#72 Cesar Mercado, Closer, 35 yrs, Philadelphia Phillies

#72 Cesar Mercado, Closer, 35 yrs, Philadelphia Phillies
Friday, 10/27/2079

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Cesar Mercado

10/16/2044
35
Venezuela
6"1
175

Closer
L
R

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3 / 6 (Well Known)
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Normal
Prone
4.5 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 4,000,000
2079
9 Year(s), 0 Days (1548 total Days)
172 Day(s)
11 Year(s)
Not eligible

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	76	85	85	91-94 Mph
Versus LHB	76	83	85
Versus RHB	76	86	85
Talent	82	92	85

Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
Groundball Pct. :
Holding Runners :

39
49
1

Pitches:
Fastball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	29	3	20	21
Versus LHP	1	29	3	20	21
Versus RHP	1	29	3	20	21
Talent	1	29	3	20	21

Running & Bunting Ratings
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32
40
3
1
Normal

Fielding Ratings
P : 53 (Range), .971 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 3
Outfield Arm : 14

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
9/12	@ATL	W 8-7		1.2	3	1	1	0	2	SV
9/21	ATL	W 5-4		2	1	0	0	0	0
9/22	WSH	W 4-3		2	1	0	0	0	1	W
9/27	@NYN	W 5-4		1.1	0	0	0	0	1	W
9/29	@WSH	W 7-5		1.2	0	0	0	0	2	SV
9/30	@WSH	W 4-3		1.2	0	0	0	1	0	SV
10/1	@WSH	W 5-3		1.2	0	0	0	0	1	SV
10/4	COL	W 6-4		1.2	0	0	0	0	2	W
10/5	COL	L 2-3		1	2	2	2	0	0	L
10/8	@COL	W 4-3		2	3	1	1	0	2	W

Pitching Stats 2079

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	59	0	8	1	39	1.42	76.0	55	12	12	12	61	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	59	0	8	1	39	1.42	76.0	55	12	12	12	61

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	43	4	90.7	59	54	7.9	6.5	7.2	1.4	0	0	.0	37	11	29.7	1.53

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	99	24	7	2	2	8	5	2	24	0	0	0	.242	.252	.414	.667
vs. RHB	170	31	7	0	1	13	7	10	37	0	0	0	.182	.228	.241	.469

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	32	0	5	1	18	2.09	43.0	33	10	10	9	33
Road	27	0	3	0	21	0.55	33.0	22	2	2	3	28
Postseason	3	0	2	1	0	5.79	4.2	5	3	3	0	4
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	10	0	2	0	7	1.59	11.1	8	2	2	1	9
May	13	0	3	0	8	0.60	15.0	12	1	1	5	16
June	7	0	0	0	6	2.25	8.0	5	2	2	1	8
July	12	0	1	0	7	1.98	13.2	11	3	3	2	13
August	7	0	0	1	5	2.45	11.0	13	3	3	2	4
Sept./Oct.	10	0	2	0	6	0.53	17.0	6	1	1	1	11

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
2071	38	0	1	3	0	5.47	54.1	53	33	33	6	28	43	0	0	1.49	.309	ARI
2072	26	0	2	2	3	3.28	24.2	23	10	9	2	8	24	0	0	1.26	.304	ARI
2073	70	0	7	5	4	2.32	66.0	50	18	17	5	12	60	0	0	0.94	.257	ARI
2074	62	0	7	7	15	2.22	69.0	57	19	17	0	16	57	0	0	1.06	.298	ARI
2075	68	0	8	5	26	2.40	86.1	82	24	23	4	17	84	0	0	1.15	.324	ARI
2076	65	0	10	6	35	2.07	78.1	78	20	18	2	22	74	0	0	1.28	.336	ARI
2077	68	0	12	3	11	2.79	84.0	79	26	26	5	17	90	0	0	1.14	.327	ARI PHI
2078	71	0	11	6	48	3.31	92.1	99	37	34	3	16	94	0	0	1.25	.353	PHI
2079	59	0	8	1	39	1.42	76.0	55	12	12	3	12	61	0	0	0.88	.254	PHI
Total	527	0	66	38	181	2.70	631.0	576	199	189	30	148	587	0	0	1.15	.311

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
2068, A	32	0	1	4	0	4.46	36.1	35	18	18	3	27	17	0	0	1.71	.288
2069, A	26	0	1	3	0	5.71	34.2	49	23	22	4	29	28	0	0	2.25	.417
2069, AA	20	0	5	0	0	3.52	38.1	35	15	15	3	24	38	0	0	1.54	.317
2070, AA	20	1	2	1	0	4.12	19.2	16	9	9	4	13	23	0	0	1.47	.286
2070, AAA	2	0	0	0	0	2.45	3.2	4	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	1.91	.364

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
2071	3	0	0	0	0	9.82	3.2	3	4	4	4	3	0	0
2073	4	0	0	0	3	0.00	6.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0
2074	2	0	0	0	2	0.00	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0
2077	8	0	1	1	0	7.71	11.2	18	10	10	2	10	0	0
2078	2	0	0	1	1	18.00	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0
2079	3	0	2	1	0	5.79	4.2	5	3	3	0	4	0	0
Total	22	0	3	3	6	5.70	30.0	35	19	19	7	27	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2071	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI
2072	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI
2073	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI
2074	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI
2075	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI
2076	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI
2077	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI PHI
2078	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PHI
Total	468	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2079

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.917

76.0

1.42

Player History

Drafted in 13th round, 379th overall pick, by Arizona in 2068...
Earned first career win on 6/16/2071...
Injured on 4/20/2073 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks...
2/1/2074: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,200,000 through salary arbitration...
2/1/2075: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,325,714 through salary arbitration...
2/1/2076: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,325,714 through salary arbitration...
9/1/2076: Signed a contract extension with Arizona, $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Traded from Arizona to Philadelphia on 6/1/2077 (Going to ARI: P William Correa, P Alfred Peters, 1B Roque Velez, 3B Freeman Dowe. Going to PHI: P Jared Gant, P Cesar Mercado)...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
2075 - 26 - 9th
2076 - 35 - 2nd
2078 - 48 - 1st

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