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Birth Date	8-27-1986
Height	6' 3"
Weight	210 lbs

Age	37 years, 7 months, 23 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2012	PIT	25	42	68	13	5	1	1	4	14	1	0	1	.210	.265	.371	73	-2.1	0.1	0.5	0.1
2013	PIT	26	103	365	95	22	2	8	22	62	4	3	2	.285	.336	.435	100	0.5	-4.0	1.0	1.1
2014	PIT	27	149	555	129	27	2	12	35	89	4	4	1	.255	.305	.387	90	-5.6	3.9	10.2	3.2
2015	PIT	28	116	430	96	21	0	3	27	73	2	3	2	.244	.293	.320	72	-12.6	2.1	2.7	1.0
2016	PIT	29	149	584	133	22	3	11	51	83	5	1	1	.256	.328	.374	92	-4.5	3.0	-7.4	1.6
2017	PIT	30	145	558	128	24	5	14	51	88	3	0	4	.255	.326	.406	96	-0.8	-1.2	-18.7	0.3
2018	PIT	31	117	436	99	29	2	6	32	87	6	2	0	.251	.315	.381	87	-5.4	-1.0	-3.0	0.9
2019	DET	32	74	271	69	16	0	9	13	57	2	0	0	.270	.310	.438	91	-2.1	-1.1	1.4	0.9
Career			895	3267	762	166	15	64	235	553	27	13	11	.257	.316	.388	89	-32.6	1.8	-13.5	9.0

