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Keith
Hernandez		  
Nickname: Mex
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 20, 1953 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1986   
Gold Glove 1975    1976    1977    1978    1979   
All-Star Selections 1981    1983   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 20 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 7 8 8 7 7 7
1975 21 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8
1976 22 DET AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 7 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8
1977 23 DET AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 8 8 8 8 8
1978 24 DET AL $ 2,385,714   10 10 9 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 8 8 8 8 8
1979 25 DET AL $ 3,478,571   10 10 9 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 8 7 8 8 8
1980 26 DET AL $ 3,478,571   10 10 9 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 8 7 8 8 8
1981 27 DET AL $ 5,230,000   10 10 9 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 8 7 7 8 8
1982 28 DET AL $ 5,230,000   10 10 9 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 8 7 7 8 8
1983 29 DET AL $ 5,230,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 8 9 9 6 7 7 7 7 7
1984 30 DET AL $ 5,500,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 8 9 9 5 6 6 6 7 7
1985 31 TAM AL $ 5,500,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 8 9 9 5 6 6 6 7 7
1986 32 TAM AL $ 5,500,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 8 9 9 5 6 5 6 7 7
1987 33 TAM AL $ 5,500,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 8 9 9 5 6 5 6 7 7
1988 34 DET AL $ 4,509,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 3 3 5 5 5
1989 35 KCR AL $ 4,509,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 2 3 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 2 3 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000   10 10 9 4 4 4 8 9 9 7 8 8 8 8 8
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
1974 20 DET AL 63 211 31 56 14 5 5 40 3 1 25 28 .265 .345 .450 .795 30.8 5.3
    AAA   79 279 56 93 21 2 15 53 7 1 57 30 .333 .446 .584 1.031 68.8  
1975 21 DET AL 153 547 71 151 38 2 10 52 6 2 87 72 .276 .377 .408 .785 84.8 14.6
1976 22 DET AL 156 569 78 165 45 2 8 74 10 5 78 65 .290 .375 .418 .793 89.6 16.6
1977 23 DET AL 156 572 68 155 32 4 5 67 11 12 63 57 .271 .343 .367 .710 66.8 10.5
1978 24 DET AL 153 586 75 179 51 3 10 75 4 6 65 46 .305 .375 .454 .829 90.4 17.1
1979 25 DET AL 153 596 86 174 30 7 8 60 5 7 77 58 .292 .373 .406 .779 89.1 16.7
1980 26 DET AL 153 603 79 174 35 10 14 89 5 6 66 67 .289 .356 .449 .806 87.5 14.9
1981 27 DET AL 154 579 85 173 34 5 11 78 3 6 59 53 .299 .363 .432 .795 84.4 17.7
1982 28 DET AL 152 580 81 166 42 6 7 67 6 2 65 54 .286 .355 .416 .771 85.9 18.8
1983 29 DET AL 148 556 81 177 48 6 9 83 2 5 59 59 .318 .381 .475 .856 91.0 19.3
1984 30 DET AL 154 612 78 181 44 5 12 81 6 7 54 71 .296 .353 .443 .796 89.0 20.1
1985 31 TAM AL 154 598 74 183 41 6 8 74 1 3 61 88 .306 .369 .435 .804 87.0 18.2
1986 32 TAM AL 157 627 93 193 50 4 9 78 1 4 60 75 .308 .367 .443 .810 90.5 18.0
1987 33 TAM AL 156 595 98 180 45 3 15 82 0 0 62 104 .303 .367 .464 .831 93.0 18.9
1988 34 DET AL 62 238 25 68 21 1 1 42 1 1 12 43 .286 .317 .395 .712 28.6 4.4
    AAA   57 229 20 62 8 1 3 22 1 0 16 29 .271 .318 .354 .672 25.7  
1989 35 AAA   137 537 59 179 13 3 9 39 5 7 35 107 .333 .374 .419 .793 78.6  
15 Years Sim 2124 8069 1103 2375 570 69 132 1042 64 67 893 940 .294 .364 .431 .795 1188.3 231.1
3 Years AAA 273 1045 135 334 42 6 27 114 13 8 108 166 .320 .385 .449 .833 173.1  
162 Game Average 615 84 181 43 5 10 79 4 5 68 71 .294 .364 .431 .795 90.6  
Career Highs 157 627 98 193 51 10 15 89 11 12 87 104 .318 .381 .475 .856 93.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5931 845 1802 430 52 96 760 46 57 703 640 .304 .377 .442 .819 946.6
vs LH   2138 258 573 140 17 36 282 18 10 190 300 .268 .327 .400 .727 274.7
Home 1062 3932 536 1178 303 38 61 488 30 36 434 465 .300 .369 .443 .811 610.6
Away 1062 4137 567 1197 267 31 71 554 34 31 459 475 .289 .359 .420 .779 610.7
RISP   1985 0 572 125 20 31 830 0 0 246 240 .288 .360 .418 .778 301.4
Pinch Hitting   97 7 20 3 1 1 15 1 0 6 12 .206 .248 .289 .536 7.0
Close/Late   965 106 275 63 6 13 115 0 0 93 116 .285 .346 .403 .749 132.2
Mar/Apr 336 1266 149 364 93 11 17 146 16 4 147 157 .288 .361 .419 .779 189.4
May 373 1432 212 445 112 16 21 184 7 8 148 171 .311 .375 .455 .830 229.8
June 352 1367 182 376 97 9 20 193 13 8 136 160 .275 .340 .403 .743 183.9
