Eduardo
Mercado
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 14, 1956 in Venezuela
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 20 MON FL     0 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4
1977 21 MON FL     0 0 0 0 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
1978 22 MON FL     0 0 0 0 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 5
1979 23 MON FL     0 0 0 0 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 5 6 6 6
1980 24 LV FL     0 0 0 0 3 4 3 6 6 6 3 4 3 5 6 5 6 7 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings     0 0 0 0 3 4 3 6 6 6 3 4 3 5 6 5 6 7 7
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 25 LV FL   16 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 9 9
1982 26 LV FL   11 8 8 8 8 8 8 17 18 17
1983 27 LV FL $ 300,000 15 13 13 13 9 10 9 17 18 17
1984 28 LV FL $ 300,000 15 13 13 13 9 9 9 17 18 18
1985 29 LV FL $ 300,000 15 13 13 13 9 10 9 15 16 16
1986 30 LV FL   15 14 14 14 10 10 10 16 17 16
1987 31 VAN JL $ 300,000 15 13 13 13 9 10 9 16 17 16
1988 32 VAN JL $ 300,000 15 13 13 13 9 9 9 15 16 16
1989 33 VAN JL   15 13 13 13 9 10 9 15 16 16
OOTP6 Min Ratings   11 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 16 14 14 14 10 10 10 17 18 18
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 20 MON FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1977 21 MON FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1978 22 MON FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1979 23 MON FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1980 24 LV FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 25 LV FL     1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1982 26 LV FL     1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1983 27 LV FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1984 28 LV FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1985 29 LV FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1986 30 LV FL     1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1987 31 VAN JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1988 32 VAN JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1989 33 VAN JL     1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1976 20 A   1 4 .200 28 0 0 0 3 32.3 31 14 0 13 29 3.90 .256 .328 .306 .634  
1977 21 A   5 1 .833 43 0 0 0 1 57.7 77 33 6 20 51 5.15 .324 .376 .483 .859  
1978 22 A   1 0 1.000 18 0 0 0 0 21.0 21 10 2 9 22 4.29 .259 .333 .395 .728  
1979 23 A   2 4 .333 32 0 0 0 0 45.3 54 27 4 23 48 5.36 .307 .387 .438 .824  
1980 24 AAA   0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 7 5 1 1 1 19.31 .538 .571 .846 1.418  
    A   2 1 .667 11 0 0 0 2 15.0 16 4 3 5 17 2.40 .271 .328 .441 .769  
1981 25 AA   2 5 .286 39 0 0 0 19 38.7 47 16 3 27 34 3.72 .301 .404 .449 .853  
1982 26 AA   3 6 .333 53 0 0 0 19 44.0 63 33 7 21 28 6.75 .348 .416 .530 .946  
1983 27 LV FL 2 3 .400 16 0 0 0 1 19.3 24 16 3 13 13 7.45 .308 .402 .526 .928 0.0
    AAA   1 1 .500 34 2 0 0 3 32.7 32 14 3 16 26 3.86 .254 .338 .397 .735  
1984 28 LV FL 2 2 .500 50 0 0 0 4 52.0 55 18 4 22 29 3.12 .272 .346 .381 .728 4.6
    AAA   5 0 1.000 27 0 0 0 1 34.0 27 3 0 10 32 0.79 .216 .274 .240 .514  
1985 29 LV FL 3 9 .250 72 0 0 0 7 68.3 73 41 3 35 36 5.40 .290 .375 .401 .775 2.8
    AAA   0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 2 3.7 3 3 0 4 2 7.38 .200 .368 .267 .635  
1986 30 AAA   3 4 .429 61 0 0 0 8 63.3 50 25 4 34 64 3.55 .214 .313 .321 .634  
1987 31 VAN JL 2 0 1.000 32 0 0 0 0 36.7 36 20 5 18 23 4.91 .255 .340 .426 .765 2.4
    AAA   3 2 .600 26 0 0 0 4 21.7 29 17 2 15 20 7.06 .330 .427 .489 .916  
