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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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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
1983 21 TOR AL 15 38 34 5 9 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 .265 .324 .353 .677 83 12 1 1 1 0 0 6/D
1984 22 TOR AL 88 254 233 29 63 5 3 3 19 5 7 17 15 .270 .317 .356 .674 84 83 3 0 2 2 0 65/D
1985 23 TOR AL 161 618 564 71 163 31 10 2 51 13 6 43 41 .289 .340 .390 .730 97 220 12 2 7 2 2 *6
1986 24 TOR AL 163 727 687 91 213 33 9 10 65 25 12 27 52 .310 .338 .428 .766 105 294 8 4 5 4 0 *6 AS,MVP-14,GG
1987 25 TOR AL 146 642 578 90 186 29 8 5 67 32 12 51 48 .322 .379 .426 .805 112 246 14 5 4 4 3 *6 AS,MVP-8,GG
1988 26 TOR AL 154 704 648 76 186 41 4 5 70 15 5 45 65 .287 .335 .386 .721 102 250 9 4 3 4 3 *6 MVP-26,GG
1989 27 TOR AL 140 617 573 64 147 25 9 11 64 22 6 29 51 .257 .291 .389 .680 96 223 9 3 2 10 1 *6 AS,MVP-19,GG
1990 28 TOR AL 161 721 635 84 175 27 17 4 66 26 13 71 70 .276 .352 .391 .742 103 248 17 7 2 6 4 *6
1991 29 SDP NL 145 621 558 81 152 27 5 4 38 23 9 55 74 .272 .337 .360 .697 95 201 12 0 7 1 0 *6
1992 30 SDP NL 155 694 622 84 171 32 4 4 37 20 20 56 62 .275 .337 .359 .696 97 223 6 4 9 3 4 *6 AS
1993 31 TOT MLB 142 594 526 65 147 23 11 5 64 21 10 56 45 .279 .348 .394 .742 99 207 16 1 8 3 3 *6
1993 31 NYM NL 48 204 173 20 39 5 2 1 14 6 2 25 19 .225 .323 .295 .618 68 51 3 1 3 2 0 6
1993 31 TOR AL 94 390 353 45 108 18 9 4 50 15 8 31 26 .306 .361 .442 .803 115 156 13 0 5 1 3 6
1994 32 CIN NL 104 422 366 50 102 18 6 8 50 12 7 44 40 .279 .361 .426 .787 106 156 5 5 4 3 8 *5/64
1995 33 NYY AL 108 438 384 57 94 20 2 5 45 6 6 42 40 .245 .322 .346 .668 75 133 14 4 3 5 4 *6/4
1997 35 CLE AL 120 442 409 55 117 21 1 11 44 6 6 22 47 .286 .323 .423 .746 91 173 11 2 6 3 0 *46/D
1998 36 TOR AL 138 551 486 71 156 36 2 9 72 13 8 45 53 .321 .387 .459 .846 120 223 11 11 3 6 5 45/D
1999 37 TOR AL 142 576 485 73 159 41 0 6 75 6 7 77 62 .328 .427 .449 .877 124 218 10 10 0 4 11 *5D/4 AS
2001 39 TOT MLB 76 134 123 11 36 4 0 2 15 1 3 8 17 .293 .338 .374 .712 87 46 3 1 1 1 0 5D
2001 39 MIL NL 28 72 64 6 18 0 0 1 3 1 2 7 9 .281 .352 .328 .680 80 21 1 0 1 0 0 5
2001 39 TOR AL 48 62 59 5 18 4 0 1 12 0 1 1 8 .305 .323 .424 .746 94 25 2 1 0 1 0 D
17 Seasons 2158 8793 7911 1057 2276 414 92 94 844 246 138 690 784 .288 .347 .399 .746 101 3156 161 64 67 61 48
162 Game Avg. 162 660 594 79 171 31 7 7 63 18 10 52 59 .288 .347 .399 .746 101 237 12 5 5 5 4
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
TOR (12 yrs) 1450 5900 5335 704 1583 291 72 60 613 172 86 439 493 .297 .353 .412 .765 106 2198 109 48 34 44 32
SDP (2 yrs) 300 1315 1180 165 323 59 9 8 75 43 29 111 136 .274 .337 .359 .697 96 424 18 4 16 4 4
NYM (1 yr) 48 204 173 20 39 5 2 1 14 6 2 25 19 .225 .323 .295 .618 68 51 3 1 3 2 0
CLE (1 yr) 120 442 409 55 117 21 1 11 44 6 6 22 47 .286 .323 .423 .746 91 173 11 2 6 3 0
CIN (1 yr) 104 422 366 50 102 18 6 8 50 12 7 44 40 .279 .361 .426 .787 106 156 5 5 4 3 8
NYY (1 yr) 108 438 384 57 94 20 2 5 45 6 6 42 40 .245 .322 .346 .668 75 133 14 4 3 5 4
MIL (1 yr) 28 72 64 6 18 0 0 1 3 1 2 7 9 .281 .352 .328 .680 80 21 1 0 1 0 0
AL (14 yrs) 1678 6780 6128 816 1794 332 75 76 702 184 98 503 580 .293 .349 .409 .758 103 2504 134 54 43 52 36
NL (5 yrs) 480 2013 1783 241 482 82 17 18 142 62 40 187 204 .270 .341 .366 .707 95 652 27 10 24 9 12

