Mark Merchant
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Mark Alan Merchant (born January 23, 1969) is a former professional baseball player whose career spanned ten seasons in minor league baseball, parts of one season in the Northern League, and one season in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. A highly rated prospect out of Oviedo High School, Merchant was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the second overall selection after Ken Griffey Jr. in the 1987 Major League Baseball draft. During the 1989 season, the Pirates traded Merchant to the Seattle Mariners as a part of a five-player deal.
Merchant was born on January 23, 1969, in Dunkirk, New York. He attended Oviedo High School in Oviedo, Florida, where he played baseball. He was named to the all-state team his junior year. In his senior season, Merchant had a batting average of .419 with seven doubles, two triples, five home runs, and 23 runs batted in (RBI). He successfully stole 48 bases out of 49 attempts, and was again named to the all-state team. Coaches from District 7 of the Florida Athletic Coaches Association named Merchant the Florida Player of the Year. According to the Orlando Sentinel, it wasn't "uncommon" to see dozens of scouts at Oviedo's games.
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