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Santo Rodriguez League
4-1-2082
Jim Mercedes Second Base
Retired (1982, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .243 Total Rating   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .756 Status Deceased (2022) Option Years 0  
H 212 Age at Death 74 Date of Birth 07-30-1948
HR 42 Drafted Round 2, Pick 18
(1971)
Majors Svc Time 7 years
(59 games)
RBI 123
SB 8
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS D- (11.1%) Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF (0.4%)   Health D+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1974 Away 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
1974 Home 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .000 .000 .000
1975 Away 34 95 12 27 5 0 6 19 10 19 0 0 2 .875 .349 .526 .242 .284
1975 Home 34 96 16 23 2 2 7 15 8 22 1 1 2 .819 .298 .521 .281 .240
1976 Away 37 37 4 9 1 0 3 4 3 7 0 0 0 .814 .300 .514 .270 .243
1976 Home 42 38 4 11 1 0 2 3 3 10 1 0 0 .807 .333 .474 .184 .289
1977 Away 38 93 9 14 1 0 2 8 16 24 0 0 3 .501 .275 .226 .075 .151
1977 Home 42 97 13 26 5 2 5 23 13 22 1 2 3 .869 .354 .515 .247 .268
1978 Away 27 66 9 14 3 0 4 7 2 15 0 0 1 .675 .235 .439 .227 .212
1978 Home 23 40 5 14 3 0 1 9 2 11 0 0 1 .881 .381 .500 .150 .350
1979 Away 30 102 9 22 4 1 3 8 7 25 1 1 0 .629 .266 .363 .147 .216
1979 Home 29 92 9 22 2 0 4 11 13 16 3 0 1 .721 .330 .391 .152 .239
1980 Away 24 52 8 13 2 0 4 11 5 13 1 0 1 .830 .310 .519 .269 .250
1980 Home 16 36 3 9 1 1 0 1 6 10 0 3 0 .690 .357 .333 .083 .250
1981 Away 11 10 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .673 .273 .400 .200 .200
1981 Home 9 8 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1.444 .444 1.000 .625 .375
1982 Away 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.333 .667 .667 .000 .667
1982 Home 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 1.000
Total Away 206 460 51 103 16 2 22 58 44 104 2 1 7 .701 .291 .411 .187 .224
Total Home 200 411 52 109 15 6 20 65 47 94 6 6 7 .816 .339 .477 .212 .265
Total 406 871 103 212 31 8 42 123 91 198 8 7 14 .756 .314 .442 .199 .243
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1982-11-01Jim Mercedes has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1982-08-05The San Diego Comets have waived Jim Mercedes.
1982-05-21The San Diego Comets have promoted George Wood to the major league team. The San Diego Comets have designated Jim Mercedes for assignment.
1975-08-15Jim Mercedes of the San Diego Comets is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1975-04-01The San Diego Comets have promoted Jim Mercedes to the major league team. The San Diego Comets have designated Charlie Curry for assignment.
1974-09-24The San Diego Comets have acquired Jim Mercedes from the waiver wire.
1974-04-18The Arizona Honey Badgers have promoted Ed Vail to the major league team. The Arizona Honey Badgers have waived Jim Mercedes. The Arizona Honey Badgers have waived Bart Figga.
1974-04-01The Arizona Honey Badgers have promoted Jim Mercedes to the major league team. The Arizona Honey Badgers have waived Libe Sheaffer.