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Roberto Hernández

Roberto (Heredia) Hernandez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: August 30, 1980 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 2006
Team: Indians 2006-2011
Agents: Jorge Brito, previously: Alan Nero [*]
Final Game: September 25, 2011
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2006 25 CLE AL 1 10 .091 5.42 38 7 12 0 0 0 74.2 88 46 45 9 31 3 58 7 1 3 340 83 1.594 10.6 1.1 3.7 7.0 1.87
2007 26 CLE AL 19 8 .704 3.06 32 32 0 2 1 0 215.0 199 78 73 16 61 2 137 11 1 5 879 148 1.209 8.3 0.7 2.6 5.7 2.25 CYA-4,MVP-23
2008 27 CLE AL 8 7 .533 5.44 22 22 0 1 1 0 120.2 126 80 73 7 70 0 58 9 1 8 549 78 1.624 9.4 0.5 5.2 4.3 0.83
2009 28 CLE AL 5 12 .294 6.32 24 24 0 0 0 0 125.1 151 97 88 16 70 0 79 8 1 5 596 67 1.763 10.8 1.1 5.0 5.7 1.13
2010 29 CLE AL 13 14 .481 3.77 33 33 0 4 1 0 210.1 203 98 88 17 72 0 124 9 0 3 880 105 1.307 8.7 0.7 3.1 5.3 1.72 AS
2011 30 CLE AL 7 15 .318 5.25 32 32 0 0 0 0 188.2 205 125 110 22 60 3 109 14 1 3 833 75 1.405 9.8 1.0 2.9 5.2 1.82
6 Yrs 53 66 .445 4.59 181 150 12 7 3 0 934.2 972 524 477 87 364 8 565 58 5 27 4077 91 1.429 9.4 0.8 3.5 5.4 1.55
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .445 4.59 37 31 2 1 1 0 192 200 108 98 18 75 2 116 12 1 6 838 91 1.429 9.4 0.8 3.5 5.4 1.55

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2006 25 CLE AL 74.2 38 7 46 5.54 5.01 -0.18 -0.09 98.3 5.01 -5 -0.5 1.2 -0.1 0.1 5 .487 .497 $
2007 26 CLE AL 215.0 32 32 78 3.27 4.87 0.01 0.19 98.6 4.98 39 4.2 -0.1 5.9 68 .630 .526 $387,500 CYA-4,MVP-23
2008 27 CLE AL 120.2 22 22 80 5.97 4.79 0.16 0.19 97.6 4.70 -19 -1.8 -0.1 -0.8 -2 .418 .489 $457,800
2009 28 CLE AL 125.1 24 24 97 6.97 4.89 -0.15 0.19 94.7 4.95 -29 -2.6 -0.1 -1.6 -13 .391 .484 $2,937,500
2010 29 CLE AL 210.1 33 33 98 4.19 4.58 -0.11 0.17 94.0 4.57 7 0.8 -0.1 2.5 33 .523 .505 $5,087,500 AS
2011 30 CLE AL 188.2 32 32 125 5.96 4.41 -0.11 0.16 96.5 4.52 -31 -3.0 -0.1 -1.4 -9 .407 .482 $6,287,500
6 Seasons 934.2 181 150 524 5.05 4.71 -0.06 0.15 96.4 4.75 -38 -3.0 1.2 -0.7 4.7 81 .484 .497 $15,157,800

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2007 26 CLE AL ALDS W NYY 0 0 1.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 31 0.556 3.0 1.0 2.0 5.0 2.50
2007 26 CLE AL ALCS L BOS 0 1 .000 16.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 10 11 11 1 9 0 7 0 0 0 35 3.167 15.0 1.5 13.5 10.5 0.78
1 Yr (2 Series) 0 1 .000 7.20 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.0 13 12 12 2 11 0 12 0 0 0 66 1.600 7.8 1.2 6.6 7.2 1.09
1 ALDS 0 0 1.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 31 0.556 3.0 1.0 2.0 5.0 2.50
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 16.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 10 11 11 1 9 0 7 0 0 0 35 3.167 15.0 1.5 13.5 10.5 0.78

