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Lyman Bostock Jr League
4-1-2083
Bruce Mercedes Second Base
Retired (1963, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .305 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .893 Status Deceased (1992) Option Years 0  
H 2052 Age at Death 67 Date of Birth 03-05-1925
HR 303 Drafted Round 5, Pick 77
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(63 games)
RBI 1023
SB 55
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A  Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B  Velocity C-   Mentor vR A 
Speed C- Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS B- (59.3%) Range C+ WS Rings 2
1B F  (0.1%) LF C  (39.4%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 3
2B A+ (100%) CF D  (14.3%)   Health D- LCS Appearances 8
3B D- (6.3%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 0% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1950 CIN-BOS
130
541
123
156
40
1
20
66
86
 55 2 4
1
 2 4
.862
.385
.477
.189
.288
1951 BOS
130
565
123
186
36
5
31
86
66
 55 3 1
0
 0 8
.977
.402
.575
.246
.329
1952 BOS
131
561
121
177
40
5
29
97
66
 64 2 1
1
 0 2
.949
.389
.560
.244
.316
1953 BOS
122
534
101
175
32
5
20
72
69
 64 1 0
2
 1 4
.924
.406
.519
.191
.328
1954 BOS
130
587
127
178
37
1
31
89
64
 73 1 0
0
 1 4
.901
.373
.528
.225
.303
1955 BOS
130
565
105
194
44
4
33
95
55
 74 1 1
0
 0 4
1.013
.402
.611
.267
.343
1956 BOS
129
485
98
151
23
2
30
75
59
 55 1 5
0
 0 5
.936
.384
.553
.241
.311
1957 BOS-NYN
135
426
84
149
31
4
23
79
61
 50 3 3
7
 2 13
1.035
.432
.603
.254
.350
1958 NYN
130
512
101
146
29
3
21
83
68
 78 2 6
10
 4 26
.844
.367
.477
.191
.285
1959 NYN
130
539
84
159
37
4
20
87
47
 69 2 2
6
 9 13
.842
.353
.490
.195
.295
1960 NYN
130
526
88
141
26
6
19
72
78
 75 1 0
18
 8 7
.812
.364
.449
.181
.268
1961 NYN
97
363
43
93
14
2
10
51
33
 45 2 4
6
 3 8
.707
.318
.388
.132
.256
1962 NYN
80
228
31
69
9
1
7
39
23
 35 3 4
2
 3 7
.811
.368
.443
.140
.303
1963 NYN
121
306
36
78
11
2
9
32
32
 41 3 1
2
 3 11
.723
.330
.392
.137
.255
Total
1725
6738
1265
2052
409
45
303
1023
807
 833 27 32
55
 36 116
.893
.380
.514
.209
.305
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1963-11-01Bruce Mercedes has retired from the New York Nitros
1957-07-08A trade has been completed between the Boston Stranglers and the New York Nitros. The New York Nitros receive Nixey Nossek, Bruce Mercedes, Jack Marrero from the Boston Stranglers in exchange for Manny Parsons, Ken Christmas, Frank Brown, Fred Bergamo.
1950-04-01The Boston Stranglers have promoted Dusty Little to the major league team. The Boston Stranglers have promoted Bruce Mercedes to the major league team. The Boston Stranglers have promoted Hank Giuliani to the major league team. The Boston Stranglers have promoted Chuck Bowler to the major league team.
1950-04-01The Boston Stranglers have acquired Bruce Mercedes from the waiver wire.