Henry Mercedes
Dominican baseball player (born 1969)
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Henry Felipe Mercedes Pérez (born July 23, 1969) is a Dominican former professional baseball catcher. He played in parts of five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), all in the American League.
| Henry Mercedes | |
|---|---|
| Catcher | |
| Born: July 23, 1969 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 22, 1992, for the Oakland Athletics | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 21, 1997, for the Texas Rangers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .247 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 17 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
After making his MLB debut with the Oakland Athletics during the 1992 season, batting 4-for-5 with a triple in nine games played, he again played for the Athletics in 1993, followed by stints with the Kansas City Royals during 1995–1996 and with the Texas Rangers in 1997.[1] Overall, Mercedes played in 79 major-league games, compiling a .247 batting average with 17 runs batted in (RBIs).[1] In Minor League Baseball, his career spanned 1988 to 2000, where he played in 828 games while batting .224 with 44 home runs and 309 RBIs.[2] He also played in the Mexican League during 2002 and 2003, and briefly in the Dominican Winter League in 2006–07.[2]
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