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Hector Mercado | Major Leaguer 2000-2003

Full Name: Hector Luis Mercado
Born: April 29,1974 in Catano, Puerto Rico
Height: 6-3 Weight: 235 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Jose S Allegria (Dorado,PR)
College:

Debut: April 4,2000

Drafted: Selected by Houston Astros in 13rd Round (349th overall) of 1992 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jun 4,1992] - signed [Dec 9,1996] - Selected by Marlins from Astros in the minor league draft. [Dec 15,1997] - Traded by Phillies to Mets for Mike Welch. [Sep 29,1998] - On disabled list [Aug 4,1999] - Released by Mets. [Dec 31,1999] - Signed as Free Agent by Reds. [Mar 28,2002] - Traded by Reds to Phillies M completing trade in which Phillies sent OF Reggie Taylor to Reds for a player to be named [Mar 30,2002] - Traded by Reds to Phillies for Reggie Taylor. [Sep 29,2003] - Granted free agency [Jan 4,2006] - Signed by Tigers (minor)

Disabled List: [Apr 16,2003] - 15 Day Disabled list - (strained left hamstring) [May 23,2003] - Activated

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1992	GCL Astros	GCL	18	Hou	Rk	1	2	4.20	13	3	0	0	4	0	30.0	22	17	14	0	25	36	7		6.60	0.00	7.50	10.80	1.57	--
1993	GCL Astros	GCL	19	Hou	Rk	5	4	2.42	11	11	1	1	0	0	67.0	49	26	18	1	29	59	10		6.58	0.13	3.90	7.93	1.16	--
	Osceola	FSL	19	Hou	A+	1	1	5.19	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	9	7	5	0	6	5	0		9.35	0.00	6.23	5.19	1.73	--
1994	Osceola	FSL	20	Hou	A+	6	13	3.95	25	25	1	1	0	0	136.2	123	75	60	5	79	88	9	3	8.10	0.33	5.20	5.80	1.48	--
1995	Kissimmee	FSL	21	Hou	A+	6	8	3.46	19	17	2	0	0	0	104.0	96	50	40	2	37	75	4	1	8.31	0.17	3.20	6.49	1.28	--
	Jackson	Tex	21	Hou	AA	1	4	7.80	8	7	0	0	0	0	30.0	36	33	26	5	32	20	4	0	10.80	1.50	9.60	6.00	2.27	--
1996	Kissimmee	FSL	22	Hou	A+	3	5	4.16	56	0	0	0	18	3	80.0	78	43	37	4	48	68	6	0	8.78	0.45	5.40	7.65	1.58	--
1997	GCL Tigers	GCL	23	Det	Rk	3	3	3.79	15	5	0	0	1	0	40.1	45	23	17	2	12	32	4	0	10.04	0.45	2.68	7.14	1.41	--
	Portland	East	23	Fla	AA	11	3	3.96	31	17	1	1	6	0	129.2	129	66	57	10	54	125	16	2	8.95	0.69	3.75	8.68	1.41	--
	Charlotte	IL	23	Fla	AAA	0	1	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	5	5	2	5	1	1	0	9.00	3.60	9.00	1.80	2.00	--
1999	Norfolk	IL	25	Nym	AAA	0	0	1.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.50	1.50	1.50	3.00	0.67	--
2000	Louisville	IL	26	Cin	AAA	1	5	3.04	47	5	0	0	10	2	77.0	69	26	26	2	48	67	6	0	8.06	0.23	5.61	7.83	1.52	--
	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	0	0	4.50	12	0	0	0	4	0	14.0	12	7	7	2	8	13	2	0	7.71	1.29	5.14	8.36	1.43	50%
2001	Louisville	IL	27	Cin	AAA	1	0	1.35	12	0	0	0	4	1	13.1	12	2	2	0	6	13	1	0	8.10	0.00	4.05	8.78	1.35	--
	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	3	2	4.08	56	0	0	0	10	0	53.0	55	27	24	6	30	59	4	0	9.34	1.02	5.09	10.02	1.60	57%
2002	Scr/wb	IL	28	Phi	AAA	3	1	1.62	26	0	0	0	12	3	33.1	22	6	6	2	12	43	2	0	5.94	0.54	3.24	11.61	1.02	--
	Philadelph	NL	28	Phi	MLB	2	2	4.62	31	3	0	0	7	0	39.0	32	21	20	2	25	40	3	1	7.38	0.46	5.77	9.23	1.46	52%
2003	Reading	East	29	Phi	AA	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0.00	0.00	4.50	0.00	0.50	--
	Scr/wb	IL	29	Phi	AAA	0	3	1.41	14	2	0	0	2	0	32.0	34	12	5	2	11	20	0		9.56	0.56	3.09	5.63	1.41	--
	Philadelph	NL	29	Phi	MLB	0	0	5.79	13	0	0	0	4	1	18.2	18	12	12	5	12	15	1	0	8.68	2.41	5.79	7.23	1.61	49%
2005	Bridgeport	Atl	31		Ind	1	0	2.49	19	0	0	0	3	0	21.2	22	9	6	2	13	15	2	0	9.14	0.83	5.40	6.23	1.62	--
	Oklahoma	PCL	31	Tex	AAA	4	0	1.71	22	0	0	0		1	31.2	31	8	6	1	19	31	0	0	8.81	0.28	5.40	8.81	1.58	--
2006	Toledo	IL	32	Det	AAA	3	2	3.94	26	0	0	0	10	1	32.0	36	16	14	1	18	25	9	0	10.13	0.28	5.06	7.03	1.69	--
2007	Bridgeport	Atl	33		Ind	2	3	4.53	33	0	0	0	10	1	43.2	51	29	22	6	19	36	8	0	10.51	1.24	3.92	7.42	1.60	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						5	4	4.55	112	3	0	0	25	1	124.2	117	67	63	15	75	127	10	1	8.45	1.08	5.41	9.17	1.54	53%
Minor League Totals - 14 Season(s)						52	58	3.57	383	98	5	3		12	924.0	872	454	367	48	475	761	89		8.49	0.47	4.63	7.41	1.46	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1995	Jackson	Tex	21	Hou	AA	p		8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.125	.000	125	--
1997	Portland	East	23	Fla	AA	p		31	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	0	0	.182	.182	.182	364	--
	Charlotte	IL	23	Fla	AAA			1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	1.000	---	---	--
1999	Norfolk	IL	25	Nym	AAA	p		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2000	Louisville	IL	26	Cin	AAA	p		47	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	p	9	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
2001	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	p	9	50	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
2002	Scr/wb	IL	28	Phi	AAA	p		26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Philadelph	NL	28	Phi	MLB	p	9	31	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	50%
2003	Scr/wb	IL	29	Phi	AAA	p		14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Philadelph	NL	29	Phi	MLB	p	9	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	000	100%

