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Carlos Hernández

Carlos Enrique Hernandez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 22, 1980 in Guacara, Carabobo, Venezuela
High School: Yagua (Yagua, VE)
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 2001
Team: Astros 2001-2004
2012 Contract Status: not updated (details) [*]
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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
1999	19	HOU-min	Rk	5	1	.833	1.79	13	9	0	0	0	0	55.1	36	21	11	2	23	0	82	6	0	6	227		1.066	5.9	0.3	3.7	13.3	3.57	MTV · APPY
2000	20	HOU-min	A	6	6	.500	3.82	22	22	0	2	1	0	110.2	92	57	47	8	63	0	115	11	1	10	490		1.401	7.5	0.7	5.1	9.4	1.83	BTC · MIDW
2001	21	HOU-min	AA	12	3	.800	3.69	24	23	0	0	0	0	139.0	115	60	57	11	69	0	167	7	0	3	591		1.324	7.4	0.7	4.5	10.8	2.42	RRK · TL
2001	21	HOU	NL	1	0	1.000	1.02	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.2	11	2	2	1	7	0	17	0	0	2	70	462	1.019	5.6	0.5	3.6	8.7	2.43
2002	22	HOU-min	AA,AAA	0	0		3.09	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.2	5	4	4	1	5	0	12	0	0	1	45		0.857	3.9	0.8	3.9	9.3	2.40	RRK,NOR · TL,PCL
2002	22	HOU	NL	7	5	.583	4.38	23	21	0	0	0	0	111.0	112	56	54	11	61	5	93	3	2	1	495	99	1.559	9.1	0.9	4.9	7.5	1.52
2003		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2004	24	HOU-min	AAA	9	4	.692	3.60	23	23	0	0	0	0	127.2	115	54	51	9	46	1	81	5	0	3	528		1.261	8.1	0.6	3.2	5.7	1.76	NOR · PCL
2004	24	HOU	NL	1	3	.250	6.43	9	9	0	0	0	0	42.0	50	31	30	11	23	0	26	5	0	1	200	68	1.738	10.7	2.4	4.9	5.6	1.13
2005	25	HOU-min	AAA	5	8	.385	5.56	21	21	0	0	0	0	89.0	99	57	55	17	54	2	66	5	1	1	404		1.719	10.0	1.7	5.5	6.7	1.22	RRK · PCL
2006	26	HOU-min	AA	0	2	.000	12.86	7	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	21	20	20	3	16	0	10	0	0	5	77		2.643	13.5	1.9	10.3	6.4	0.63	CPC · TL
2008	28	TBD-min	A+	2	1	.667	1.04	6	6	0	0	0	0	26.0	11	3	3	0	6	0	25	1	0	0	93		0.654	3.8	0.0	2.1	8.7	4.17	VRO · FLOR
2009	29	TBD-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.29	21	21	0	0	0	0	112.0	100	45	41	8	42	1	81	5	0	4	470		1.268	8.0	0.6	3.4	6.5	1.93	DHM · IL
2010	30	TBD-min	AAA	6	5	.545	4.17	18	17	0	0	0	0	90.2	88	52	42	8	38	1	78	3	0	1	396		1.390	8.7	0.8	3.8	7.7	2.05	DHM · IL
2012	32	MCD	AAA	2	0	1.000	2.04	5	3	0	0	0	0	17.2	13	5	4	1	7	0	19	1	0	3	70		1.132	6.6	0.5	3.6	9.7	2.71	MCD · MEX
3 Yrs				9	8	.529	4.54	35	33	0	0	0	0	170.2	173	89	86	23	91	5	136	8	2	4	765	97	1.547	9.1	1.2	4.8	7.2	1.49
162 Game Avg.				9	8	.529	4.54	35	33	0	0	0	0	171	173	89	86	23	91	5	136	8	2	4	765	97	1.547	9.1	1.2	4.8	7.2	1.49

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
2001	21	HOU	NL	17.2	3	3	2	1.02	4.35	-0.01	0.16	105.8	4.79	7	0.8		-0.0	1.0	9	.783	.505	$
2002	22	HOU	NL	111.0	23	21	56	4.54	4.57	-0.27	0.17	106.0	5.32	9	1.0	.5	-0.1	1.8	20	.543	.506	$210,000

2004	24	HOU	NL	42.0	9	9	31	6.64	4.61	0.22	0.18	102.4	4.67	-9	-0.9		-0.0	-0.6	-5	.403	.495	$
3 Seasons				170.2	35	33	89	4.69	4.56	-0.12	0.17	105.1	5.11	7	1.0	.5	-0.1	2.2	24	.528	.502	$210,000

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
2001	21	HOU	NL	3	70	62	2	11	2	0	1	0	0	7	17	.177	.261	.258	.519	.227	16	1	0	1	0	0	1
2002	22	HOU	NL	23	495	429	56	112	29	2	11	4	3	61	93	.261	.357	.415	.772	.311	178	8	3	2	0	5	4

2004	24	HOU	NL	9	200	165	31	50	10	0	11	3	2	23	26	.303	.398	.564	.962	.298	93	4	5	4	3	0	4
3 Yrs				35	765	656	89	173	41	2	23	7	5	91	136	.264	.359	.438	.796	.300	287	13	8	7	3	5	9
162 Game Avg.				35	765	656	89	173	41	2	23	7	5	91	136	.264	.359	.438	.796	.300	287	13	8	7	3	5	9
MLB Averages																.264	.333	.423	.756	.295