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2010 CLE AL 29

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2006 25 CLE AL 38 340 295 46 88 15 1 9 10 2 31 58 .298 .374 .447 .821 .341 132 9 7 2 4 3 2
2007 26 CLE AL 32 879 801 78 199 27 4 16 13 5 61 137 .248 .309 .352 .661 .281 282 32 11 2 4 2 8
2008 27 CLE AL 22 549 465 80 126 28 2 7 6 1 70 58 .271 .374 .385 .759 .295 179 26 9 1 4 0 13
2009 28 CLE AL 24 596 512 97 151 33 3 16 8 4 70 79 .295 .387 .465 .852 .322 238 10 8 4 2 0 7
2010 29 CLE AL 33 880 787 98 203 33 6 17 33 6 72 124 .258 .323 .380 .703 .284 299 30 9 2 10 0 7
2011 30 CLE AL 32 833 743 125 205 52 1 22 15 6 60 109 .276 .339 .437 .776 .296 325 12 14 9 7 3 10
6 Yrs 181 4077 3603 524 972 188 17 87 85 24 364 565 .270 .344 .404 .748 .297 1455 119 58 20 31 8 47
162 Game Avg. 37 838 740 108 200 39 3 18 17 5 75 116 .270 .344 .404 .748 .297 299 24 12 4 6 2 10
MLB Averages .263 .331 .415 .746 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2006 25 CLE AL -6.6 -0.6 355 -2.5 6.7 -9.2 1.26 -0.9 -1.1 -2.4 -0.2 1.26 -8.0 13 4 12
2007 26 CLE AL 35.4 3.6 907 4.3 18.0 -13.6 1.04 3.7 0.4 36.7 3.8 1.04 44.3 0 0 0
2008 27 CLE AL -16.3 -1.5 565 -0.9 10.5 -11.4 1.12 -0.7 -0.1 -13.1 -1.3 1.12 -10.3 0 0 0
2009 28 CLE AL -31.3 -2.8 613 -2.5 8.8 -11.3 .92 -1.8 -0.9 -31.7 -2.9 0.92 -24.0 0 0 0
2010 29 CLE AL 2.8 0.3 922 0.3 14.9 -14.5 .95 0.2 0.1 1.4 0.1 0.95 3.4 0 0 0
2011 30 CLE AL -30.0 -2.9 853 -2.4 13.0 -15.5 .98 -1.4 -1.1 -31.8 -3.1 0.98 -15.7 0 0 0
6 Yrs -46.0 -4.0 4215 -3.8 71.8 -75.6 1.02 -0.9 -2.8 -40.8 -3.6 1.02 -10.3 13 4 12

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2006 25 CLE AL 38 7 1 4 2 0 1 2 5 .286 2 0 0 0 3 43% 43.0 60 18 11 5 0 5 4.8 4.9 5.3 87 1 5 1 0 101
2007 26 CLE AL 32 32 19 8 5 1 5 22 10 .688 1 4 2 1 26 81% 56.2 85 6 13 3 0 8 5.3 4.2 6.7 98 3 11 17 1 121
2008 27 CLE AL 22 22 8 7 7 3 1 11 11 .500 2 4 1 1 9 41% 43.8 76 5 20 10 0 11 6.1 6.1 5.5 92 3 11 8 0 109
2009 28 CLE AL 24 24 5 12 7 2 2 10 14 .417 2 4 0 0 8 33% 40.8 70 16 19 4 0 10 5.0 5.3 5.2 94 3 9 12 0 116
2010 29 CLE AL 33 33 13 14 6 2 7 15 18 .455 3 1 4 1 22 67% 51.7 87 10 22 6 0 14 3.6 3.8 6.4 100 3 8 22 0 118
2011 30 CLE AL 32 32 7 15 10 1 4 13 19 .406 3 2 0 0 15 47% 45.6 75 1 21 9 1 13 3.8 3.1 5.9 94 2 15 15 0 118
6 Yrs 181 150 53 60 37 9 20 73 77 .487 13 15 7 3 83 55% 48 87 1 106 37 1 61 4.6 4.3 6.0 96 15 59 75 1 121
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -12 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2006 25 CLE AL 38 31 12 0 6 3 0 3 0% 13 10 6 1 17% 8 1.262 13 4 12 20 5 6 5 26 9 4 11 4 3.6 21
1 Yr 38 31 12 0 6 3 0 3 0% 13 10 6 1 17% 1.262 13 4 12 20 5 6 5 26 9 4 11 4 3.6 21

