 13 72.2% 5 0 0.0% 0 388 55% 81% 41% 45 27%
1992 BAL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 39 77% 69% 41% 4 75%
1993 SFG NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 60% 70% 20% 1 0%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 19 14 73.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 437 57% 80% 40% 50 30%
MLB Averages 62.0% 2.6% 58% 80% 41% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1992 BAL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 55% 82% 45% 4 75%
1993 SFG NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 124 67% 82% 34% 12 42%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 146 65% 82% 36% 16 50%
MLB Averages 43.6% 2.0% 58% 80% 41% 65%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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