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Chico Fernandez
Humberto (Perez) Fernandez

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut July 14, 1956
Final Game September 29, 1963
Born March 2, 1932 in Havana, Cuba

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1956 24 BRO NL  34   66   11   15   2  0   1    9   2  3   3  10  .227  .261  .303   46   20   4   0   1   0   2
 1957 25 PHI NL 149  500   42  131  14  4   5   51  18  5  31  64  .262  .302  .336   74  168   4   7   5   1  21
 1958 26 PHI NL 148  522   38  120  18  5   6   51  12  6  37  48  .230  .280  .318   59  166  10   7   3   2  15
 1959 27 PHI NL  45  123   15   26   5  1   0    3   2  1  10  11  .211  .269  .268   44   33   5   1   0   0   4
 1960 28 DET AL 133  435   44  105  13  3   4   35  13  4  39  50  .241  .303  .313   66  136  19   3   4   1  16
 1961 29 DET AL 133  435   41  108  15  4   3   40   8  5  36  45  .248  .305  .322   66  140   4   1   4   0  14
 1962 30 DET AL 141  503   64  125  17  2  20   59  10  3  42  69  .249  .305  .410   88  206  12   3   2   0  12
 1963 31 TOT     73  194   15   36   7  0   1   11   3  1  15  41  .186  .242  .237   38   46   2   2   2   0   4
         DET AL  15   49    3    7   1  0   0    2   0  1   6  11  .143  .236  .163   14    8   1   0   0   0   4
         NYM NL  58  145   12   29   6  0   1    9   3  0   9  30  .200  .244  .262   46   38   1   2   2   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      856 2778  270  666  91 19  40  259  68 28 213 338  .240  .292  .329   67  915  60  24  21   4  88
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        526   51  126  17  4   8   49  13  5  40  64  .240  .292  .329   67  173  11   5   4   1  17
 Career High    149  522   64  131  18  5  20   59  18  6  42  69  .262  .305  .410   88  206  19   7   5   2  21
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1956 24 BRO NL   73   60    4   1.8   110| .227  .274| .261  .342| .303  .433| .564  .775|  46  .156  -5.4  -0.5  40%
 1957 25 PHI NL  543  406   48   3.2   100| .262  .265| .302  .328| .336  .410| .638  .738|  74  .338 -18.0  -1.8  78%
 1958 26 PHI NL  578  440   45   2.8   105| .230  .268| .280  .336| .318  .419| .598  .756|  59  .276 -31.1  -3.1  66%
 1959 27 PHI NL  139  108    9   2.2   106| .211  .271| .269  .338| .268  .420| .537  .757|  44  .209 -10.0  -1.0  66%
 1960 28 DET AL  497  372   41   3.0   104| .241  .267| .303  .341| .313  .408| .616  .749|  66  .319 -21.9  -2.2  76%
 1961 29 DET AL  476  351   41   3.1   106| .248  .267| .305  .343| .322  .416| .627  .759|  66  .325 -22.1  -2.2  61%
 1962 30 DET AL  560  408   62   4.1   105| .249  .267| .305  .339| .410  .415| .715  .755|  88  .450 -10.3  -1.0  76%
 1963 31 TOT     213  167   11   1.8    91| .186  .255| .242  .318| .237  .385| .479  .703|  38  .185 -15.7  -1.7  75%
         DET AL   56   48    1   0.6    97| .143  .259| .236  .325| .163  .399| .399  .725|  14  .024  -5.7  -0.6   0%
         NYM NL  157  119   10   2.3    89| .200  .254| .244  .316| .262  .380| .506  .696|  46  .268 -10.0  -1.1 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3079 2312  261   3.0   103| .240  .266| .292  .336| .329  .413| .621  .749|  67  .323 -134.5 -13.5  70%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1956 24 BRO NL SS 25 34 56 2 11 .978 .962 3.60 4.53 4.95 4.94 16 163.7 1957 25 PHI NL SS 149 241 377 26 69 .960 .958 4.15 4.34 4.37 4.82 145 1273.0 1958 26 PHI NL SS 148 296 415 18 88 .975 .964 4.80 4.57 4.99 5.11 146 1282.0 1959 27 PHI NL SS 40 77 84 7 23 .958 .966 4.03 4.53 4.92 5.11 34 294.7 2B 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 9.00 5.40 0 2.0 1960 28 DET AL SS 130 226 381 34 67 .947 .960 4.67 4.37 5.01 5.11 121 1089.7 1961 29 DET AL SS 121 207 