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Bobby Doerr League
6-5-2028
John Mercado Catcher
Retired (2009, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .222 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .607 Status Retired (2009) Option Years 0  
H 571 Age 55 (OS 55) Date of Birth 04-14-1973
HR 45 Drafted Round 3, Pick 34
(1996)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(1 games)
RBI 239
SB 47
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A 
Speed B- Bunt F  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1998 LHP 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .167 .167 .000 .167
1998 RHP 6 12 3 0 0 0 4 2 4 .583 .333 .250 .000 .250
2001 LHP 32 85 18 3 0 1 9 7 20 .551 .269 .282 .071 .212
2001 RHP 50 91 17 5 0 0 13 11 27 .523 .282 .242 .055 .187
2002 LHP 39 94 17 2 2 0 4 8 18 .490 .245 .245 .064 .181
2002 RHP 61 109 22 4 0 0 11 12 31 .515 .276 .239 .037 .202
2003 LHP 41 89 24 1 1 2 10 13 18 .734 .363 .371 .101 .270
2003 RHP 50 90 20 2 0 2 13 4 19 .566 .255 .311 .089 .222
2004 LHP 41 93 20 4 0 2 10 4 22 .567 .245 .323 .108 .215
2004 RHP 55 124 28 5 1 3 15 21 27 .693 .338 .355 .129 .226
2005 LHP 29 36 5 2 1 1 5 2 10 .518 .184 .333 .194 .139
2005 RHP 123 310 65 9 4 5 25 22 72 .578 .265 .313 .103 .210
2006 LHP 37 43 8 2 1 1 5 3 5 .588 .239 .349 .163 .186
2006 RHP 119 317 76 8 2 6 24 24 65 .632 .297 .334 .095 .240
2007 LHP 43 82 23 2 2 4 8 10 16 .859 .359 .500 .220 .280
2007 RHP 78 182 40 4 1 4 17 12 46 .590 .272 .319 .099 .220
2008 LHP 58 120 36 11 0 1 15 14 16 .794 .378 .417 .117 .300
2008 RHP 107 261 57 6 2 5 18 24 61 .597 .283 .314 .096 .218
2009 LHP 51 105 26 3 1 2 10 6 22 .644 .292 .352 .105 .248
2009 RHP 99 318 65 10 1 6 23 22 77 .553 .254 .299 .094 .204
Total LHP 374 753 178 30 8 14 76 67 149 .653 .299 .353 .117 .236
Total RHP 748 1814 393 53 11 31 163 154 429 .588 .279 .309 .093 .217
Total 925 2567 571 83 19 45 239 221 578 .607 .285 .322 .100 .222
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2009-11-01John Mercado has retired from the Tampa Bay Highlanders
2009-09-20John Mercado of the Tampa Bay Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
2001-04-14The Tampa Bay Highlanders have promoted John Mercado to the major league team.
1998-06-10The Tampa Bay Rowdies have sent John Mercado to the minors.
1998-05-26The Tampa Bay Rowdies have promoted John Mercado to the major league team.
1996-04-18The Tampa Bay Rowdies have acquired John Mercado from the waiver wire.
1996-04-01The San Francisco Giants have waived John Mercado.