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 23 TOR AL ALCS KCR L 7 26 24 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .333 .346 .417 .763 10 2 0 0 1 0
1989 27 TOR AL ALCS OAK L 5 21 20 6 7 3 0 0 1 5 0 1 2 .350 .381 .500 .881 10 0 0 0 0 0
1993 31 TOR AL ALCS CHW W 6 25 22 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .318 .375 .318 .693 7 1 0 1 0 2
1993 31 TOR AL WS PHI W 6 26 21 2 7 1 0 0 9 0 1 3 3 .333 .423 .381 .804 8 0 1 0 1 0
1995 33 NYY AL ALDS SEA L 5 24 21 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .238 .304 .333 .638 7 1 0 1 0 1
1997 35 CLE AL ALDS NYY W 4 12 11 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .182 .167 .273 .439 3 0 0 0 1 0
1997 35 CLE AL ALCS BAL W 5 16 14 1 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .357 .438 .643 1.080 9 0 1 0 0 0
1997 35 CLE AL WS FLA L 5 18 17 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .471 .444 .529 .974 9 0 0 0 1 0
5 Seasons (8 Series) 43 168 150 13 49 11 0 1 23 5 1 10 16 .327 .367 .420 .787 63 4 2 2 4 3
2 ALDS 9 36 32 0 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 .219 .257 .313 .570 10 1 0 1 1 1
4 ALCS 23 88 80 10 27 6 0 1 6 5 0 5 10 .338 .379 .450 .829 36 3 1 1 1 2
2 WS 11 44 38 3 15 2 0 0 13 0 1 3 4 .395 .432 .447 .879 17 0 1 0 2 0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
2007 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

All-Star Games
1986 *
1987 *
1989 *
1992 *
1999 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 AL (14, 4%)
1987 AL (8, 20%)
1988 AL (26, 0%)
1989 AL (19, 2%)
0.26 Career Shares (640th)

Gold Gloves
1986 AL (SS)
1987 AL (SS)
1988 AL (SS)
1989 AL (SS)
All multiple winners

Batting Average s c a p y
1986 AL  .310 (7th)
1987 AL  .322 (7th)
1998 AL  .321 (9th)
1999 AL  .328 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1998 AL  .387 (9th)
1999 AL  .427 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1985 AL  161 (4th)
1986 AL  163 (1st)
1990 AL  161 (2nd)
Career  2158 (146th)

