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Orlando Mercado C

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
17 617 .199 .259 .281 74 0.8
Birth Date11-7-1961
Height6' 0"
Weight195 lbs
Age62 years, 4 months, 21 days
BatsR
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1982 SEA 20 9 17 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 .118 .118 .294 67 -0.6 0.0 -0.1 0.0
1983 SEA 21 66 197 35 11 2 1 14 27 1 2 2 .197 .256 .298 63 -8.2 -0.3 -0.8 -0.1
1984 SEA 22 30 84 17 3 1 0 4 12 1 1 0 .218 .265 .282 67 -2.9 0.6 -0.2 0.1
1986 TEX 24 46 112 24 1 1 1 6 13 1 0 1 .235 .279 .294 75 -3.1 -0.8 0.9 0.2
1987 DET 25 10 24 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .136 .208 .136 86 -0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1
1987 LAN 25 7 6 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .600 .667 .800 83 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 OAK 26 16 27 3 0 0 1 3 8 0 0 0 .125 .222 .250 75 -0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 MIN 27 19 42 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 .105 .190 .105 80 -0.8 0.0 0.1 0.1
1990 MON 28 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 101 0.0 0.0 -0.9 -0.1
1990 NYN 28 42 100 19 1 0 3 8 11 2 0 0 .211 .290 .322 95 -0.5 0.3 -0.5 0.4
Career25361711217474282543.199.259.28174-17.4-0.3-1.50.8

