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Willie
Hernandez		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 14, 1954 in P.R., , AGUADA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1983    1988    1989   
All-Star Selections 1987    1988   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1977 22 PHN NL   6 7 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 6
1978 23 PHN NL $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 7
1979 24 PHN NL $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 7 6 7 8 7 7
1980 25 PHN NL $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 7 6 7 8 7 8
1981 26 PHN NL $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 7 6 7 8 7 7
1982 27 PHN NL $ 4,428,571 6 7 6 6 8 7 7 8 7 7
1983 28 PHN NL $ 4,428,571 6 8 7 7 8 7 8 8 7 7
1984 29 PHN NL $ 5,621,429 6 8 7 7 9 8 8 9 8 8
1985 30 LAD NL $ 12,000,000 6 8 7 7 9 9 9 9 8 8
1986 31 LAD NL $ 12,000,000 6 8 7 7 9 9 9 9 8 8
1987 32 LAD NL $ 12,000,000 6 8 7 7 9 9 9 9 8 8
1988 33 NYG NL $ 12,000,000 6 8 7 7 9 9 9 9 8 8
1989 34 NYG NL $ 13,000,000 6 7 6 6 9 9 9 9 8 8
1990 35 SDP NL $ 13,000,000 6 8 6 7 9 9 9 9 7 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 7 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 13,000,000 6 8 7 7 9 9 9 9 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1977 22 AAA   15 9 .625 31 31 4 2 0 218.3 243 69 12 56 170 2.84 .284 .328 .394 .722  
1978 23 PHN NL 7 15 .318 27 27 1 1 0 180.0 188 99 18 67 94 4.95 .266 .332 .423 .755 6.3
    AAA   1 5 .167 6 6 0 0 0 41.7 48 22 4 11 36 4.75 .289 .333 .446 .779  
1979 24 PHN NL 13 8 .619 30 30 3 2 0 199.3 191 95 17 77 109 4.29 .252 .324 .387 .710 10.2
1980 25 PHN NL 9 15 .375 32 32 2 1 0 215.7 202 95 13 81 132 3.96 .245 .314 .362 .676 10.1
1981 26 PHN NL 16 7 .696 32 32 5 3 0 234.3 209 75 11 61 133 2.88 .239 .287 .333 .620 17.5
1982 27 PHN NL 11 12 .478 32 32 4 0 0 215.3 205 93 18 64 144 3.89 .248 .301 .376 .677 11.4
1983 28 PHN NL 18 5 .783 31 31 2 0 0 217.7 184 69 7 67 146 2.85 .228 .289 .333 .622 19.0
1984 29 PHN NL 13 13 .500 36 36 3 0 0 255.0 214 89 21 61 187 3.14 .224 .270 .343 .614 17.6
1985 30 LAD NL 15 8 .652 32 32 3 1 0 229.0 215 81 11 43 154 3.18 .249 .284 .356 .640 18.5
1986 31 LAD NL 12 12 .500 32 32 2 1 0 231.0 227 85 15 37 186 3.31 .253 .284 .371 .655 15.5
1987 32 LAD NL 10 7 .588 32 32 1 1 0 203.3 183 56 11 35 159 2.48 .236 .271 .351 .621 18.6
1988 33 NYG NL 20 4 .833 35 35 2 1 0 225.0 180 60 7 37 179 2.40 .216 .253 .317 .569 22.5
1989 34 NYG NL 12 6 .667 34 34 0 0 0 207.3 201 72 11 34 169 3.13 .250 .285 .376 .662 16.7
1990 35 SDP NL 12 6 .667 32 32 0 0 0 185.7 150 62 9 35 132 3.01 .217 .257 .309 .566 15.0
13 Years Sim 168 118 .587 417 417 28 11 0 2798.6 2549 1031 169 699 1924 3.32 .240 .288 .356 .644 198.9
2 Years AAA 16 14 .533 37 37 4 2 0 260.0 291 91 16 67 206 3.15 .285 .329 .403 .732  
Season Average 12 9 .571 32 32 2 0 0 215.3 196 79 13 53 148 3.32 .240 .288 .356 .644  
Career Highs 20 15 .833 36 36 5 3 0 255.0 227 99 21 81 187 4.95 .266 .332 .423 .755  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1914 740 125 562 1332   .251 .303 .369 .671
vs LH   635 291 44 137 592   .212 .246 .324 .570
Home 82 62 .569 212 212 12 4 0 1420.0 1286 528 82 360 959 3.35 .239 .287 .355 .642
Away 86 56 .606 205 205 16 7 0 1378.6 1263 503 87 339 965 3.28 .241 .288 .357 .645
Mar/Apr 26 15 .634 63 63 5 2 0 443.0 401 145 18 88 299 2.95 .239 .277 .347 .624
May 26 26 .500 77 77 7 2 0 492.3 462 208 35 154 338 3.80 .247 .304 .372 .676
June 24 26 .480 67 67 6 2 0 430.3 428 185 18 116 278 3.87 .256 .305 .361 .666
July 29 14 .674 68 68 4 3 0 456.6 400 161 32 106 320 3.17 .234 .278 .356 .634
August 34 19 .642 76 76 4 2 0 529.3 471 175 34 130 372 2.98 .235 .281 .351 .632
Sep/Oct 29 18 .617 66 66 2 0 0 447.0 387 157 32 105 317 3.16 .231 .276 .350 .626
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1978 23 PHN NL P 27 27 180.0 11 29 1 2 .976 2.00    
1979 24 PHN NL P 30 30 199.3 13 30 2 3 .956 1.94    
1980 25 PHN NL P 32 32 215.7 9 32 0 4 1.000 1.71    
