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Ryan Doby League
5-25-2004
Candy Mercado Center Field
Retired (1982, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .275 Total Rating   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .756 Status Retired (1982) Option Years 0  
H 1599 Age 61 (OS 62) Date of Birth 11-30-1942
HR 145 Drafted Round 1, Pick 11
(1962)
Majors Svc Time 16 years
(141 games)
RBI 758
SB 168
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt D+ Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B A- (83.8%) LF A+ (99.0%) Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health D+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (98.6%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1965 1B STL 9 9 83.0 77 73 4 0 9 -1 8.35 1.000
LF STL 8 8 71.0 20 19 1 0 0 0 2.54 1.000
CF STL 3 3 25.0 7 6 1 0 0 0 2.52 1.000
1966 1B STL 121 121 1080.0 1166 1130 27 9 73 0 9.64 .992
CF STL 10 10 94.1 23 23 0 0 0 0 2.19 1.000
RF STL 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1967 LF STL 61 58 527.0 118 114 3 1 0 -1 2.00 .992
1B STL 28 27 238.0 241 235 3 3 20 +2 9.00 .988
CF STL 7 6 54.0 13 12 0 1 0 0 2.00 .923
RF STL 2 2 18.0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1.50 .750
2B STL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1968 1B STL 81 80 713.2 724 700 19 5 42 +5 9.07 .993
LF STL 21 20 184.0 32 31 1 0 0 +1 1.57 1.000
RF STL 3 3 27.0 6 4 1 1 0 0 1.67 .833
3B STL 2 2 20.0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1.35 1.000
CF STL 1 1 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.08 1.000
SS STL 1 1 8.0 8 4 3 1 1 0 7.88 .875
C STL 1 0 1.2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 27.11 1.000
1969 1B STL 67 66 576.0 592 571 19 2 48 -2 9.22 .997
LF STL 47 47 419.1 103 102 0 1 0 +1 2.19 .990
CF STL 10 10 86.2 31 30 0 1 0 0 3.12 .968
SS STL 1 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1970 LF KC 117 114 1035.1 292 284 5 3 1 -3 2.51 .990
CF KC 9 9 87.0 19 18 0 1 0 -1 1.86 .947
1B KC 9 7 65.2 74 72 1 1 5 +1 10.01 .986
1971 LF KC 110 110 984.1 242 232 6 4 1 0 2.18 .983
1B KC 6 6 54.0 44 42 2 0 2 -1 7.33 1.000
CF KC 3 3 25.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 2.88 1.000
1972 LF KC 108 108 958.0 226 214 4 8 1 -1 2.05 .965
CF KC 3 3 26.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 2.42 1.000
1973 CF KC 91 91 807.2 261 250 5 6 1 -5 2.84 .977
1B KC 24 24 214.1 213 205 7 1 10 -4 8.90 .995
LF KC 20 20 176.2 50 49 1 0 0 +2 2.55 1.000
1974 CF KC 132 132 1164.1 332 321 9 2 3 -3 2.55 .994
1B KC 3 3 27.0 25 24 1 0 1 +2 8.33 1.000
1975 CF KC 116 115 1030.0 295 284 6 5 0 +1 2.53 .983
1B KC 10 10 91.0 96 90 5 1 6 +1 9.40 .990
1976 CF KC 61 59 518.2 137 131 4 2 1 +1 2.34 .985
RF KC 17 17 147.1 20 19 1 0 0 -5 1.22 1.000
1B KC 12 12 104.0 108 103 5 0 11 -1 9.35 1.000
LF KC 8 8 72.0 17 16 1 0 0 0 2.12 1.000
1977 LF KC 107 106 953.0 230 222 5 3 0 -2 2.14 .987
CF KC 13 13 118.1 37 36 1 0 1 -1 2.81 1.000
1978 CF KC 38 35 308.1 86 81 3 2 0 0 2.45 .977
RF KC 25 25 212.2 44 43 0 1 0 +2 1.82 .977
LF KC 19 19 170.0 45 43 2 0 0 0 2.38 1.000
1B KC 6 6 52.1 54 49 5 0 3 0 9.29 1.000
SS KC 1 1 9.1 3 1 2 0 2 0 2.89 1.000
1979 CF KC-MON 110 110 993.2 251 237 8 6 2 -12 2.22 .976
LF KC-MON 8 8 69.1 12 11 1 0 0 +1 1.56 1.000
1B KC-MON 2 2 17.0 17 16 0 1 1 0 8.47 .941
RF KC-MON 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1980 CF MON 131 131 1133.0 298 277 13 8 3 -5 2.30 .973
LF MON 4 4 36.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
1981 LF MON 30 30 264.1 55 52 1 2 0 0 1.80 .964
RF MON 21 21 180.1 52 51 1 0 1 -2 2.60 1.000
CF MON 32 2 83.1 14 14 0 0 0 +1 1.51 1.000
1982 LF MON 20 20 173.2 39 38 0 1 0 -2 1.97 .974
1B MON 19 8 90.1 79 77 1 1 5 -1 7.77 .987
RF MON 9 9 76.0 21 21 0 0 0 -1 2.49 1.000
SS MON 1 1 9.0 5 2 3 0 1 0 5.00 1.000
C MON 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
Pos Total CF 739 703 6295.1 1745 1664 49 32 11 -24 2.45 .982
LF 551 547 4892.2 1214 1167 26 21 3 -5 2.19 .983
1B 91 78 715.2 710 678 27 5 44 -3 8.87 .993
RF 73 73 625.1 139 136 2 1 1 -6 1.99 .993
SS 2 2 18.1 8 3 5 0 3 0 3.93 1.000
C 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
Total 1457 1403 12549.1 3818 3650 109 59 62 0 0 0 NaN% -38 2.70 .985

Statistics prior to 1970 were earned in the Jimmy Ryan League.

Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1982-11-01Candy Mercado has retired from the Montreal Expos
1982-07-25Candy Mercado of the Montreal Expos is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1979-05-05The Montreal Expos have acquired Candy Mercado from the waiver wire.
1979-04-30The Kansas City Sky Rockets have promoted John Baumgartner to the major league team. The Kansas City Sky Rockets have designated Candy Mercado for assignment.
1975-08-06Candy Mercado of the Kansas City RedBirds is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1972-06-25Candy Mercado of the Kansas City RedBirds is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1971-08-29Candy Mercado of the Kansas City RedBirds is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.