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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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
1978 BLN A- NWN 38 67 .000 .000 .000 .154 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1979 SJO A+ CLF 110 392 .000 .000 .000 .304 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1980 LNN AA EAS 117 448 .000 .000 .000 .277 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 SPO AAA PCL 95 349 .000 .000 .000 .248 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1982 SEA MLB AL 9 17 .269 .326 .408 .091 106 -2.1 0.5 0.3 67 19 -0.1 0.0 -0.6 0.0
1982 SLC AAA PCL 90 351 .000 .000 .000 .296 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1983 SEA MLB AL 66 197 .272 .328 .411 .224 101 -11.6 5.3 3.2 63 15 -0.8 -0.3 -8.2 -0.1
1983 SLC AAA PCL 26 95 .000 .000 .000 .247 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984 SEA MLB AL 30 84 .276 .333 .405 .258 97 -4.9 2.3 1.3 67 14 -0.2 0.6 -2.9 0.1
1984 SLC AAA PCL 29 115 .000 .000 .000 .398 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985 OKL AAA AA 59 231 .000 .000 .000 .270 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1986 TEX MLB AL 46 112 .269 .334 .415 .256 102 -7.1 3.1 1.9 75 15 0.9 -0.8 -3.1 0.2
1986 OKL AAA AA 48 199 .000 .000 .000 .297 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1987 DET MLB AL 10 24 .257 .317 .423 .136 98 -3.3 0.7 0.4 86 13 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.1
1987 LAN MLB NL 7 6 .257 .325 .413 .750 93 1.5 0.2 0.1 83 13 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0
1987 ABQ AAA PCL 69 223 .000 .000 .000 .316 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 OAK MLB AL 16 27 .257 .317 .397 .133 95 -1.8 0.7 0.4 75 18 0.0 0.0 -0.7 0.0
1988 TAC AAA PCL 53 172 .000 .000 .000 .254 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 MIN MLB AL 19 42 .253 .322 .379 .118 100 -5.1 1.1 0.7 80 9 0.1 0.0 -0.8 0.1
1989 POR AAA PCL 57 217 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 MON MLB NL 8 8 .247 .305 .377 .286 93 -0.6 0.2 0.1 101 19 -0.9 0.0 0.0 -0.1
1990 NYN MLB NL 42 100 .259 .321 .392 .211 100 -4.1 2.7 1.5 95 19 -0.5 0.3 -0.5 0.4
1990 TID AAA INT 24 81 .000 .000 .000 .300 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 TID AAA INT 55 179 .000 .000 .000 .300 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 TID AAA INT 54 194 .000 .000 .000 .271 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 CHR AAA INT 10 24 .000 .000 .000 .188 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 IOW AAA AA 8 29 .000 .000 .000 .429 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 VAN AAA PCL 12 40 .000 .000 .000 .290 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1978 BLN A- NWN 67 49 7 6 2 0 0 8 5 13 15 1 0 .122 .284 .163 .041 5 5
1979 SJO A+ CLF 392 335 53 86 18 2 10 138 54 47 78 7 2 .257 .345 .412 .155 3 3
1980 LNN AA EAS 448 396 55 101 25 6 11 171 71 43 65 3 1 .255 .326 .432 .177 5 5
1981 SPO AAA PCL 349 312 32 67 21 2 4 104 31 27 55 4 2 .215 .289 .333 .119 1 1
1982 SEA MLB AL 17 17 1 2 0 0 1 5 6 0 5 0 0 .118 .118 .294 .176 0 0
1982 SLC AAA PCL 351 321 43 90 19 2 16 161 66 22 59 2 1 .280 .323 .502 .221 4 4
1983 SEA MLB AL 197 178 10 35 11 2 1 53 16 14 27 2 2 .197 .256 .298 .101 2 2
1983 SLC AAA PCL 95 88 12 20 2 1 2 30 12 5 13 0 0 .227 .277 .341 .114 0 0
1984 SLC AAA PCL 115 109 18 39 9 2 6 70 22 6 20 0 0 .358 .391 .642 .284 0 0
1984 SEA MLB AL 84 78 5 17 3 1 0 22 5 4 12 1 0 .218 .265 .282 .064 0 1
1985 OKL AAA AA 231 206 20 52 7 1 8 85 29 19 37 1 0 .252 .319 .413 .160 2 2
1986 TEX MLB AL 112 102 7 24 1 1 1 30 7 6 13 0 1 .235 .279 .294 .059 2 1
1986 OKL AAA AA 199 172 20 47 11 1 3 69 25 26 21 0 1 .273 .369 .401 .128 0 0
1987 DET MLB AL 24 22 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 .136 .208 .136 .000 0 0
1987 ABQ AAA PCL 223 205 22 57 18 0 2 81 27 15 29 1 0 .278 .330 .395 .117 0 0
1987 LAN MLB NL 6 5 1 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 .600 .667 .800 .200 0 0
1988 OAK MLB AL 27 24 3 3 0 0 1 6 1 3 8 0 0 .125 .222 .250 .125 0 0
1988 TAC AAA PCL 172 148 16 33 6 0 2 45 19 19 25 0 0 .223 .310 .304 .081 1 1
1989 POR AAA PCL 217 196 17 58 20 1 4 92 29 16 30 0 1 .296 .352 .469 .173 0 0
1989 MIN MLB AL 42 38 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 4 4 1 0 .105 .190 .105 .000 0 0
1990 NYN MLB NL 100 90 10 19 1 0 3 29 7 8 11 0 0 .211 .290 .322 .111 0 0
1990 TID AAA INT 81 72 5 19 4 0 1 26 10 7 11 0 0 .264 .338 .361 .097 0 0
1990 MON MLB NL 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .000 0 0
1991 TID AAA INT 179 159 13 43 12 0 4 67 26 11 28 0 1 .270 .312 .421 .151 3 3
1992 TID AAA INT 194 178 16 44 7 0 8 75 19 15 37 1 0 .247 .306 .421 .174 0 0
1993 IOW AAA AA 29 28 4 10 2 0 1 15 5 1 6 0 0 .357 .379 .536 .179 0 0
1993 CHR AAA INT 24 21 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .000 0 0
1994 VAN AAA PCL 40 40 2 9 5 0 0 14 3 0 9 0 0 .225 .225 .350 .125 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

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

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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
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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
1982 mlb .000 0.0 213 .000 0.0 5 .010 .003 0.0 0.0 -0.1
1983 mlb .000 0.0 2478 -.001 0.7 54 .065 -.003 -2.1 -1.3 -0.8
1984 mlb .000 0.0 956 .000 0.0 21 .020 .001 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2
1986 mlb .000 0.0 1318 .000 -0.2 32 -.007 .004 0.1 -0.1 0.9
1987 mlb .000 0.0 392 .000 0.0 8 .005 -.002 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 mlb .002 0.2 314 .000 0.0 6 .015 .001 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1989 mlb .000 0.0 510 .000 0.0 7 .001 .000 0.0 -0.1 0.1
1990 mlb .005 1.1 1059 .001 -0.2 41 .081 .008 -1.9 -1.0 -1.4

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