Orlando Merced
Orlando Luis (Villanueva) Merced
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 2, 1966 in Hato Rey, P.R.
High School: University Garden (San Juan, PR)
Signed
by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1990
Final Game: September 28, 2003
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Standard Batting

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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
1990 23 PIT NL 25 25 24 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .208 .240 .250 .490 38 6 1 0 0 0 0 /29
1991 24 PIT NL 120 478 411 83 113 17 2 10 50 8 4 64 81 .275 .373 .399 .772 119 164 6 1 1 1 4 3/9 RoY-2
1992 25 PIT NL 134 465 405 50 100 28 5 6 60 5 4 52 63 .247 .332 .385 .717 104 156 6 2 1 5 8 *39
1993 26 PIT NL 137 527 447 68 140 26 4 8 70 3 3 77 64 .313 .414 .443 .857 131 198 9 1 0 2 10 *93
1994 27 PIT NL 108 431 386 48 105 21 3 9 51 4 1 42 58 .272 .343 .412 .755 96 159 17 1 0 2 5 93
1995 28 PIT NL 132 545 487 75 146 29 4 15 83 7 2 52 74 .300 .365 .468 .833 117 228 9 1 0 5 9 *93/7
1996 29 PIT NL 120 507 453 69 130 24 1 17 80 8 4 51 74 .287 .357 .457 .814 110 207 9 0 0 3 5 *9/3
1997 30 TOR AL 98 420 368 45 98 23 2 9 40 7 3 47 62 .266 .352 .413 .765 101 152 6 3 0 2 1 9/3D
1998 31 TOT MLB 84 247 223 24 62 12 0 6 40 1 4 20 34 .278 .336 .413 .749 93 92 6 1 0 3 3 39/D7
1998 31 TOT AL 72 235 213 22 59 12 0 5 35 1 4 19 32 .277 .336 .404 .740 91 86 4 1 0 2 3 39/D
1998 31 MIN AL 63 223 204 22 59 12 0 5 33 1 4 17 29 .289 .345 .422 .767 98 86 4 1 0 1 3 39/D
1998 31 BOS AL 9 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 0 1 0 /D9
1998 31 CHC NL 12 12 10 2 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 2 .300 .333 .600 .933 137 6 2 0 0 1 0 /7
1999 32 MON NL 93 221 194 25 52 12 1 8 26 2 1 26 27 .268 .353 .464 .817 108 90 5 0 0 1 0 7/3D
2001 34 HOU NL 94 153 137 19 36 6 1 6 29 5 1 14 32 .263 .333 .453 .786 95 62 3 1 0 1 1 97/53
2002 35 HOU NL 123 281 251 35 72 13 3 6 30 4 0 26 50 .287 .350 .434 .784 101 109 9 0 1 3 5 97/35D
2003 36 HOU NL 123 230 212 20 49 17 2 3 26 3 2 15 33 .231 .283 .373 .655 67 79 3 1 0 2 2 937/D5
13 Seasons 1391 4530 3998 564 1108 229 28 103 585 57 29 487 661 .277 .355 .426 .781 107 1702 89 12 3 30 53
162 Game Avg. 162 528 466 66 129 27 3 12 68 7 3 57 77 .277 .355 .426 .781 107 198 10 1 0 3 6
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
PIT (7 yrs) 776 2978 2613 396 739 146 19 65 394 35 18 339 423 .283 .364 .428 .792 113 1118 57 6 2 18 41
HOU (3 yrs) 340 664 600 74 157 36 6 15 85 12 3 55 115 .262 .323 .417 .739 88 250 15 2 1 6 8
MIN (1 yr) 63 223 204 22 59 12 0 5 33 1 4 17 29 .289 .345 .422 .767 98 86 4 1 0 1 3
BOS (1 yr) 9 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 0 1 0
MON (1 yr) 93 221 194 25 52 12 1 8 26 2 1 26 27 .268 .353 .464 .817 108 90 5 0 0 1 0
CHC (1 yr) 12 12 10 2 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 2 .300 .333 .600 .933 137 6 2 0 0 1 0
TOR (1 yr) 98 420 368 45 98 23 2 9 40 7 3 47 62 .266 .352 .413 .765 101 152 6 3 0 2 1
NL (12 yrs) 1221 3875 3417 497 951 194 26 89 510 49 22 421 567 .278 .356 .428 .785 108 1464 79 8 3 26 49
AL (2 yrs) 170 655 581 67 157 35 2 14 75 8 7 66 94 .270 .347 .410 .756 97 238 10 4 0 4 4

