Osvaldo Fernandez

Osvaldo Fernandez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 4, 1968 in Holguin, Holguin, Cuba
Signed
by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1996
Teams (by GP): Giants/Reds 1996-2001
Agents: Joe Cubas [*]
Final Game: August 8, 2001
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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
1996 27 SFG NL 7 13 .350 4.61 30 28 1 2 0 0 171.2 193 95 88 20 57 4 106 10 2 6 760 88 1.456 10.1 1.0 3.0 5.6 1.86
1997 28 SFG NL 3 4 .429 4.95 11 11 0 0 0 0 56.1 74 39 31 9 15 2 31 0 1 2 256 84 1.580 11.8 1.4 2.4 5.0 2.07
1998 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2000 31 CIN NL 4 3 .571 3.62 15 14 0 1 0 0 79.2 69 33 32 6 31 2 36 2 1 1 327 131 1.255 7.8 0.7 3.5 4.1 1.16
2001 32 CIN NL 5 6 .455 6.92 20 14 2 0 0 0 79.1 103 62 61 8 33 3 35 0 0 0 366 66 1.714 11.7 0.9 3.7 4.0 1.06
4 Yrs 19 26 .422 4.93 76 67 3 3 0 0 387.0 439 229 212 43 136 11 208 12 4 9 1709 88 1.486 10.2 1.0 3.2 4.8 1.53
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .422 4.93 36 32 1 1 0 0 184 209 109 101 20 65 5 99 6 2 4 813 88 1.486 10.2 1.0 3.2 4.8 1.53
SFG (2 yrs) 10 17 .370 4.70 41 39 1 2 0 0 228.0 267 134 119 29 72 6 137 10 3 8 1016 87 1.487 10.5 1.1 2.8 5.4 1.90
CIN (2 yrs) 9 9 .500 5.26 35 28 2 1 0 0 159.0 172 95 93 14 64 5 71 2 1 1 693 89 1.484 9.7 0.8 3.6 4.0 1.11

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
1996 27 SFG NL 171.2 30 28 95 4.98 4.69 0.17 0.17 95.7 4.49 -8 -0.8 .8 -0.1 0.4 8 .474 .495 $633,333
1997 28 SFG NL 56.1 11 11 39 6.23 4.54 0.30 0.17 96.6 4.25 -12 -1.2 -0.0 -0.8 -7 .395 .493 $958,333
2000 31 CIN NL 79.2 15 14 33 3.73 5.30 0.30 0.19 99.7 5.17 13 1.3 1.5 -0.0 1.8 21 .585 .508 $
2001 32 CIN NL 79.1 20 14 62 7.03 4.88 -0.27 0.11 101.4 5.34 -15 -1.4 .5 -0.0 -0.8 -7 .429 .491 $600,000
4 Seasons 387.0 76 67 229 5.33 4.83 0.12 0.16 97.8 4.77 -23 -2.1 .7 -0.2 0.6 15 .473 .497 $2,191,666
SFG (2 yrs) 228.0 41 39 134 5.29 4.65 0.20 0.17 95.9 4.43 -20 -1.9 .8 -0.2 -0.4 1 .453 .494 $1,591,666
CIN (2 yrs) 159.0 35 28 95 5.38 5.09 0.01 0.15 100.5 5.26 -2 -0.1 .6 -0.1 1.0 14 .496 .500 $600,000

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
1996 27 SFG NL 30 760 676 95 193 38 3 20 7 5 57 106 .286 .348 .439 .787 .312 297 14 10 12 5 4 10
1997 28 SFG NL 11 256 236 39 74 16 1 9 3 7 15 31 .314 .353 .504 .857 .330 119 4 0 4 1 2 9
2000 31 CIN NL 15 327 290 33 69 17 1 6 3 1 31 36 .238 .313 .366 .678 .251 106 14 2 1 3 2 1
2001 32 CIN NL 20 366 326 62 103 29 1 8 0 3 33 35 .316 .376 .485 .860 .332 158 11 0 4 3 3 7
4 Yrs 76 1709 1528 229 439 100 6 43 13 16 136 208 .287 .348 .445 .793 .307 680 43 12 21 12 11 27
162 Game Avg. 36 813 727 109 209 48 3 20 6 8 65 99 .287 .348 .445 .793 .307 323 20 6 10 6 5 13
MLB Averages .268 .339 .427 .766 .300

