Orlando Mercado stats
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1982
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1982
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 253
- AB
- 562
- R
- 40
- H
- 112
- HR
- 7
- RBI
- 45
- SB
- 4
- AVG
- .199
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | SEA | 9 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .118 |
| 1983 | SEA | 66 | 178 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 16 | 2 | .197 |
| 1984 | SEA | 30 | 78 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .218 |
| 1986 | TEX | 46 | 102 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .235 |
| 1987 |  DET/LAD | 17 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .222 |
| 1988 | ATH | 16 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .125 |
| 1989 | MIN | 19 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .105 |
| 1990 |  WSH/NYM | 50 | 98 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .214 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 617
- TB
- 158
- XBH
- 28
- HBP
- 5
- IBB
- 3
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | SEA | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | SEA | 197 | 53 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | SEA | 84 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | TEX | 112 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | DET/LAD | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | ATH | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | MIN | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | WSH/NYM | 108 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -3.2
- RC
- 41.8
- RC/27
- 2.40
- ISOP
- .082
- SECA
- .158
- BB/K
- 0.51
- AB/HR
- 80.3
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | SEA | -0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .176 | 0.2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | SEA | -1.0 | 13.8 | 2.5 | .101 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 178 | 0 |
| 1984 | SEA | -0.2 | 6.1 | 2.6 | .064 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | TEX | -0.4 | 8.6 | 2.8 | .059 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 102 | 0 |
| 1987 | DET/LAD | -0.1 | 2.3 | 3 | .037 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | ATH | -0.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | .125 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 24 | 0 |
| 1989 | MIN | -0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | WSH/NYM | -0.7 | 9.5 | 3.3 | .102 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 32.7 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Orlando Mercado's career stats?
Orlando Mercado played 8 seasons for the Mariners, the Rangers, the Athletics and the Twins. He was a career .199 hitter with 112 hits, 7 home runs and 45 RBI. His best season was 1986: a .235 batting average, 1 home run and 7 RBI.
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