Tony Fernandez
Octavio Antonio (Castro) Fernandez
born Octavio Antonio Fernando Castro
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 30, 1962 in San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
High School: San Pedro de Marcoris (San Pedro de Marcoris, DO)
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1983
Final Game: October 7, 2001
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 TOR AL 21 SS 13 7 79.1 33 16 17 0 6 1.000 -0.9 -13.6 -1.9 -0.3 -1.6 1 3.74 2.54 .961 4.75 4.15
1983 TOR AL 21 DH 1
1984 TOR AL 22 SS 73 50 504.0 302 116 178 8 40 .974 3.6 8.6 3.6 -1.1 4.7 0 5.25 4.03 .962 4.76 3.93
1984 TOR AL 22 3B 10 3 45.1 21 3 17 1 1 .952 1.7 45.0 1.7 2.4 -0.7 0 3.97 2.00 .948 2.74 2.19
1984 TOR AL 22 DH 1
1985 TOR AL 23 SS 160 158 1416.0 791 283 478 30 109 .962 11.7 9.9 9.7 2.7 7.0 2 4.84 4.76 .964 4.64 3.93
1986 TOR AL 24 SS 163 162 1443.0 752 294 445 13 103 .983 3.8 3.2 2.8 4.7 -1.9 1 4.61 4.53 .966 4.53 3.94 AS,MVP-14,GG
1987 TOR AL 25 SS 146 142 1210.1 680 270 396 14 88 .979 6.3 6.2 5.3 -2.7 7.9 1 4.95 4.56 .970 4.59 4.02 AS,MVP-8,GG
1988 TOR AL 26 SS 154 154 1334.2 731 247 470 14 106 .981 7.7 6.9 6.7 0.5 6.2 1 4.83 4.66 .971 4.69 4.14 MVP-26,GG
1989 TOR AL 27 SS 140 140 1243.0 741 260 475 6 93 .992 12.8 12.4 11.8 3.0 8.8 1 5.32 5.25 .970 4.79 4.11 AS,MVP-19,GG
1990 TOR AL 28 SS 161 161 1384.0 786 297 480 9 93 .989 8.5 7.4 6.5 9.6 -3.1 2 5.05 4.83 .973 4.74 4.00
1991 SDP NL 29 SS 145 143 1262.2 707 247 440 20 78 .972 -4.3 -4.1 -3.3 -2.7 -0.6 -1 4.90 4.74 .966 4.67 3.88
1992 SDP NL 30 SS 154 155 1348.2 656 240 405 11 65 .983 -11.8 -10.5 -7.8 2.6 -10.4 -4 4.30 4.19 .969 4.59 3.86 AS
1993 TOT MLB 31 SS 142 142 1235.4 702 279 410 13 90 .981 3.4 3.3 4.4 4.0 0.4 -1 5.02 4.85 .970 4.69 4.10
1993 NYM NL 31 SS 48 48 413.2 239 83 150 6 28 .975 -0.8 -2.3 0.2 4.1 -3.9 -1 5.07 4.85 .964 4.69 4.04
1993 TOR AL 31 SS 94 94 821.2 463 196 260 7 62 .985 4.2 6.1 4.2 -0.1 4.3 0 4.99 4.85 .973 4.69 4.13
1994 CIN NL 32 3B 93 87 762.0 222 54 166 2 12 .991 -0.2 -0.3 0.8 -2.4 3.2 -1 2.60 2.37 .949 2.65 2.24
1994 CIN NL 32 SS 9 6 50.0 25 6 17 2 2 .920 0.1 2.4 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 4.14 2.56 .968 4.54 4.04
1994 CIN NL 32 2B 5 5 33.2 19 7 12 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -35.6 -1.0 -0.6 -0.4 0 5.08 3.80 .979 5.27 4.56
1995 NYY AL 33 SS 103 101 887.2 425 141 274 10 63 .976 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -2.6 1.6 1 4.21 4.03 .974 4.71 4.16
1995 NYY AL 33 2B 4 4 36.0 16 7 9 0 2 1.000 -0.6 -20.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 4.00 4.00 .981 5.10 4.35
1997 CLE AL 35 2B 109 94 840.1 512 207 295 10 59 .980 9.2 13.1 9.2 4.1 5.1 0 5.38 4.61 .980 4.93 4.33
1997 CLE AL 35 SS 10 8 65.2 39 12 26 1 7 .974 1.2 21.9 1.2 1.0 0.2 0 5.21 3.80 .974 4.55 4.05
1997 CLE AL 35 DH 1
1998 TOR AL 36 2B 82 81 692.2 359 128 222 9 43 .975 -8.2 -14.2 -7.2 3.3 -10.5 -1 4.55 4.27 .978 4.85 4.14
1998 TOR AL 36 3B 54 52 452.2 109 32 73 4 3 .963 0.1 0.3 1.1 1.1 0.0 -1 2.09 1.94 .947 2.55 2.23
