José Mercedes

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: March 5, 1971 in El Seibo, Dominican Republic do

Last Game: September 24, 2003 (Age 32-203d)
vs. ATL 2.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Full Name: José Miguel Mercedes

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Relatives: Uncle of José Valverde

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.2

ERA

4.75

145

583.0

310

WHIP

1.441

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1992	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	BAL	5	5	.500	2.29	4.14	16	13	1	4	2	0	82.2	71	38	21	1	28	0	66	1	3	11	342	1.198	7.7	0.1	3.0	7.2	2.36
1992	21	-0.8	Kane County	MIDW	A	BAL	3	2	.600	2.66	4.94	8	8	0	2	2	0	47.1	40	26	14	1	15	0	45	0	2	6	199	1.162	7.6	0.2	2.9	8.6	3.00
1992	21	1.9	Orioles	GULF	Rk	BAL	2	3	.400	1.78	3.06	8	5	1	2	0	0	35.1	31	12	7	0	13	0	21	1	1	5	143	1.245	7.9	0.0	3.3	5.3	1.62
1993	22	-1.7	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	6	8	.429	4.78	5.27	26	23	0	3	0	0	147.0	170	86	78	13	65	0	75	2	1	10	659	1.599	10.4	0.8	4.0	4.6	1.15
1994	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	MIL	2	0	1.000	4.82	5.14	6	3	0	0	0	0	28.0	32	16	15	2	12	0	15	2	0	2	125	1.571	10.3	0.6	3.9	4.8	1.25
1994	23	-3.4	New Orleans	AA	AAA	MIL	0	0		4.91	4.91	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.1	19	10	10	1	8	0	7	2	0	1	81	1.473	9.3	0.5	3.9	3.4	0.88
1994	23	-1.1	El Paso	TL	AA	MIL	2	0	1.000	4.66	5.59	3	0	0	0	0	0	9.2	13	6	5	1	4	0	8	0	0	1	44	1.759	12.1	0.9	3.7	7.4	2.00
1994	23	-6.1	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	2	0	1.000	2.32	2.61	19	0	5	0	0	0	31.0	22	9	8	4	16	1	11	2	1	0	120	1.226	6.4	1.2	4.6	3.2	0.69
1995	24	-4.8	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	0	1	.000	9.82	11.05	5	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	12	9	8	1	8	0	6	0	0	1	42	2.727	14.7	1.2	9.8	7.4	0.75
1996	25	-1.5	New Orleans	AA	AAA	MIL	3	7	.300	3.56	5.17	25	15	3	0	0	1	101.0	109	58	40	14	28	1	47	7	1	4	439	1.356	9.7	1.2	2.5	4.2	1.68
1996	25	-3.3	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	0	2	.000	9.18	9.72	11	0	4	0	0	0	16.2	20	18	17	6	5	0	6	0	0	2	74	1.500	10.8	3.2	2.7	3.2	1.20
1997	26	-2.8	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	7	10	.412	3.79	4.30	29	23	1	2	1	0	159.0	146	76	67	24	53	2	80	5	1	1	653	1.252	8.3	1.4	3.0	4.5	1.51
1998	27	2.7	El Paso	TL	AA	MIL	0	0		10.80	10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	9	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2.700	24.3	5.4	0.0	0.0
1998	27	-1.3	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	2	2	.500	6.75	7.03	7	5	0	0	0	0	32.0	42	25	24	5	9	1	11	1	0	0	146	1.594	11.8	1.4	2.5	3.1	1.22
1999	28		3 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	FLA-SDP	5	9	.357	3.70	5.24	25	24	0	0	0	0	146.0	176	85	60	18	34	1	89	4	1	1	654	1.438	10.8	1.1	2.1	5.5	2.62
1999	28	1.3	Norfolk	IL	AAA	NYM	2	1	.667	2.53	4.22	6	6	0	0	0	0	32.0	36	15	9	2	11	1	19	2	0	0	146	1.469	10.1	0.6	3.1	5.3	1.73
1999	28	1.4	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	SDP	2	6	.250	4.30	5.83	15	14	0	0	0	0	88.0	110	57	42	14	20	0	57	2	1	1	396	1.477	11.3	1.4	2.0	5.8	2.85
1999	28	1.4	Calgary	PCL	AAA	FLA	1	2	.333	3.12	4.50	4	4	0	0	0	0	26.0	30	13	9	2	3	0	13	0	0	0	112	1.269	10.4	0.7	1.0	4.5	4.33
2000	29	0.1	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	14	7	.667	4.02	4.39	36	20	7	1	0	0	145.2	150	71	65	15	64	1	70	3	0	3	636	1.469	9.3	0.9	4.0	4.3	1.09
2001	30	1.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	8	17	.320	5.82	6.11	33	31	1	2	0	0	184.0	219	125	119	20	63	3	123	10	2	5	828	1.533	10.7	1.0	3.1	6.0	1.95
2002	31	4.6	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	2	0	1.000	3.49	3.49	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.1	32	11	11	4	6	0	13	2	0	1	121	1.341	10.2	1.3	1.9	4.1	2.17
2003	32	3.6	Saltillo	MEX	AAA		14	6	.700	3.71	4.39	22	22	0	6	0	0	160.0	172	78	66	11	53	1	114	5	0	5	701	1.406	9.7	0.6	3.0	6.4	2.15
2003	32	3.2	MON	NL	Maj	MON	0	0		0.00	3.68	5	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	6	3	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	1	31	1.500	7.4	0.0	6.1	3.7	0.60