Advanced Batting

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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
1990 23 PIT NL 25 20 1 1.3 95 .333 .208 .260 .240 .325 .250 .390 .490 .715 38 .102 -2.0 -0.2 .350 .083 .042
1991 24 PIT NL 478 310 65 5.6 93 .321 .275 .257 .373 .324 .399 .384 .772 .708 119 .633 12.5 1.3 .756 .290 .124 8.9
1992 25 PIT NL 465 321 54 4.5 91 .276 .247 .258 .332 .323 .385 .380 .717 .703 104 .543 3.7 0.4 .670 .269 .138 5.5
1993 26 PIT NL 527 321 85 7.1 103 .350 .313 .270 .414 .335 .443 .411 .857 .746 131 .685 24.0 2.3 .865 .302 .130 4.4
1994 27 PIT NL 431 301 52 4.6 110 .299 .272 .275 .343 .343 .412 .431 .755 .774 96 .472 -2.4 -0.2 .686 .256 .140 5.5
1995 28 PIT NL 545 357 85 6.4 109 .325 .300 .273 .365 .343 .468 .425 .833 .768 117 .624 12.3 1.2 .813 .285 .168 9.5
1996 29 PIT NL 507 339 74 5.9 110 .310 .287 .275 .357 .344 .457 .429 .814 .774 110 .587 6.6 0.6 .780 .291 .170 10.9
1997 30 TOR AL 420 281 56 5.3 108 .298 .266 .270 .352 .339 .413 .427 .765 .766 101 .515 1.3 0.1 .738 .285 .147 7.9
1998 31 TOT MLB 247 174 29 4.4 111 .301 .278 .273 .336 .342 .413 .434 .749 .776 93 .431 -2.1 -0.2 .643 .211 .135 1.7
1998 31 TOT AL 235 164 28 4.6 111 .303 .277 .273 .336 .342 .404 .434 .740 .776 91 .440 -2.6 -0.3 .636 .202 .127 1.7
1998 31 MIN AL 223 154 28 4.9 111 .316 .289 .273 .345 .342 .422 .434 .767 .776 98 .469 -0.6 -0.1 .660 .201 .132 1.7
1998 31 BOS AL 12 10 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .274 .167 .343 .000 .436 .167 .779 -51 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .222 .222 .000
1998 31 CHC NL 12 10 1 2.7 110 .250 .300 .272 .333 .344 .600 .430 .933 .773 137 .253 0.6 0.1 .778 .400 .300 .0
1999 32 MON NL 221 149 32 5.8 113 .275 .268 .272 .353 .347 .464 .438 .817 .785 108 .536 2.4 0.2 .791 .335 .196 3.2
2001 34 HOU NL 153 106 21 5.3 117 .300 .263 .277 .333 .349 .453 .453 .786 .802 95 .524 -1.4 -0.1 .771 .321 .190 5.5
2002 35 HOU NL 281 192 38 5.3 112 .333 .287 .273 .350 .348 .434 .434 .784 .782 101 .545 0.1 0.0 .739 .267 .147 4.8
2003 36 HOU NL 230 170 22 3.5 112 .258 .231 .272 .283 .344 .373 .436 .655 .781 67 .343 -10.6 -1.0 .571 .217 .142 3.0
13 Seasons 4530 3041 614 5.4 106 .308 .277 .269 .355 .338 .426 .419 .781 .757 107 .559 44.4 4.4 .741 .277 .149 73.4
162 Game Avg. 528 354 72 5.4 106 .308 .277 .269 .355 .338 .426 .419 .781 .757 107 .559 5 1 .741 .277 .149 9
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PIT (7 yrs) 2978 1969 416 5.7 103 .315 .283 .268 .364 .335 .428 .411 .792 .746 113 .595 54.7 5.4 .759 .281 .145 45.5
HOU (3 yrs) 664 468 81 4.6 113 .298 .262 .273 .323 .347 .417 .439 .739 .786 88 .475 -11.9 -1.1 .685 .262 .155 13.3
MIN (1 yr) 223 154 28 4.9 111 .316 .289 .273 .345 .342 .422 .434 .767 .776 98 .469 -0.6 -0.1 .660 .201 .132 1.7
BOS (1 yr) 12 10 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .274 .167 .343 .000 .436 .167 .779 -51 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .222 .222 .000
MON (1 yr) 221 149 32 5.8 113 .275 .268 .272 .353 .347 .464 .438 .817 .785 108 .536 2.4 0.2 .791 .335 .196 3.2
CHC (1 yr) 12 10 1 2.7 110 .250 .300 .272 .333 .344 .600 .430 .933 .773 137 .252 0.6 0.1 .778 .400 .300 .0
TOR (1 yr) 420 281 56 5.3 108 .298 .266 .270 .352 .339 .413 .427 .765 .766 101 .515 1.3 0.1 .738 .285 .147 7.9
NL (12 yrs) 3875 2596 530 5.5 105 .309 .278 .269 .356 .338 .428 .417 .785 .755 108 .571 45.8 4.6 .748 .281 .150 63.2
AL (2 yrs) 655 445 84 5.0 109 .300 .270 .271 .347 .340 .410 .430 .756 .770 97 .489 -1.3 -0.2 .701 .255 .139 10.2