1998 TOR AL 36 DH 1
1999 TOR AL 37 3B 132 130 1108.2 295 65 212 18 21 .939 -10.8 -11.7 -10.8 -6.6 -4.2 0 2.25 2.10 .951 2.58 2.21 AS
1999 TOR AL 37 DH 11 AS
1999 TOR AL 37 2B 1 0 3.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 160.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 5.10 4.40 AS
2001 MIL NL 39 3B 13 13 111.1 29 3 25 1 4 .966 -1.2 -12.9 -1.2 0.8 -1.9 0 2.26 2.15 .948 2.57 2.17
2001 TOR AL 39 DH 13
14 Seasons SS 1573 1529 13464.1 7370 2708 4511 151 943 .980 42.1 3.8 38.1 18.4 19.6 4 4.83 4.59 .969 4.66 4.01
5 Seasons 3B 302 285 2480.0 676 157 493 26 41 .962 -10.4 -5.0 -8.4 -4.7 -3.6 -2 2.36 2.15 .949 2.60 2.22
5 Seasons 2B 201 184 1605.2 908 349 540 19 105 .979 -0.2 -0.1 0.8 6.8 -6.0 -1 4.98 4.42 .979 4.91 4.26
6 Seasons DH 28
17 Seasons TOT 2076 1998 17550.0 8954 3214 5544 196 1089 .978 31.5 2.2 30.5 20.5 10.0 1 4.49 4.22 .946 4.39 3.77
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1983 TOR AL 21 15 7 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1984 TOR AL 22 88 53 88 81 0 0 0 0 10 73 0 0 0 0 0 8 8
1985 TOR AL 23 161 158 161 160 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 TOR AL 24 163 162 163 163 0 0 0 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1987 TOR AL 25 146 142 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 TOR AL 26 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 TOR AL 27 140 140 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TOR AL 28 161 161 161 161 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 SDP NL 29 145 143 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1992 SDP NL 30 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 TOR AL 31 94 94 94 94 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 NYM NL 31 48 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 CIN NL 32 104 98 104 104 0 0 0 5 93 9 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1995 NYY AL 33 108 105 108 107 0 0 0 4 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1997 CLE AL 35 120 102 120 116 0 0 0 109 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1998 TOR AL 36 138 134 138 135 0 0 0 82 54 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
1999 TOR AL 37 142 135 142 132 0 0 0 1 132 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0
2001 TOR AL 39 48 3 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 45 0
2001 MIL NL 39 28 13 28 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
17 Seasons 2158 2007 2158 2067 0 0 0 201 302 1574 0 0 0 0 9 98 11
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1983 TOR AL 21 347 46% 81% 26% 27 81% 0 17 9 8 0 16 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 3 0 0 6 2 3 0 0 0
1984 TOR AL 22 2216 49% 79% 25% 225 97% 2 110 59 35 16 181 133 37 2 2 8 1 7 0 6 39 12 4 12 2 2 33 17 16 5 4 1
1985 TOR AL 23 6037 52% 79% 27% 565 96% 4 274 122 104 48 481 369 95 0 4 30 1 21 8 21 107 41 7 33 10 4 99 49 48 5 1 4
1986 TOR AL 24 6314 55% 76% 27% 581 91% 7 295 135 125 35 456 363 74 2 10 13 2 11 0 11 103 24 18 31 9 12 99 43 52 3 1 2