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1996 27 SFG NL -9.4 -0.9 780 -0.2 14.0 -14.2 1.04 -0.6 0.4 -4.9 -0.5 1.04 -8.3 1 0 1
1997 28 SFG NL -7.4 -0.7 269 -0.6 4.7 -5.2 1.05 -0.6 0.1 -11.8 -1.1 1.05 -6.8 0 0 0
2000 31 CIN NL 10.7 1.0 334 0.9 6.2 -5.4 1.00 1.0 -0.2 10.1 1.0 1.00 12.0 0 1 0
2001 32 CIN NL -17.5 -1.6 369 -1.3 5.1 -6.4 .86 -1.5 0.0 -17.8 -1.6 0.86 -15.8 1 0 5
4 Yrs -23.6 -2.2 1752 -1.1 30.0 -31.2 1.00 -1.7 0.6 -24.4 -2.2 1.00 -18.9 2 1 6

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
1996 27 SFG NL 30 28 7 12 9 2 3 11 17 .393 1 6 2 0 14 50% 47.9 78 22 22 8 2 12 3.7 3.3 6.0 96 3 8 11 0 117
1997 28 SFG NL 11 11 3 4 4 1 1 6 5 .545 0 2 0 0 5 45% 43.4 67 13 8 2 0 6 4.6 4.0 5.1 84 3 5 2 0 104
2000 31 CIN NL 15 14 4 3 7 0 1 10 4 .714 1 2 1 0 8 57% 52.1 76 14 8 1 0 9 5.0 3.8 5.6 79 4 9 1 0 113
2001 32 CIN NL 20 14 5 6 3 2 1 7 7 .500 2 1 0 0 5 36% 38.6 65 8 6 4 0 7 4.5 5.7 4.9 82 7 5 2 0 116
4 Yrs 76 67 19 25 23 5 6 34 33 .507 4 11 3 0 32 48% 46 78 8 44 15 2 34 4.3 3.9 5.6 87 17 27 16 0 117
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 105 -21 5.0 4.9 6.0 96

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
1996 27 SFG NL 30 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.043 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.0 19
2000 31 CIN NL 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 .999 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 11
2001 32 CIN NL 20 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 7 .859 1 0 5 3 0 3 1 5 4 1 4 0 5.2 30
3 Yrs 65 9 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 1 33% .987 2 1 6 3 1 5 2 7 5 2 5 0 4.6 25

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%
1996 27 SFG NL 760 57% 2.6% 14.0% 7.5% 8.0% 32% 0.67 0.93 73% 26% 7.6% 22% 155 14 9%
1997 28 SFG NL 256 52% 3.5% 12.1% 5.9% 10.2% 35% 0.73 0.91 77% 30% 9.3% 15% 52 4 8%
2000 31 CIN NL 327 52% 1.8% 11.0% 9.5% 7.3% 35% 1.05 1.62 77% 22% 5.5% 9% 59 14 24%
2001 32 CIN NL 366 65% 2.2% 9.6% 9.0% 10.4% 37% 0.99 1.67 78% 27% 6.1% 7% 73 11 15%
4 Yrs 1709 57% 2.5% 12.2% 8.0% 8.7% 34% 0.81 1.18 75% 26% 7.2% 16% 339 43 13%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 9.0% 7.9% 34% 0.79 1.08 70% 22% 8.4% 15% 10%

