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Orlando Mercado

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: November 7, 1961 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico pr

Debut: September 13, 1982 (Age 20-310d, 14,678th in major league history)
vs. KCR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1990 (Age 28-327d)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Full Name: Orlando Mercado

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.0

562

112

.199

RBI

OBP

.259

SLG

.281

OPS

.541

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-43 / in Starts: 23-36
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	60 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 197 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	115 (66-30-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 197 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	119 (58-40-20)

Most Driven In
D Henderson	4
P Putnam	3
A Cowens	3
T Cruz	2
Self	1
J Allen	1
D Coles	1
J Cruz	1

Most Driven In By
S Owen	3
T Cruz	1
D Edler	1
D Ramos	1
Self	1
R Zisk	1
J Cruz	1
R Nelson	1

1983 Batting Game Log

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1983 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	10	2 (1)	Apr 6	SEA		NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.18	-0.018	.22	-0.01%	-1.02	C
2	11	3	Apr 7	SEA		NYY	L,1-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.87	-0.078	1.17	-0.06%	-1.04	C
3	12	4	Apr 8	SEA		MIN	L,4-5	GS-11	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.400	.500	8	1.20	0.159	1.75	0.14%	1.35	C
4	13	5	Apr 9	SEA		MIN	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.333	.417	8	1.32	-0.081	1.81	-0.07%	-0.70	C
5	14	6	Apr 10	SEA		MIN	L,3-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.083	.333	.417	8						C
6	15	7	Apr 11	SEA	@	CAL	L,1-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.267	.333	8	.94	-0.069	1.26	-0.06%	-0.95	C
7	16	8	Apr 12	SEA	@	CAL	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.158	.158	.368	.526	8	.94	-0.073	1.18	-0.06%	0.61	C
8	17	9	Apr 13	SEA	@	CAL	L,1-6	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.333	.476	8	1.04	-0.048	1.32	-0.04%	-0.59	C
9	18	10	Apr 14	SEA		OAK	L,3-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.174	.174	.348	.522	8	.42	0.007	.54	0.01%	0.04	C
10	19	12 (1)	Apr 16	SEA		OAK	L,2-5	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.192	.320	.512	8	1.14	-0.078	1.38	-0.06%	-0.64	C
11	20	14 (1)	Apr 18	SEA	@	MIN	L,5-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.179	.296	.475	8	1.29	-0.046	1.22	-0.03%	-0.48	C
12	21	17 (2)	Apr 21	SEA	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.161	.188	.290	.478	8	1.21	-0.083	.82	-0.03%	-0.94	C
13	22	20 (2)	Apr 24	SEA	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.206	.303	.509	8	1.09	0.075	.66	0.03%	0.74	C
14	23	23 (2)	Apr 29	SEA		BAL	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.216	.237	.378	.615	8	.71	0.049	.37	0.02%	0.19	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	24	28 (4)	May 6	SEA	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.238	.366	.604	8	.70	-0.028	.33	-0.01%	-0.19	C
16	25	31 (2)	May 9	SEA	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.222	.341	.563	8	.52	-0.037	.23	-0.01%	-0.69	C
17	26	33 (1)	May 11	SEA	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.234	.370	.604	8	1.87	-0.018	.81	-0.01%	-0.06	C
18	27	34	May 13	SEA	@	OAK	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.235	.360	.595	8	.58	-0.050	.26	-0.01%	-0.41	C
19	28	36 (1)	May 15	SEA	@	OAK	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.226	.346	.573	8	.82	-0.042	.43	-0.01%	-0.37	C
20	29	38 (1)	May 18	SEA		CAL	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.232	.333	.565	7	.64	-0.020	.24	-0.01%	-0.20	C
21	30	41 (2)	May 21	SEA		MIL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.233	.345	.578	7	1.26	0.006	.39	0.00%	0.29	C
22	31	42	May 22	SEA		MIL	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.219	.323	.541	7	.84	-0.081	.32	-0.02%	-1.29	C
23	32	46 (3)	May 27	SEA	@	MIL	W,7-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.209	.308	.517	7	1.30	-0.103	.44	-0.02%	-0.68	C
24	33	47	May 28	SEA	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.225	.333	.559	7	.75	0.086	.31	0.02%	0.62	C
25	34	49 (1)	May 30	SEA	@	MIL	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.216	.319	.536	7	1.61	-0.122	.85	-0.04%	-1.24	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	35	51 (1)	Jun 1	SEA	@	CLE	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.213	.315	.528	7	.98	-0.025	.48	-0.01%	-0.31	PH
27	36	54 (2)	Jun 4	SEA	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.215	.303	.518	7	.58	-0.049	.25	-0.01%	-0.57	C
28	37	55	Jun 5	SEA	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.217	.325	.542	7	.91	0.213	.38	0.05%	1.10	C
29	38	56	Jun 6	SEA	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.230	.345	.575	7	.92	0.185	.45	0.06%	0.87	C
30	39	57	Jun 7	SEA		TEX	L,0-10	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.233	.345	.578	7	.14	0.011	.08	0.00%	0.04	C