1987 TOR AL 25 5275 60% 74% 26% 474 95% 6 267 106 112 49 393 315 60 3 8 14 0 12 2 12 86 18 10 28 12 6 78 29 46 5 3 1
1988 TOR AL 26 5858 62% 77% 32% 588 90% 5 245 111 104 31 468 351 102 0 3 14 1 9 4 12 107 44 15 30 7 3 100 59 40 3 1 2
1989 TOR AL 27 5416 65% 79% 33% 611 90% 9 258 125 99 35 478 366 86 7 7 6 1 2 3 3 93 26 17 29 9 1 85 43 39 7 6 1
1990 TOR AL 28 6013 61% 78% 32% 623 92% 6 301 142 118 41 483 383 88 1 2 9 0 4 5 7 94 29 12 31 8 5 89 43 44 3 1 2
1991 SDP NL 29 5481 58% 78% 32% 625 81% 5 247 115 101 31 438 343 80 1 4 20 1 14 5 18 78 23 6 33 4 5 72 29 42 3 1 1
1992 SDP NL 30 5888 57% 78% 31% 615 78% 3 241 107 96 38 405 315 70 1 15 11 1 8 2 10 64 23 3 22 2 1 52 26 26 8 1 5
1993 TOR AL 31 3662 52% 74% 30% 368 89% 4 194 101 69 24 259 193 54 0 4 7 0 6 1 7 62 16 6 24 1 2 54 22 28 6 4 0
1993 NYM NL 31 1903 62% 78% 33% 199 83% 0 82 34 39 9 150 117 28 0 1 6 0 3 3 5 27 7 2 11 3 1 25 9 15 1 1 0
1994 CIN NL 32 237 67% 78% 31% 26 85% 0 5 5 0 0 17 15 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1995 NYY AL 33 4047 55% 74% 29% 340 91% 11 143 68 49 26 276 206 51 0 3 10 0 4 6 10 63 25 3 15 4 8 58 28 28 3 0 3
1997 CLE AL 35 295 54% 74% 31% 32 88% 1 12 5 5 2 26 20 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 3 1 2 1 0 7 4 3 0 0 0
14 Seasons 58989 58% 77% 30% 5899 89% 63 2691 1244 1064 385 4527 3504 834 17 63 151 8 102 41 123 938 294 105 304 72 50 859 405 430 52 24 22
MLB Averages 56% 76% 30% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1984 TOR AL 22 201 58% 81% 27% 21 95% 0 3 3 0 0 17 13 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1994 CIN NL 32 3406 60% 75% 31% 222 89% 1 54 33 9 12 165 130 26 3 8 2 0 2 0 2 11 5 2 10 0 0 0 13 85%
1998 TOR AL 36 2001 47% 71% 28% 117 83% 0 33 29 2 2 72 59 11 0 3 4 0 4 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 60%
1999 TOR AL 37 5070 55% 75% 32% 318 80% 1 65 44 8 14 212 159 45 3 7 18 1 15 2 13 21 12 2 15 3 1 2 23 35%
2001 MIL NL 39 519 63% 71% 27% 28 96% 0 3 2 0 1 25 18 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 11197 55% 74% 31% 706 84% 2 158 111 19 29 491 379 93 6 18 26 1 23 2 20 40 24 4 33 3 1 2 42 55%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 30% 88% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1994 CIN NL 32 146 48% 77% 39% 17 88% 0 7 3 2 2 12 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1995 NYY AL 33 177 57% 75% 30% 13 77% 0 8 3 4 1 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1997 CLE AL 35 3804 53% 74% 31% 343 94% 2 204 64 110 31 296 264 25 2 6 10 1 3 6 6 59 21 11 13 6 54 19 35 4 1 3
1998 TOR AL 36 3193 47% 73% 30% 315 79% 2 127 50 54 23 221 184 32 0 1 9 0 9 0 7 43 16 3 15 2 40 17 21 2 0 1
1999 TOR AL 37 12 58% 75% 33% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 7332 50% 74% 31% 690 87% 4 346 120 170 57 540 467 60 2 7 19 1 12 6 13 105 38 14 29 8 96 37 57 7 2 4
MLB Averages 56% 76% 30% 92%

* 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.

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