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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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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

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1990 PIT NL 23 C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 5.40 0 0 0 0
1990 PIT NL 23 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1990 PIT NL 23 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1991 PIT NL 24 1B 105 95 870.1 983 911 60 12 64 .988 0.9 1.2 0.9 -1.1 2.0 0 10.04 9.25 .992 9.79 8.44 RoY-2
1991 PIT NL 24 OF 7 1 12.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 75.8 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 3.55 0.71 .980 2.27 1.89 RoY-2
1991 PIT NL 24 RF 7 1 12.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 75.8 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 3.55 0.71 .980 2.06 1.64 RoY-2
1992 PIT NL 25 1B 114 87 834.1 960 882 73 5 73 .995 1.5 2.2 1.5 0.8 0.7 0 10.30 8.38 .993 9.75 8.38
1992 PIT NL 25 OF 17 11 112.2 26 24 2 0 1 1.000 -6.2 -66.0 -6.2 -0.2 -6.0 0 2.08 1.53 .985 2.34 1.96
1992 PIT NL 25 RF 17 11 112.2 26 24 2 0 1 1.000 -6.2 -66.0 -6.2 -0.2 -6.0 0 2.08 1.53 .977 2.08 1.66
1993 PIT NL 26 OF 109 83 762.2 228 209 11 8 5 .965 4.3 6.8 3.3 -4.8 8.1 1 2.60 2.02 .979 2.34 2.00
1993 PIT NL 26 RF 109 83 762.2 229 210 11 8 5 .965 4.3 6.8 3.3 -4.8 8.1 1 2.61 2.03 .976 2.17 1.78
1993 PIT NL 26 1B 42 31 278.2 298 276 20 2 23 .993 -2.7 -11.6 -2.7 -1.3 -1.4 0 9.56 7.05 .992 9.68 8.01
1994 PIT NL 27 OF 68 55 486.1 104 99 3 2 2 .981 5.8 14.3 6.8 0.8 6.0 -1 1.89 1.50 .980 2.24 1.90
1994 PIT NL 27 RF 68 55 486.1 105 100 3 2 2 .981 5.8 14.3 6.8 0.8 6.0 -1 1.91 1.51 .975 2.18 1.82
1994 PIT NL 27 1B 55 47 401.2 438 409 26 3 46 .993 -0.6 -1.8 -0.6 -2.6 2.0 0 9.75 7.91 .992 9.73 8.11
1995 PIT NL 28 OF 107 102 877.2 212 199 8 5 2 .976 10.0 13.7 4.0 3.8 0.2 6 2.12 1.93 .979 2.15 1.82
1995 PIT NL 28 RF 104 99 855.2 207 195 7 5 2 .976 10.1 14.2 4.1 4.0 0.1 6 2.12 1.94 .978 2.08 1.76
1995 PIT NL 28 1B 35 19 189.1 191 175 15 1 22 .995 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 1.3 -1.4 0 9.03 5.43 .993 9.70 8.36
1995 PIT NL 28 LF 4 3 22.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.5 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 2.05 1.25 .980 1.88 1.42
1996 PIT NL 29 OF 115 113 994.2 257 240 14 3 5 .988 10.6 12.8 2.6 4.6 -2.0 8 2.30 2.21 .978 2.13 1.80
1996 PIT NL 29 RF 115 113 994.2 258 241 14 3 5 .988 10.6 12.8 2.6 4.6 -2.0 8 2.31 2.22 .974 2.07 1.71
1996 PIT NL 29 1B 1 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 7.71 2.00 1.000 9.64 8.40
1997 TOR AL 30 OF 96 94 827.0 203 190 10 3 4 .985 11.1 16.1 7.1 4.3 2.8 4 2.18 2.08 .982 2.32 2.02
1997 TOR AL 30 RF 96 94 827.0 203 190 10 3 4 .985 11.1 16.1 7.1 4.3 2.8 4 2.18 2.08 .978 2.18 1.79
1997 TOR AL 30 1B 1 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 3.00 1.000 9.30 8.00
1997 TOR AL 30 DH 1
1998 TOT MLB 31 OF 18 12 111.0 32 30 2 0 1 1.000 -2.9 -31.4 -2.9 0.6 -3.5 0 2.59 1.78 .984 2.30 1.97
1998 TOT AL 31 OF 14 12 104.0 29 27 2 0 1 1.000 -2.7 -31.2 -2.7 0.6 -3.3 0 2.51 2.07 .986 2.31 2.02
1998 TOT AL 31 RF 14 12 104.0 29 27 2 0 1 1.000 -2.7 -31.2 -2.7 0.6 -3.3 0 2.51 2.07 .983 2.14 1.81
1998 TOT AL 31 DH 9
1998 MIN AL 31 1B 38 34 294.1 326 299 21 6 32 .982 -2.3 -9.4 -2.3 -1.6 -0.7 0 9.78 8.42 .992 9.43 8.30
1998 MIN AL 31 OF 13 12 101.0 27 25 2 0 1 1.000 -2.7 -32.1 -2.7 0.6 -3.3 0 2.41 2.08 .985 2.31 2.02
1998 MIN AL 31 RF 13 12 101.0 27 25 2 0 1 1.000 -2.7 -32.1 -2.7 0.6 -3.3 0 2.41 2.08 .981 2.14 1.81
1998 MIN AL 31 DH 8
1998 BOS AL 31 DH 1
1998 BOS AL 31 OF 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 2.40 2.00
1998 BOS AL 31 RF 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 2.10 1.80
1998 CHC NL 31 LF 4 0 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 3.86 0.75 .967 1.93 1.38
1998 CHC NL 31 OF 4 0 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 3.86 0.75 .967 2.19 1.78
1999 MON NL 32 LF 44 41 297.0 80 74 3 3 0 .963 3.0 12.1 3.0 0.4 2.6 0 2.33 1.75 .978 2.00 1.48
1999 MON NL 32 OF 44 41 297.0 80 74 3 3 0 .963 3.0 12.1 3.0 0.4 2.6 0 2.33 1.75 .981 2.26 1.86
1999 MON NL 32 1B 7 2 23.2 24 21 1 2 2 .917 -1.0 -50.7 -1.0 -1.3 0.3 0 8.37 3.14 .992 9.20 7.64
1999 MON NL 32 DH 2
2001 HOU NL 34 OF 31 20 178.0 40 38 1 1 0 .975 -2.5 -16.9 -1.5 0.6 -2.0 -1 1.97 1.26 .982 2.20 1.86