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2001	21	HOU	NL	6.9	0.8	73	0.8	1.6	-0.8	1.14	0.6	0.1	7.6	0.8	1.14	7.4	0	0	0
2002	22	HOU	NL	0.8	0.1	506	0.8	9.3	-8.5	1.06	0.1	0.7	4.2	0.4	1.06	-0.4	0	1	1

2004	24	HOU	NL	-8.7	-0.8	206	-1.0	3.3	-4.4	1.03	-1.3	0.3	-10.4	-1.0	1.03	-14.6	0	0	0
3 Yrs				-1.0	0.0	785	0.6	14.3	-13.7	1.06	-0.6	1.2	1.4	0.3	1.06	-7.6	0	1	1

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
2001	21	HOU	NL	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	1.000	1	0	0	0	2	67%	64.3	79	47	1	0	0	2	3.7	3.4	5.9	92	0	2	1	0	102
2002	22	HOU	NL	23	21	7	5	9	1	3	10	11	.476	1	2	0	0	11	52%	50.5	74	19	16	10	1	10	4.1	4.5	5.2	91	4	7	10	0	119

2004	24	HOU	NL	9	9	1	3	5	1	1	5	4	.556	0	2	0	0	3	33%	41.7	59	18	8	1	0	4	5.8	4.4	4.7	86	3	3	3	0	111
3 Yrs				35	33	9	8	16	2	4	18	15	.545	2	4	0	0	16	48%	49	79	18	25	11	1	16	4.5	4.4	5.1	89	7	12	14	0	119
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	100	-9					4.8	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2002	22	HOU	NL	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	6	1.063	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.5	16
1 Yr				23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%		1.063	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.5	16

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%
2001	21	HOU	NL	70	27%	1.4%	24.3%	10.0%	4.3%	27%	0.67	0.71	63%	11%	5.0%	26%	9	1	11%
2002	22	HOU	NL	495	20%	2.2%	18.8%	12.3%	8.5%	38%	0.75	1.18	66%	28%	7.3%	18%	97	8	8%

2004	24	HOU	NL	200	23%	5.5%	13.0%	11.5%	10.5%	42%	0.59	0.81	66%	16%	13.9%	10%	40	4	10%
3 Yrs				765	21%	3.0%	17.8%	11.9%	8.6%	38%	0.70	1.02	65%	23%	9.2%	16%	146	13	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.9%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.78	1.07	70%	21%	8.2%	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
2001	21	HOU	NL	70	277	3.96	166	60%	28%	18%	27%	28%	72%	0%	43%	75%	49%	4%	3	1	10%	7	2	0	29%	0	2	0	0	0
2002	22	HOU	NL	497	1934	3.89	1166	60%	27%	15%	29%	29%	73%	2%	44%	79%	53%	7%	33	14	21%	103	57	5	31%	14	14	-2	0	0

2004	24	HOU	NL	202	773	3.83	459	59%	28%	12%	29%	32%	72%	0%	43%	84%	52%	5%	11	8	16%	33	20	2	27%	3	3	-2	0	0
3 Yrs				769	2984	3.88	1791	60%	27%	15%	28%	30%	73%	1%	44%	80%	52%	6%	47	23	19%	143	79	7	30%	17	19	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

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
2001	21	HOU	NL	70	11	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	2	0	28	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2002	22	HOU	NL	495	112	5	2	11	1	14	9	2	6	5	21	9	5	43%	4	1	1	194	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0

2004	24	HOU	NL	200	50	2	1	11	0	3	7	4	3	8	8	7	0	88%	4	1	0	82	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3 Yrs				765	173	11	3	23	1	17	16	7	10	13	29	16	5	55%	9	4	1	304	7	5	58%	7	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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+
2001	21	1	0	1.000	1.02	3	3	17.2	11	2	2	1	7	0	17	0	0	2	70	462	1.019	5.6	0.5	3.6	8.7	2.43	462
2002	22	8	5	.615	3.92	26	24	128.2	123	58	56	12	68	5	110	3	2	3	565	112	1.484	8.6	0.8	4.8	7.7	1.62	112
2003	23	8	5	.615	3.92	26	24	128.2	123	58	56	12	68	5	110	3	2	3	565	112	1.484	8.6	0.8	4.8	7.7	1.62	112
2004	24	9	8	.529	4.54	35	33	170.2	173	89	86	23	91	5	136	8	2	4	765	97	1.547	9.1	1.2	4.8	7.2	1.49	97

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2001	21	1	0	1.000	1.06	17.0	11	2	2	1	7	17	0	1.059	5.8	3.7	9.0	2.43	0.5	3
2002	22	6	6	.500	4.25	108.0	109	57	51	11	59	90	3	1.556	9.1	4.9	7.5	1.53	0.9	23

2004	24	1	3	.250	6.00	42.0	48	31	28	11	22	26	5	1.667	10.3	4.7	5.6	1.18	2.4	9
3 Yrs		8	9	.471	4.37	167.0	168	90	81	23	88	133	8	1.533	9.1		7.2	1.51	1.2	35

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