José Mercedes

José Miguel (Santana) Mercedes
Born: March 5, 1971
El Seibo, El Seibo DO
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 180
Draft: Round 1 (1993 Rule V Draft, Milwaukee Brewers)
School: N/A
Career: 1992-2011
Major League Statistics

José (Santana) Mercedes compiled a career record of 67 wins and 72 losses and a 4.50 ERA in his 242-game pitching career with the Orioles, Kane County Cougars, Bowie Baysox, El Paso Diablos, New Orleans Zephyrs, Las Vegas Stars, Calgary Cannons, Norfolk Tides, Buffalo Bisons, Saltillo Saraperos, Iowa Cubs, Laguna Vaqueros and Puebla Pericos. He began playing during the 1992 season and last took the field during the 2011 campaign.

Kane County Cougars	Bowie Baysox	El Paso Diablos	New Orleans Zephyrs	Norfolk Tides	Las Vegas Stars
Calgary Cannons	Buffalo Bisons	Saltillo Saraperos	Iowa Cubs	Laguna Vaqueros	Puebla Pericos

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1992	R	GULF	Orioles	2	3	.400	1.78	8	5	1	2	0	0	35.3	31	12	7	0	13	0	21	1	1	5	143
1992	A	MIDW	Kane County Cougars	3	2	.600	2.66	8	8	0	2	2	0	47.3	40	26	14	1	15	0	45	0	2	6	199
1993	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	6	8	.429	4.78	26	23	0	3	0	0	147.0	170	86	78	13	65	0	75	2	1	10	659
1994	AAA	AA2	New Orleans Zephyrs	0	0		4.91	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.3	19	10	10	1	8	0	7	2	0	1	81
1994	AA	TL	El Paso Diablos	2	0	1.000	4.66	3	0	0	0	0	0	9.7	13	6	5	1	4	0	8	0	0	1	44
1996	AAA	AA2	New Orleans Zephyrs	3	7	.300	3.56	25	15	3	0	0	1	101.0	109	58	40	14	28	1	47	7	1	4	439
1998	AA	TL	El Paso Diablos	0	0		10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.3	9	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18
1999	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas Stars	2	6	.250	4.30	15	14	0	0	0	0	88.0	110	57	42	14	20	0	57	2	1	1	396
1999	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	2	1	.667	2.53	6	6	0	0	0	0	32.0	36	15	9	2	11	1	19	2	0	0	146
1999	AAA	PCL	Calgary Cannons	1	2	.333	3.12	4	4	0	0	0	0	26.0	30	13	9	2	3	0	13	0	0	0	112
2002	AAA	IL	Buffalo Bisons	2	0	1.000	3.49	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.3	32	11	11	4	6	0	13	2	0	1	121
2003	AAA	MEX	Saltillo Saraperos	14	6	.700	3.71	22	22	0	6	0	0	160.0	172	78	66	11	53	1	114	5	0	5	701
2005	AAA	MEX	Saltillo Saraperos	4	6	.400	6.67	15	13	2	2	1	0	86.3	121	66	64	14	37	0	57	7	0	3	412
2005	AAA	PCL	Iowa Cubs	1	1	.500	6.75	10	0	0	0	0	0	13.3	19	13	10	4	7	2	14	0	0	1	65
2006	AAA	MEX	Laguna Vaqueros	3	6	.333	4.13	21	4	15	1	0	5	52.3	55	25	24	4	18	3	33	3	0	2	227
2007	AAA	MEX	Puebla Pericos	9	9	.500	4.98	23	21	2	3	2	0	142.7	157	88	79	15	34	0	71	2	0	9	612
2008	AAA	MEX	Puebla Pericos	3	4	.429	5.30	10	9	0	1	0	0	54.3	69	33	32	3	16	0	25	3	0	2	242
2009	AAA	MEX	Saltillo Saraperos	5	0	1.000	4.91	9	9	0	0	0	0	51.3	60	31	28	6	22	0	22	0	0	0	224
2010	AAA	MEX	Saltillo Saraperos	0	3	.000	5.40	7	5	0	0	0	0	31.7	37	19	19	5	11	0	10	2	0	1	141
2011	AAA	MEX	Saltillo Saraperos	5	8	.385	5.51	21	20	0	0	0	0	117.7	137	78	72	16	44	2	60	3	1	3	524
Totals				67	72	.482	4.50	242	187	23	20	5	6	1246.0	1426	729	623	132	415	10	711	43	7	55	5506

