Chico Fernandez
Humberto (Perez) Fernandez
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 2, 1932 in Havana, Cuba
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 1956
Final Game: September 29, 1963
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1956 24 BRO NL 34 73 66 11 15 2 0 1 9 2 3 3 10 .227 .261 .303 .564 46 20 2 0 4 0 1 6
1957 25 PHI NL 149 543 500 42 131 14 4 5 51 18 5 31 64 .262 .302 .336 .638 74 168 21 1 4 7 5 *6
1958 26 PHI NL 148 578 522 38 120 18 5 6 51 12 6 37 48 .230 .280 .318 .598 59 166 15 2 10 7 3 *6
1959 27 PHI NL 45 139 123 15 26 5 1 0 3 2 1 10 11 .211 .269 .268 .537 44 33 4 0 5 1 0 6/4
1960 28 DET AL 133 497 435 44 105 13 3 4 35 13 4 39 50 .241 .303 .313 .616 66 136 16 1 19 3 4 *6
1961 29 DET AL 133 476 435 41 108 15 4 3 40 8 5 36 45 .248 .305 .322 .627 66 140 14 0 4 1 4 *6/5
1962 30 DET AL 141 560 503 64 125 17 2 20 59 10 3 42 69 .249 .305 .410 .714 88 206 12 0 12 3 2 *6/53
1963 31 TOT MLB 73 213 194 15 36 7 0 1 11 3 1 15 41 .186 .242 .237 .479 38 46 4 0 2 2 2 6/54
1963 31 DET AL 15 56 49 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 6 11 .143 .236 .163 .400 14 8 4 0 1 0 0 6
1963 31 NYM NL 58 157 145 12 29 6 0 1 9 3 0 9 30 .200 .244 .262 .506 46 38 0 0 1 2 2 6/54
8 Seasons 856 3079 2778 270 666 91 19 40 259 68 28 213 338 .240 .292 .329 .622 67 915 88 4 60 24 21
162 Game Avg. 162 583 526 51 126 17 4 8 49 13 5 40 64 .240 .292 .329 .622 67 173 17 1 11 5 4
DET (4 yrs) 422 1589 1422 152 345 46 9 27 136 31 13 123 175 .243 .302 .345 .647 72 490 46 1 36 7 10
PHI (3 yrs) 342 1260 1145 95 277 37 10 11 105 32 12 78 123 .242 .288 .321 .609 64 367 40 3 19 15 8
NYM (1 yr) 58 157 145 12 29 6 0 1 9 3 0 9 30 .200 .244 .262 .506 46 38 0 0 1 2 2
BRO (1 yr) 34 73 66 11 15 2 0 1 9 2 3 3 10 .227 .261 .303 .564 46 20 2 0 4 0 1
NL (5 yrs) 434 1490 1356 118 321 45 10 13 123 37 15 90 163 .237 .282 .313 .596 61 425 42 3 24 17 11
AL (4 yrs) 422 1589 1422 152 345 46 9 27 136 31 13 123 175 .243 .302 .345 .647 72 490 46 1 36 7 10

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1956 24 BRO NL 73 60 4 1.8 110 .255 .227 .274 .261 .342 .303 .433 .564 .775 46 .156 -5.4 -0.5 .393 .106 .076 1.3
1957 25 PHI NL 543 406 48 3.2 100 .288 .262 .265 .302 .328 .336 .410 .638 .738 74 .338 -18.0 -1.8 .539 .162 .074 7.8
1958 26 PHI NL 578 440 45 2.8 105 .240 .230 .268 .280 .336 .318 .419 .598 .756 59 .276 -31.1 -3.1 .499 .170 .088 8.0
1959 27 PHI NL 139 108 9 2.2 106 .230 .211 .271 .269 .338 .268 .420 .537 .757 44 .209 -10.0 -1.0 .431 .146 .057 .0
1960 28 DET AL 497 372 41 3.0 104 .263 .241 .267 .303 .341 .313 .408 .616 .749 66 .319 -21.9 -2.2 .529 .182 .071 6.1
1961 29 DET AL 476 351 41 3.1 106 .271 .248 .267 .305 .343 .322 .416 .627 .759 66 .325 -22.1 -2.2 .517 .163 .074 4.4
1962 30 DET AL 560 408 62 4.1 105 .252 .249 .267 .305 .339 .410 .415 .714 .755 88 .450 -10.3 -1.0 .649 .258 .161 13.3
1963 31 TOT MLB 213 167 11 1.8 91 .227 .186 .255 .242 .318 .237 .385 .479 .703 38 .185 -15.7 -1.7 .387 .139 .052 1.5
1963 31 DET AL 56 48 1 0.6 97 .184 .143 .259 .236 .325 .163 .399 .400 .725 14 .024 -5.7 -0.6 .277 .122 .020
1963 31 NYM NL 157 119 10 2.3 89 .241 .200 .254 .244 .316 .262 .380 .506 .696 46 .268 -10.0 -1.1 .431 .145 .062 1.5
8 Seasons 3079 2312 261 3.0 103 .258 .240 .266 .292 .336 .329 .413 .622 .749 67 .323 -134.5 -13.5 .526 .181 .090 50.4
