Orlando Merced
1990–2003 · bats B / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays
1,391G
.277AVG
.355OBP
.426SLG
More career statistics
1,108H
103HR
585RBI
57SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,391 | 4,532 | 3,998 | 564 | 1,108 | 229 | 28 | 103 | 585 | 487 | 661 | 57 | 29 | 12 | 30 | 1,702 | .277 | .355 | .426 | .781 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1994-06-14 to 1994-07-01
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1993-09-04 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1996-07-28 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1992-09-03 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 703 | 2194 | 550 | 51 | 277 | 253 | 301 | .286 | .366 | .447 |
| Away | 688 | 2338 | 558 | 52 | 308 | 234 | 360 | .269 | .339 | .406 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 201 | 606 | 139 | 16 | 78 | 77 | 103 | .266 | .356 | .423 |
| May | 242 | 811 | 207 | 16 | 96 | 85 | 119 | .288 | .360 | .429 |
| June | 271 | 957 | 254 | 28 | 124 | 89 | 120 | .296 | .358 | .471 |
| July | 252 | 846 | 212 | 23 | 105 | 83 | 118 | .280 | .349 | .438 |
| August | 221 | 708 | 159 | 12 | 95 | 81 | 104 | .257 | .339 | .393 |
| September | 195 | 591 | 135 | 7 | 85 | 70 | 93 | .263 | .347 | .370 |
| October | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .182 | .308 | .455 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 127 | 395 | 103 | 12 | 58 | 44 | 46 | .298 | .372 | .471 |
| chicago-cubs | 121 | 436 | 100 | 12 | 72 | 44 | 71 | .260 | .330 | .408 |
| cincinnati-reds | 105 | 321 | 84 | 10 | 44 | 30 | 45 | .291 | .355 | .474 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 88 | 308 | 76 | 10 | 34 | 35 | 46 | .285 | .360 | .468 |
| san-diego-padres | 84 | 283 | 59 | 4 | 32 | 41 | 41 | .248 | .353 | .340 |
| new-york-mets | 83 | 251 | 70 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 42 | .308 | .367 | .480 |
| san-francisco-giants | 80 | 233 | 60 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 30 | .293 | .369 | .439 |
| montreal-expos | 77 | 268 | 58 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 40 | .241 | .310 | .353 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 25 | 24 | 5 | – | – | – | .208 | – | – |
| 1991 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 120 | 411 | 113 | 10 | 50 | 8 | .275 | – | – |
| 1992 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 134 | 405 | 100 | 6 | 60 | 5 | .247 | – | – |
| 1993 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 137 | 447 | 140 | 8 | 70 | 3 | .313 | – | – |
| 1994 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 108 | 386 | 105 | 9 | 51 | 4 | .272 | – | – |
| 1995 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 132 | 487 | 146 | 15 | 83 | 7 | .300 | – | – |
| 1996 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 120 | 453 | 130 | 17 | 80 | 8 | .287 | – | – |
| 1997 |  Toronto Blue Jays | 98 | 368 | 98 | 9 | 40 | 7 | .266 | – | – |
| 1998 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Minnesota Twins | 84 | 223 | 62 | 6 | 40 | 1 | .278 | – | – |
| 1999 |  Montreal Expos | 93 | 194 | 52 | 8 | 26 | 2 | .268 | – | – |
| 2001 |  Houston Astros | 94 | 137 | 36 | 6 | 29 | 5 | .263 | – | – |
| 2002 | Houston Astros | 123 | 251 | 72 | 6 | 30 | 4 | .287 | – | – |
| 2003 | Houston Astros | 123 | 212 | 49 | 3 | 26 | 3 | .231 | – | – |