July 334 1278 178 387 102 16 26 160 6 17 144 131 .303 .372 .469 .841 208.1
August 371 1392 174 381 82 6 23 163 9 16 167 161 .274 .350 .391 .741 189.6
Sep/Oct 358 1334 208 422 84 11 25 196 13 14 151 160 .316 .386 .452 .838 220.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 20 DET AL 1B 58 57 488.0 633 58 2 41 .997 12.74   1.6
1975 21 DET AL 1B 152 147 1332.0 1621 137 9 174 .995 11.88   3.2
1976 22 DET AL 1B 154 146 1304.3 1670 118 6 142 .997 12.34   2.9
1977 23 DET AL 1B 154 151 1316.0 1740 118 11 147 .994 12.71   3.1
1978 24 DET AL 1B 152 146 1296.7 1727 128 16 149 .991 12.88   1.8
1979 25 DET AL 1B 153 149 1332.0 1721 132 12 148 .994 12.52   2.5
1980 26 DET AL 1B 152 149 1351.0 1668 128 14 145 .992 11.96   2.8
1981 27 DET AL 1B 152 147 1303.7 1658 110 8 152 .995 12.21   3.4
1982 28 DET AL 1B 150 148 1322.0 1609 98 17 147 .990 11.62   2.3
1983 29 DET AL 1B 147 131 1185.7 1408 93 7 103 .995 11.39   2.7
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1984 30 DET AL 1B 151 146 1310.0 1599 116 11 134 .994 11.78   2.8
1985 31 TAM AL 1B 151 143 1303.0 1624 132 9 129 .995 12.13   2.9
    SS 1 0 7.0 0 3 1 0 .750 3.86   0.0
1986 32 TAM AL 1B 155 151 1342.0 1714 140 16 142 .991 12.43   3.1
1987 33 TAM AL 1B 156 146 1302.3 1596 145 16 135 .991 12.03   2.7
1988 34 DET AL 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 2037 1957 17488.6 21988 1653 154 1888 .994 12.17   37.7
  SS 1 0 7.0 0 3 1 0 .750 3.86   0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2040 1957 17498.6 21989 1656 155 1888 .993 12.16   37.7
Career Highs   156 151 1351.0 1740 145 17 174 .997 12.88    
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
1980 26 DET AL 17 72 7 22 4 0 0 7 1 1 3 6 .306 .329 .361 .690
1981 27 DET AL 19 80 8 18 4 1 0 5 0 0 5 9 .225 .271 .300 .571
1982 28 DET AL 7 26 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .231 .333 .269 .603
1983 29 DET AL 7 31 6 8 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 .258 .286 .419 .705
1985 31 TAM AL 10 43 6 12 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 4 .279 .311 .419 .730
1986 32 TAM AL 18 74 15 16 7 0 0 11 0 0 4 8 .216 .266 .311 .577
1987 33 TAM AL 5 19 3 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .316 .350 .579 .929
Career Post-Season Batting 83 345 51 88 23 1 3 35 1 1 20 34 .255 .297 .354 .651
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.
Batting Average
1983-3-.318
1986-9-.308
 On-Base Pct
1976-10-.375
1979-6-.373
1983-9-.381
 OPS
1980-10-.806
1983-8-.856
 XR
1979-8-89.1
 Games
1976-6-156
1977-3-156
1986-2-157
1987-2-156
 At-Bats
1979-8-596
1984-9-612
1986-3-627
Runs
1979-8-86
1986-7-93
1987-9-98
 Hits
1979-9-174
1983-9-177
1984-7-181
1985-5-183
1986-3-193
1987-8-180
CAR-48-2375
 Total Bases
1980-8-271
1984-7-271
1986-10-278
 Singles
1985-8-128
1986-9-130
 Doubles
1975-6-38
1976-2-45
1978-2-51
1980-7-35
1982-3-42
1983-2-48
1984-2-44
1985-7-41
1986-2-50
1987-5-45
CAR-14-570
 Triples
1979-9-7
1980-5-10
Walks
1979-10-77
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 66    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Detroit in 1974
Injured on 5/24/1974 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/5/1974, off Tommy John (BOS)
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1975
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1976
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,385,714 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1978
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,478,571 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1979
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,478,571 through salary arbitration
10/4/1980: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,230,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1983, hitting .469 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
6/1/1983: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 6/6/1983
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Traded from Detroit to Tampa Bay on 2/7/1985 (Going to DET: 3B Kevin Bell. Going to TAM: P Balor Moore, 1B Keith Hernandez)
Had 2000th career hit on 6/3/1986, off Eduardo Rodriguez (PHN)
Won World Championship with Tampa Bay in 1986
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1987, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/5/1988 to a 4-year deal worth $4,509,000 per year
Traded from Detroit to Kansas City on 7/31/1989 (Going to DET: P Bill Landrum. Going to KCR: RF Cesar Cedeno, DH Keith Hernandez, P Joe Hesketh)
 
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