31	40	58	Jun 8	SEA		TEX	L,0-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.231	.341	.572	7	2.70	-0.068	1.16	-0.02%	-0.17	C
32	41	60 (1)	Jun 10	SEA		KCR	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.223	.330	.553	7	1.47	-0.144	.54	-0.03%	-1.00	C
33	42	61	Jun 11	SEA		KCR	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.227	.340	.567	7	.86	0.006	.25	0.00%	-0.06	C
34	43	62	Jun 12	SEA		KCR	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.228	.347	.575	7	1.00	0.030	.22	0.00%	-0.39	C
35	44	65 (2)	Jun 15	SEA	@	TEX	W,6-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.225	.343	.569	7	1.47	-0.046	.31	-0.01%	-0.43	C
36	45	66	Jun 17	SEA	@	KCR	L,1-3	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.238	.347	.585	8	.96	0.061	.27	0.01%	0.29	C
37	46	67	Jun 18	SEA	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.241	.346	.587	7	1.09	0.044	.27	0.01%	0.51	C
38	47	71 (3)	Jun 22	SEA	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.243	.340	.583	7	.93	-0.048	.07	0.00%	-0.36	C
39	48	72	Jun 23	SEA		TOR	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.246	.333	.579	8	1.20	-0.057	.06	0.00%	-0.55	C
40	49	73	Jun 24	SEA		TOR	L,2-4	GS-9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.256	.345	.602	8	.68	0.094	.02	0.00%	0.98	C
41	50	74	Jun 25	SEA		TOR	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.248	.333	.581	9	.63	-0.066	.02	0.00%	-1.66	C
42	51	75	Jun 26	SEA		TOR	L,7-19	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.203	.246	.339	.585	9	.22	-0.028	.01	0.00%	-0.17	C
43	52	76	Jun 27	SEA		CHW	L,4-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.250	.342	.592	9	.77	-0.003	.02	0.00%	0.04	C
44	53	77	Jun 28	SEA		CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.203	.250	.333	.583	9	1.19	-0.020	.02	0.00%	-0.58	C
45	54	78	Jun 29	SEA		CHW	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.259	.341	.601	9	.75	0.018	.02	0.00%	0.17	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	55	79	Jul 1	SEA	@	TOR	W,11-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.259	.333	.592	9	.26	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.46	C
47	56	80	Jul 2	SEA	@	TOR	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.252	.323	.575	9	1.07	-0.119	.02	0.00%	-1.20	C
48	57	83 (2)	Jul 9	SEA	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.199	.247	.316	.563	9	1.06	-0.079	.02	0.00%	-0.55	C
49	58	85 (1)	Jul 11	SEA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.247	.314	.561	9	1.47	0.118	.05	0.00%	0.26	C
50	59	86	Jul 12	SEA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.248	.322	.570	8	.94	0.087	.02	0.00%	0.60	C
51	60	87	Jul 13	SEA	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	4	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.268	.338	.605	8	1.17	0.204	.04	0.00%	1.96	C
52	61	89 (1)	Jul 15	SEA		DET	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.273	.338	.611	8	.76	0.008	.03	0.00%	-0.33	C
53	62	90	Jul 16	SEA		DET	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.274	.338	.612	8	1.27	-0.052	.06	0.00%	-0.34	C
54	63	92 (1)	Jul 18	SEA		BAL	L,4-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.269	.331	.601	8	1.03	-0.083	.04	0.00%	-0.86	C
55	64	93	Jul 19	SEA		BAL	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.210	.265	.325	.590	8	.53	-0.065	.02	0.00%	-0.88	C
56	65	94	Jul 20	SEA		BAL	L,2-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.263	.323	.586	7	3.50	-0.079	.09	0.00%	-0.37	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
57	66	136 (41)	Sep 4	SEA		NYY	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.263	.323	.586	9						C
58	67	137	Sep 5	SEA	@	KCR	W,13-6	CG	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.204	.260	.315	.575	8	.49	0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.80	C
59	68	142 (4)	Sep 11	SEA		TEX	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.201	.257	.311	.568	9	.90	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.35	C
60	69	147 (4)	Sep 17	SEA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.251	.304	.555	9	2.38	-0.268	.00	0.00%	-1.44	C
61	70	148	Sep 18	SEA	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.258	.306	.564	8	.35	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.53	C
62	71	152 (3)	Sep 22	SEA	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.259	.302	.562	8	1.37	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.39	C
63	72	153	Sep 23	SEA	@	TEX	L,1-2	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.259	.302	.562	8						C
64	73	154	Sep 24	SEA	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.260	.303	.563	8	1.95	0.165	.00	0.00%	0.61	C
65	74	156 (1)	Sep 26	SEA		KCR	L,2-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.258	.299	.557	8	1.33	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.49	C
66	75	162 (5)	Oct 2	SEA		CHW	L,0-3	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.256	.298	.554	7	2.09	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.31	PH C
							23-43		197	178	10	35	11	2	1	16	14	0	27	1	2	2	0	3	2	2	.197	.256	.298	.554		.98	-0.937	.35	-0.28%	-14.67

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