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1991 24 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 3 10 9 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .556 .778 5 0 0 1 0 0
1992 25 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 4 13 10 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 4 .100 .231 .200 .431 2 0 0 0 1 0
2001 34 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 8 24 20 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 5 .150 .217 .350 .567 7 0 0 1 1 0
1 NLDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 7 23 19 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 5 .158 .227 .368 .596 7 0 0 1 1 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1990 23 PIT NL 25 0.0% 36.0% 4.0% 4.0% 20% 9.00 2.7 0.67 0.83 60% 27% 0.0% 22%
1991 24 PIT NL 478 2.1% 17.0% 13.4% 6.1% 26% 1.27 5.1 41.1 8.2 1.18 1.80 67% 17% 7.2% 7%
1992 25 PIT NL 465 1.3% 13.6% 11.2% 8.4% 39% 1.21 6.4 67.5 6.8 0.86 1.20 73% 18% 3.7% 12%
1993 26 PIT NL 527 1.5% 12.1% 14.6% 7.2% 27% 0.83 7.0 55.9 6.4 1.01 1.31 72% 21% 4.6% 9%
1994 27 PIT NL 431 2.1% 13.5% 9.7% 7.7% 31% 1.38 6.7 42.9 7.6 1.06 1.42 74% 15% 6.9% 18%
1995 28 PIT NL 545 2.8% 13.6% 9.5% 8.8% 33% 1.42 6.6 32.5 5.9 0.92 1.23 74% 17% 8.0% 13%
1996 29 PIT NL 507 3.4% 14.6% 10.1% 8.3% 32% 1.45 6.1 26.6 5.7 0.83 1.04 72% 20% 9.7% 15%
1997 30 TOR AL 420 2.1% 14.8% 11.2% 8.1% 35% 1.32 5.9 40.9 9.2 0.80 1.06 71% 23% 6.6% 16%
1998 31 TOT MLB 247 2.4% 13.8% 8.1% 7.3% 29% 1.70 6.6 37.2 5.6 0.84 1.14 75% 19% 6.7% 14%
1998 31 TOT AL 235 2.1% 13.6% 8.1% 7.2% 29% 1.68 6.7 42.6 6.1 0.80 1.05 76% 20% 5.8% 15%
1998 31 MIN AL 223 2.2% 13.0% 7.6% 7.6% 29% 1.71 7.0 40.8 6.2 0.82 1.10 77% 20% 6.1% 15%
1998 31 BOS AL 12 0.0% 25.0% 16.7% 0.0% 1.50 3.0 4.5 0.40 0.40 58% 14% 0.0% 20%
1998 31 CHC NL 12 8.3% 16.7% 8.3% 8.3% 33% 2.00 5.0 10.0 2.0 2.00 7.00 67% 11% 33.3% 0%
1999 32 MON NL 221 3.6% 12.2% 11.8% 9.5% 40% 1.04 7.2 24.3 7.5 0.71 0.92 72% 21% 9.6% 15%
2001 34 HOU NL 153 3.9% 20.9% 9.2% 8.5% 36% 2.29 4.3 22.8 4.7 1.00 1.45 65% 23% 13.3% 10%
2002 35 HOU NL 281 2.1% 17.8% 9.3% 7.8% 31% 1.92 5.0 41.8 8.4 0.83 1.32 70% 25% 6.1% 9%
2003 36 HOU NL 230 1.3% 14.4% 6.5% 9.6% 45% 2.20 6.4 70.7 8.2 0.95 1.33 77% 13% 3.5% 9%
13 Seasons 4530 2.3% 14.6% 10.8% 8.0% 33% 1.36 6.1 38.8 6.8 0.92 1.25 72% 19% 6.8% 13%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1990 23 PIT NL 0 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 24 PIT NL 5 0 44% 228 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 20 47% 31 19 12 10 6 4 17 5 11
1992 25 PIT NL 1 1 30% 176 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 58% 19 9 9 6 1 5 11 4 7
1993 26 PIT NL 9 0 29% 264 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 19 38% 44 36 8 10 4 5 25 7 17
1994 27 PIT NL 3 1 28% 171 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 10 42% 33 20 13 9 6 3 11 4 6
1995 28 PIT NL 5 0 33% 238 7 2 78% 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 18 50% 35 19 16 10 6 4 21 6 13
1996 29 PIT NL 3 0 32% 209 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 48% 22 14 7 15 7 8 9 2 7
1997 30 TOR AL 5 0 26% 212 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 10 39% 22 17 5 7 5 2 10 2 8
1998 31 TOT MLB 2 0 23% 95 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 42% 9 5 3 3 2 1 7 3 4
1998 31 TOT AL 2 0 23% 93 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 42% 9 5 3 3 2 1 7 3 4
1998 31 MIN AL 2 0 24% 90 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 42% 9 5 3 3 2 1 7 3 4
1998 31 BOS AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 31 CHC NL 0 0 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 32 MON NL 1 0 24% 77 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 56% 8 5 3 4 2 2 4 0 4
2001 34 HOU NL 1 0 29% 55 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 33% 3 3 0 1 0 0 8 2 4
2002 35 HOU NL 4 0 32% 119 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 39% 12 11 1 5 2 3 11 4 7
2003 36 HOU NL 2 0 27% 84 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 47% 10 7 2 2 1 1 7 1 6
13 Seasons 41 2 31% 1936 57 29 66% 53 25 4 2 0 2 8 3 36 114 45% 250 167 79 82 42 38 141 40 94
MLB Averages
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

