Orlando Merced Stats

Orlando Merced was born on Wednesday, November 2, 1966, in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Merced was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 27, 1990, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Orlando Merced baseball stats page.

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Orlando Merced

Orlando Merced Autograph on a 1996 Leaf Signature Series (Bronze)

Orlando Merced Autograph on a 1996 Leaf Signature Series (Bronze)

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Birth Name:   Orlando Luis (Villanueva) Merced
Nickname:   None
Born On:   11-02-1966  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   University Garden High School (San Juan, PR)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   06-27-1990 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-28-2003
Draft:   Undrafted Free Agent

Orlando Merced

Orlando Merced Pitching Stats

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Orlando Merced Hitting Stats

1990 24 Pirates 25 24 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 1 .208 .240 .250
1991 25 Pirates 120 411 83 113 17 2 10 1 50 64 4 81 1 1 1 6 .275 .373 .399
1992 26 Pirates 134 405 50 100 28 5 6 0 60 52 8 63 1 5 2 6 .247 .332 .385
1993 27 Pirates 137 447 68 140 26 4 8 0 70 77 10 64 0 2 1 9 .313 .414 .443
1994 28 Pirates 108 386 48 105 21 3 9 0 51 42 5 58 0 2 1 17 .272 .343 .412
1995 29 Pirates 132 487 75 146 29 4 15 0 83 52 9 74 0 5 1 9 .300 .365 .468
1996 30 Pirates 120 453 69 130 24 1 17 1 80 51 5 74 0 3 0 9 .287 .357 .457
1997 31 Blue Jays 98 368 45 98 23 2 9 0 40 47 1 62 0 2 3 6 .266 .352 .413
1998 32 Twins 63 204 22 59 12 0 5 0 33 17 3 29 0 1 1 4 .289 .345 .422
1998 32 Red Sox 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 .000 .167 .000
1998 32 Cubs 12 10 2 3 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 .300 .333 .600
1999 33 Expos 93 194 25 52 12 1 8 0 26 26 0 27 0 1 0 5 .268 .353 .464
2001 35 Astros 94 137 19 36 6 1 6 1 29 14 1 32 0 1 1 3 .263 .333 .453
2002 36 Astros 123 251 35 72 13 3 6 0 30 26 5 50 1 3 0 9 .287 .350 .434
2003 37 Astros 123 212 20 49 17 2 3 0 26 15 2 33 0 2 1 3 .231 .283 .373
13 Years 1,391 3,998 564 1,108 229 28 103 3 585 487 53 661 3 30 12 89 .277 .355 .426

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Orlando Merced Fielding Stats

