#91 Hector Mercado, Reliever, 30 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals

#91 Hector Mercado, Reliever, 30 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals
Wednesday, 11/3/2004

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Hector Mercado

4/29/1974
30
P.R.,,
6"3
245

Reliever
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L

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1.5 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 350,000
2004 (Arbitration eligible)
4 Year(s), 21 Days (709 total Days)
84 Day(s)
5 Year(s), 0 Days (860 total Days)
4 Year(s)
Arbitration eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	8	2	8	93-96 Mph
Versus LHB	8	2	8
Versus RHB	8	2	8
Talent	8	2	7

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

4
68
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Splitfinger-Fastball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	3	1	1	2
Versus LHP	1	3	1	1	2
Versus RHP	1	3	1	1	2
Talent	1	1	1	1	6

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1
3
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1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 4 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
8/12	@NYN	W 3-2		1.1	1	0	0	3	0
8/14	@NYN	W 7-1		1.2	1	0	0	2	1
8/27	@COL	W 9-6		1.2	2	1	1	1	1
8/29	ARI	L 3-8		0.1	0	0	0	1	0
8/30	ARI	L 1-2		1.1	0	0	0	0	3
9/2	@MON	W 12-8		1	2	1	1	0	0
9/4	FLA	W 2-1		0.1	0	0	0	0	0
9/5	FLA	L 1-12		2.1	2	3	3	2	3
9/14	CHC	W 6-0		1.2	2	0	0	0	0
10/3	@ATL	W 12-6		0.1	2	5	5	3	0

Pitching Stats 2004

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	25	0	1	0	0	4.97	29.0	27	20	16	25	28	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	25	0	1	0	0	4.97	29.0	27	20	16	25	28

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	6	4	.0	25	4	16.1	8.4	8.7	7.8	13	3	23.1	8	3	37.5	5.30

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	35	6	1	0	0	3	6	11	14	0	0	0	.171	.362	.200	.562
vs. RHB	74	21	4	0	3	17	14	14	14	0	0	0	.284	.393	.459	.853

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	10	0	1	0	0	3.65	12.1	9	5	5	9	15
Road	15	0	0	0	0	5.94	16.2	18	15	11	16	13
Postseason	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
May	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
June	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
July	11	0	1	0	0	2.84	12.2	12	8	4	9	13
August	9	0	0	0	0	2.53	10.2	7	3	3	11	12
Sept./Oct.	5	0	0	0	0	14.30	5.2	8	9	9	5	3

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
2000	46	0	1	3	4	4.20	49.1	39	29	23	3	36	41	0	0	1.52	.265	STL
2001	57	0	5	1	3	3.36	69.2	59	27	26	6	39	60	0	0	1.41	.282	STL
2002	78	0	1	9	2	4.64	77.2	82	44	40	14	58	67	0	0	1.80	.311	STL
2003	27	0	3	1	2	4.29	35.2	37	20	17	8	17	33	0	0	1.51	.299	STL
2004	25	0	1	0	0	4.97	29.0	27	20	16	3	25	28	0	0	1.79	.308	STL
Total	233	0	11	14	11	4.20	261.1	244	140	122	34	175	229	0	0	1.60	.292

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
2000, AAA	31	0	2	1	1	0.84	32.0	20	3	3	0	17	43	0	0	1.16	.313
2004, AAA	38	0	10	2	2	3.68	58.2	52	25	24	3	41	61	0	0	1.59	.331

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2000	46	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	STL
2001	57	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL
2002	78	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	STL
2003	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL
2004	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL
Total	233	19	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	10	0	0	.053	.143	.053	.195

Fielding Stats 2004

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.900

29.0

3.10

Player History

2/5/2004: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...

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