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2008	HIC	A	SAL	50	208	.258	.325	.374	.303	106	-4.3	5.9	2.5	85	0	2.8	0.0	-6.0	0.5
2008	SCO	A-	NYP	6	25	.234	.302	.334	.250	98	0.5	0.7	0.2	94	0	0.6	0.5	-0.7	0.1
2009	LYN	A+	CRL	131	580	.252	.331	.379	.293	97	6.6	17.7	6.9	95	0	4.3	-0.1	-0.8	2.9
2010	ALT	AA	EAS	126	538	.258	.328	.393	.320	97	5.4	15.3	2.1	98	0	2.8	0.3	-0.3	2.1
2011	ALT	AA	EAS	72	301	.257	.322	.388	.260	84	19.8	8.9	4.1	119	0	7.7	-2.5	6.2	2.4
2011	IND	AAA	INT	60	250	.258	.322	.399	.271	97	-5.8	7.8	1.3	87	0	0.9	1.7	-2.9	0.8
2012	PIT	MLB	NL	42	68	.257	.315	.399	.250	95	-1.9	1.9	0.5	73	17	0.5	0.1	-2.1	0.1
2012	IND	AAA	INT	56	236	.255	.326	.391	.346	100	6	7.0	2	120	0	2.9	1.8	5.3	1.9
2013	PIT	MLB	NL	103	365	.253	.313	.393	.330	98	4.8	9.6	3.1	100	8	1.0	-4.0	0.5	1.1
2013	IND	AAA	INT	26	109	.256	.324	.384	.392	99	3.9	3.1	1.3	150	0	3.7	-0.3	4.4	1.2
2014	PIT	MLB	NL	149	555	.251	.313	.387	.285	101	-2.8	14.3	6.5	90	7	10.2	3.9	-5.6	3.2
2015	PIT	MLB	NL	116	430	.257	.319	.403	.290	93	-12.2	11.6	5.3	72	8	2.7	2.1	-12.6	1.0
2015	IND	AAA	INT	7	26	.255	.316	.390	.263	101	-0.5	0.7	0.3	85	0	0.5	-0.2	-0.8	0.1
2016	PIT	MLB	NL	149	584	.252	.320	.409	.286	94	0.7	16.5	7.6	92	9	-7.4	3.0	-4.5	1.6
2017	PIT	MLB	NL	145	558	.251	.321	.416	.284	95	-1.3	16.3	7.5	96	9	-18.7	-1.2	-0.8	0.3
2018	PIT	MLB	NL	117	436	.246	.316	.401	.306	96	-5.9	12.2	5.6	87	10	-3.0	-1.0	-5.4	0.9
2019	DET	MLB	AL	74	271	.252	.319	.432	.316	102	-0.7	8.2	2.5	91	8	1.4	-1.1	-2.1	0.9
2019	LAK	A+	FSL	4	16	.247	.314	.356	.000	90	-3.3	0.4	0	30	0	-0.2	0.0	-1.0	-0.1
2019	TOL	AAA	INT	12	50	.271	.351	.459	.270	95	-1.6	1.7	-0.1	90	0	-0.3	0.9	-0.7	0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2008	HIC	A	SAL	208	192	21	48	7	0	4	67	18	12	44	4	3	.250	.300	.349	.099	1	1
2008	SCO	A-	NYP	25	24	5	6	1	1	1	12	2	1	3	1	0	.250	.280	.500	.250	0	0
2009	LYN	A+	CRL	580	513	64	131	36	4	10	205	83	41	93	10	6	.255	.320	.400	.144	3	3
2010	ALT	AA	EAS	538	485	67	137	31	2	3	181	65	31	69	7	1	.282	.331	.373	.091	6	6
2011	IND	AAA	INT	250	226	39	54	13	1	6	87	21	13	43	3	3	.239	.304	.385	.146	0	3
2011	ALT	AA	EAS	301	265	40	71	17	1	13	129	48	23	35	6	3	.268	.329	.487	.219	6	3
2012	PIT	MLB	NL	68	62	7	13	5	1	1	23	5	4	14	0	1	.210	.265	.371	.161	1	0
2012	IND	AAA	INT	236	209	28	60	14	1	4	88	27	20	45	3	5	.287	.357	.421	.134	2	1
2013	IND	AAA	INT	109	96	11	32	6	1	1	43	19	12	17	3	1	.333	.404	.448	.115	1	0
2013	PIT	MLB	NL	365	333	33	95	22	2	8	145	27	22	62	3	2	.285	.336	.435	.150	1	5
2014	PIT	MLB	NL	555	506	56	129	27	2	12	196	55	35	89	4	1	.255	.305	.387	.132	5
2015	PIT	MLB	NL	430	394	34	96	21	0	3	126	34	27	73	3	2	.244	.293	.320	.076	3	4
2015	IND	AAA	INT	26	25	3	6	0	0	1	9	3	1	5	0	0	.240	.269	.360	.120	0	0
2016	PIT	MLB	NL	584	519	66	133	22	3	11	194	59	51	83	1	1	.256	.328	.374	.118	2	7
2017	PIT	MLB	NL	558	502	52	128	24	5	14	204	58	51	88	0	4	.255	.326	.406	.151	2	0
2018	PIT	MLB	NL	436	394	43	99	29	2	6	150	39	32	87	2	0	.251	.315	.381	.129	3	1
2019	TOL	AAA	INT	50	43	11	10	3	0	0	13	4	5	6	0	0	.233	.340	.302	.070	0	0
2019	LAK	A+	FSL	16	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.000	0	0
2019	DET	MLB	AL	271	256	24	69	16	0	9	112	22	13	57	0	0	.270	.310	.438	.168	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2012	249	0.5502	0.4538	0.8142	0.5401	0.3482	0.8919	0.6667	0.1858	0.0028
2013	1369	0.5172	0.4412	0.8295	0.5579	0.3162	0.9063	0.6842	0.1705	0.0145
2014	2002	0.5060	0.4590	0.8009	0.5933	0.3215	0.8952	0.6226	0.1991	0.0077
2015	1574	0.5184	0.4409	0.8300	0.5735	0.2982	0.9103	0.6637	0.1700	0.0023
2016	2250	0.4849	0.4338	0.8463	0.5830	0.2934	0.9151	0.7176	0.1537	0.0000
2017	2167	0.4915	0.4158	0.8435	0.5906	0.2468	0.9173	0.6728	0.1565	0.0000
2018	1675	0.4979	0.4412	0.7767	0.5947	0.2889	0.8871	0.5514	0.2233	0.0000
2019	1067	0.4977	0.4124	0.7841	0.5537	0.2724	0.8741	0.6027	0.2159	0.0000
Career	12353	0.5015	0.4360	0.8191	0.5802	0.2916	0.9029	0.6503	0.1809	0.0032

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-09-15	2014-09-18	DTD	3	2	-	Low Back	Tightness		-
2014-08-15	2014-08-15	DTD	0	0	Right	Forearm	Tightness		-
2014-04-18	2014-04-18	DTD	0	0	-	Ankle	Contusion	Spiked	-	-
2012-08-18	2012-08-18	DTD	0	0	Right	Wrist	Contusion		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2021	WAS	$1,000,000
2020	DET	$
2019	DET	$5,250,000
2018	PIT	$6,750,000
2017	PIT	$4,325,000
2016	PIT	$2,075,000
2015	PIT	$538,000
2014	PIT	$515,500
2013	PIT	$

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$20,453,500
7 yr	Total	$20,453,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 156 d	Boras Corp.	1 year/$1M (2021)

