NAME     : Jose Mercedes
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : Dominican Republic
 
  BIRTHDAY : 3/5/1971
  AGE      : 31
  HEIGHT   : 6"1
  WEIGHT   : 180
 
  POSITION : Pitcher
  ROLE     : Starter
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $1,140,000 through 2005
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Average
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Inconsistent at times
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Suffers
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Pitcher : C (Fielding Pct. : 1.000)
PITCHING RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Duration as Starter : D Duration as Reliever : D Holding Runners : C Groundball Pct. : 53 Avoiding Runs : 3 Avoiding Hits : 4 (VS. RHB : 5, VS. LHB : 3, Talent Average) Avoiding Doubles : 4 (VS. RHB : 4, VS. LHB : 4, Talent Average) Avoiding Homeruns : 6 (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Average) Avoiding BB's : 7 (VS. RHB : 7, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Average) Getting Strikeouts : 2 (VS. RHB : 2, VS. LHB : 3, Talent Average) Throwing Velocity : 5 Pitch Assortment : , Fastball, Changeup, Curveball
PITCHING STATS : Category ERA W L S G GS IP HA R ER BB K Overall 5.14 2 1 0 6 6 28.0 37 17 16 13 11 At Home 6.23 1 1 0 4 4 17.1 27 13 12 7 10 Away 3.38 1 0 0 2 2 10.2 10 4 4 6 1 Last Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 This Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr/Mar 5.59 0 0 0 2 2 9.2 14 7 6 5 2 May 4.91 2 1 0 4 4 18.1 23 10 10 8 9 June 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 July 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 August 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
CAREER STATS : YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS 1994 2.32 2 0 0 19 0 0 31.0 8 16 11 MIL 1995 10.29 0 1 0 5 0 0 7.0 8 8 6 MIL 1996 9.56 0 2 0 11 0 0 16.0 17 5 6 MIL 1997 3.79 7 10 0 29 2 1 159.0 67 53 80 MIL 1998 6.75 2 2 0 7 0 0 32.0 24 9 11 ML4 2000 4.03 14 7 0 36 1 0 145.0 65 64 70 BAL 2001 5.82 8 17 0 33 2 0 184.0 119 63 123 BAL 2002 5.72 9 10 0 29 0 0 151.0 96 35 67 BAL,CLE Total ERA : 5.02 Total Wins : 44 Total Losses: 50 Total Saves : 0 Total SHO : 1 Total CG : 5 Total K's : 385 Total BB's : 266
PLAYER HISTORY
Injured on 5/18/2003 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season...