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).

Merced was signed as an amateur free agent out of high school at the age of 17 by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1985.

[citation needed] He finished second in voting for 1991 National League Rookie of the Year, behind Jeff Bagwell.

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