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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
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 2005
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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 7 808 110 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

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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
2006 20 SEA AL 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2007 21 SEA AL 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 22 SEA AL 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 1168 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
2009 23 SEA AL 2 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
5 Seasons 7 18 15 2 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 9 .133 .188 .333 .521 35 5 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 417 347 46 46 0 0 23 116 0 0 23 208 .133 .188 .333 .521 35 116 0 0 46 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2005 SEA AL 19 P 12 12 84.1 27 11 16 0 1 1.000 2.88 2.25 .952 1.69 0.46
2006 SEA AL 20 P 31 31 191.0 41 16 25 0 0 1.000 1.93 1.32 .956 1.56 0.41
2007 SEA AL 21 P 30 30 190.1 38 13 24 1 2 .974 1.75 1.23 .955 1.60 0.42
2008 SEA AL 22 P 31 31 200.2 46 14 31 1 4 .978 2.02 1.45 .950 1.60 0.42
2009 SEA AL 23 P 34 34 238.2 54 29 24 1 3 .981 2.00 1.56 .952 1.53 0.40 AS
5 Seasons P 138 138 905.0 206 83 120 3 10 .985 2.02 1.47 .953 1.58 0.42
5 Seasons TOT 138 138 905.0 206 83 120 3 10 .985 2.02 1.47 .938 1.58 0.42

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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (460), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 36 (681), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (797), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Chris Young (972)
  2. Brian Holman (968)
  3. Connie Marrero (967)
  4. Bob Keegan (967)
  5. Steve Swetonic (965)
  6. Rollie Sheldon (964)
  7. Red Causey (964)
  8. Connie Johnson (963)
  9. Mark Prior (962)
  10. Harry Feldman (961)
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  2. Kid Madden (963)
  3. Joe Coleman (961)
  4. Darby O'Brien (957)
  5. Dennis Eckersley (954) *
  6. Steve Avery (954)
  7. Ray Sadecki (953)
  8. Denny McLain (952)
  9. Wally Bunker (952)
  10. Willis Hudlin (945)
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  1. Catfish Hunter (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 4, 2002: Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2006Seattle Mariners$340,000
2007Seattle Mariners$420,000
2008Seattle Mariners$540,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,300,000
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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Name and misspellings: Felix King Abraham Felix hernadez Hernandez

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