Héctor Mercado

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: April 29, 1974 in Catano, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 13th round of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from Jose S. Alegria (Dorado, Puerto Rico).

High School: Jose S. Alegria (Dorado, Puerto Rico)

Last Game: July 11, 2003 (Age 29-073d)
vs. NYM 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Full Name: Héctor Luis Mercado

Pronunciation: \mur-CAH-do\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

ERA

4.55

112

124.2

127

WHIP

1.540

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1992	18	-1.1	Astros	GULF	Rk	HOU	1	2	.333	4.20	5.10	13	3	4	0	0	0	30.0	22	17	14	0	25	0	36	3	6	7	140	1.567	6.6	0.0	7.5	10.8	1.44
1993	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A+	HOU	6	5	.545	2.74	3.93	13	13	0	1	1	0	75.2	58	33	23	1	35	1	64	1	2	10	317	1.229	6.9	0.1	4.2	7.6	1.83
1993	19	-3.8	Osceola	FLOR	A+	HOU	1	1	.500	5.19	7.27	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	9	7	5	0	6	1	5	0	0	0	39	1.731	9.3	0.0	6.2	5.2	0.83
1993	19	-0.3	Astros	GULF	Rk	HOU	5	4	.556	2.42	3.49	11	11	0	1	1	0	67.0	49	26	18	1	29	0	59	1	2	10	278	1.164	6.6	0.1	3.9	7.9	2.03
1994	20	-2.5	Osceola	FLOR	A+	HOU	6	13	.316	3.95	4.94	25	25	0	1	1	0	136.2	123	75	60	5	79	4	88	1	3	9	601	1.478	8.1	0.3	5.2	5.8	1.11
1995	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	HOU	7	12	.368	4.43	5.57	27	24	0	2	0	0	134.0	132	83	66	7	69	1	95	5	1	8	590	1.500	8.9	0.5	4.6	6.4	1.38
1995	21	-2.8	Jackson	TL	AA	HOU	1	4	.200	7.80	9.90	8	7	0	0	0	0	30.0	36	33	26	5	32	1	20	2	0	4	157	2.267	10.8	1.5	9.6	6.0	0.63
1995	21	-1.5	Kissimmee	FLOR	A+	HOU	6	8	.429	3.46	4.33	19	17	0	2	0	0	104.0	96	50	40	2	37	0	75	3	1	4	433	1.279	8.3	0.2	3.2	6.5	2.03
1996	22	-0.7	Kissimmee	FLOR	A+	HOU	3	5	.375	4.16	4.84	56	0	18	0	0	3	80.0	78	43	37	4	48	1	68	4	0	6	353	1.575	8.8	0.5	5.4	7.7	1.42
1997	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	FLA	11	4	.733	4.14	4.75	32	18	6	1	1	0	134.2	134	71	62	12	59	5	126	3	2	17	590	1.433	9.0	0.8	3.9	8.4	2.14
1997	23	-3.1	Charlotte	IL	AAA	FLA	0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	5	5	2	5	0	1	0	0	1	25	2.000	9.0	3.6	9.0	1.8	0.20
1997	23	-0.9	Portland	EL	AA	FLA	11	3	.786	3.96	4.58	31	17	6	1	1	0	129.2	129	66	57	10	54	5	125	3	2	16	565	1.411	9.0	0.7	3.7	8.7	2.31

