Jose Mercedes
[edit] Biography
Born on March 5, 1971 in El Seibo, El Seibo (Dominican Republic), Jose Mercedes (Jose Miguel (Santana) Mercedes) played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos over the course of his 8 year career. Mercedes broke into the bigs on May 31, 1994 with the Milwaukee Brewers, and put up a 3.79 ERA in 159 innings pitched in 1997, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jose Mercedes's best season was 2000, when he posted a 4.02 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 70 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1994
| MIL
| A
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2.32
| 11
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 22
| 4
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1995
| MIL
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9.82
| 6
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.1
| 12
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1996
| MIL
| A
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9.18
| 6
| 18
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.2
| 20
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1997
| MIL
| A
| 29
| 23
| 7
| 10
| 3.79
| 80
| 76
| 67
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 159
| 146
| 24
| 53
| 2
| 1
| 5
|
| 1998
| MIL
| N
| 7
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 6.75
| 11
| 25
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 42
| 5
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 2000
| BAL
| A
| 36
| 20
| 14
| 7
| 4.02
| 70
| 71
| 65
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 145.2
| 150
| 15
| 64
| 1
| 3
| 3
|
| 2001
| BAL
| A
| 33
| 31
| 8
| 17
| 5.82
| 123
| 125
| 119
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 184
| 219
| 20
| 63
| 3
| 5
| 10
|
| 2003
| MON
| N
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.1
| 6
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 12
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 5.49
| 14
| 28
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.1
| 48
| 5
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 133
| 74
| 31
| 37
| 4.70
| 296
| 308
| 284
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 543.2
| 569
| 70
| 209
| 7
| 12
| 20
|
| Total
|
|
| 145
| 79
| 33
| 39
| 4.75
| 310
| 336
| 308
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 583
| 617
| 75
| 223
| 8
| 13
| 21
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1994
| MIL
| A
| P
| 19
| 0
| 31
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1995
| MIL
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 7.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1996
| MIL
| A
| P
| 11
| 0
| 16.2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| MIL
| A
| P
| 29
| 23
| 159
| 6
| 16
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 7
| 0
| .880
|
| 1998
| MIL
| N
| P
| 7
| 5
| 32
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2000
| BAL
| A
| P
| 36
| 20
| 145.2
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2001
| BAL
| A
| P
| 33
| 31
| 184
| 15
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 21
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2003
| MON
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 7.1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 145
| 79
| 583
| 24
| 50
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 40
| 17
| 0
| .949
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1994
| MIL
| A
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| MIL
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| MIL
| A
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| MIL
| A
| 29
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| MIL
| N
| 7
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .167
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| BAL
| A
| 36
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2001
| BAL
| A
| 33
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2003
| MON
| N
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .167
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 133
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 145
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .053
| .100
| .053
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Baltimore Orioles (August 10, 1989).
- Selected by Milwaukee Brewers from Baltimore Orioles in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 13, 1993).
- Released by Milwaukee Brewers (December 16, 1998).
- Signed by San Diego Padres (March 19, 1999).
- Released by San Diego Padres (June 24, 1999).
- Signed by Florida Marlins (June 30, 1999).
- Released by Florida Marlins (July 30, 1999).
- Signed by New York Mets (August 4, 1999).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1999).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (December 23, 1999).
- Granted free agency (November 5, 2001).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (February 21, 2002).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (April 26, 2002).
- Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (May 23, 2002).
- Released by Arizona Diamondbacks (December 18, 2002).
- Signed by Montreal Expos (September 2, 2003).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2003).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (December 14, 2004).
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