Situational Hitting*

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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
1990 23 PIT NL 25 100% 5 1 0 24 5 0 0 1.14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 3 1 33% 12 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1991 24 PIT NL 478 100% 113 42 3 17 6 1 1 1.40 10 1 11 10 0 5 5 0 3 1 33% 61 6 10% 24 6 25% 233 43 18% 17 10 59% 20 10 50% 0
1992 25 PIT NL 466 100% 100 25 1 25 10 0 7 2.07 6 0 15 6 0 4 2 0 1 1 100% 72 6 8% 37 18 49% 309 54 17% 27 16 59% 36 19 53% 0
1993 26 PIT NL 527 77% 140 11 1 15 9 1 4 1.85 8 0 9 8 0 3 5 0 1 0 0% 117 9 8% 50 21 42% 385 67 17% 45 24 53% 42 23 55% 0
1994 27 PIT NL 432 75% 105 9 0 2 0 0 0 0.35 9 0 12 6 3 4 5 0 0 0 89 17 19% 42 15 36% 287 42 15% 23 10 43% 33 15 45% 0
1995 28 PIT NL 545 75% 146 16 0 9 2 1 2 1.21 15 0 15 10 5 8 7 0 0 0 128 9 7% 54 23 43% 368 73 20% 32 20 63% 40 23 58% 0
1996 29 PIT NL 507 75% 130 13 0 5 1 0 2 2.30 17 1 14 15 2 9 8 0 1 0 0% 101 9 9% 49 15 31% 334 64 19% 38 25 66% 33 19 58% 0
1997 30 TOR AL 420 67% 98 4 0 2 0 0 0 2.17 9 0 10 5 4 3 6 0 0 0 67 6 9% 41 14 34% 234 31 13% 16 9 56% 43 22 51% 0
1998 31 TOT MLB 247 93% 62 9 0 18 5 1 6 2.38 6 0 7 5 1 4 2 0 0 0 54 6 11% 30 20 67% 177 34 19% 21 16 76% 16 8 50% 0
1998 31 TOT AL 235 93% 59 9 0 10 2 0 3 2.67 5 0 7 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 49 4 8% 27 18 67% 164 30 18% 19 14 74% 15 7 47% 0
1998 31 MIN AL 223 93% 59 9 0 5 2 0 2 3.09 5 0 6 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 45 4 9% 23 15 65% 150 28 19% 17 12 71% 13 7 54% 0
1998 31 BOS AL 12 83% 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 2.25 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 4 3 75% 14 2 14% 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 0
1998 31 CHC NL 12 100% 3 0 0 8 3 1 3 2.01 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 3 2 67% 13 4 31% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
1999 32 MON NL 221 95% 52 3 0 35 10 2 8 1.59 8 0 3 8 0 3 5 0 0 0 39 5 13% 15 5 33% 124 18 15% 8 4 50% 14 7 50% 0
2001 34 HOU NL 153 97% 36 2 0 58 15 4 8 1.58 6 1 8 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 34 3 9% 16 7 44% 105 23 22% 13 9 69% 8 2 25% 0
2002 35 HOU NL 281 85% 72 7 0 48 11 0 1 1.38 6 0 6 4 2 4 2 0 1 1 100% 67 9 13% 28 8 29% 212 25 12% 15 8 53% 20 10 50% 0
2003 36 HOU NL 230 88% 49 2 0 69 13 1 7 1.31 3 0 7 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 40 3 8% 25 8 32% 149 23 15% 20 9 45% 10 6 60% 0
13 Seasons 4532 84% 1108 144 5 327 87 11 46 1.54 103 3 117 85 18 51 52 0 7 3 43% 874 89 10% 414 161 39% 2929 497 17% 276 160 58% 317 164 52% 0
MLB Averages
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