1990 Pirates C 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1990 Pirates RF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1991 Pirates 1B 105 95 2,610 983 9.4 971 911 60 12 64 n/a n/a n/a .988 10.04
1991 Pirates RF 7 1 36 5 0.7 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.75
1992 Pirates 1B 114 87 2,502 960 8.4 955 882 73 5 73 n/a n/a n/a .995 10.31
1992 Pirates RF 17 11 336 26 1.5 26 24 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.09
1993 Pirates 1B 42 30 825 298 7.1 296 276 20 2 23 n/a n/a n/a .993 9.69
1993 Pirates RF 109 84 2,298 229 2.1 221 210 11 8 5 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.60
1994 Pirates 1B 55 47 1,203 438 8.0 435 409 26 3 46 n/a n/a n/a .993 9.76
1994 Pirates RF 68 55 1,458 105 1.5 103 100 3 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .981 1.91
1995 Pirates 1B 35 19 567 191 5.5 190 175 15 1 22 n/a n/a n/a .995 9.05
1995 Pirates LF 4 3 66 5 1.3 5 4 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.05
1995 Pirates RF 104 99 2,565 207 2.0 202 195 7 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.13
1996 Pirates 1B 1 0 6 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1996 Pirates RF 115 113 2,982 258 2.2 255 241 14 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.31
1997 Blue Jays 1B 1 0 9 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1997 Blue Jays RF 96 94 2,481 203 2.1 200 190 10 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.18
1998 Twins 1B 38 34 882 326 8.6 320 299 21 6 32 n/a n/a n/a .982 9.80
1998 Twins RF 13 12 303 27 2.1 27 25 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.41
1998 Red Sox RF 1 0 9 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.00
1998 Cubs LF 4 0 28 3 0.8 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.89
1999 Expos 1B 6 2 66 23 3.8 21 20 1 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .913 8.59
1999 Expos LF 44 41 891 80 1.8 77 74 3 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.33
2001 Astros 1B 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
2001 Astros 3B 2 0 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2001 Astros LF 11 8 204 11 1.0 11 10 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.46
2001 Astros RF 21 12 330 29 1.4 28 28 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .966 2.29
2002 Astros 1B 7 6 162 56 8.0 56 53 3 0 8 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.33
2002 Astros 3B 1 0 7 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.86
2002 Astros LF 20 10 289 29 1.5 29 28 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.71
2002 Astros RF 44 36 879 69 1.6 67 61 6 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.06
2003 Astros 1B 12 4 178 55 4.6 54 50 4 1 6 n/a n/a n/a .982 8.19
2003 Astros 3B 2 0 15 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
2003 Astros LF 10 6 162 17 1.7 16 15 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .941 2.67
2003 Astros RF 21 16 406 32 1.5 31 28 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .969 2.06
RF Totals 617 533 14,086 1,192 1.9 1,167 1,109 58 25 20 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.24
1B Totals 417 324 9,013 3,336 8.0 3,304 3,080 224 32 276 n/a n/a n/a .990 9.90
LF Totals 93 68 1,640 145 1.6 141 134 7 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.32
3B Totals 5 0 34 2 0.4 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.59
C Totals 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
13 Years 1,133 925 24,776 4,675 4.1 4,614 4,323 291 61 298 0 0 0 .987 5.03

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Orlando Merced Miscellaneous Stats

1990 Pirates 0 0 .000 25 0 n/a 0.0 2.7 0.0 - - -
1991 Pirates 8 4 .667 20 0 n/a 41.1 5.1 8.2 - - -
1992 Pirates 5 4 .556 31 0 n/a 67.5 6.4 6.8 - - -
1993 Pirates 3 3 .500 19 0 n/a 55.9 7.0 6.4 - - -
1994 Pirates 4 1 .800 3 1 n/a 42.9 6.7 7.6 - - -
1995 Pirates 7 2 .778 11 0 n/a 32.5 6.6 5.9 - - -
1996 Pirates 8 4 .667 7 0 n/a 26.6 6.1 5.7 - - -
1997 Blue Jays 7 3 .700 3 0 1 40.9 5.9 9.2 - - -
1998 Twins 1 4 .200 6 0 8 40.8 7.0 6.2 - - -
1998 Red Sox 0 0 .000 7 0 1 0.0 3.0 4.5 - - -
1998 Cubs 0 0 .000 10 0 0 10.0 5.0 2.0 - - -
1999 Expos 2 1 .667 43 0 2 24.3 7.2 7.5 - - -
2001 Astros 5 1 .833 65 1 0 22.8 4.3 4.7 - - -
2002 Astros 4 0 1.000 62 1 1 41.8 5.0 8.4 - - -
2003 Astros 3 2 .600 78 0 7 70.7 6.4 8.2 - - -
13 Years 57 29 .663 390 3 20 38.8 6.0 6.8 - - -

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Orlando Merced Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1990 Pittsburgh Pirates 54 $100,000.00 - -
1991 Pittsburgh Pirates 6 $100,000.00 - -
1992 Pittsburgh Pirates 6 $150,000.00 - -
1993 Pittsburgh Pirates 6 $305,000.00 - -
1994 Pittsburgh Pirates 6 $1,485,000.00 - n/a
1995 Pittsburgh Pirates 6 $2,000,000.00 - -
1996 Pittsburgh Pirates 6 $2,700,000.00 - -
1997 Toronto Blue Jays 6 $2,700,000.00 - -
1998 Minnesota Twins 9 $800,000.00 - -
1998 Boston Red Sox 26 "     "     - -
1998 Chicago Cubs 25 "     "     - -
1999 Montreal Expos 7 $560,000.00 - -
2001 Houston Astros 16 $300,000.00 - -
2002 Houston Astros 16 $1,050,000.00 - -
2003 Houston Astros 16 $1,700,000.00 - -

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