2001 HOU NL 34 RF 21 12 110.0 29 28 0 1 0 .966 -1.7 -18.5 -0.7 -0.3 -0.3 -1 2.29 1.33 .983 2.11 1.73
2001 HOU NL 34 LF 11 8 68.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -14.1 -0.8 0.9 -1.7 0 1.46 1.00 .982 1.91 1.48
2001 HOU NL 34 3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.48 2.15
2001 HOU NL 34 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.00 7.80
2002 HOU NL 35 OF 56 46 390.1 99 90 7 2 1 .980 6.0 18.4 3.0 -1.1 4.1 3 2.24 1.73 .983 2.19 1.84
2002 HOU NL 35 RF 44 36 294.0 69 61 6 2 0 .971 2.1 8.6 0.1 -2.3 2.4 2 2.05 1.52 .983 2.07 1.67
2002 HOU NL 35 LF 20 10 96.1 29 28 1 0 1 1.000 3.9 48.6 2.9 1.2 1.7 1 2.71 1.45 .976 1.92 1.51
2002 HOU NL 35 1B 7 6 54.0 56 53 3 0 8 1.000 -0.6 -13.3 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 0 9.33 8.00 .991 9.38 7.97
2002 HOU NL 35 3B 1 0 2.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 102.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.86 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.30
2002 HOU NL 35 DH 1
2003 HOU NL 36 OF 31 22 189.1 49 43 4 2 1 .959 -4.6 -29.2 -6.6 -7.6 1.0 2 2.23 1.52 .984 2.17 1.85
2003 HOU NL 36 RF 21 16 135.1 32 28 3 1 0 .969 -2.5 -22.2 -4.5 -5.9 1.4 2 2.06 1.48 .981 2.09 1.72
2003 HOU NL 36 1B 12 4 59.1 55 50 4 1 6 .982 -0.5 -10.1 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 0 8.19 4.50 .993 9.60 7.98
2003 HOU NL 36 LF 10 6 54.0 17 15 1 1 1 .941 -2.1 -46.7 -2.1 -1.7 -0.4 0 2.67 1.60 .982 1.92 1.54
2003 HOU NL 36 DH 7
2003 HOU NL 36 3B 2 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.35
13 Seasons OF 700 600 5240.1 1335 1241 65 29 22 .978 35.4 8.1 13.4 2.2 11.3 22 2.24 1.87 .980 2.23 1.90
12 Seasons RF 617 532 4696.0 1192 1109 58 25 20 .979 31.7 8.1 10.7 1.6 9.2 21 2.24 1.89 .977 2.12 1.75
12 Seasons 1B 418 325 3012.0 3337 3081 224 32 277 .990 -5.1 -2.0 -5.1 -6.3 1.2 0 9.88 7.91 .992 9.70 8.28
6 Seasons LF 93 68 544.1 145 134 7 4 2 .972 3.7 8.2 2.7 0.6 2.1 1 2.33 1.52 .978 1.96 1.49
5 Seasons DH 20
3 Seasons 3B 5 0 11.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 21.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 1.59 0.40 1.000 2.62 2.26
1 Season C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 5.40 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons TOT 1134 925 8264.2 4674 4322 291 61 299 .987 30.5 4.4 8.5 -4.1 12.7 22 0 0 5.02 4.07 .975 4.90 4.17 0 0 0 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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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Transactions

February 22, 1985: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

November 14, 1996: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Carlos Garcia and Dan Plesac to the Toronto Blue Jays for players to be named later, Brandon Cromer (minors), Jose Pett (minors) and Jose Silva. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Mike Halperin (minors) (December 11, 1996), Abraham Nunez (December 11, 1996) and Craig Wilson (December 11, 1996) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

October 27, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

January 14, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

July 31, 1998: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Greg Swindell to the Boston Red Sox for Joe Thomas (minors), John Barnes and Matt Kinney.

September 1, 1998: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

September 5, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 28, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

February 10, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

August 16, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

October 18, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

February 14, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1990Pittsburgh Pirates$100,000
1992Pittsburgh Pirates$150,000
1993Pittsburgh Pirates$305,000
1994Pittsburgh Pirates$1,485,000
1995Pittsburgh Pirates$2,000,000
1996Pittsburgh Pirates$2,700,000
1997Toronto Blue Jays$2,700,000
1998Minnesota Twins$800,000
1999Montreal Expos$560,000
2001Houston Astros$300,000
2002Houston Astros$1,050,000
2003Houston Astros$1,700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$13,850,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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