Orlando Mercado

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Full Name: Orlando (Rodriguez) Mercado	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: September 13, 1982
Birthdate: November 7, 1961	Final Game: September 30, 1990
Birthplace: Arecibo, Puerto Rico	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

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

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Orlando Mercado (Orlando (Rodriguez) Mercado) was born on November 7, 1961 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. He made his Major League debut on September 13, 1982 for the Seattle Mariners. In 1983, his rookie year, he hit .197 with 1 home run and 16 RBI. Mercado played for the Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets and Montreal Expos over the course of his 8 year career.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1982	SEA	A	9	17	1	2	1	6	.118	.118	.294	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
1983	SEA	A	66	178	10	35	1	16	.197	.256	.298	11	2	14	27	1	2	2	0	3
1984	SEA	A	30	78	5	17	0	5	.218	.265	.282	3	1	4	12	1	1	1	0	1
1986	TEX	A	46	102	7	24	1	7	.235	.279	.294	1	1	6	13	1	1	0	0	5
1987	LA	N	7	5	1	3	0	1	.600	.667	.800	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1987	DET	A	10	22	2	3	0	1	.136	.208	.136	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	Total		17	27	3	6	0	2	.222	.300	.259	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
1988	OAK	A	16	24	3	3	1	1	.125	.222	.250	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0
1989	MIN	A	19	38	1	4	0	1	.105	.190	.105	0	0	4	4	0	0	1	0	0
1990	NY	N	42	90	10	19	3	7	.211	.290	.322	1	0	8	11	2	0	0	3	4
1990	MON	N	8	8	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1990	TOT	N	50	98	10	21	3	7	.214	.287	.316	1	0	8	12	2	0	0	3	4
Total	NL		57	103	11	24	3	8	.233	.307	.340	2	0	9	13	2	0	0	3	4
Total	AL		196	459	29	88	4	37	.192	.248	.268	15	4	33	69	3	4	4	0	9
Total			253	562	40	112	7	45	.199	.259	.281	17	4	42	82	5	4	4	3	13

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1982	SEA	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	SEA	A	C	8	5	49	31	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1.000
1983	SEA	A	C	65	59	506.2	342	27	2	2	0	1	46	11	0	.995
1984	SEA	A	C	29	21	194	118	10	1	0	0	3	15	7	0	.992
1986	TEX	A	C	45	31	290.1	240	25	1	5	0	6	26	12	0	.996
1987	LA	N	C	7	1	19.1	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1987	DET	A	C	10	8	66	40	8	1	1	0	1	5	2	0	.980
1987	Total		C	17	9	85.1	53	8	1	1	0	1	6	2	0	.984
1988	OAK	A	C	16	8	79	45	2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	.959
1989	MIN	A	C	19	14	111	73	9	0	2	0	1	6	3	0	1.000
1990	NY	N	C	40	27	242	213	8	2	2	0	4	34	5	1	.991
1990	MON	N	C	8	3	29.2	26	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1.000
1990	TOT	N	C	48	30	271.2	239	9	2	2	0	4	40	6	1	.992
Total			DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			C	247	177	1587	1141	91	9	12	0	16	149	43	1	.993

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Seattle Mariners (January 6, 1978).
Traded by Seattle Mariners to Texas Rangers in exchange for Donnie Scott (April 4, 1985).
Traded by Texas Rangers to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ruben Guzman (March 24, 1987).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Balvino Galvez (May 5, 1987).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (November 12, 1987).
Signed by Oakland Athletics (January 14, 1988).
Granted free agency (October 15, 1988).
Signed by Minnesota Twins (December 30, 1988).
Granted free agency (October 15, 1989).
Signed by New York Mets (December 12, 1989).
Claimed on waivers by Montreal Expos from New York Mets (August 30, 1990).

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