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Frank
Fernandez		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 207
 
Born: April 16, 1943 in Usa, NY, STATEN ISLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1968   
Gold Glove 1971    1976    1977   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1967 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
1968 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 4 9 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1969 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 9 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1970 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 9 8 9 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1971 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1972 29 SEM AL $ 3,178,571   4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1973 30 CLN NL $ 3,178,571   4 4 4 8 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1974 31 CLN NL $ 3,178,571   4 4 4 8 7 7 7 6 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
1975 32 CLN NL $ 3,150,000   4 4 5 8 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
1976 33 CLN NL $ 3,150,000   4 4 5 8 7 7 6 5 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1977 34 CLN NL $ 3,150,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 6 5 6 10 10 10 5 5 5
1978 35 OAK AL $ 3,150,000   2 2 2 2 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
1979 36 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,178,571   4 4 5 9 8 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1967 24 SEM AL 15 40 6 10 2 0 4 9 0 1 10 9 .250 .400 .600 1.000 8.8 2.1
    AA   54 194 41 50 5 0 25 56 1 1 54 72 .258 .419 .670 1.089 54.0  
    A   81 265 70 66 7 2 23 64 0 1 105 99 .249 .462 .551 1.013 73.5  
1968 25 SEM AL 73 190 30 24 4 0 10 23 0 0 40 66 .126 .278 .305 .583 21.2 2.0
1969 26 SEM AL 75 196 30 33 4 2 10 32 1 0 47 64 .168 .325 .362 .687 29.1 5.0
1970 27 SEM AL 67 143 31 27 3 0 15 35 1 0 47 43 .189 .393 .524 .917 32.0 7.3
    AAA   29 108 32 27 7 0 11 36 0 0 31 34 .250 .417 .620 1.038 28.1  
1971 28 SEM AL 146 479 97 100 17 3 28 80 1 1 120 143 .209 .367 .432 .799 84.4 15.4
1972 29 SEM AL 140 449 79 89 20 3 19 65 1 0 102 123 .198 .345 .383 .728 66.4 9.4
1973 30 SEM AL 70 181 38 45 9 0 7 31 2 0 56 57 .249 .421 .414 .836 37.6 7.3
  CLN NL 22 66 17 15 2 0 4 14 1 0 23 11 .227 .429 .439 .868 15.0 3.3
  TOT   92 247 55 60 11 0 11 45 3 0 79 68 .243 .423 .421 .844 52.6 10.6
    AA   29 91 19 22 4 2 9 20 0 0 25 24 .242 .405 .626 1.032 23.3  
1974 31 CLN NL 132 469 84 94 22 2 24 73 0 0 99 132 .200 .338 .409 .747 70.7 11.8
1975 32 CLN NL 140 455 61 69 20 1 11 56 0 1 115 148 .152 .321 .273 .594 49.4 2.5
1976 33 CLN NL 142 483 65 103 21 0 19 67 0 0 84 119 .213 .332 .375 .707 62.4 7.7
1977 34 CLN NL 148 419 77 88 11 4 25 83 1 0 104 112 .210 .366 .434 .800 73.3 16.0
1978 35 CLN NL 70 232 36 42 8 0 8 26 1 0 47 55 .181 .320 .319 .639 28.6 3.2
  OAK AL 13 27 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .037 .071 .037 .108 -1.9 0.0
  TOT   83 259 36 43 8 0 8 27 1 0 48 64 .166 .298 .290 .588 26.6 3.2
    A   53 163 26 37 10 0 7 28 0 0 66 32 .227 .450 .417 .867 37.6  
1979 36 OAK AL 28 49 6 8 3 1 0 5 0 0 9 13 .163 .293 .265 .558 4.1 0.1
13 Years Sim 1281 3878 657 748 146 16 184 600 9 3 904 1104 .193 .345 .381 .726 581.1 93.1
1 Years AAA 29 108 32 27 7 0 11 36 0 0 31 34 .250 .418 .620 1.039 28.1  
2 Years AA 83 285 60 72 9 2 34 76 1 1 79 96 .253 .413 .656 1.069 77.3  
2 Years A 134 428 96 103 17 2 30 92 0 1 171 131 .241 .459 .500 .959 111.1  
5 Years Minors 246 821 188 202 33 4 75 204 1 2 281 261 .246 .438 .570 1.008 216.6  
162 Game Average 490 83 94 18 2 23 75 1 0 114 139 .193 .345 .381 .726 73.5  
Career Highs 148 483 97 103 22 4 28 83 3 1 120 148 .250 .423 .600 1.000 84.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2313 386 435 92 7 100 326 2 2 492 648 .188 .331 .364 .694 322.2
vs LH   1565 271 313 54 9 84 274 7 1 412 456 .200 .365 .407 .772 273.0
Home 636 1874 333 369 69 7 85 299 7 1 445 533 .197 .350 .377 .727 291.1
Away 645 2004 324 379 77 9 99 301 2 2 459 571 .189 .340 .385 .725 304.1
RISP   1056 0 206 30 4 55 423 0 0 287 310 .195 .358 .387 .746 179.4
Pinch Hitting   67 12 18 3 0 5 23 0 0 24 16 .269 .467 .537 1.005 17.8
Close/Late   498 66 80 8 1 21 68 0 0 133 152 .161 .338 .307 .645 67.1
Mar/Apr 211 664 105 136 31 1 23 91 0 0 141 183 .205 .343 .358 .702 94.2
May 239 740 124 133 27 3 34 114 1 0 182 218 .180 .339 .362 .701 109.8
June 234 703 112 109 21 6 33 103 3 1 174 220 .155 .323 .343 .666 95.7
July 196 579 103 120 19 1 33 94 2 1 134 169 .207 .356 .415 .771 97.3
August 186 550 93 114 27 3 24 83 1 0 122 151 .207 .347 .398 .745 86.9
Sep/Oct 215 642 120 136 21 2 37 115 2 1 151 163 .212 .366 .424 .789 111.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1967 24 SEM AL C 13 13 101.0 65 1 0 0 1.000 5.88 6 1 .167 0 0.4
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 25 SEM AL C 64 62 559.0 378 36 2 0 .995 6.67 38 19 .500 2 3.7
    3B 3 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1969 26 SEM AL C 71 60 555.7 427 22 1 0 .998 7.27 47 15 .319 0 3.4
