Orlando Merced

{{short description|Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1966)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Orlando Merced

|position=Right fielder / First baseman

|bats=Switch

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1966|11|2}}

|birth_place=Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 27

|debutyear=1990

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|debut2league = NPB

|debut2date=June 3

|debut2year=2000

|debut2team=Orix BlueWave

|final2league = MLB

|final2date=October 1

|final2year=2003

|final2team=Houston Astros

|finalleague = NPB

|finaldate=July 30

|finalyear=2000

|finalteam=Orix BlueWave

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.277

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=103

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=585

|stat2league = NPB

|stat21label=Batting average

|stat21value=.225

|stat22label=Home runs

|stat22value=2

|stat23label=Runs batted in

|stat23value=15

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1990}}–{{mlby|1996}})
• Toronto Blue Jays ({{mlby|1997}})
• Minnesota Twins ({{mlby|1998}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1998}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1998}})
• Montreal Expos ({{mlby|1999}})
• Orix BlueWave ({{npby|2000}})
• Houston Astros ({{mlby|2001}}–{{mlby|2003}})

}}

Orlando Luis Merced Villanueva (born November 2, 1966) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder. He played all or parts of 13 seasons in the majors for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1990–1996), Toronto Blue Jays (1997), Minnesota Twins (1998), Boston Red Sox (1998), Chicago Cubs (1998), Montreal Expos (1999), and Houston Astros (2001–2003). He also played one season for the Orix BlueWave (2000) in Japan.