Félix Hernández

Felix Abraham (Garcia) Hernandez (King Felix)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: April 8, 1986 in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
High School: U. E. Jose Austre (Valencia, VE)
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 2005
Team: Mariners 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 5 yrs/$78M (10-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.060, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Alan Nero [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	Pos	Awards
2003	17	SEA-min	A-,A	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	EVR,APP · NORW,MIDW
2004	18	SEA-min	AA,A+	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	SAN,SBR · TL,CALL
2005	19	SEA-min	AAA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	TAC · PCL
2005	19	SEA	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	1
2006	20	SEA	AL	31	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	1
2007	21	SEA	AL	30	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	1	0	1
2008	22	SEA	AL	31	2	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	1165	4	1	1
2009	23	SEA	AL	34	7	6	1	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	-56	0	0	1	AS,CYA-2,MVP-26
2010	24	SEA	AL	34	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	2	1	CYA-1,MVP-16
2011	25	SEA	AL	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-18	1	0	1	AS
7 Seasons				174	29	24	2	3	1	5	1	12	.125	.160	.250	.410	10	6	4
162 Game Avg.				162	27	22	2	3	1	5	1	11	.125	.160	.250	.410	10	6	4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rroe	Rpos	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2006	20	SEA	AL	5	-1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	$340,000	1
2007	21	SEA	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$420,000	1
2008	22	SEA	AL	2	1	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	$540,000	1
2009	23	SEA	AL	7	-1	-0	1	-0	0.0	-0	0.0	$3,800,000	1	AS,CYA-2,MVP-26
2010	24	SEA	AL	4	-0	-0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$7,200,000	1	CYA-1,MVP-16
2011	25	SEA	AL	7	-1	-0	1	-0	0.0	-0	0.0	$11,700,000	1	AS
6 Seasons				29	-3	-0	3	1	0.1	1	0.1	$24,000,000

Advanced Batting

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
2006	20	SEA	AL	5	5	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.272	.000	.336	.000	.432	.000	.767	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2007	21	SEA	AL	4	3	0	0.0	103	1.000	.250	.266	.250	.333	.250	.416	.500	.748	35	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
2008	22	SEA	AL	2	1	2	53.5	103		1.000	.265	1.000	.332	4.000	.415	5.000	.747	1165	.987	1.4	0.1		3.000	3.000	.0
2009	23	SEA	AL	7	6	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.260	.143	.328	.000	.417	.143	.744	-56	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.167	.167	.000
2010	24	SEA	AL	4	4	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.252	.000	.318	.000	.394	.000	.712	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2011	25	SEA	AL	7	6	0	0.0	92	.200	.143	.249	.143	.313	.143	.394	.286	.706	-18	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
7 Seasons				29	25	2	2.1	100	.182	.125	.259	.160	.325	.250	.410	.410	.735	10	.179	-3.2	-0.3	.333	.167	.125	.0
162 Game Avg.				27	23	2	2.1	100	.182	.125	.259	.160	.325	.250	.410	.410	.735	10	.179	-3.2	-0.3	.333	.167	.125

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2009	SEA	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2011	SEA	AL	25	DNP

Ratio Batting*

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
2006	20	SEA	AL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3					20%	0%
2007	21	SEA	AL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.3		4.0			25%	0%
2008	22	SEA	AL	2	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%			1.0	.3	0.00		0%	0%	100.0%	0%
2009	23	SEA	AL	7	0.0%	42.9%	14.3%	0.0%		3.00	2.0					43%	0%
2010	24	SEA	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					25%	0%
2011	25	SEA	AL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5			4.00	3.00	71%	0%		100%
7 Seasons				29	3.5%	41.4%	3.5%	3.5%	33%	12.00	2.0	24.0	4.8	4.00	12.00	38%	0%	100.0%	50%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.6%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.07	5.1	33.8	7.8	0.80	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2005	19	SEA	AL	0.0
2006	20	SEA	AL	-1.2	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.89	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.77	-1.4	0
2007	21	SEA	AL	-0.4	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.12	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.84	-0.4	0
2008	22	SEA	AL	1.4	0.1	2	0.3	0.3	-0.0	1.74	0.1	0.1	3.1	0.3	1.95	1.2	0
2009	23	SEA	AL	-1.4	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.56	-0.1	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.89	-1.1	0
2010	24	SEA	AL	-0.5	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.24	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.08	-0.8	0
2011	25	SEA	AL	-1.1	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.87	-0.1	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	1.20	-1.3	0
7 Seasons				-3.2	-0.3	29	-0.0	0.4	-0.5	.95	-0.3	0.3	-1.6	-0.2	1.04	-3.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO
2006	20	SEA	AL		0
2007	21	SEA	AL	0%	0
2008	22	SEA	AL		0
2009	23	SEA	AL	100%	3
2010	24	SEA	AL		1
2011	25	SEA	AL	0%	1
7 Seasons				33%	5

Situational Hitting*

						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
2006	20	SEA	AL	5	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2007	21	SEA	AL	4	50%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2008	22	SEA	AL	2	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	4	3	75%	0	0		0	0		0
2009	23	SEA	AL	7	29%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2010	24	SEA	AL	4	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2011	25	SEA	AL	7	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
7 Seasons				29	34%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	4	67%	7	0	0%	6	3	50%	20	4	20%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2006	20	SEA	AL	5	16	3.20	12	75%	17%	50%	17%	17%	83%	0%	63%	40%	40%	0%	0	0	20%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2007	21	SEA	AL	4	20	5.00	16	80%	31%	19%	44%	6%	69%	0%	55%	73%	25%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
2008	22	SEA	AL	2	3	1.50	2	67%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%	0%	67%	100%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2009	23	SEA	AL	7	28	4.00	20	71%	50%	15%	20%	15%	50%	0%	36%	70%	14%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	67%	0	0	0
2010	24	SEA	AL	4	11	2.75	9	82%	0%	22%	44%	33%	100%	0%	82%	78%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2011	25	SEA	AL	7	19	2.71	18	95%	11%	44%	17%	28%	89%	0%	84%	50%	86%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
6 Seasons				29	97	3.34	77	79%	25%	29%	26%	21%	75%	0%	60%	62%	45%	0%	0	0	3%	1	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
2006	20	43	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
2007	21	73	9	8	0	1	0	1	0	6	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	1	1
2008	22	104	11	9	1	2	1	5	0	6	.222	.222	.556	.778	98	5	2
2009	23	138	18	15	2	2	1	5	1	9	.133	.188	.333	.521	36	5	2
2010	24	172	22	17	2	2	1	5	1	10	.118	.167	.294	.461	21	5	4
2011	25	174	29	24	2	3	1	5	1	12	.125	.160	.250	.410	10	6	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2006	20	31	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
2007	21	30	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	30
2008	22	31	1	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	4	31
2009	23	34	7	6	1	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	34
2010	24	34	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	34
2011	25	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
6 Seasons		162	25	24	2	1	1	4	1	12	.042	.080	.167	.247	4	162
162 Game Avg.		162	25	24	2	1	1	4	1	12	.042	.080	.167	.247	4	162

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Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2010 AL 6.2 (6th)	Youngest s c a p y 2005 AL born 1986-04-08 (1st) 2006 AL born 1986-04-08 (1st) 2007 AL born 1986-04-08 (4th) 2008 AL born 1986-04-08 (9th)

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