Details

1 year (2021). Signed by Washington as a free agent 2/5/21 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1M in majors. May earn additional $400,000 in performance bonuses. Contract selected by Washington 3/27/21. Retired 4/5/22.
1 year (2020). Re-signed by Detroit as a free agent 1/30/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Detroit 7/23/20. Sent outright to Alternative Training Site 8/6/20 (elected free agency). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 8/17/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by NY Yankees 8/28/20. DFA by NY Yankees 9/1/20, sent outright to Alternate Training Site 9/3/20.
1 year/$5.25M (2019). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 12/12/18. Performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 120, 125 games played. $50,000 for 130 g.
1 year/$6.75M (2018). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$4.325M (2017). Re-signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$2.075M (2016). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 1/15/16 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$538,000 (2015). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/4/15.
1 year/$515,500 (2014). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/6/14.
1 year (2013). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/1/13.
1 year (2012). Contract purchased by Pittsburgh 11/18/11. Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/3/12.
Drafted by Pittsburgh 2008 (3-79) (Oklahoma State). Signed 6/08, $508,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2018-12-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Anticipating that he will be the everyday shortstop when he suits up for Detroit this spring, Jordy Mercer will be the most-experienced player to make his team debut at that position for the Tigers since Jhonny Peralta in 2010 and the oldest (I think) since Adam Everett in 2009. I've scouted Mercer's modest stat line, but you've watched him regularly with the Pirates. What do you think it's reasonable for the Tigers to expect to get from Mercer in 2019? (Alec Denton from Atlanta)	Mercer is your basic generic shortstop. The advanced metrics all agree that he's become a below-average fielder, but it's more a case of him not making the spectacular play than butchering routine ones. Jose Iglesias he's not. Two things to be concerned about. First, he's never played more than 149 games in a season, so expect to see a fair amount of Ronny Rodriguez. Second, the bat, which was acceptable in 2016 and 2017, declined in 2018. Could be injuries, or could be a guy who's 32. In any case, he's down-in-the-order placeholder, but looking at the Tigers' farm system, I'm not exactly sure for whom. Isaac Paredes? Tigers gonna win, what, 65-75 games this year, maybe? Mercer's not going to keep them out of the postseason or anything. (Rob Mains)
2017-06-13 12:00:00 (link to chat)	What is Kevin Newman going to be? (Hector from Texas)	How much do you like Jordy Mercer? (Craig Goldstein)
2017-05-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Thoughts on Kevin Newman? Does he take over for Jordy Mercer in the next year or two? (Justin from The Fieldhouse)	Newman is like the Dom Smith of shortstop prospects for me. He's fine. I get it. It's a solid major leaguer. It just doesn't excite me. But I imagine that is the timetable yes. And speaking of... (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2015-10-07 19:30:00 (link to chat)	Follow up: Which of these two teams offends you more by their decision to choose an alternate uni for tonight's game? Also, who hits the first flyball for PIT and in what inning? (JQ from NJ)	Jordy Mercer, second. :) Neither. I prefer these unis to the Cubs' grays and the Bucs' whites. In a perfect world, Pitt wears their throwbacks, though. - MT Gonna disagree with Matt here, and say no flyballs are gonna happen this game. I feel good about this. - CG (NL Wild Card Game Chat)
2015-06-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)	If you were the Mets, what would your infield configuration be for the rest of the season (with Wright and without)? Has Tejada done enough at the plate to start getting consideration for more playing time at SS? (mattstupp from NYC)	If I were the Mets I probably wouldn't have the same collection of players for the remainder of the season. That doesn't mean Tulo, but I'd shop around to see how I could rearrange the parts. Maybe that means trading Daniel Murphy, maybe it means trading Wilmer Flores. Either way, the Mets have too many options at second and third and not enough at shortstop, so trying to snag a Jordy Mercer (who is admittedly having a poor season) or someone along those lines would appeal to me. As for Tejada, I would reckon he has done enough to earn more PT. Even so, I'm not banking on him keeping it up (in terms of hitting or playing time)-in part because the Mets aren't sweet on him (reportedly due to work ethic concerns). (R.J. Anderson)
2014-07-03 19:00:00 (link to chat)	I am so up in the air about 2B and SS where to look for the future in Dynasty league. Can you rate the following. DJ LeMahieu, Marwin Gonzalez, Brian Dozier Jordy Mercer,. Thank you for the time you put into this. As of now I have Doizer at 2nd and Mercer at SS with Jose Reyes. (OB1 from NYC)	Woof. Dozier, Marwin, DJ, Jordy. (Mauricio Rubio)
2013-04-15 13:00:00 (link to chat)	As we near the end of the Clint Barmes era in Pit, will Jordy Mercer get first crack or will he be leapfrogged by Hanson, Santos, Ngoepe, etc.? (Statorama from WI)	Hi Statorama. With the disclaimer that I am nowhere near this situation, my guess from just looking at their ages and levels of experience would be for Mercer or Santos to get first crack. The others seem too far away. (Geoff Young)

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