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Hector Mercado

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Full Name: Hector Luis Mercado Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/205 First Game: April 4, 2000
Birthdate: April 29, 1974 Final Game: July 11, 2003
Birthplace: Catano, Puerto Rico MLB Experience: 4 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on April 29, 1974 in Catano, Puerto Rico, Hector Mercado (Hector Luis Mercado) played for the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 4 year career. Mercado broke into the bigs on April 4, 2000 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 4.08 ERA in 53 innings pitched in 2001, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Hector Mercado's best season was 2001, when he posted a 4.08 ERA and struck out 59 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
2000 CIN N 12 0 0 0 4.50 13 7 7 0 0 0 14 12 2 8 0 2 0
2001 CIN N 56 0 3 2 4.08 59 27 24 0 0 0 53 55 6 30 1 4 0
2002 PHI N 31 3 2 2 4.62 40 21 20 0 0 0 39 32 2 25 2 3 3
2003 PHI N 13 0 0 0 5.79 15 12 12 0 0 1 18.2 18 5 12 0 1 1
Total 112 3 5 4 4.55 127 67 63 0 0 1 124.2 117 15 75 3 10 4

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
2000 CIN N P 12 0 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
2001 CIN N P 56 0 53 0 5 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 .833
2002 PHI N P 31 3 39 1 3 0 0 0 3 5 0 1 1.000
2003 PHI N P 13 0 18.2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
Total P 112 3 124.2 1 12 1 0 0 5 9 2 3 .929

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
2000 CIN N 12 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001 CIN N 56 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2002 PHI N 31 4 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2003 PHI N 13 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 112 9 0 1 0 0 .111 .111 .111 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Houston Astros in the 13th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1992 - signed June 4, 1992).
  • Selected by Florida Marlins from Houston Astros in the minor league draft (December 9, 1996).
  • Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from Florida Marlins in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 15, 1997).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to New York Mets in exchange for Mike Welch (December 15, 1997).
  • Released by New York Mets (August 4, 1999).
  • Signed by Cincinnati Reds (December 31, 1999).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Philadelphia Phillies (March 30, 2002) completing trade in which Philadelphia Phillies traded Reggie Taylor to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for a player to be named later (March 28, 2002).
  • Granted free agency (September 29, 2003).
  • Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (February 2, 2005).
  • Released by St. Louis Cardinals (March 28, 2005).
  • Sold by Bridgeport (Atlantic) to Texas Rangers (June 23, 2005).
  • Granted free agency (October 15, 2005).
  • Signed by Detroit Tigers (January 4, 2006).
  • Released by Detroit Tigers (July 7, 2006).

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