1981 26 PHN NL P 32 32 234.3 13 38 1 4 .981 1.96    
1982 27 PHN NL P 32 32 215.3 15 36 1 2 .981 2.13    
1983 28 PHN NL P 31 31 217.7 14 32 0 5 1.000 1.90    
1984 29 PHN NL P 36 36 255.0 12 32 1 2 .978 1.55    
1985 30 LAD NL P 32 32 229.0 7 35 2 3 .955 1.65    
1986 31 LAD NL P 32 32 231.0 13 32 0 3 1.000 1.75    
1987 32 LAD NL P 32 32 203.3 11 28 2 3 .951 1.73    
1988 33 NYG NL P 35 35 225.0 16 36 0 3 1.000 2.08    
1989 34 NYG NL P 34 34 207.3 7 24 0 2 1.000 1.35    
1990 35 SDP NL P 32 32 185.7 10 30 1 2 .976 1.94    
Career Totals   417 417 2798.6 151 414 11 38 .981 1.82    
Career Highs   36 36 255.0 16 38 2 5 1.000 2.13    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1981 26 PHN NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 16 6 1 5 7 4.15 .291 .350 .436 .786
1983 28 PHN NL 2 2 .500 6 6 0 0 0 39.3 51 24 2 12 20 5.49 .325 .373 .433 .806
1988 33 NYG NL 2 1 .667 5 5 0 0 0 29.7 31 13 1 3 25 3.94 .267 .286 .379 .665
1989 34 NYG NL 2 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 28.3 19 7 2 4 12 2.22 .188 .219 .337 .556
1990 35 SDP NL 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 20.3 7 0 0 4 9 0.00 .103 .153 .132 .285
Career Post-Season Pitching 8 4 .667 20 20 0 0 0 130.7 124 50 6 28 73 3.44 .249 .290 .360 .650
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1981-10-2.88
1983-7-2.85
1984-8-3.14
1986-10-3.31
1987-3-2.48
1988-2-2.40
1990-3-3.01
CAR-31-3.32
 Wins
1983-6-18
1988-2-20
 Losses
1980-7-15
 Winning Pct
1981-4-.696
1983-4-.783
1985-10-.652
1988-1-.833
1989-10-.667
1990-9-.667
 Games Started
1984-1-36
1988-5-35
1989-6-34
 Shutouts
1979-8-2
1981-2-3
1987-9-1
1988-9-1
Innings Pitched
1988-9-225.0
 Strikeouts
1984-10-187
1986-8-186
1988-8-179
 Walks per 9IP
1985-5-1.7
1986-2-1.4
1987-2-1.5
1988-5-1.5
1989-3-1.5
1990-7-1.7
 Hits per 9IP
1983-9-7.6
1988-7-7.2
1990-5-7.3
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1986-8-7.2
 WHiP
1981-10-1.15
1983-9-1.15
1984-6-1.08
1985-8-1.13
1986-8-1.14
1987-5-1.07
1988-2-0.96
1990-1-1.00
CAR-22-1.16
OAVG
1983-10-.228
1984-9-.224
1987-10-.236
1988-7-.216
1990-5-.217
 OOBP
1981-10-.287
1984-6-.270
1985-9-.284
1986-7-.284
1987-6-.271
1988-2-.253
1990-1-.257
CAR-22-.288
 OSLG
1988-4-.317
1990-2-.309
 OOPS
1981-10-.620
1983-10-.622
1984-7-.614
1987-6-.621
1988-2-.569
1990-2-.566
CAR-35-.644
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 96    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 47    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1977
Earned first career win on 6/26/1978
Injured on 8/18/1979 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Pitched NO-HITTER against New York (N) on 5/3/1981, striking out 4
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1981, winning 2 games with a 1.59 ERA
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,428,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,428,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/4/1983 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with Philadelphia in 1983
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,621,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/6/1985 to a 4-year deal worth $12,000,000 per year
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Traded from Los Angeles to New York (N) on 2/2/1988 (Going to LAD: CF Shane Mack, P Mike Mcqueen, P J.r. Richard, P Rick Camp, CF Jerry Mumphrey. Going to NYG: P Willie Hernandez)
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1988, winning 2 games with a 0.56 ERA
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1988
Won Platinum Arm in 1988, going 20-4, 2.40 ERA
10/27/1988: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $13,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 5/14/1989 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1989
Traded from New York (N) to San Diego on 4/3/1990 (Going to SDP: P Willie Hernandez. Going to NYG: P Jeff Bittiger)
 
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