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)								105	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	222	83%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)								129	25	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	0	0	4	0	1	.080	.148	.080	228	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1992	GCL Astros	GCL	18	Hou	Rk	P	13			0	5	2	7	0	-	-	-	.714	--

1993	GCL Astros	GCL	19	Hou	Rk	P	11			3	17	2	22	0	-	-	-	.909	--
1993	Osceola	FSL	19	Hou	A+	P	2			0	3	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	--

1994	Osceola	FSL	20	Hou	A+	P	25			2	28	1	31	1	-	-	-	.968	--

1995	Kissimmee	FSL	21	Hou	A+	P	19			1	15	3	19	0	-	-	-	.842	--
1995	Jackson	Tex	21	Hou	AA	P	8			1	5	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1996	Kissimmee	FSL	22	Hou	A+	P	56			4	13	0	17	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1997	GCL Tigers	GCL	23	Det	Rk	P	15			2	8	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	--
1997	Portland	East	23	Fla	AA	P	31			4	19	5	28	0	-	-	-	.821	--

1999	Norfolk	IL	25	Nym	AAA	P	2			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

2000	Louisville	IL	26	Cin	AAA	P	47			1	15	1	17	0	-	-	-	.941	--
2000	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	P	12		14	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.64

2001	Louisville	IL	27	Cin	AAA	P	12			0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	P	56		53	0	5	1	6	0	-	-	-	.833	.85

2002	Scr/wb	IL	28	Phi	AAA	P	26			1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Philadelph	NL	28	Phi	MLB	P	31		39	1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	.92

2003	Reading	East	29	Phi	AA	P	1			0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2003	Scr/wb	IL	29	Phi	AAA	P	14			0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2003	Philadelph	NL	29	Phi	MLB	P	13	-	18.2	0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.45

2005	Atl	31		Ind	P	19	-	-	1	1	2	4	0	-	-	-	.500	--
2005	Oklahoma	PCL	31	Tex	AAA	P	22			0	4	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

2006	Toledo	IL	32	Det	AAA	P	26								-	-	-	---	--

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1998	170,000		1,054,037	80
2000	220,000		1,369,505	60
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	80
2002	255,000		1,654,088	54
2003	330,000		1,773,364	49

Career:	$1,175,000	estimate

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