Felix Hernandez
Felix Abraham Hernandez (King Felix)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: April 8, 1986 in Valencia, 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
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Standard Pitching

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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
2005 19 SEA AL 4 4 .500 2.67 12 12 0 0 0 0 84.1 61 26 25 5 23 0 77 2 0 3 328 157 0.996 6.5 0.5 2.5 8.2 3.35
2006 20 SEA AL 12 14 .462 4.52 31 31 0 2 1 0 191.0 195 105 96 23 60 2 176 6 0 11 816 98 1.335 9.2 1.1 2.8 8.3 2.93
2007 21 SEA AL 14 7 .667 3.92 30 30 0 1 1 0 190.1 209 88 83 20 53 4 165 3 1 7 808 112 1.377 9.9 0.9 2.5 7.8 3.11
2008 22 SEA AL 9 11 .450 3.45 31 31 0 2 0 0 200.2 198 85 77 17 80 7 175 8 1 8 857 122 1.385 8.9 0.8 3.6 7.8 2.19
2009 23 SEA AL 19 5 .792 2.49 34 34 0 2 1 0 238.2 200 81 66 15 71 0 217 8 1 17 977 174 1.135 7.5 0.6 2.7 8.2 3.06 AS
5 Seasons 58 41 .586 3.45 138 138 0 7 3 0 905.0 863 385 347 80 287 13 810 27 3 46 3786 125 1.271 8.6 0.8 2.9 8.1 2.82
162 Game Avg. 14 10 .586 3.45 34 34 0 2 1 0 223 213 95 85 20 71 3 200 7 1 11 933 125 1.271 8.6 0.8 2.9 8.1 2.82

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2009 SEA AL 23 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2005 19 SEA AL 12 328 300 26 61 9 0 5 3 2 23 77 .203 .263 .283 .546 .255 85 6 2 1 2 0
2006 20 SEA AL 31 816 745 105 195 36 2 23 14 5 60 176 .262 .321 .408 .729 .313 304 18 6 2 3 2
2007 21 SEA AL 30 808 745 88 209 36 4 20 10 5 53 165 .281 .330 .420 .751 .337 313 20 3 6 1 4
2008 22 SEA AL 31 857 759 85 198 48 0 17 19 4 80 175 .261 .335 .391 .727 .316 297 28 8 4 6 7
2009 23 SEA AL 34 977 881 81 200 31 2 15 20 8 71 217 .227 .287 .318 .605 .280 280 20 8 6 11 0
5 Seasons 138 3786 3430 385 863 160 8 80 66 24 287 810 .252 .312 .373 .685 .306 1279 92 27 19 23 13
162 Game Avg. 34 933 845 95 213 39 2 20 16 6 71 200 .252 .312 .373 .685 .306 315 23 7 5 6 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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
2005 19 SEA AL 12 12 4 4 4 0 1 5 7 .417 0 1 0 0 9 75% 63 82 24 4 1 0 5 3.2 3.1 7.0 102 1 4 7 0 115
2006 20 SEA AL 31 31 12 14 5 5 4 14 17 .452 1 4 2 1 13 42% 51 81 12 16 3 0 15 4.5 3.8 6.2 99 1 13 17 0 117
2007 21 SEA AL 30 30 14 7 9 5 1 21 9 .700 3 3 1 1 14 47% 52 89 22 17 4 0 11 5.3 6.4 6.3 100 2 10 17 1 120
2008 22 SEA AL 31 31 9 11 11 1 3 15 16 .484 2 5 2 0 19 61% 54 80 21 11 4 0 12 3.6 3.6 6.5 103 1 8 22 0 117
2009 23 SEA AL 34 34 19 5 10 0 1 25 9 .735 2 8 2 1 29 85% 61 85 20 9 1 0 15 4.4 4.3 7.0 107 0 4 29 1 121
5 Seasons 138 138 58 41 39 11 10 80 58 .580 8 21 7 3 84 61% 55 89 12 57 13 0 58 4.3 4.3 6.6 102 5 39 92 2 121
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2005 19 SEA AL 328 50% 1.5% 23.5% 7.0% 4.3% 23% 2.08 2.93 67% 13% 7.5% 7% 51 6 12%
2006 20 SEA AL 816 52% 2.8% 21.6% 7.4% 7.5% 31% 1.40 2.09 67% 17% 10.5% 8% 143 18 13%
2007 21 SEA AL 808 52% 2.5% 20.4% 6.6% 7.4% 29% 1.55 2.56 69% 18% 9.8% 9% 151 20 13%
2008 22 SEA AL 857 57% 2.0% 20.4% 9.3% 7.6% 33% 1.06 1.62 67% 19% 6.7% 11% 174 28 16%
2009 23 SEA AL 977 54% 1.5% 22.2% 7.3% 4.9% 24% 1.13 1.55 68% 17% 5.4% 11% 183 20 11%
5 Seasons 3786 53% 2.1% 21.4% 7.6% 6.6% 29% 1.31 1.95 68% 17% 7.8% 10% 702 92 13%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2005 19 SEA AL 328 1218 3.71 789 65% 30% 17% 24% 29% 70% 0% 45% 76% 60% 5% 15 11 24% 79 51 5 35% 13 4 0 0 0
2006 20 SEA AL 816 3056 3.75 1944 64% 29% 15% 27% 30% 71% 0% 45% 79% 57% 4% 32 20 25% 207 120 6 28% 33 10 0 0 0
2007 21 SEA AL 808 2997 3.71 1937 65% 29% 16% 24% 30% 71% 2% 46% 77% 63% 4% 30 18 26% 209 109 16 31% 32 8 0 0 0
2008 22 SEA AL 857 3193 3.73 2024 63% 27% 15% 29% 29% 73% 2% 46% 79% 60% 5% 45 23 25% 216 117 11 29% 34 16 0 0 0
2009 23 SEA AL 977 3618 3.70 2298 64% 27% 18% 26% 30% 73% 0% 46% 76% 58% 4% 42 30 23% 223 116 11 24% 34 12 0 0 0
5 Seasons 3786 14082 3.72 8992 64% 28% 16% 26% 30% 72% 1% 46% 78% 59% 4% 164 102 25% 934 513 49 28% 146 50 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2005 19 SEA AL 328 61 9 0 5 0 7 4 1 4 1 9 5 2 56% 1 3 1 104 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
2006 20 SEA AL 816 195 15 0 23 2 19 5 18 9 14 39 19 8 49% 9 11 6 272 14 5 74% 11 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 22 0
2007 21 SEA AL 808 209 27 1 20 0 17 6 14 8 12 52 22 16 42% 5 7 1 286 10 5 67% 10 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
2008 22 SEA AL 857 198 19 1 17 0 24 4 13 11 6 51 24 14 47% 5 8 2 321 19 4 83% 16 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 20 0
2009 23 SEA AL 977 200 24 0 15 0 14 7 8 8 7 53 26 9 49% 13 17 6 340 20 8 71% 19 6 1 1 0 1 3 1 38 0
5 Seasons 3786 863 94 2 80 2 81 26 54 40 40 204 96 49 47% 33 46 16 1323 66 24 73% 59 18 7 4 0 2 9 2 102 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2005 19 4 4 .500 2.67 12 12 0 0 0 0 84.1 61 26 25 5 23 0 77 2 0 3 328 157 0.996 6.5 0.5 2.5 8.2 3.35 157
2006 20 16 18 .471 3.96 43 43 0 2 1 0 275.1 256 131 121 28 83 2 253 8 0 14 1144 110 1.231 8.4 0.9 2.7 8.3 3.05 110
2007 21 30 25 .545 3.94 73 73 0 3 2 0 465.2 465 219 204 48 136 6 418 11 1 21 1952 111 1.291 9.0 0.9 2.6 8.1 3.07 111
2008 22 39 36 .520 3.80 104 104 0 5 2 0 666.1 663 304 281 65 216 13 593 19 2 29 2809 114 1.319 9.0 0.9 2.9 8.0 2.75 114
2009 23 58 41 .586 3.45 138 138 0 7 3 0 905.0 863 385 347 80 287 13 810 27 3 46 3786 125 1.271 8.6 0.8 2.9 8.1 2.82 125