    3B 4 0 7.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1970 27 SEM AL C 54 43 405.3 272 12 0 0 1.000 6.31 26 7 .269 0 2.0
    3B 11 1 29.7 2 10 0 0 1.000 3.64 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1971 28 SEM AL C 129 126 1140.0 825 67 10 0 .989 7.04 112 45 .402 2 6.6
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 29 SEM AL C 137 136 1220.0 871 61 7 0 .993 6.88 106 42 .396 3 8.4
    3B 5 0 7.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1973 30 SEM AL C 54 49 423.9 287 22 3 1 .990 6.56 34 15 .441 2 2.9
    3B 10 3 37.1 2 8 1 3 .909 2.43 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CLN NL C 17 16 159.4 108 8 1 0 .991 6.55 13 6 .462 1 0.6
    3B 3 1 13.9 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.59 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   C 71 65 583.3 395 30 4 1 .991 6.56 47 21 .447 3 3.5
      3B 13 4 51.0 3 11 1 4 .933 2.47   0.2
1974 31 CLN NL C 128 124 1111.3 653 48 7 4 .990 5.68 70 25 .357 5 4.4
    3B 2 1 11.0 2 1 1 0 .750 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 32 CLN NL C 131 131 1135.3 622 48 4 0 .994 5.31 80 28 .350 4 7.4
    3B 5 1 18.0 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 2 18.0 4 0 1 0 .800 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 33 CLN NL C 136 130 1166.3 681 53 6 3 .992 5.66 86 33 .384 7 7.3
    CF 3 3 29.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.24 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 34 CLN NL C 135 125 1148.3 641 68 6 1 .992 5.56 102 47 .461 3 8.1
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 35 CLN NL C 62 62 548.6 314 32 6 0 .983 5.68 46 17 .370 2 1.8
    3B 8 1 20.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  OAK AL C 12 12 53.7 31 3 1 0 .971 5.70 5 2 .400 0 0.4
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 74 74 602.3 345 35 7 0 .982 5.68 51 19 .373 2 2.2
      3B 9 1 22.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
1979 36 OAK AL C 13 13 110.3 36 4 0 1 1.000 3.26 9 2 .222 0 0.5
    3B 13 0 23.3 2 6 0 1 1.000 3.09 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1156 1102 9838.2 6211 485 54 10 .992 6.13 780 304 .390 31 57.8
  3B 71 8 181.0 17 41 2 5 .967 2.88 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  CF 5 5 47.0 8 0 1 0 .889 1.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1232 1115 10066.2 6236 526 57 15 .992 6.05 780 304 .390 31 58.7
Career Highs   142 136 1227.0 872 68 10 5 1.000 7.25 112 47 .500 7  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1968 25 SEM AL 12 35 8 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 6 11 .200 .317 .314 .631
1969 26 SEM AL 7 18 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 7 .222 .417 .444 .861
1970 27 SEM AL 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000
1971 28 SEM AL 17 59 4 8 2 0 2 8 0 0 10 20 .136 .261 .271 .532
1972 29 SEM AL 13 26 5 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 11 9 .192 .432 .385 .817
1973 30 CLN NL 5 19 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 .211 .286 .316 .602
1974 31 CLN NL 5 20 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .050 .095 .050 .145
1975 32 CLN NL 5 16 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .125 .211 .250 .461
1977 34 CLN NL 6 22 3 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 6 7 .182 .345 .364 .708
Career Post-Season Batting 73 228 26 35 9 1 6 20 0 0 44 82 .154 .288 .281 .569
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1971-10-.367
 Runs
1971-7-97
 Homeruns
1971-5-28
1974-9-24
1977-6-25
 Walks
1971-2-120
1972-4-102
1974-2-99
1975-1-115
1977-4-104
 Strikeouts
1971-7-143
1974-3-132
1975-1-148
1976-6-119
1977-6-112
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Charlie Sands (916)
  2. Gary Carter (914)
  3. Andy Seminick (892)
  4. Johnny Romano (886)
  5. Lance Parrish (880)
  6. Gus Triandos (876)
  7. Darrell Porter (852)
  8. Duke Sims (844)
  9. Bob Chance (839)
  10. Joe Lefebvre (838)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Seattle in 1967
Had first career hit (double) on 9/4/1967, off George Brunet (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/23/1967, off Mickey Lolich (OAK)
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1968
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 8/27/1971
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1971
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle to Cleveland (N) on 7/31/1973 (Going to CLN: C Frank Fernandez. Going to SEM: P Jack Dilauro)
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 4/24/1974
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1974, hitting .417 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
7/1/1974: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $3,150,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1976
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1977
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Oakland on 7/1/1978 (Going to OAK: C Frank Fernandez, P Manny Sarmiento. Going to CLN: P Steve Carlton, DH Rick Monday, C Rene Lachemann)
Injured on 9/30/1978 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 5/1/1979 to a minor league deal
 
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