Héctor Mercado

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: April 29, 1974 in Catano, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 13th round of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from Jose S. Alegria (Dorado, Puerto Rico).

High School: Jose S. Alegria (Dorado, Puerto Rico)

Debut: April 4, 2000 (Age 25-341d, 17,611th in major league history)
vs. MIL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 11, 2003 (Age 29-073d)
vs. NYM 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Full Name: Héctor Luis Mercado

Pronunciation: \mur-CAH-do\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

ERA

4.55

112

124.2

127

WHIP

1.540

Summary of 15 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 0 tying, 2 go ahead

2 Tms
CIN	8
PHI	7

Platoon
vs RHB	9
vs LHB	6

Home/Road
Away	8
Home	7

Outs
1	9
2	5
0	1

10 Opps
CHC	3
COL	2
PIT	2
CIN	2
NYM	1
PHI	1
MON	1
BAL	1
HOU	1
MIL	1

14 Batters
Larry Walker	2
Roger Cedeño	1
Adam Hyzdu	1
Mark Grace	1
Pokey Reese	1
Travis Lee	1
Gary Matthews	1
Moisés Alou	1
Austin Kearns	1
Roosevelt Brown	1
Jason LaRue	1
Jeromy Burnitz	1
Luis Matos	1
José Vidro	1

8 Parks
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	5
VeteransStad (PHI)	3
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	7
9	4
89	2
8	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	5
2	4
7+	3
6	2
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	15

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	7
1--	3
12-	2
123	1
--3	1
1-3	1

28 Runs
RISP	5
0 on	7
1 on	4
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	8

Inning
2	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	6
8	1
9	2
Extra	2

1-3	1
4-6	3
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	3
+2	1
Tied	2
-3	1
-4..	2

Ahead	10
Tied	2
Behind	3

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	5
3-2	3
1-0	2
0-1	2
2-2	2
1-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	7
CF	2
1B	2
2B	2
C	1
LF	1

OrderPos
7th	4
4th	3
3rd	3
5th	2
1st	1
9th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	2
Low Lev	13

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2000-04-04	Jeromy Burnitz	MIL	@	CIN	ahead 4-1	t 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	9	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2000-04-07	Mark Grace	CHC	@	CIN	ahead 8-2	t 6	2	1--	6,(1-2) FCBFFX	2	4	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Gutiérrez Scores
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2001-06-16	Larry Walker	COL	@	CIN	tied 2-2	t 7	1	--3	9,(3-2) FBBFFBFFX	2	3	9	20%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); N. Pérez Scores
4	4	2	1	2001-06-23	Moisés Alou	HOU		CIN	ahead 8-3	b 7	1	---	7,(3-2) CBBFFBX	1	5	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	3	1	2001-06-28	Gary Matthews	CHC	@	CIN	behind 0-5	t 9	1	1--	10,(3-2) CFFBBFBFFX	2	7	8	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Cairo Scores
6	6	4	1	2001-08-10	Larry Walker	COL	@	CIN	ahead 10-7	t 8	1	12-	2,(0-1) FX	3	3	9	6%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Hampton Scores; J. Ortiz Scores
7	7	5	1	2001-09-10	Roosevelt Brown	CHC		CIN	ahead 6-2	b 4	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	4	7	5%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Gutiérrez Scores
8	8	6	1	2001-09-26	Travis Lee	PHI		CIN	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	3	6%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Rollins Scores/unER; S. Rolen Scores/unER; T. Lee Scores/Team unER
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2002-05-25	José Vidro	MON		PHI	tied 9-9	b 10	0	123	1,(0-0) X	4	2	4	6%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Wilkerson Scores; W. Cordero Scores; T. Tucker Scores
10	10	2	1	2002-09-13	Adam Hyzdu	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	9	9%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2003-04-04	Pokey Reese	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 8-1	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
12	12	2	1	2003-04-11	Austin Kearns	CIN		PHI	ahead 4-1	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	3	1	2003-06-13	Jason LaRue	CIN		PHI	ahead 12-0	b 7	2	1-3	6,(2-2) BCFBFX	3	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); A. Kearns Scores; F. López Scores
14	14	4	1	2003-06-27	Luis Matos	BAL		PHI	behind 1-4	b 17	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	8	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	5	1	2003-07-11	Roger Cedeño	NYM		PHI	behind 2-10	b 7	2	---	5,(2-2) BFBSX	1	1	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)