2005	34	5.3	Saltillo	MEX	AAA		4	6	.400	6.67	6.88	15	13	2	2	1	0	86.1	121	66	64	14	37	0	57	7	0	3	412	1.830	12.6	1.5	3.9	5.9	1.54
2005	34	6.8	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	1	1	.500	6.75	8.78	10	0	0	0	0	0	13.1	19	13	10	4	7	2	14	0	0	1	65	1.950	12.8	2.7	4.7	9.5	2.00
2006	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-FgW		3	6	.333	3.99	4.60	24	4	15	1	0	5	58.2	62	30	26	5	18	3	36	3	0	2	253	1.364	9.5	0.8	2.8	5.5	2.00
2006	35	7.1	Laguna	MEX	AAA		3	6	.333	4.13	4.30	21	4	15	1	0	5	52.1	55	25	24	4	18	3	33	3	0	2	227	1.395	9.5	0.7	3.1	5.7	1.83
2006-07	35	7.7	Azucareros	DOWL	FgW		0	0		2.84	7.11	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	7	5	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	26	1.105	9.9	1.4	0.0	4.3
2007	36		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-FgW		12	11	.522	4.34	4.93	33	31	2	3	2	0	199.0	220	109	96	15	42	0	102	2	0	9	843	1.317	9.9	0.7	1.9	4.6	2.43
2007	36	7.4	Puebla	MEX	AAA		9	9	.500	4.98	5.55	23	21	2	3	2	0	142.2	157	88	79	15	34	0	71	2	0	9	612	1.339	9.9	0.9	2.1	4.5	2.09
2007-08	36	8.3	Licey	DOWL	FgW		3	2	.600	3.04	3.58	9	9	0	0	0	0	50.1	56	20	17	0	8	0	31	0	0	0	206	1.272	10.0	0.0	1.4	5.5	3.88
2007-08	36	7.5	Dominican Republic 2	CARS	FgW		0	0		0.00	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	1.167	10.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	37		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-FgW		5	4	.556	5.46	5.55	20	18	1	1	0	0	94.0	118	58	57	5	28	1	45	3	1	2	417	1.553	11.3	0.5	2.7	4.3	1.61
2008	37	8.7	Puebla	MEX	AAA		3	4	.429	5.30	5.47	10	9	0	1	0	0	54.1	69	33	32	3	16	0	25	3	0	2	242	1.564	11.4	0.5	2.7	4.1	1.56
2008-09	37	9.1	Licey	DOWL	FgW		2	0	1.000	6.42	6.42	8	8	0	0	0	0	33.2	45	24	24	2	12	1	17	0	1	0	153	1.693	12.0	0.5	3.2	4.5	1.42
2008-09	37	7.4	Dominican Republic	CARS	FgW		0	0		1.50	1.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	22	0.667	6.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
2009	38		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-FgW		7	2	.778	4.06	5.02	16	14	0	0	0	0	75.1	79	42	34	7	34	0	33	1	0	0	326	1.500	9.4	0.8	4.1	3.9	0.97
2009	38	9.4	Saltillo	MEX	AAA		5	0	1.000	4.91	5.44	9	9	0	0	0	0	51.1	60	31	28	6	22	0	22	0	0	0	224	1.597	10.5	1.1	3.9	3.9	1.00
2009-10	38	10.0	Licey	DOWL	FgW		2	1	.667	2.25	4.50	6	4	0	0	0	0	20.0	16	10	5	1	9	0	10	1	0	0	84	1.250	7.2	0.5	4.1	4.5	1.11
2009-10	38	10.8	Culiacan	MXPW	FgW		0	1	.000	2.25	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	18	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33
2010	39		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-FgW		0	5	.000	4.44	5.36	13	8	0	0	0	0	48.2	53	29	24	5	17	0	13	3	0	1	214	1.438	9.8	0.9	3.1	2.4	0.76
2010	39	10.6	Saltillo	MEX	AAA		0	3	.000	5.40	5.40	7	5	0	0	0	0	31.2	37	19	19	5	11	0	10	2	0	1	141	1.516	10.5	1.4	3.1	2.8	0.91
2010-11	39	10.6	Licey	DOWL	FgW		0	2	.000	2.65	5.29	6	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	16	10	5	0	6	0	3	1	0	0	73	1.294	8.5	0.0	3.2	1.6	0.50
2011	40		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-FgW		5	8	.385	5.46	5.92	22	20	0	0	0	0	118.2	137	78	72	16	44	2	61	3	1	3	527	1.525	10.4	1.2	3.3	4.6	1.39
2011	40	11.4	Saltillo	MEX	AAA		5	8	.385	5.51	5.97	21	20	0	0	0	0	117.2	137	78	72	16	44	2	60	3	1	3	524	1.538	10.5	1.2	3.4	4.6	1.36
2011-12	40	12.2	Licey	DOWL	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (8 seasons)					Majors		33	39	.458	4.75	5.19	145	79	18	5	1	0	583.0	617	336	308	75	223	8	310	21	4	13	2530	1.441	9.5	1.2	3.4	4.8	1.39
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		24	30	.444	3.91	5.09	114	84	4	7	2	1	549.2	618	311	239	58	180	4	319	18	6	30	2423	1.452	10.1	0.9	2.9	5.2	1.77
Foreign (8 seasons)					Foreign		50	48	.510	4.70	5.25	165	130	20	13	3	5	840.2	962	490	439	78	273	7	461	27	2	25	3693	1.469	10.3	0.8	2.9	4.9	1.69
All Levels (19 Seasons)							107	117	.478	4.50	5.19	424	293	42	25	6	6	1973.1	2197	1137	986	211	676	19	1090	66	12	68	8646	1.456	10.0	1.0	3.1	5.0	1.61