1999	25	-1.7	Norfolk	IL	AAA	NYM	0	0		1.50	1.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	22	0.667	4.5	1.5	1.5	3.0	2.00
2000	26	-0.5	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	1	5	.167	3.04	3.04	47	5	10	0	0	2	77.0	69	26	26	2	48	2	67	2	0	6	339	1.519	8.1	0.2	5.6	7.8	1.40
2000	26	-2.7	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	0		4.50	4.50	12	0	4	0	0	0	14.0	12	7	7	2	8	0	13	0	0	2	60	1.429	7.7	1.3	5.1	8.4	1.63
2001	27	0.3	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	1	0	1.000	1.35	1.35	12	0	4	0	0	1	13.1	12	2	2	0	6	1	13	1	0	1	55	1.350	8.1	0.0	4.1	8.8	2.17
2001	27	-1.9	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	3	2	.600	4.08	4.58	56	0	10	0	0	0	53.0	55	27	24	6	30	1	59	0	0	4	240	1.604	9.3	1.0	5.1	10.0	1.97
2002	28	1.6	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	PHI	3	1	.750	1.62	1.62	26	0	12	0	0	3	33.1	22	6	6	2	12	1	43	1	0	2	131	1.020	5.9	0.5	3.2	11.6	3.58
2002	28	-0.8	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	2	2	.500	4.62	4.85	31	3	7	0	0	0	39.0	32	21	20	2	25	2	40	3	1	3	173	1.462	7.4	0.5	5.8	9.2	1.60
2003	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	PHI	0	3	.000	1.32	3.18	15	3	2	0	0	0	34.0	34	12	5	2	12	0	20	0	0	0	142	1.353	9.0	0.5	3.2	5.3	1.67
2003	29	2.2	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	PHI	0	3	.000	1.41	3.38	14	2	2	0	0	0	32.0	34	12	5	2	11	0	20	0	0	0	136	1.406	9.6	0.6	3.1	5.6	1.82
2003	29	4.8	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
2003	29	0.2	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	0	0		5.79	5.79	13	0	4	0	0	1	18.2	18	12	12	5	12	0	15	1	0	1	86	1.607	8.7	2.4	5.8	7.2	1.25
2004	30	1.5	Daiei	JPPL	Fgn		0	0		inf	inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2						0.00
2005	31	3.8	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	TEX	4	0	1.000	1.71	2.27	22	0	7	0	0	1	31.2	31	8	6	1	19	2	31	0	0	0	136	1.579	8.8	0.3	5.4	8.8	1.63
2005	31	2.1	Bridgeport	ATLL	Ind		1	0	1.000	2.49	3.74	19	0	3	0	0	0	21.2	22	9	6	2	13	1	15	1	0	2	103	1.615	9.1	0.8	5.4	6.2	1.15
2006	32	4.9	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	3	2	.600	3.94	4.50	26	0	10	0	0	1	32.0	36	16	14	1	18	3	25	0	0	9	148	1.688	10.1	0.3	5.1	7.0	1.39
2007	33		3 Teams	3 Lgs	FgW-Fgn		3	3	.500	3.27	4.13	15	10	0	0	0	0	52.1	47	24	19	4	20	0	24	2	0	6	218	1.280	8.1	0.7	3.4	4.1	1.20
2007	33	5.0	La New	CPBL	Fgn		0	0		2.35	3.52	4	1		0	0	0	7.2	3	3	2	0	5	0	2	1	0	1	31	1.043	3.5	0.0	5.9	2.3	0.40
2007	33	4.0	Bridgeport	ATLL	Ind		2	3	.400	4.53	5.98	33	0	10	0	0	1	43.2	52	29	22	6	19	0	36	1	0	8	198	1.626	10.7	1.2	3.9	7.4	1.89
2007-08	33	6.5	Zulia	VEWL	FgW		3	3	.500	3.54	4.43	9	8	0	0	0	0	40.2	40	20	16	4	13	0	20	1	0	4	171	1.303	8.9	0.9	2.9	4.4	1.54
2007-08	33	4.5	Venezuela	CARS	FgW		0	0		2.25	2.25	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	16	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
2008	34		4 Teams	4 Lgs	Fgn-FgW-AAA		8	6	.571	3.83	4.61	28	27	0	0	0	0	150.1	138	77	64	11	62	0	130	6	0	9	644	1.330	8.3	0.7	3.7	7.8	2.10
2008	34	5.7	Saltillo	MEX	AAA		3	2	.600	3.71	4.50	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.0	35	17	14	1	15	0	27	0	0	2	147	1.471	9.3	0.3	4.0	7.1	1.80
2008	34	5.2	Parma	ITSA	Fgn		3	3	.500	3.76	4.42	9	9		0	0	0	55.0	49	27	23	6	20	0	49	1	0	5	235	1.255	8.0	1.0	3.3	8.0	2.45
2008-09	34	7.1	Ponce	PRWL	FgW		2	1	.667	4.28	5.27	12	11	0	0	0	0	54.2	51	32	26	4	24	0	47	5	0	2	238	1.372	8.4	0.7	4.0	7.7	1.96
2008-09	34	4.4	Puerto Rico	CARS	FgW		0	0		1.35	1.35	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	3	1	1	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	24	0.900	4.1	0.0	4.1	9.5	2.33
2009-10	35	7.6	Ponce	PRWL	FgW		2	6	.250	4.78	6.06	12	11	0	0	0	0	49.0	61	33	26	6	19	0	39	4	0	4	224	1.633	11.2	1.1	3.5	7.2	2.05
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (4 seasons)					Majors		5	4	.556	4.55	4.84	112	3	25	0	0	1	124.2	117	67	63	15	75	3	127	4	1	10	559	1.540	8.4	1.1	5.4	9.2	1.69
Minors (13 seasons)					Minors		46	52	.469	3.54	4.32	316	93	73	5	3	11	818.1	754	393	322	38	431	21	678	22	14	75	3564	1.448	8.3	0.4	4.7	7.5	1.57
Foreign (4 seasons)					Foreign		13	15	.464	3.93	4.83	56	48	0	0	0	0	251.2	247	135	110	21	102	0	193	12	0	19	1088	1.387	8.8	0.8	3.6	6.9	1.89
Other (2 seasons)					Other		3	3	.500	3.86	5.23	52	0	13	0	0	1	65.1	74	38	28	8	32	1	51	2	0	10	301	1.622	10.2	1.1	4.4	7.0	1.59
All Levels (17 Seasons)							67	74	.475	3.74	4.52	536	144	111	5	3	13	1260.0	1192	633	523	82	640	25	1049	40	15	114	5512	1.454	8.5	0.6	4.6	7.5	1.64

AAA (8 seasons)					Minors		12	12	.500	2.54	2.97	150	10	45	0	0	8	230.1	212	76	65	11	120	9	202	5	0	19	992	1.441	8.3	0.4	4.7	7.9	1.68
AAA (1 season)					Foreign		3	2	.600	3.71	4.50	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.0	35	17	14	1	15	0	27	0	0	2	147	1.471	9.3	0.3	4.0	7.1	1.80
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		12	7	.632	4.62	5.51	40	25	6	1	1	0	161.2	165	99	83	15	87	6	145	5	2	20	728	1.559	9.2	0.8	4.8	8.1	1.67
A+ (4 seasons)					Minors		16	27	.372	3.88	4.78	102	44	18	3	1	3	329.1	306	175	142	11	170	6	236	8	4	19	1426	1.445	8.4	0.3	4.6	6.4	1.39
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		6	6	.500	2.97	3.99	24	14	4	1	1	0	97.0	71	43	32	1	54	0	95	4	8	17	418	1.289	6.6	0.1	5.0	8.8	1.76
Fgn (3 seasons)					Foreign		3	3	.500	3.73	4.45	14	10	0	0	0	0	62.2	53	31	26	6	26	0	51	2	0	6	268	1.261	7.6	0.9	3.7	7.3	1.96
FgW (3 seasons)					Foreign		7	10	.412	4.06	5.05	36	32	0	0	0	0	155.0	159	87	70	14	61	0	115	10	0	11	673	1.419	9.2	0.8	3.5	6.7	1.89