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Héctor Mercado

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: April 29, 1974 in Catano, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 13th round of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from Jose S. Alegria (Dorado, Puerto Rico).

High School: Jose S. Alegria (Dorado, Puerto Rico)

Debut: April 4, 2000 (Age 25-341d, 17,611th in major league history)
vs. MIL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 11, 2003 (Age 29-073d)
vs. NYM 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Full Name: Héctor Luis Mercado

Pronunciation: \mur-CAH-do\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

ERA

4.55

112

124.2

127

WHIP

1.540

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-6

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 4, Entered with runners on base: 4

2003 Pitching Game Log

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2003 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	100	2	Apr 2	PHI	@	FLA	W,8-2	8-GF		99	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.50	3.53	8	27	19	5	4	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	.13	0.005	.15	0.00%	0.02	8b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 6
2	101	4	Apr 4	PHI		PIT	L,1-9	3-7		1	5.0	6	3	3	1	4	1	1	5.14	4.75	23	83	52	13	11	8	9	5	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.032	.17	-0.02%	-0.60	3t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d8
3	102	10	Apr 11	PHI	@	CIN	L,6-7	7-7		6	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	5.63	6.53	5	12	6	1	1	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.022	.15	-0.01%	-0.51	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
4	103	14	Apr 15	PHI		FLA	W,4-3	6-6	BS(1)	3	1.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	6.00	6.36	7	30	17	5	5	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	-0.093	3.79	-0.07%	-0.52	6t --- 0 out a1	6t 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	104	52	May 28	PHI		NYM	W,11-3	8-8		42	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.40	5.43	4	21	13	2	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.03	0.00%	0.48	8t --- 0 out a7	8t 3 out a7
6	105	54	May 30	PHI		MON	W,12-5	5-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.23	5.64	2	12	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.32	0.061	4.00	0.04%	0.43	5t 12- 2 out a1	5t 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	106	57	Jun 3	PHI		SEA	L,0-4	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.76	5.68	4	18	10	4	0	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.05	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
8	107	60	Jun 6	PHI		OAK	L,4-7	5-5		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.38	5.30	3	14	9	1	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.27	0.013	.26	0.01%	0.82	5t 1-3 0 out d4	5t 3 out d5
9	108	66	Jun 13	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-15	6-7		6	1.1	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	5.93	5.88	7	29	21	8	1	2	4	3	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-2.08	6b 12- 2 out d12	7b 3 out d15
10	109	76	Jun 27	PHI	@	BAL	W,4-2	17-GF(17)	S(1)	13	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	6.14	6.58	4	11	8	3	0	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.046	1.05	0.03%	-0.46	17b --- 0 out a3	17b end a 2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	110	82	Jul 3	PHI		CHC	W,12-2	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.74	6.61	5	19	8	3	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a10	9t end a10
12	111	86	Jul 7	PHI	@	MON	L,1-8	4-5		3	2.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	5.09	6.48	9	46	24	8	2	3	1	0	1	0		3	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.050	.88	0.05%	1.94	4b 123 0 out d3	5b 3 out d4
13	112	90	Jul 11	PHI	@	NYM	W,10-3	7-7		3	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.79	7.00	5	20	14	3	1	1	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.04	-0.001	.06	0.00%	-1.50	7b --- 0 out a9	7b 3 out a7
							7-6		W-L:0-0,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.3	18.2	18	12	12	12	15	5	1	5.79	7.00	86	342	60%	17%	11%	0.87		22%	5%	0		9	22%	2	0	0	71	2	1	0	1	2	0	.53	0.033	.65	0.04%	-1.01

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