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Name Team Age
Candy Mercado Retired (1982, Age 39) 61
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 11
(1962)		 CF L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Ryan Doby League 0 16 years (141 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A  C 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A  A  C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- C+ D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D+ 0 11/30/1942
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (99.0 %) A+ (98.6 %) A- (83.8 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT
1970 1B KC 9 7 65.66 74 72 1 1 5 +1 10.01 .986
LF KC 117 114 1035.33 292 284 5 3 1 -3 2.51 .990
CF KC 9 9 87.0 19 18 0 1 0 -1 1.86 .947
1971 1B KC 6 6 54.0 44 42 2 0 2 -1 7.33 1.000
LF KC 110 110 984.33 242 232 6 4 1 0 2.18 .983
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 1B KC 24 24 214.33 213 205 7 1 10 -4 8.90 .995
LF KC 20 20 176.66 50 49 1 0 0 +2 2.55 1.000
CF KC 91 91 807.66 261 250 5 6 1 -5 2.84 .977
1974 1B KC 3 3 27.0 25 24 1 0 1 +2 8.33 1.000
CF KC 132 132 1164.33 332 321 9 2 3 -3 2.55 .994
1975 1B KC 10 10 91.0 96 90 5 1 6 +1 9.40 .990
CF KC 116 115 1030.0 295 284 6 5 0 +1 2.53 .983
1976 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
CF KC 61 59 518.66 137 131 4 2 1 +1 2.34 .985
RF KC 17 17 147.33 20 19 1 0 0 -5 1.22 1.000
1977 LF KC 107 106 953.0 230 222 5 3 0 -2 2.14 .987
CF KC 13 13 118.33 37 36 1 0 1 -1 2.81 1.000
1978 1B KC 6 6 52.33 54 49 5 0 3 0 9.29 1.000
SS KC 1 1 9.33 3 1 2 0 2 0 2.89 1.000
LF KC 19 19 170.0 45 43 2 0 0 0 2.38 1.000
CF KC 38 35 308.33 86 81 3 2 0 0 2.45 .977
RF KC 25 25 212.66 44 43 0 1 0 +2 1.82 .977
1979 1B KC-MON 2 2 17.0 17 16 0 1 1 0 8.47 .941
LF KC-MON 8 8 69.33 12 11 1 0 0 +1 1.56 1.000
CF KC-MON 110 110 993.66 251 237 8 6 2 -12 2.22 .976
RF KC-MON 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1980 LF MON 4 4 36.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
CF MON 131 131 1133.0 298 277 13 8 3 -5 2.30 .973
1981 LF MON 30 30 264.33 55 52 1 2 0 0 1.80 .964
CF MON 32 2 83.33 14 14 0 0 0 +1 1.51 1.000
RF MON 21 21 180.33 52 51 1 0 1 -2 2.60 1.000
1982 C MON 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
1B MON 19 8 90.33 79 77 1 1 5 -1 7.77 .987
SS MON 1 1 9.0 5 2 3 0 1 0 5.00 1.000
LF MON 20 20 173.66 39 38 0 1 0 -2 1.97 .974
RF MON 9 9 76.0 21 21 0 0 0 -1 2.49 1.000
Pos Total C 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
1B 91 78 715.65 710 678 27 5 44 -3 8.87 .993
SS 2 2 18.33 8 3 5 0 3 0 3.93 1.000
LF 551 547 4892.64 1214 1167 26 21 3 -5 2.19 .983
CF 739 703 6295.3 1745 1664 49 32 11 -24 2.45 .982
RF 73 73 625.32 139 136 2 1 1 -6 1.99 .993
Total 1457 1403 12549.24 3818 3650 109 59 62 0 0 0 NaN% -38 2.70 .985
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.