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2005 19 5 3 .625 2.92 80.0 62 29 26 5 23 73 2 1.063 7.0 2.6 8.2 3.17 0.6 12
2006 20 9 11 .450 4.57 185.0 194 104 94 23 60 170 6 1.373 9.4 2.9 8.3 2.83 1.1 31
2007 21 10 10 .500 4.13 181.0 208 92 83 20 53 157 3 1.442 10.3 2.6 7.8 2.96 1.0 30
2008 22 11 10 .524 3.69 190.0 198 87 78 17 80 166 8 1.463 9.4 3.8 7.9 2.08 0.8 31
2009 23 18 7 .720 2.60 232.0 202 74 67 15 72 211 8 1.181 7.8 2.8 8.2 2.93 0.6 34
5 Seasons 53 41 .564 3.61 868.0 864 386 348 80 288 777 27 1.327 9.0 8.1 2.70 0.8 138

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL--3.453--9th
2009 AL--2.489--2nd

Wins s c a p y
2009 AL--19--1st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2007 AL--.667--10th
2009 AL--.792--1st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 AL--1.136--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL--7.542--1st

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 AL--8.293--3rd
2007 AL--7.802--10th
2008 AL--7.849--7th
2009 AL--8.183--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 AL--238.7--3rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
2006 AL--176--6th
2008 AL--175--7th
2009 AL--217--4th

Games Started s c a p y
2009 AL--34--2nd

Complete Games s c a p y
2006 AL--2--6th
2008 AL--2--9th
2009 AL--2--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 AL--1--5th
2007 AL--1--5th
2009 AL--1--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 AL--80--6th
2009 AL--71--9th

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL--200--9th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2009 AL--3.056--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--.763--7th
2009 AL--.566--2nd

Losses s c a p y
2006 AL--14--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 AL--11--5th
2008 AL--8--7th
2009 AL--17--1st

Batters Faced s c a p y
2009 AL--977--2nd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2009 AL--174--2nd

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 9 (260), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 45 (553), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (760), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Rich Harden (950)
  6. Mark Prior (948)
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  8. Scott Kazmir (945)
  9. Chad Billingsley (944)
  10. Jim Weaver (943)
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  2. Dennis Eckersley (968) *
  3. Bret Saberhagen (961)
  4. Gary Nolan (960)
  5. Waite Hoyt (954) *
  6. Lee Viau (953)
  7. Milt Pappas (952)
  8. Steve Avery (950)
  9. Van Mungo (949)
  10. Kid Gleason (948)
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  2. Jack Taylor (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Bush (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Denny McLain (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Name and misspellings: Felix King Abraham Felix hernadez Hernandez

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