How Orlando Mercado's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Orlando Mercado posted a career Range Factor of 4.99, well above the league average of 3.1 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Range Factor season came in 1986, posting 5.89, well above the league average of 3.07 that year. The lowest point came in 1988 at 2.94, near the league average of 3.08 that year. The Range Factor trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.94 in 1988 to 4.32 in 1989 and 5.17 in 1990. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 8 seasons.

Orlando Mercado Lifetime Range Factor

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Orlando Mercado
Range Factor
Career4.988
Season Avg.4.988
162 Game Avg.4.988
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Orlando Mercado Range Factor Per Season

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

Orlando Mercado Range Factor by Team

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

Orlando Mercado Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Orlando Mercado's career Range Factor shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Orlando Mercado Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Orlando Mercado Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Orlando Mercado's seasonal Range Factor 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.
Orlando Mercado Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Orlando Mercado Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Orlando Mercado's MLB career with Range Factor 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.
Orlando Mercado Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table