Óscar Mercado

RF

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	12/16/1994 (29)
Height, Weight	6'1", 197 lb
Hometown	Cartagena, COL

2023 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify

MLB Rank MLB Average

	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	wOBA
	32	3	0	5	2	.290	.304

	- 453 PA	- 56 R	- 15 HR	- 54 RBI	251^st 9 SB	22^nd .250 AVG	233^rd .320 wOBA

	K%	BB%	IPA%	HC%	xAVG	xwOBA
	12.5%	3.1%	31.3%	28.1%	.261	.268

	16^th 22.6% K%	348^th 8.6% BB%	18^th 26.0% IPA%	134^th 26.6% HC%	88^th .243 xAVG	328^th .319 xwOBA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	xwOBA	Z-Con%	K%	BB%	HR/FB%	BABIP	Brl%	ICR	IPA%
2019	CLE	115	482	70	15	54	15	.269	.318	.443	.321	-	-	17.4%	5.8%	-	.300	-	-	-
2020	CLE	36	93	6	1	6	3	.128	.174	.174	.159	.189	86.1%	29.0%	5.4%	4.3%	.169	1.7%	21.3%	14.0%
2021	CLE	72	238	27	6	19	7	.224	.300	.369	.294	.290	80.3%	17.6%	8.8%	9.8%	.253	4.1%	28.9%	21.0%
2022	CLE/PHI	55	128	17	4	16	2	.207	.242	.372	.266	.285	84.3%	22.7%	3.9%	8.9%	.236	6.5%	31.2%	22.7%
2023	STL	20	32	3	0	5	2	.290	.313	.387	.304	.268	82.1%	12.5%	3.1%	0.0%	.333	0.0%	37.0%	31.3%
MLB Percentile		0	0	0	0	0	29	94	42	36	34	7	36	96	1	0	85	0	39	95
MLB AVG		119	453	56	15	54	9	.250	.321	.418	.320	.319	83.5%	22.6%	8.6%	14.5%	.298	8.0%	38.6%	26.0%
Career		298	973	123	26	100	29	.237	.289	.388	.297	.255	82.6%	19.1%	6.2%	18.6%	.270	4.0%	14.2%	10.5%

Game Log

Date Range

Standard

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Year	Team	1B	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	K	BB	HBP	H	TB	HC	Brl
2019	CLE	75	25	3	15	15	4	84	28	5	118	194	-	0
2020	CLE	9	1	0	1	3	0	27	5	0	11	15	19	1
2021	CLE	30	11	1	6	7	1	42	21	2	48	79	45	7
2022	CLE/PHI	14	6	1	4	2	2	29	5	1	25	45	27	6
2023	STL	6	3	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	9	12	9	0
MLB Percentile		0	0	16	0	29	59	100	0	3	0	-	-	-
MLB AVG		65	21	2	15	9	2	100	40	5	103	135	122	24
Career		134	46	5	26	29	8	186	60	8	211	345	100	14

Advanced

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Year	Team	K%	BB%	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	ISO	BABIP	xAVG	xSLG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	Max EV	FB EV	LA
2019	CLE	17.4%	5.8%	.269	.318	.443	.321	.174	.300	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	CLE	29.0%	5.4%	.128	.174	.174	.159	.046	.169	.163	.211	.189	.228	.228	110.8	83.4	13.0
2021	CLE	17.6%	8.8%	.224	.300	.369	.294	.145	.253	.212	.372	.290	.232	.305	108.0	85.2	15.5
2022	CLE/PHI	22.7%	3.9%	.207	.242	.372	.266	.165	.236	.219	.408	.285	.234	.348	106.3	88.1	22.2
2023	STL	12.5%	3.1%	.290	.313	.387	.304	.097	.333	.261	.328	.268	.299	.292	104.2	84.1	22.9
MLB Percentile		96	1	94	42	36	34	-	85	75	7	7	74	6	-	14	99
MLB AVG		22.6%	8.6%	.250	.321	.418	.320	.168	.298	.243	.423	.319	.285	.374	111.1	87.6	12.8
Career		19.1%	6.2%	.237	.289	.388	.297	.151	.270	.175	.293	.255	.235	.305	110.8	85.8	17.4

Batted Ball › Contact

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Year	Team	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	SS%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul Str%	PC%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	ICR
2019	CLE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18.5%	-	-	-	-	-
2020	CLE	48.3%	13.3%	38.3%	16.7%	20.0%	32.8%	49.2%	18.0%	18.3%	78.3%	16.7%	3.3%	1.7%	21.3%
2021	CLE	46.2%	17.8%	36.1%	13.6%	25.4%	44.5%	30.1%	25.4%	15.7%	70.5%	21.3%	4.1%	4.1%	28.9%
2022	CLE/PHI	34.4%	17.2%	48.4%	19.4%	33.3%	45.2%	28.0%	26.9%	21.9%	68.8%	19.4%	5.4%	6.5%	31.2%
2023	STL	29.6%	29.6%	40.7%	11.1%	29.6%	37.0%	29.6%	33.3%	17.0%	62.9%	37.0%	0.0%	0.0%	37.0%
MLB Percentile		2	99	86	27	8	23	13	97	34	-	100	0	0	39
MLB AVG		44.2%	22.1%	33.7%	9.3%	35.4%	41.5%	33.4%	25.1%	18.0%	61.3%	24.5%	6.3%	8.0%	38.6%
Career		42.1%	17.8%	40.1%	15.5%	26.9%	42.1%	32.8%	25.1%	18.2%	70.7%	21.2%	4.0%	4.0%	14.2%

Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year	Team	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB	ICR	IPA%
2019	CLE	.269	.321	.300	.330	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	CLE	.128	.159	.169	.183	.163	.189	.228	.228	87.1	83.4	13.0	4.3%	21.3%	14.0%
2021	CLE	.224	.294	.253	.279	.212	.290	.232	.305	85.6	85.2	15.5	9.8%	28.9%	21.0%
2022	CLE/PHI	.207	.266	.236	.269	.219	.285	.234	.348	86.3	88.1	22.2	8.9%	31.2%	22.7%
2023	STL	.290	.304	.333	.333	.261	.268	.299	.292	85.5	84.1	22.9	0.0%	37.0%	31.3%
MLB Percentile		94	34	85	53	75	7	74	6	10	14	99	0	39	95
MLB AVG		.250	.320	.298	.333	.243	.319	.285	.374	88.7	87.6	12.8	14.5%	38.6%	26.0%
Career		.237	.297	.270	.297	.175	.255	.235	.305	86.1	85.8	17.4	18.6%	14.2%	10.5%

Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year	Team	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	BIP%	PLUS%
2019	CLE	-	63.1%	51.5%	-	23.4%	18.5%	76.6%	-	-	11.6%	12.0%	23.6%	-	56.3%
2020	CLE	44.8%	63.9%	49.5%	29.2%	29.3%	18.3%	70.7%	86.1%	39.0%	14.5%	14.5%	29.0%	-	60.9%
2021	CLE	46.0%	62.0%	47.6%	27.4%	26.7%	15.7%	73.3%	80.3%	57.9%	14.4%	12.7%	27.1%	-	56.7%
2022	CLE/PHI	46.3%	67.3%	56.7%	35.2%	26.6%	21.9%	73.4%	84.3%	51.7%	10.6%	15.1%	25.7%	-	62.0%
2023	STL	48.2%	66.1%	53.6%	36.2%	23.3%	17.0%	76.7%	82.1%	66.7%	12.5%	12.5%	25.0%	-	58.0%
MLB Percentile		92	76	90	18	63	34	63	36	83	92	43	91	-	46
MLB AVG		45.2%	64.0%	47.7%	30.7%	25.5%	18.0%	74.5%	83.5%	57.9%	16.4%	12.2%	28.6%	-	58.3%
Career		23.7%	63.6%	51.1%	30.2%	25.2%	18.2%	74.8%	82.6%	53.0%	12.5%	12.9%	25.4%	-	57.7%

Approach › Locations

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Year	Team	Zone%	iLoc%	x-mLoc%	oLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	aLoc%	gLoc%	mmLoc%
2019	CLE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	CLE	44.8%	26.2%	29.0%	44.8%	19.1%	25.1%	55.7%	23.2%	47.8%	8.2%
2021	CLE	46.0%	25.4%	27.9%	46.7%	28.6%	24.3%	47.1%	29.5%	42.6%	6.4%
2022	CLE/PHI	46.3%	28.7%	28.2%	43.1%	28.5%	24.6%	46.9%	31.8%	39.9%	6.2%
2023	STL	48.2%	27.7%	30.4%	42.0%	26.8%	28.6%	44.6%	26.8%	42.9%	11.6%
MLB Percentile		92	30	100	26	25	100	46	3	62	100
MLB AVG		45.2%	29.7%	26.1%	44.3%	30.5%	24.1%	45.4%	34.6%	39.3%	6.6%
Career		23.7%	26.5%	28.3%	45.1%	26.6%	24.8%	48.6%	28.7%	43.0%	7.0%

Approach › Counts

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Year	Team	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	PAR%
2019	CLE	61.9%	11.3%	26.8%	17.5%	61.2%	45.9%	14.6%	-	18.0%
2020	CLE	59.3%	8.7%	32.0%	13.8%	69.9%	60.2%	19.8%	22.2%	23.1%
2021	CLE	59.5%	11.4%	29.1%	16.2%	63.3%	48.8%	21.0%	19.8%	16.0%
2022	CLE/PHI	58.2%	10.8%	31.0%	17.9%	63.3%	49.2%	13.5%	28.1%	19.9%
2023	STL	62.5%	16.1%	21.4%	22.9%	53.1%	34.4%	14.3%	33.3%	16.7%
MLB Percentile		7	98	100	100	1	0	5	9	71
MLB AVG		58.8%	11.9%	29.7%	14.6%	61.4%	50.5%	21.4%	25.8%	19.4%
Career		60.6%	11.1%	28.3%	17.0%	62.6%	48.0%	16.6%	12.5%	18.3%

PLV

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Year	Team	P	PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	MTK%	HP	HL
2019	CLE	1,738	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	CLE	366	5.06	42.6%	23.2%	34.2%	8.5%	-	-12.0	-7
2021	CLE	903	4.95	43.2%	20.8%	36.0%	7.2%	-	-1.6	+3
2022	CLE/PHI	471	5.00	43.5%	19.1%	37.4%	6.2%	-	-3.7	+0
2023	STL	112	5.08	50.0%	18.8%	31.3%	18.8%	-	1.3	+3
MLB Percentile		0	95	100	17	1	1	-	38	46
MLB AVG		1,768	4.98	43.6%	20.4%	36.1%	7.5%	-	-	+6
Career		3,590	4.99	43.6%	20.7%	35.7%	7.9%	-	-16.0	-1

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