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Jordy Mercer

Pirates Career team 2012–2018
Number #27
Position Shortstop
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 40
Height 6' 3"
Weight 210 lbs
Birth Place Taloga, OK
Born Aug 27, 1986

Key Insights

2021
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Mercer hits Mike Montgomery harder than anyone: 96.2 mph off the bat, against a median of 87.5 across the pitchers he has faced.

13 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He is a different player against this opponent

Mercer carries a .696 career OPS; against Jimmy Nelson it is .232, over 22 plate appearances.

2 for 21 with 0 home runs.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Mercer more often than Jon Lester: 36 plate appearances, in which Mercer has hit .294/.306/.500.

10 hits, 1 home run and 4 strikeouts across 36 plate appearances.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Mercer cannot get the barrel to Zack Wheeler: 73.7 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 87.5 across the pitchers he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the NYY, Mercer has hit .305 and slugged .593 over 66 plate appearances, his best of any club.

18 hits, 4 home runs and 10 strikeouts, against a .379 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
One opponent he has never solved, not once

Mercer has never got a hit off Matt Harvey: 0 for 9 across 9 plate appearances.

3 strikeouts and 0 walks in those 9 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Aug 27, 1986
Birth Place Taloga, OK
Height 6' 3"
Weight 210 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Oklahoma State