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
1996 27 SFG NL 625 2148 3.44 1316 61% 23% 13% 27% 37% 77% 1% 47% 83% 57% 6% 40 20 19% 116 64 9 30% 18 17 135 0 1
1997 28 SFG NL 230 838 3.64 527 63% 25% 15% 24% 36% 75% 3% 47% 80% 58% 4% 10 8 17% 40 21 4 29% 4 0 26 0 1
2000 31 CIN NL 327 1120 3.43 683 61% 25% 12% 25% 38% 75% 1% 46% 85% 59% 4% 13 7 19% 63 32 2 22% 3 5 0 0 0
2001 32 CIN NL 366 1331 3.64 818 61% 26% 11% 27% 36% 74% 2% 45% 86% 58% 7% 25 13 19% 70 42 3 23% 6 9 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1548 5437 3.51 3344 62% 24% 12% 26% 37% 75% 2% 46% 83% 58% 6% 88 48 19% 289 159 18 27% 31 31 161 0 2
MLB Averages 3.72 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 57% 5% 20% 28%

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
1996 27 SFG NL 760 193 15 3 20 0 14 9 11 7 13 53 24 7 45% 10 6 1 294 7 5 58% 7 4 0 1 0 0 6 3 15 0
1997 28 SFG NL 256 74 6 1 9 2 9 4 5 7 2 17 11 2 65% 9 2 0 93 3 7 30% 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2000 31 CIN NL 327 69 8 2 6 0 6 2 4 2 4 13 9 0 69% 1 1 0 113 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
2001 32 CIN NL 366 103 15 2 8 1 9 5 3 1 7 27 16 0 59% 7 0 0 156 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 Yrs 1709 439 44 8 43 3 38 20 23 17 26 110 60 9 55% 27 9 1 656 13 16 45% 13 15 0 1 0 0 7 4 30 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1996 27 7 13 .350 4.61 30 28 1 2 0 0 171.2 193 95 88 20 57 4 106 10 2 6 760 88 1.456 10.1 1.0 3.0 5.6 1.86 88
1997 28 10 17 .370 4.70 41 39 1 2 0 0 228.0 267 134 119 29 72 6 137 10 3 8 1016 87 1.487 10.5 1.1 2.8 5.4 1.90 87
1998 29 10 17 .370 4.70 41 39 1 2 0 0 228.0 267 134 119 29 72 6 137 10 3 8 1016 87 1.487 10.5 1.1 2.8 5.4 1.90 87
1999 30 10 17 .370 4.70 41 39 1 2 0 0 228.0 267 134 119 29 72 6 137 10 3 8 1016 87 1.487 10.5 1.1 2.8 5.4 1.90 87
2000 31 14 20 .412 4.42 56 53 1 3 0 0 307.2 336 167 151 35 103 8 173 12 4 9 1343 96 1.427 9.8 1.0 3.0 5.1 1.68 96
2001 32 19 26 .422 4.93 76 67 3 3 0 0 387.0 439 229 212 43 136 11 208 12 4 9 1709 88 1.486 10.2 1.0 3.2 4.8 1.53 88

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
1996 27 8 10 .444 4.69 167.0 192 97 87 20 57 103 10 1.491 10.3 3.1 5.6 1.81 1.1 30
1997 28 2 4 .333 4.82 56.0 73 33 30 9 15 31 0 1.571 11.7 2.4 5.0 2.07 1.4 11
2000 31 5 3 .625 3.27 77.0 64 31 28 6 29 35 2 1.208 7.5 3.4 4.1 1.21 0.7 15
2001 32 2 6 .250 6.15 79.0 97 60 54 8 31 35 0 1.620 11.1 3.5 4.0 1.13 0.9 20
4 Yrs 17 23 .425 4.73 379.0 426 221 199 43 132 204 12 1.472 10.1 4.8 1.55 1.0 76

* 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

Losses s c a p y
1996 NL  13 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1996 NL  10 (8th)

                           

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