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1990 23 PIT NL 17 62 3.65 39 63% 23% 18% 36% 23% 77% 0% 48% 77% 47% 6% 1 0 6% 1 0 12% 2 1 29% 8 0 0
1991 24 PIT NL 478 2036 4.26 1156 57% 35% 13% 23% 29% 65% 2% 37% 80% 15% 7% 34 0 21% 102 26 18% 88 40 35% 0 0 0
1992 25 PIT NL 466 1747 3.75 1006 58% 28% 15% 22% 35% 72% 3% 41% 79% 24% 8% 37 5 20% 91 36 11% 51 28 27% 0 0 0
1993 26 PIT NL 514 1950 3.79 1106 57% 31% 13% 22% 34% 69% 5% 39% 81% 21% 9% 45 4 21% 110 43 11% 58 31 35% 13 2 2
1994 27 PIT NL 406 1473 3.63 876 59% 25% 14% 25% 36% 74% 3% 44% 81% 27% 5% 20 1 18% 72 42 10% 40 26 29% 26 0 2
1995 28 PIT NL 515 1907 3.70 1150 60% 25% 13% 27% 34% 75% 4% 45% 82% 28% 7% 34 4 18% 92 38 9% 46 28 29% 30 0 0
1996 29 PIT NL 481 1784 3.71 1051 59% 28% 12% 25% 34% 71% 3% 42% 83% 23% 6% 30 5 18% 88 39 10% 48 25 36% 26 0 1
1997 30 TOR AL 354 1343 3.79 782 58% 30% 13% 23% 33% 70% 1% 41% 81% 16% 6% 23 2 18% 65 32 13% 47 29 19% 66 0 0
1998 31 TOT MLB 247 888 3.60 527 59% 30% 11% 22% 36% 70% 3% 42% 84% 17% 7% 18 2 17% 43 18 9% 21 13 32% 0 0 0
1998 31 TOT AL 235 832 3.54 493 59% 31% 11% 21% 37% 69% 4% 41% 84% 17% 7% 17 2 17% 40 16 8% 18 10 34% 0 0 0
1998 31 MIN AL 223 785 3.52 465 59% 31% 10% 22% 38% 69% 4% 41% 86% 18% 8% 17 2 18% 40 16 7% 16 9 34% 0 0 0
1998 31 BOS AL 12 47 3.92 28 60% 29% 32% 14% 25% 71% 0% 43% 55% 8% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 17% 2 1 33% 0 0 0
1998 31 CHC NL 12 56 4.67 34 61% 18% 18% 38% 26% 82% 0% 50% 79% 17% 8% 1 0 25% 3 2 25% 3 3 0% 0 0 0
1999 32 MON NL 221 855 3.87 491 57% 31% 9% 26% 34% 69% 0% 40% 87% 10% 7% 16 0 23% 50 20 12% 27 12 26% 0 0 0
2001 34 HOU NL 153 572 3.74 358 63% 25% 16% 30% 30% 75% 1% 47% 79% 31% 6% 9 1 15% 23 11 8% 12 6 41% 0 0 0
2002 35 HOU NL 281 1064 3.79 651 61% 28% 15% 26% 31% 72% 5% 44% 79% 18% 6% 18 4 21% 58 22 6% 17 8 24% 0 0 0
2003 36 HOU NL 230 875 3.80 546 62% 25% 16% 26% 33% 75% 2% 47% 79% 24% 7% 15 2 17% 38 13 7% 16 9 24% 0 0 0
13 Seasons 4363 16556 3.79 9739 59% 29% 13% 24% 33% 71% 3% 42% 81% 21% 7% 300 30 19% 833 340 11% 473 256 30% 169 2 5
MLB Averages
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

