How Orlando Mercado's Total Chances Compares to Similar Players

Orlando Mercado totaled 1,241 career Total Chances, above the league average of 1,110.3 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Total Chances season came in 1983, posting 371, well above the league average of 177.4 that year. The lowest point came in 1982 at 32, well below the league average of 178.5 that year. The Total Chances trended upward through the final seasons. The Total Chances total went from 49 in 1988 to 82 in 1989 and 250 in 1990, rising over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Total Chances profile — ranging from 32 to 371 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Orlando Mercado Lifetime Total Chances

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Orlando Mercado Total Chances Per Season

Orlando Mercado's Total Chances 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 Total Chances per season line chart

Orlando Mercado Total Chances by Team

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

Orlando Mercado Cumulative Total Chances — Career Progression

A running total of Orlando Mercado's career Total Chances, 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.
Orlando Mercado Total Chances year-over-year waterfall chart

Orlando Mercado Total Chances Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Orlando Mercado's seasonal Total Chances 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 Total Chances distribution box chart versus comparable players

Orlando Mercado Total Chances — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Orlando Mercado's MLB career with Total Chances 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 Total Chances season-by-season breakdown table