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2006 25 CLE AL 340 54% 2.7% 17.1% 9.1% 7.4% 28% 1.47 2.33 68% 14% 10.1% 8% 71 9 13%
2007 26 CLE AL 879 45% 1.8% 15.6% 6.9% 5.4% 24% 1.82 2.66 74% 14% 7.4% 9% 167 32 19%
2008 27 CLE AL 549 45% 1.3% 10.6% 12.8% 6.7% 29% 1.80 2.94 74% 13% 5.4% 12% 122 26 21%
2009 28 CLE AL 596 42% 2.7% 13.3% 11.7% 8.7% 34% 1.24 1.90 70% 17% 8.7% 5% 117 10 9%
2010 29 CLE AL 880 45% 1.9% 14.1% 8.2% 6.4% 28% 1.28 1.71 75% 16% 6.7% 13% 155 30 19%
2011 30 CLE AL 833 47% 2.6% 13.1% 7.2% 9.0% 37% 1.23 1.76 74% 19% 8.6% 11% 149 12 8%
6 Yrs 4077 46% 2.1% 13.9% 8.9% 7.2% 30% 1.44 2.11 73% 16% 7.7% 10% 781 119 15%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.7% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2006 25 CLE AL 341 1248 3.66 774 62% 23% 18% 28% 32% 77% 2% 48% 77% 53% 7% 25 12 18% 63 40 3 19% 10 10 -1 0 0
2007 26 CLE AL 882 3138 3.56 2019 64% 25% 14% 27% 33% 75% 1% 48% 81% 58% 5% 40 23 22% 192 115 12 16% 31 15 -3 0 0
2008 27 CLE AL 550 2027 3.69 1243 61% 27% 13% 27% 33% 73% 0% 45% 83% 59% 6% 33 17 18% 97 52 6 9% 6 16 -1 0 0
2009 28 CLE AL 597 2266 3.80 1345 59% 28% 13% 26% 33% 72% 0% 42% 82% 55% 6% 36 26 16% 97 41 5 18% 10 10 -1 0 0
2010 29 CLE AL 881 3304 3.75 2058 62% 28% 12% 27% 33% 72% 0% 45% 83% 55% 5% 46 30 20% 172 82 12 23% 18 16 -1 0 0
2011 30 CLE AL 833 3021 3.63 1893 63% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 1% 47% 81% 59% 5% 38 25 19% 160 59 9 14% 14 10 0 0 0
6 Yrs 4084 15004 3.67 9332 62% 26% 14% 27% 33% 74% 1% 46% 81% 57% 5% 218 133 19% 781 389 47 17% 89 77 -7 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2006 25 CLE AL 340 88 12 1 9 0 11 5 4 2 7 19 8 4 42% 2 3 1 139 10 2 83% 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 0
2007 26 CLE AL 879 199 33 2 16 0 21 10 6 9 7 44 24 8 55% 8 5 2 300 13 5 72% 12 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
2008 27 CLE AL 549 126 15 1 7 0 15 2 5 4 3 38 28 3 74% 13 8 1 222 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
2009 28 CLE AL 596 151 10 1 16 0 17 4 12 7 9 43 24 5 56% 7 5 0 219 8 4 67% 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2010 29 CLE AL 880 203 22 2 17 0 15 9 8 11 6 54 31 5 57% 7 3 3 314 33 6 85% 32 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 0
2011 30 CLE AL 833 205 27 2 22 0 16 12 10 12 10 55 35 8 64% 10 3 0 280 15 6 71% 14 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 12 0
6 Yrs 4077 972 119 9 87 0 95 42 45 45 42 253 150 33 59% 47 27 7 1474 85 24 78% 78 22 7 1 0 1 4 2 86 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2006 25 1 10 .091 5.42 38 7 12 0 0 0 74.2 88 46 45 9 31 3 58 7 1 3 340 83 1.594 10.6 1.1 3.7 7.0 1.87 83
2007 26 20 18 .526 3.67 70 39 12 2 1 0 289.2 287 124 118 25 92 5 195 18 2 8 1219 123 1.308 8.9 0.8 2.9 6.1 2.12 123
2008 27 28 25 .528 4.19 92 61 12 3 2 0 410.1 413 204 191 32 162 5 253 27 3 16 1768 106 1.401 9.1 0.7 3.6 5.5 1.56 106
2009 28 33 37 .471 4.69 116 85 12 3 2 0 535.2 564 301 279 48 232 5 332 35 4 21 2364 94 1.486 9.5 0.8 3.9 5.6 1.43 94
2010 29 46 51 .474 4.43 149 118 12 7 3 0 746.0 767 399 367 65 304 5 456 44 4 24 3244 96 1.436 9.3 0.8 3.7 5.5 1.50 96
2011 30 53 66 .445 4.59 181 150 12 7 3 0 934.2 972 524 477 87 364 8 565 58 5 27 4077 91 1.429 9.4 0.8 3.5 5.4 1.55 91

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2006 25 3 5 .375 5.38 72.0 86 48 43 9 30 56 7 1.611 10.8 3.8 7.0 1.87 1.1 38
2007 26 14 8 .636 3.09 204.0 195 78 70 16 60 130 11 1.250 8.6 2.6 5.7 2.17 0.7 32
2008 27 4 8 .333 5.84 114.0 127 82 74 7 71 55 9 1.737 10.0 5.6 4.3 0.77 0.6 22
2009 28 3 10 .231 6.69 121.0 153 100 90 16 71 76 8 1.851 11.4 5.3 5.7 1.07 1.2 24
2010 29 9 12 .429 4.55 194.0 214 109 98 18 76 114 9 1.495 9.9 3.5 5.3 1.50 0.8 33
2011 30 6 14 .300 6.05 180.0 215 134 121 23 63 104 15 1.544 10.8 3.2 5.2 1.65 1.2 32
6 Yrs 39 57 .406 5.04 885.0 990 551 496 89 371 535 59 1.538 10.1 5.4 1.44 0.9 181

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2007 AL (23, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2007 AL (4, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (219th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2007 AL  5.9 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2007 AL  3.06 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
2007 AL  19 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2007 AL  .704 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2007 AL  1.209 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL  8.330 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2007 AL  215.0 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
2010 AL  33 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2007 AL  2 (7th)
2010 AL  4 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2007 AL  1 (5th)
2008 AL  1 (9th)
2010 AL  1 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL  0.670 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
2009 AL  12 (7th)
2010 AL  14 (5th)
2011 AL  15 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  110 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2008 AL  8 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 AL  11 (7th)
2010 AL  9 (10th)
2011 AL  14 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2007 AL  148 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  35 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2007 AL  3.6 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2007 AL  36.72 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2007 AL  4.3 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.7 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.8 (2nd)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 24 (961), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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