162 Game Avg. 583 438 49 3.0 103 .258 .240 .266 .292 .336 .329 .413 .622 .749 67 .323 -134.5 -13.5 .526 .181 .090 10
DET (4 yrs) 1589 1179 145 3.3 105 .259 .243 .267 .302 .340 .345 .413 .647 .753 72 .357 -60.0 -6.0 .556 .201 .102 28.9
PHI (3 yrs) 1260 954 102 2.9 103 .259 .242 .267 .288 .333 .321 .415 .609 .748 64 .295 -59.1 -5.9 .509 .164 .079 16.4
NYM (1 yr) 157 119 10 2.3 89 .241 .200 .254 .244 .316 .262 .380 .506 .696 46 .269 -10.0 -1.1 .431 .145 .062 1.5
BRO (1 yr) 73 60 4 1.8 110 .255 .227 .274 .261 .342 .303 .433 .564 .775 46 .157 -5.4 -0.5 .393 .106 .076 1.3
NL (5 yrs) 1490 1133 116 2.8 102 .257 .237 .266 .282 .331 .313 .412 .596 .744 61 .285 -74.5 -7.5 .495 .159 .077 19.2
AL (4 yrs) 1589 1179 145 3.3 105 .259 .243 .267 .302 .340 .345 .413 .647 .753 72 .357 -60.0 -6.0 .556 .201 .102 28.9

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1956 24 BRO NL 73 1.4% 13.7% 4.1% 4.1% 20% 3.33 6.6 66.0 7.3 2.21 75%
1957 25 PHI NL 543 0.9% 11.8% 5.7% 4.2% 18% 2.06 7.8 100.0 9.8 1.18 81%
1958 26 PHI NL 578 1.0% 8.3% 6.4% 5.0% 24% 1.30 10.9 87.0 10.2 1.18 82%
1959 27 PHI NL 139 0.0% 7.9% 7.2% 4.3% 23% 1.10 11.2 41.0 1.34 81%
1960 28 DET AL 497 0.8% 10.1% 7.9% 4.0% 19% 1.28 8.7 108.8 12.4 1.24 77%
1961 29 DET AL 476 0.6% 9.5% 7.6% 4.6% 20% 1.25 9.7 145.0 10.9 1.14 82%
1962 30 DET AL 560 3.6% 12.3% 7.5% 7.0% 31% 1.64 7.3 25.2 8.5 1.11 74%
1963 31 TOT MLB 213 0.5% 19.3% 7.0% 3.8% 22% 2.73 4.7 194.0 17.6 0.98 72%
1963 31 DET AL 56 0.0% 19.6% 10.7% 1.8% 14% 1.83 4.5 24.5 0.89 68%
1963 31 NYM NL 157 0.6% 19.1% 5.7% 4.5% 24% 3.33 4.8 145.0 16.1 1.02 74%
8 Seasons 3079 1.3% 11.0% 6.9% 4.9% 23% 1.59 8.2 69.5 10.7 1.18 79%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1956 24 BRO NL 2 0 59% 39 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50% 7 4 3 0 0 0 3 1 2
1957 25 PHI NL 5 0 23% 185 18 5 78% 10 4 7 1 1 0 3 0 12 15 46% 33 20 12 1 0 1 16 5 10
1958 26 PHI NL 7 0 21% 165 12 6 67% 11 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 11 8 55% 12 7 5 9 4 3 8 0 8
1959 27 PHI NL 1 0 42% 47 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 59% 9 5 4 2 1 1 6 1 5
1960 28 DET AL 4 0 28% 146 13 4 76% 8 3 4 2 1 1 0 0 11 7 65% 14 7 7 6 2 3 11 1 10
1961 29 DET AL 9 0 27% 185 8 5 62% 6 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 7 11 49% 23 14 9 6 4 2 16 3 11
1962 30 DET AL 9 0 30% 190 10 3 77% 8 4 2 0 0 1 3 0 8 11 56% 20 11 8 6 3 3 19 4 14
1963 31 TOT MLB 4 0 28% 70 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 57% 4 3 1 3 2 1 7 0 6
1963 31 DET AL 0 0 23% 12 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 3
1963 31 NYM NL 4 0 30% 58 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 63% 3 2 1 2 1 1 3 0 3
8 Seasons 41 0 27% 1027 68 28 71% 49 27 16 4 3 2 12 0 56 61 54% 122 71 49 33 16 14 86 15 66
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1956 24 BRO NL 73 14% 15 1 0 0 0 2.82 1 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 7 4 57% 24 2 8% 12 4 33% 61 8 13% 3 2 67% 2 2 100% 0
1957 25 PHI NL 543 20% 131 0 0 0 0 5 0 21 4 1 4 1 0 9 4 44% 114 21 18% 57 19 33% 357 49 14% 42 24 57% 19 6 32% 0
1958 26 PHI NL 578 33% 120 0 0 0 0 6 0 18 5 1 4 2 0 13 10 77% 117 15 13% 66 24 36% 378 47 12% 37 16 43% 38 15 39% 0
1959 27 PHI NL 138 28% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 33 4 12% 19 4 21% 83 3 4% 5 1 20% 8 1 13% 0
