{{Short description|Dominican baseball player (1968–2019)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Luis Mercedes |position=Outfielder |image=Luis Mercedes.jpg |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1968|2|15}} |birth_place=San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic |death_date={{Death date and age|2019|6|30|1968|2|15}} |death_place=San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 8 |debutyear={{Baseball year|1991}} |debutteam=Baltimore Orioles |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 23 |finalyear={{Baseball year|1993}} |finalteam=San Francisco Giants |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.190 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=9 |teams= *Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1991}}–{{mlby|1993}}) *San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1993}}) }}

'''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 {{baseball year|1991}} to {{baseball year|1993}}.

==Career== He began his professional career in 1988 with the Bluefield Orioles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Luis Mercedes Minor League Statistics & History|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=merced004lui|accessdate=23 September 2014|publisher=Baseball-reference.com}}</ref>

After his time in the major leagues, Mercedes played with the Leones de Yucatan and Olmecas de Tabasco of the Mexican League and the Calgary Cannons of the Pacific Coast League in 1995 and 1996. He died on June 30, 2019, in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic due to complications from diabetes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Funerales de Luis Mercedes serán en Estadio Tetelo Vargas |date=July 2019 |url=https://www.estrellasorientales.com.do/2019/07/01/funerales-de-luis-mercedes-seran-en-estadio-tetelo-vargas/ |accessdate=3 July 2019 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Falleció exjugador de Grandes Ligas Luis Mercedes |url=https://www.elcaribe.com.do/2019/06/30/destacado/muere-exjugador-de-grandes-ligas-luis-mercedes/ |website=El Caribe |accessdate=3 July 2019 |language=es-ES |date=30 June 2019}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *Johnson, Lloyd and Wolff, Miles, editors: ''Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball.'' Durham, N.C. Publisher: Baseball America, 2007. Format: Hardback, 767 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-932391-17-6}}

==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=m/mercelu01|brm=merced004lui}}

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