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1990 23 25 25 24 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .208 .240 .250 .490 38 6 1 0 0 0 0
1991 24 145 503 435 86 118 18 2 10 50 8 4 65 90 .271 .367 .391 .757 115 170 7 1 1 1 4
1992 25 279 968 840 136 218 46 7 16 110 13 8 117 153 .260 .350 .388 .738 110 326 13 3 2 6 12
1993 26 416 1495 1287 204 358 72 11 24 180 16 11 194 217 .278 .372 .407 .780 117 524 22 4 2 8 22
1994 27 524 1926 1673 252 463 93 14 33 231 20 12 236 275 .277 .366 .408 .774 112 683 39 5 2 10 27
1995 28 656 2471 2160 327 609 122 18 48 314 27 14 288 349 .282 .366 .422 .787 113 911 48 6 2 15 36
1996 29 776 2978 2613 396 739 146 19 65 394 35 18 339 423 .283 .364 .428 .792 113 1118 57 6 2 18 41
1997 30 874 3398 2981 441 837 169 21 74 434 42 21 386 485 .281 .363 .426 .789 111 1270 63 9 2 20 42
1998 31 958 3645 3204 465 899 181 21 80 474 43 25 406 519 .281 .361 .425 .786 110 1362 69 10 2 23 45
1999 32 1051 3866 3398 490 951 193 22 88 500 45 26 432 546 .280 .361 .427 .788 110 1452 74 10 2 24 45
2000 33 1051 3866 3398 490 951 193 22 88 500 45 26 432 546 .280 .361 .427 .788 110 1452 74 10 2 24 45
2001 34 1145 4019 3535 509 987 199 23 94 529 50 27 446 578 .279 .359 .428 .788 109 1514 77 11 2 25 46
2002 35 1268 4300 3786 544 1059 212 26 100 559 54 27 472 628 .280 .359 .429 .788 109 1623 86 11 3 28 51
2003 36 1391 4530 3998 564 1108 229 28 103 585 57 29 487 661 .277 .355 .426 .781 107 1702 89 12 3 30 53

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 HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1990 23 25 24 23 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 .174 .208 .217 .426 1 25
1991 24 120 494 422 91 124 19 2 11 55 9 70 81 .294 .395 .427 .821 71 120
1992 25 134 481 416 58 111 31 6 7 69 6 58 63 .267 .356 .421 .776 62 134
1993 26 137 532 450 68 143 27 4 8 70 3 79 64 .318 .419 .449 .868 85 137
1994 27 152 595 535 64 139 28 4 12 68 5 56 82 .260 .329 .394 .724 69 108
1995 28 148 605 542 79 158 31 4 16 87 8 56 83 .292 .355 .452 .807 89 132
1996 29 120 497 446 63 123 23 1 16 73 8 48 74 .276 .344 .439 .784 68 120
1997 30 98 421 369 43 99 23 2 9 39 7 47 62 .268 .354 .415 .769 54 98
1998 31 84 240 218 22 57 11 0 6 37 1 18 34 .261 .317 .394 .711 27 84
1999 32 93 216 191 23 49 11 1 8 24 2 24 27 .257 .338 .450 .788 29 93
2001 34 94 150 135 17 34 6 1 6 26 5 13 32 .252 .320 .444 .764 19 94
2002 35 123 275 247 33 68 12 3 6 28 4 25 50 .275 .338 .421 .759 35 123
2003 36 123 227 210 19 47 16 2 3 25 3 14 33 .224 .273 .362 .635 21 123
13 Seasons 1451 4757 4204 582 1156 239 30 108 601 61 509 694 .275 .353 .423 .776 630 1391
162 Game Avg. 162 531 469 65 129 27 3 12 67 7 57 77 .275 .353 .423 .776 70 1391

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1993 NL--.313--9th

On-Base% s c a p y
1993 NL--.414--4th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1993 NL--.685--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1994 NL--17--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1487), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1203), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Orlando Luis (Villanueva) Orlando Merced


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