Luis Roberto Mercedes Santana (February 15, 1968 – June 30, 2019) was a
Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the
Baltimore Orioles and
San Francisco Giants from to .
Career
He began his professional career in 1988 with the
Bluefield Orioles.
After his time in the major leagues, Mercedes played with the
Leones de Yucatan Leones may refer to:
* Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué, basketball team from Chile
* Sierra Leonean Leone, currency of Sierra Leone
* Leones (football team), from El Salvador
* , a city in Marcos Juárez Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina
* Le ...
and
Olmecas de Tabasco of the
Mexican League and the
Calgary Cannons of the
Pacific Coast League
The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Western United States. Along with the International League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A level, which is one grade bel ...
in 1995 and 1996. He died on June 30, 2019, in
San Pedro de Macoris,
Dominican Republic due to complications from
diabetes.
References
Further reading
*Johnson, Lloyd and Wolff, Miles, editors: ''Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball.'' Durham, N.C. Publisher:
Baseball America
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, 2007. Format: Hardback, 767 pp.
External links
1968 births
2019 deaths
Baltimore Orioles players
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States
Hagerstown Suns players
Major League Baseball outfielders
Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic
San Francisco Giants players
Baseball players from San Pedro de Macorís
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