1988 32 VAN JL 4 3 .571 78 0 0 0 1 80.0 82 45 6 50 64 5.06 .271 .372 .399 .772 3.0
1989 33 VAN JL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 6.7 10 8 0 7 2 10.81 .357 .472 .464 .937 0.0
6 Years Sim 13 17 .433 255 0 0 0 13 263.0 280 148 21 145 167 5.07 .279 .369 .411 .780 12.7
6 Years AAA 12 9 .571 154 2 0 0 18 157.6 148 67 10 80 145 3.83 .246 .335 .354 .689  
2 Years AA 5 11 .313 92 0 0 0 38 82.7 110 49 10 48 62 5.34 .326 .410 .493 .903  
5 Years A 11 10 .524 132 0 0 0 6 171.3 199 88 15 70 167 4.62 .295 .361 .425 .786  
13 Years Minors 28 30 .483 378 2 0 0 62 411.6 457 204 35 198 374 4.46 .283 .362 .413 .775  
Season Average 2 2 .500 42 0 0 0 2 43.8 46 24 3 24 27 5.07 .279 .369 .411 .780  
Career Highs 4 9 1.000 78 0 0 0 7 80.0 82 45 6 50 64 10.81 .357 .472 .526 .937  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   123 61 9 64 70   .296 .390 .438 .827
vs LH   157 87 12 81 97   .267 .356 .393 .749
Home 7 10 .412 132 0 0 0 7 134.7 144 86 11 87 69 5.75 .281 .386 .404 .790
Away 6 7 .462 123 0 0 0 6 128.3 136 62 10 58 98 4.35 .276 .353 .419 .771
Mar/Apr 0 2 .000 27 0 0 0 1 27.7 25 11 0 15 16 3.58 .255 .354 .306 .660
May 5 3 .625 48 0 0 0 5 53.3 53 23 3 23 31 3.88 .265 .341 .385 .726
June 2 4 .333 54 0 0 0 4 52.3 61 40 3 28 35 6.88 .303 .389 .423 .812
July 3 1 .750 31 0 0 0 1 29.7 35 23 2 22 22 6.98 .302 .413 .431 .844
August 2 3 .400 47 0 0 0 1 48.0 56 31 8 29 30 5.81 .295 .388 .484 .872
Sep/Oct 1 4 .200 48 0 0 0 1 52.0 50 20 5 28 33 3.46 .251 .344 .397 .741
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1983 27 LV FL 16 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3
1984 28 LV FL 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1985 29 LV FL 72 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1987 31 VAN JL 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1988 32 VAN JL 78 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1989 33 VAN JL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
6 Years Sim 255 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .059 .059 .118 .176 -0.7 0.3
162 Game Average 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .059 .059 .118 .176 -0.5  
Career Highs 78 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.0
vs LH   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
Home 131 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .286 .429 0.1
Away 123 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
RISP   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Close/Late   4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4
Mar/Apr 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
May 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Sep/Oct 48 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1983 27 LV FL P 16 0 19.3 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.33    
1984 28 LV FL P 50 0 52.0 3 12 1 2 .938 2.60    
1985 29 LV FL P 72 0 68.3 6 8 0 1 1.000 1.84    
1987 31 VAN JL P 32 0 36.7 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.21    
1988 32 VAN JL P 78 0 80.0 6 20 1 1 .963 2.93    
1989 33 VAN JL P 7 0 6.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   255 0 263.0 20 49 2 5 .972 2.36    
Career Highs   78 0 80.0 6 20 1 2 1.000 2.93    
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History
Drafted in 7th round, 160th overall pick, by Montreal in 1976
Injured on 5/31/1978 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 7/26/1979 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Traded from Montreal to Las Vegas on 7/31/1980 (Going to MON: RF J. Desmidt. Going to LV: P E. Mercado, 2B B. Bonilla)