312 23 59 .958 .956 4.29 4.37 4.67 4.84 113 1000.7 3B 8 10 10 0 0 1.000 .948 2.50 2.79 3.85 3.18 5 46.7 1962 30 DET AL SS 138 235 336 24 53 .960 .962 4.14 4.47 4.37 4.84 131 1176.3 3B 2 3 2 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 2.80 3.75 3.07 1 12.0 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.80 9.00 9.00 0 1.0 1963 31 TOT SS 59 87 121 12 24 .945 .963 3.53 4.30 4.65 4.81 41 402.7 DET AL SS 14 30 42 4 8 .947 .965 5.14 4.56 5.00 4.78 14 129.7 NYM NL SS 45 57 79 8 16 .944 .961 3.02 4.22 4.48 4.83 27 273.0 3B 5 6 6 3 1 .800 .938 2.40 2.54 3.09 2.93 4 35.0 2B 3 6 4 0 0 1.000 .971 3.33 4.60 4.29 5.23 2 21.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1962 30 DET AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.80 9.00 9.00 0 1.0 1959 27 PHI NL 2B 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 9.00 5.40 0 2.0 1963 31 NYM NL 2B 3 6 4 0 0 1.000 .971 3.33 4.60 4.29 5.23 2 21.0 1961 29 DET AL 3B 8 10 10 0 0 1.000 .948 2.50 2.79 3.85 3.18 5 46.7 1962 30 DET AL 3B 2 3 2 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 2.80 3.75 3.07 1 12.0 1963 31 NYM NL 3B 5 6 6 3 1 .800 .938 2.40 2.54 3.09 2.93 4 35.0 1956 24 BRO NL SS 25 34 56 2 11 .978 .962 3.60 4.53 4.95 4.94 16 163.7 1957 25 PHI NL SS 149 241 377 26 69 .960 .958 4.15 4.34 4.37 4.82 145 1273.0 1958 26 PHI NL SS 148 296 415 18 88 .975 .964 4.80 4.57 4.99 5.11 146 1282.0 1959 27 PHI NL SS 40 77 84 7 23 .958 .966 4.03 4.53 4.92 5.11 34 294.7 1960 28 DET AL SS 130 226 381 34 67 .947 .960 4.67 4.37 5.01 5.11 121 1089.7 1961 29 DET AL SS 121 207 312 23 59 .958 .956 4.29 4.37 4.67 4.84 113 1000.7 1962 30 DET AL SS 138 235 336 24 53 .960 .962 4.14 4.47 4.37 4.84 131 1176.3 1963 31 TOT SS 59 87 121 12 24 .945 .963 3.53 4.30 4.65 4.81 41 402.7 DET AL SS 14 30 42 4 8 .947 .965 5.14 4.56 5.00 4.78 14 129.7 NYM NL SS 45 57 79 8 16 .944 .961 3.02 4.22 4.48 4.83 27 273.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 810 1403 2082 146 394 .960 .961 4.30 4.43 4.69 4.95 747 6682.7 3B* 15 19 18 3 1 .925 .944 2.47 2.71 3.55 3.07 10 93.7 2B* 5 6 6 0 0 1.000 .976 2.40 4.68 4.70 5.24 2 23.0 1B* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.80 9.00 9.00 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 831 1429 2106 149 395 .960 .960 4.25 4.40 4.68 4.92 759 6800
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Stolen Bases
1957 NL-18-5
1958 NL-12-9
1960 AL-13-8

Sac. Hits
1958 NL-10-4
1960 AL-19-2
1962 AL-12-4

Sac. Flies
1957 NL-7-5
1958 NL-7-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1957 NL-21-3

Caught Stealing
1957 NL-5-10
1958 NL-6-8

Power/Speed Number
1962 AL-13.3-7

Outs
1958 NL-440-5

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 6 (1641) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3867) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

February 6, 1951: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

April 5, 1957: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later, Ron Negray, Tim Harkness, Elmer Valo, Mel Geho (minors), and $75,000. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Ben Flowers (April 8, 1957) to the Brooklyn Dodgers to complete the trade.

December 5, 1959: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Ray Semproch to the Detroit Tigers for Ken Walters, Ted Lepcio, and Alex Cosmidis (minors).

May 8, 1963: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Milwaukee Braves for Lou Johnson and cash.

May 8, 1963: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the New York Mets for Larry Foss.

April 23, 1964: Traded by the New York Mets with Bobby Catton (minors) and cash to the Chicago White Sox for Charley Smith.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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