Juan Mercado
Retired
Juan Mercado
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Birthdate:
March 22, 1928 (44 y, 4 m, 22 d)
Born In:
Caracas, DIS, VEN
Nationality:
Venezuelan
Position:
LF
Bats/Throws:
L/L
Height/Weight:
6'1"/224
Entry:
1950 Draft - Round: 2, Overall: 41, Team: Toronto Blue Jays
Contract:
Free Agent
ML Service Time:
None
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Player Awards
Award Date Team
MVP / Batter of the Year 1954 (2nd) New Hampshire (PUBAAA)
Rookie of the Year 1955 Toronto (PUB)
All-Star 1963 Toronto (PUB)
1961 Toronto (PUB)
1960 Toronto (PUB)
1954 New Hampshire (PUBAAA)
1951 Buffalo (PUBAA)
Gold Glove 1960 - LF Toronto (PUB)
Silver Slugger 1964 - LF Kansas City (PUB)
1962 - LF Toronto (PUB)
1961 - LF Toronto (PUB)
1960 - LF Toronto (PUB)
Batter of the Month Jul 1956 Toronto (PUB)
Jul 1954 New Hampshire (PUBAAA)
Rookie of the Month Oct 1955 Toronto (PUB)
Sep 1955 Toronto (PUB)
Jul 1955 Toronto (PUB)
Jun 1955 Toronto (PUB)
May 1955 Toronto (PUB)
Player of the Week Sep 28, 1964 Kansas City (PUB)
Aug 24, 1964 Kansas City (PUB)
Jul 22, 1963 Toronto (PUB)
May 27, 1963 Toronto (PUB)
Jul 13, 1959 Toronto (PUB)
Aug 11, 1958 Toronto (PUB)
Jun 11, 1956 Toronto (PUB)
Sep 6, 1954 New Hampshire (PUBAAA)
Apr 20, 1953 New Hampshire (PUBAAA)
Apr 14, 1952 Buffalo (PUBAA)
Hall of Fame Metrics
Metric Score
Black Ink17
Grey Ink129
Similar Players (LF)
Player Score
Yoon-tae Yi 868
Jorge Soto 860
Albie Pearson 833
Pete Osborne 829
Dave Conner 788
Rich Brisebois 784
Reynaldo Villanueva 783
Grisha Nersesiants 779
Claudio Rosatorres 771
Matt Madison 762
Note: See Baseball Reference formula (primary position)
Leaderboard Appearances
Year GS Rank
1957 153 5
Year PA Rank
1955 729 3
1956 730 1
1957 735 1
1958 706 3
1962 655 9
1965 678 7
Year AB Rank
1956 631 5
1957 627 6
1958 617 9
Year Hits Rank
1955 213 4
1956 231 1
1957 216 5
1958 220 2
1959 219 3
1960 214 4
1961 195 8
1962 192 6
1963 206 10
1964 204 6
Year TB Rank
1956 321 6
Year 2B Rank
1955 46 2
1956 45 4
1958 44 3
1959 49 3
1960 46 3
1961 37 5
1963 38 7
1964 34 9
1965 35 6
Year R Rank
1956 122 2
1957 107 5
1962 101 6
Year BB Rank
1955 103 3
1956 85 4
1957 96 1
1958 78 5
1959 88 3
1960 89 7
1961 91 3
1962 96 1
1963 77 9
1964 96 2
1965 107 1
Year IBB Rank
1955 13 4
1957 17 2
1958 11 3
1959 13 3
1960 13 5
1961 10 8
1964 6 8
1965 14 1
Year HBP Rank
1957 9 5
1962 9 10
Year SF Rank
1965 7 3
Year Avg Rank
1955 0.349 2
1956 0.366 1
1957 0.345 4
1958 0.357 2
1959 0.394 1
1960 0.368 2
1961 0.347 4
1962 0.354 2
1963 0.354 4
1964 0.355 2
1965 0.323 10
Year OBP Rank
1955 0.444 2
1956 0.443 1
1957 0.437 1
1958 0.433 2
1959 0.476 1
1960 0.453 1
1961 0.441 1
1962 0.458 1
1963 0.434 3
1964 0.450 1
1965 0.436 2
Year OPS Rank
1955 0.935 7
1956 0.951 2
1957 0.882 10
1959 0.992 4
1960 0.950 7
1961 0.923 7
1962 0.918 7
1964 0.944 5
Year G Rank
1955 160 4
1957 155 3
1958 151 8
Year WAR Rank
1956 6.4 3
1959 7.1 1
1960 6.6 5
1962 5.6 7
1964 5.9 10