At Bats s c a p y
1986 AL  687 (1st)
1988 AL  648 (2nd)
1990 AL  635 (3rd)
1992 NL  622 (4th)
Career  7911 (144th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1986 AL  727 (2nd)
1988 AL  704 (3rd)
1990 AL  721 (2nd)
1992 NL  694 (5th)
Career  8793 (157th)

Hits s c a p y
1986 AL  213 (3rd)
1987 AL  186 (7th)
1988 AL  186 (7th)
1990 AL  175 (8th)
1992 NL  171 (10th)
Career  2276 (143rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1986 AL  294 (8th)
Career  3156 (224th)

Doubles s c a p y
1988 AL  41 (5th)
1999 AL  41 (5th)
Career  414 (135th)

Triples s c a p y
1985 AL  10 (4th)
1986 AL  9 (3rd)
1987 AL  8 (5th)
1989 AL  9 (4th)
1990 AL  17 (1st)
1993 AL  9 (4th)
1994 NL  6 (6th)
Career  92 (197th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1987 AL  32 (10th)
Career  246 (231st)

Singles s c a p y
1986 AL  161 (1st)
1987 AL  144 (2nd)
1988 AL  136 (6th)
1990 AL  127 (8th)
1992 NL  131 (4th)
Career  1676 (117th)

Runs Created s c a p y
Career  1102 (250th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1990 AL  253 (6th)
Career  3030 (174th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1990 AL  7 (4th)
1998 AL  11 (8th)
Career  64 (227th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1989 AL  10 (5th)
Career  61 (197th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1999 AL  11 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
Career  161 (207th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1986 AL  12 (9th)
1987 AL  12 (7th)
1992 NL  20 (3rd)
Career  138 (35th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
Career  136.0 (217th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1985 AL  13.8 (6th)
1986 AL  13.2 (5th)
1987 AL  12.0 (9th)
1992 NL  10.0 (6th)
1994 NL  9.2 (10th)
1998 AL  9.2 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1986 AL  503 (1st)
1988 AL  483 (3rd)
1990 AL  498 (2nd)
1992 NL  489 (3rd)
Career  6062 (128th)

Oldest s c a p y
2001 AL  born 1962-06-30 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1983 AL  born 1962-06-30 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (513), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 51 (491), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 74 (243), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 32 (262), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Billy Herman (874) *
  7. Jimmie Dykes (869)
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  9. Alan Trammell (865)
  10. Garry Templeton (859)
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  4. Bill Knickerbocker (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lou Boudreau (944) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lou Boudreau (948) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Garry Templeton (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Garry Templeton (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Garry Templeton (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Garry Templeton (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Dave Concepcion (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  14. Dick Bartell (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

April 24, 1979: Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent.

December 5, 1990: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Fred McGriff to the San Diego Padres for Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter.

October 26, 1992: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Mets for a player to be named later, D.J. Dozier and Wally Whitehurst. The New York Mets sent Raul Casanova (December 7, 1992) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

June 11, 1993: Traded by the New York Mets to the Toronto Blue Jays for Darrin Jackson.

November 3, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

March 8, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

October 13, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 18, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 28, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 30, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

November 5, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

February 8, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

May 29, 2001: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

June 8, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

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1985Toronto Blue Jays$127,500
1986Toronto Blue Jays$275,000
1987Toronto Blue Jays$400,000
1988Toronto Blue Jays$875,000
1989Toronto Blue Jays$1,400,000
1990Toronto Blue Jays$1,500,000
1991San Diego Padres$2,100,000
1992San Diego Padres$2,100,000
1993New York Mets$2,300,000
1994Cincinnati Reds$787,500
1995New York Yankees$1,633,335
1996New York Yankees$1,500,000
1997Cleveland Indians$1,550,000
1998Toronto Blue Jays$2,000,000
1999Toronto Blue Jays$2,250,000
2001Milwaukee Brewers$600,000
Career (may be incomplete)$21,398,335
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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