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1999	AAA	PCL	Calgary Cannons	4	3	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1999	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas Stars	15	19	16	1	11	.062	.062	.062	.125	1	3
1999	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	6	9	7	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
2006	AAA	MEX	Laguna Vaqueros	21	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Totals				46	32	26	1	14	.038	.038	.038	.077	1	6

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1992	A	MIDW	Kane County Cougars	P	8	5	5	3	0	.769	1.250
1992	R	GULF	Orioles	P	8	4	8	2	1	.857	1.500
1993	AA	EL	Bowie Baysox	P	26	9	25	0	0	1.000	1.308
1994	AAA	AA2	New Orleans Zephyrs	P	3	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.333
1994	AA	TL	El Paso Diablos	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667
1996	AAA	AA2	New Orleans Zephyrs	P	25	16	7	1	0	.958	.920
1998	AA	TL	El Paso Diablos	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
1999	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	P	6	4	8	1	0	.923	2.000
1999	AAA	PCL	Calgary Cannons	P	4	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.750
1999	AAA	PCL	Las Vegas Stars	P	15	6	8	1	0	.933	.933
2002	AAA	IL	Buffalo Bisons	P	5	6	2	0	1	1.000	1.600
2003	AAA	MEX	Saltillo Saraperos	P	22	8	28	1	1	.973	1.636
2005	AAA	MEX	Saltillo Saraperos	P	15	4	12	1	1	.941	1.067
2005	AAA	PCL	Iowa Cubs	P	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	.100
2006	AAA	MEX	Laguna Vaqueros	P	21	4	5	0	0	1.000	.429
2007	AAA	MEX	Puebla Pericos	P	23	7	13	0	0	1.000	.870
2008	AAA	MEX	Puebla Pericos	P	10	4	2	0	0	1.000	.600
2009	AAA	MEX	Saltillo Saraperos	P	9	1	8	0	0	1.000	1.000
2010	AAA	MEX	Saltillo Saraperos	P	7	0	7	0	1	1.000	1.000
2011	AAA	MEX	Saltillo Saraperos	P	21	5	14	0	0	1.000	.905
Totals					242	85	165	10	5	.962	1.033

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1992	R	Gulf Coast League	Orioles	BAL
1992	A	Midwest League	Kane County Cougars	BAL
1993	AA	Eastern League	Bowie Baysox	BAL
1994	AA	Texas League	El Paso Diablos	ML4
1994	AAA	American Association 2	New Orleans Zephyrs	ML4
1996	AAA	American Association 2	New Orleans Zephyrs	ML4
1998	AA	Texas League	El Paso Diablos	MIL
1999	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Las Vegas Stars	SDN
1999	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Calgary Cannons	FLO
1999	AAA	International League	Norfolk Tides	NYN
2002	AAA	International League	Buffalo Bisons	CLE
2003	AAA	Mexican League	Saltillo Saraperos
2005	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Iowa Cubs	CHN	April 7, 2005	May 4, 2005
2005	AAA	Mexican League	Saltillo Saraperos		May 19, 2005	July 26, 2005
2006	AAA	Mexican League	Laguna Vaqueros		March 23, 2006	May 21, 2006
2007	AAA	Mexican League	Puebla Pericos		March 23, 2007	July 21, 2007
2008	AAA	Mexican League	Puebla Pericos		June 6, 2008	July 23, 2008
2009	AAA	Mexican League	Saltillo Saraperos		June 12, 2009	July 28, 2009
2010	AAA	Mexican League	Saltillo Saraperos		June 19, 2010	July 18, 2010
2011	AAA	Mexican League	Saltillo Saraperos		March 22, 2011	July 27, 2011

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