How Hector Mercado's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Hector Mercado totaled 3 career Starts, well below the relief pitcher average of 11.5 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 4 seasons, the Starts arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Starts arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 0 to 3 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Hector Mercado Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Hector Mercado Starts Per Season

Hector Mercado's Starts for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Hector Mercado Starts per season line chart

Hector Mercado Starts by Team

Hector Mercado's career Starts totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Hector Mercado career Starts by team bar chart

Hector Mercado Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Hector Mercado's career Starts, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Hector Mercado Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Hector Mercado Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Hector Mercado's seasonal Starts alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Hector Mercado Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Hector Mercado Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Hector Mercado's MLB career with Starts alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Hector Mercado Starts season-by-season breakdown table