Orlando Merced

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 180 lb

BornNovember 2, 1966 · Hato Rey, P.R.

MLB debutJune 27, 1990

Final gameSeptember 28, 2003

Seasons13 (1990–2003)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1990–1996; Toronto Blue Jays 1997; Boston Red Sox 1998; Chicago Cubs 1998; Minnesota Twins 1998; Montreal Expos 1999; Houston Astros 2001–2003

Percentile snapshot

1996 season — qualified batters

120

1.4

507

0.7

453

3.4

130

12.9

21.1

10.9

43.5

RBI

45.6

75.5

51.7

46.9

.287

50.3

OBP

.357

SLG

.457

46.3

OPS

.814

wRC+

111.4

54.4

OPS+

110.9

53.1

wOBA

.361

47.6

sWAR

1.8

of 148 qualified 1996 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

107.2

OPS+

106.7

55.8

sWAR

11.7

88.5

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1990	25	25	24	3	5	1	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	.208	.240	.250	.490	34.9	38.0	.230	-0.1
1991	120	478	411	83	113	17	2	10	50	64	81	8	4	.275	.373	.399	.772	125.7	120.5	.359	2.1
1992	134	465	405	50	100	28	5	6	60	52	63	5	4	.247	.332	.385	.717	103.0	103.8	.328	0.5
1993	137	527	447	68	140	26	4	8	70	77	64	3	3	.313	.414	.443	.857	134.3	130.6	.388	3.1
1994	108	431	386	48	105	21	3	9	51	42	58	4	1	.272	.343	.412	.755	95.1	94.9	.337	0.4
1995	132	545	487	75	146	29	4	15	83	52	74	7	2	.300	.365	.468	.833	115.0	116.3	.366	2.0
1996	120	507	453	69	130	24	1	17	80	51	74	8	4	.287	.357	.457	.814	111.4	110.9	.361	1.8
1997	98	420	368	45	98	23	2	9	40	47	62	7	3	.266	.352	.413	.765	103.0	100.0	.345	1.1
1998	84	247	223	24	62	12	0	6	40	20	34	1	4	.278	.336	.413	.749	90.3	92.2	.328	0.0
1999	93	221	194	25	52	12	1	8	26	26	27	2	1	.268	.353	.464	.817	108.2	106.2	.362	0.7
2001	94	153	137	19	36	6	1	6	29	14	32	5	1	.263	.333	.453	.786	95.9	95.8	.342	0.3
2002	123	281	251	35	72	13	3	6	30	26	50	4	0	.287	.350	.434	.784	99.9	102.0	.345	0.5
2003	123	230	212	20	49	17	2	3	26	15	33	3	2	.231	.283	.373	.655	62.8	68.0	.288	-0.7

Career totals

1,391

4,530

3,998

564

1,108

229

103

RBI

585

487

661

.2771

OBP

.3550

SLG

.4257

OPS

.7807

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1995-06-01	CIN @ PIT Gameday	3	2	3	0	2	4	1	9
1996-07-28	PHI @ PIT Gameday	5	4	3	0	2	4	0	9
2002-06-23	SEA @ HOU Gameday	2	2	2	0	2	4	0	8
1999-06-23	WSH @ ATL Gameday	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	8
1995-08-01	CHC @ PIT Gameday	3	1	3	1	1	4	2	7

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.