Orlando Merced
Orlando Merced | |
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Right fielder / First baseman | |
Born: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico | November 2, 1966|
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
Professional debut | |
MLB: June 27, 1990, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
NPB: June 3, 2000, for the Orix BlueWave | |
Last appearance | |
MLB: October 1, 2003, for the Houston Astros | |
NPB: July 30, 2000, for the Orix BlueWave | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .277 |
Home runs | 103 |
Runs batted in | 585 |
Teams | |
Orlando Luis Merced Villanueva (born November 2, 1966 in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball first Baseman and outfielder. He played all or part of thirteen seasons in the majors for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1990–1996), Toronto Blue Jays (1997), Minnesota Twins (1998), Boston Red Sox (1998), Chicago Cubs (1998), Montreal Expos (1999), and Houston Astros (2001–2003). He also played one season for the Orix BlueWave (2000) in Japan. He is currently[when?] the hitting coach for the Jamestown Jammers.[citation needed]
Career
Merced was signed as an amateur free agent out of high school at the age of 17 by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1985. Six years later, he made his major league debut. He played for the Pirates for another six years, where he helped the Pirates win the National League East Division in three consecutive seasons, from 1990 through 1992. Later, he was part of the Astros' 2001 NL Central Division champions.[citation needed]
He finished second in voting for 1991 National League Rookie of the Year, behind Jeff Bagwell.[citation needed]
In thirteen seasons, he played in 1,391 games.[citation needed]
Personal life
Merced has four children, three brothers and three sisters.[citation needed]
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Augusta Pirates players
- Boston Red Sox players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Chicago Cubs players
- Gigantes de Carolina players
- Gulf Coast Pirates players
- Harrisburg Senators players
- Houston Astros players
- Indios de Mayagüez players
- Macon Pirates players
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- Major League Baseball left fielders
- Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico
- Major League Baseball right fielders
- Mexican League baseball managers
- Minnesota Twins players
- Montreal Expos players
- New Orleans Zephyrs players
- Nippon Professional Baseball first basemen
- Orix BlueWave players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Puerto Rican expatriate baseball people in Mexico
- Puerto Rican expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Puerto Rican expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Salem Buccaneers players
- Toronto Blue Jays players
- Watertown Pirates players
- Baseball right fielder stubs
- Baseball first baseman stubs