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		11	17	.393	3.84	5.19	68	47	3	0	0	1	307.0	355	177	131	41	83	4	170	15	2	8	1360	1.427	10.4	1.2	2.4	5.0	2.05
AAA (8 seasons)					Foreign		43	42	.506	4.96	5.40	128	103	19	13	3	5	696.1	808	418	384	74	235	6	392	25	1	25	3083	1.498	10.4	1.0	3.0	5.1	1.67
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		8	8	.500	4.89	5.40	30	24	0	3	0	0	160.0	192	96	87	16	69	0	83	2	1	11	721	1.631	10.8	0.9	3.9	4.7	1.20
A (1 season)					Minors		3	2	.600	2.66	4.94	8	8	0	2	2	0	47.1	40	26	14	1	15	0	45	0	2	6	199	1.162	7.6	0.2	2.9	8.6	3.00
Rk (1 season)					Minors		2	3	.400	1.78	3.06	8	5	1	2	0	0	35.1	31	12	7	0	13	0	21	1	1	5	143	1.245	7.9	0.0	3.3	5.3	1.62
FgW (6 seasons)					Foreign		7	6	.538	3.43	4.49	37	27	1	0	0	0	144.1	154	72	55	4	38	1	69	2	1	0	610	1.330	9.6	0.2	2.4	4.3	1.82