1960 28 DET AL 497 20% 105 2 0 0 0 2.37 4 0 10 3 1 1 3 0 19 19 100% 105 16 15% 55 25 45% 298 32 11% 21 12 57% 26 6 23% 0
1961 29 DET AL 476 30% 108 4 2 0 0 1.86 3 0 14 2 1 3 0 0 5 4 80% 86 14 16% 36 10 28% 293 42 14% 30 13 43% 29 14 48% 0
1962 30 DET AL 560 23% 125 1 0 0 0 2.45 20 0 14 15 5 13 7 0 14 12 86% 105 12 11% 57 23 40% 322 41 13% 28 8 29% 29 10 34% 0
1963 31 TOT MLB 213 22% 36 15 1 0 0 1.18 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 28 4 14% 14 6 43% 114 11 10% 13 5 38% 7 2 29% 0
1963 31 DET AL 56 14% 7 1 0 0 0 0.48 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 4 44% 4 1 25% 35 1 3% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1963 31 NYM NL 157 25% 29 14 1 0 0 1.23 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 19 0 0% 10 5 50% 79 10 13% 10 5 50% 4 1 25% 0
8 Seasons 3078 25% 666 23 3 0 0 1.53 40 1 87 29 11 26 14 0 75 60 80% 612 88 14% 316 115 36% 1906 233 12% 179 81 45% 158 56 35% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1956 24 34 73 66 11 15 2 0 1 9 2 3 3 10 .227 .261 .303 .564 46 20 2 0 4 0 1
1957 25 183 616 566 53 146 16 4 6 60 20 8 34 74 .258 .298 .332 .630 71 188 23 1 8 7 6
1958 26 331 1194 1088 91 266 34 9 12 111 32 14 71 122 .244 .289 .325 .614 65 354 38 3 18 14 9
1959 27 376 1333 1211 106 292 39 10 12 114 34 15 81 133 .241 .287 .320 .607 63 387 42 3 23 15 9
1960 28 509 1830 1646 150 397 52 13 16 149 47 19 120 183 .241 .291 .318 .609 64 523 58 4 42 18 13
1961 29 642 2306 2081 191 505 67 17 19 189 55 24 156 228 .243 .294 .319 .613 64 663 72 4 46 19 17
1962 30 783 2866 2584 255 630 84 19 39 248 65 27 198 297 .244 .296 .336 .633 69 869 84 4 58 22 19
1963 31 856 3079 2778 270 666 91 19 40 259 68 28 213 338 .240 .292 .329 .622 67 915 88 4 60 24 21

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1956 24 36 69 66 11 13 2 0 1 9 2 3 10 .197 .232 .273 .505 4 34
1957 25 156 561 521 46 135 14 4 5 56 19 32 67 .259 .299 .330 .630 52 149
1958 26 156 596 548 40 125 19 5 6 54 12 39 50 .228 .279 .314 .592 48 148
1959 27 47 139 128 16 27 5 1 0 3 2 10 11 .211 .266 .266 .532 9 45
1960 28 140 499 455 45 108 13 3 4 36 13 40 53 .237 .299 .305 .604 42 133
1961 29 133 464 429 39 102 14 4 3 38 8 34 45 .238 .293 .310 .603 39 133
1962 30 141 543 499 62 121 16 2 19 57 10 41 69 .242 .298 .397 .695 60 141
1963 31 73 215 197 16 39 8 0 1 12 3 16 41 .198 .256 .254 .510 13 73
8 Seasons 882 3086 2843 275 670 91 19 39 265 69 215 346 .236 .288 .322 .610 267 856
162 Game Avg. 162 567 522 51 123 17 3 7 49 13 39 64 .236 .288 .322 .610 49 856

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1957 NL--18--5th
1958 NL--12--9th
1960 AL--13--8th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1958 NL--10--4th
1960 AL--19--2nd
1962 AL--12--4th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 NL--7--5th
1958 NL--7--7th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1957 NL--21--3rd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1957 NL--5--10th
1958 NL--6--8th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1962 AL--13.3--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1958 NL--440--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1660), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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