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Ryan Doby League
5-26-2004
Candy Mercado Center Field
Retired (1982, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .275 Total Rating B    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 A  Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt D+ Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C  WS Rings 0
1B A- (83.8%) LF A+ (99.0%) Arm A  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 Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1970 Away 70 279 42 82 22 5 5 37 33 38 8 2 5 .833 .370 .462 .168 .294
1970 Home 69 255 46 80 13 3 8 34 33 28 5 3 0 .872 .390 .482 .169 .314
1971 Away 59 251 39 70 10 2 8 33 23 37 6 0 2 .770 .339 .430 .151 .279
1971 Home 61 244 44 67 7 1 8 29 34 41 9 0 2 .776 .367 .410 .135 .275
1972 Away 55 216 25 56 10 2 4 28 25 39 3 2 4 .714 .335 .380 .120 .259
1972 Home 57 216 43 67 9 1 9 39 25 40 5 1 4 .868 .382 .486 .176 .310
1973 Away 73 291 45 85 15 0 11 51 33 44 6 1 7 .822 .365 .457 .165 .292
1973 Home 62 247 47 79 9 4 13 44 26 38 9 4 0 .933 .387 .547 .227 .320
1974 Away 54 210 32 53 15 0 8 31 13 28 6 1 0 .735 .296 .438 .186 .252
1974 Home 81 288 30 66 17 1 5 34 29 52 10 1 2 .652 .304 .347 .118 .229
1975 Away 68 241 38 61 15 2 4 29 31 36 11 8 4 .721 .339 .382 .129 .253
1975 Home 65 232 27 68 12 3 4 30 24 37 12 5 2 .783 .360 .422 .129 .293
1976 Away 70 204 31 53 9 4 3 21 24 38 9 1 0 .726 .339 .387 .127 .260
1976 Home 67 196 35 61 10 0 7 37 16 37 10 1 2 .833 .364 .469 .158 .311
1977 Away 72 254 32 68 11 2 4 31 25 41 2 5 2 .706 .332 .374 .106 .268
1977 Home 67 245 32 78 7 1 9 47 18 32 11 6 1 .830 .365 .465 .147 .318
1978 Away 69 190 20 45 8 1 1 11 22 35 5 5 2 .625 .319 .305 .068 .237
1978 Home 71 187 17 48 9 1 3 21 15 40 6 4 1 .676 .312 .364 .107 .257
1979 Away 61 260 32 77 17 2 6 32 21 41 5 4 5 .795 .349 .446 .150 .296
1979 Home 65 253 32 64 7 4 5 23 27 40 8 6 2 .697 .325 .372 .119 .253
1980 Away 69 270 40 59 11 0 2 25 39 53 8 7 3 .602 .321 .281 .063 .219
1980 Home 66 271 47 82 13 2 7 22 25 42 7 5 5 .801 .358 .443 .140 .303
1981 Away 75 170 23 48 11 0 3 25 20 24 5 5 1 .756 .356 .400 .118 .282
1981 Home 70 135 19 42 6 1 5 21 10 21 1 4 1 .848 .367 .481 .170 .311
1982 Away 51 109 9 14 0 0 0 9 7 17 1 0 1 .309 .181 .128 .000 .128
1982 Home 55 104 11 26 3 0 3 14 8 20 0 3 1 .669 .304 .365 .115 .250
Total Away 846 2945 408 771 154 20 59 363 316 471 75 41 36 .722 .334 .388 .126 .262
Total Home 856 2873 430 828 122 22 86 395 290 468 93 43 23 .790 .354 .436 .148 .288
Total 1702 5818 838 1599 276 42 145 758 606 939 168 84 59 .756 .344 .411 .137 .275

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.