Keith Hernandez
Keith Hernandez (Mex)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 20, 1953 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Capuchino (San Bruno, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 42nd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1974
Final Game: July 24, 1990
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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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 STL NL 20 1B 9 8 76.0 73 70 1 2 8 .973 -1.8 -28.4 -1.8 -1.6 -0.2 0 8.41 7.89 .992 9.94 8.34
1975 STL NL 21 1B 56 48 440.1 507 469 36 2 34 .996 3.1 8.4 3.1 1.1 2.1 0 10.32 9.02 .990 9.97 8.52
1976 STL NL 22 1B 110 97 884.2 979 862 107 10 87 .990 8.1 11.0 7.1 2.5 4.6 1 9.86 8.81 .991 9.95 8.61
1977 STL NL 23 1B 158 150 1345.0 1571 1453 106 12 146 .992 7.2 6.4 7.2 4.1 3.1 0 10.43 9.87 .991 6.69 6.33
1978 STL NL 24 1B 158 148 1327.2 1542 1436 96 10 124 .994 3.1 2.8 3.1 1.3 1.8 0 10.39 9.70 .992 6.78 6.33 GG
1979 STL NL 25 1B 160 156 1413.0 1643 1489 146 8 145 .995 12.6 10.7 11.6 2.1 9.5 1 10.41 10.22 .992 6.37 6.25 AS,MVP-1,GG
1980 STL NL 26 1B 157 157 1368.1 1696 1572 115 9 146 .995 11.5 10.1 10.5 6.6 3.8 1 11.10 10.75 .992 6.58 6.37 AS,MVP-11,GG,SS
1981 STL NL 27 1B 98 97 873.2 1143 1054 86 3 99 .997 8.4 11.5 7.4 2.2 5.2 1 11.74 11.63 .992 10.22 8.68 MVP-20,GG
1981 STL NL 27 LF 3 2 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -120.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 2.00 0.67 .950 2.10 1.80 MVP-20,GG
1981 STL NL 27 OF 3 2 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -120.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 2.00 0.67 1.000 2.30 2.03 MVP-20,GG
1982 STL NL 28 1B 158 153 1370.0 1732 1586 135 11 140 .994 12.6 11.0 11.6 4.9 6.8 1 11.31 10.89 .992 6.57 6.33 MVP-17,GG
1982 STL NL 28 OF 4 4 29.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -74.5 -0.8 -1.0 0.2 -1 1.55 1.25 .980 2.23 1.90 MVP-17,GG
1982 STL NL 28 LF 2 2 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 0.69 0.50 1.000 2.08 1.60 MVP-17,GG
1982 STL NL 28 RF 2 2 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -105.0 -0.4 -0.8 0.4 -1 2.25 2.00 .975 2.02 1.65 MVP-17,GG
1983 TOT NL 29 1B 144 142 1276.2 1578 1418 147 13 147 .992 16.3 15.3 14.3 7.3 7.0 2 11.03 10.87 .992 9.96 8.39 MVP-21,GG
1983 STL NL 29 1B 54 53 491.1 638 581 51 6 62 .991 3.8 9.3 3.8 1.7 2.1 0 11.58 11.70 .992 9.96 8.39
1983 NYM NL 29 1B 90 89 785.1 940 837 96 7 85 .993 12.5 19.1 10.5 5.6 4.9 2 10.69 10.37 .992 9.96 8.39
1984 NYM NL 30 1B 153 152 1338.2 1364 1214 142 8 127 .994 9.0 8.1 9.0 4.7 4.3 0 9.12 8.86 .992 6.72 6.54 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1985 NYM NL 31 1B 157 152 1387.0 1453 1310 139 4 113 .997 13.8 11.9 13.8 5.7 8.1 0 9.40 9.23 .993 6.49 6.37 MVP-8,GG
1986 NYM NL 32 1B 149 146 1302.0 1353 1199 149 5 115 .996 9.2 8.5 8.2 1.9 6.3 1 9.32 9.05 .992 6.91 6.71 AS,MVP-4,GG
1987 NYM NL 33 1B 154 151 1315.2 1457 1298 149 10 110 .993 4.2 3.8 5.2 3.3 1.9 -1 9.90 9.40 .991 6.84 6.49 AS,GG
1988 NYM NL 34 1B 93 91 767.1 813 734 77 2 63 .998 2.0 3.1 2.0 0.3 1.7 0 9.51 8.72 .991 9.96 8.65 GG
1989 NYM NL 35 1B 58 55 473.2 440 405 31 4 22 .991 0.5 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.4 0 8.28 7.52 .992 9.75 8.38
1990 CLE AL 36 1B 42 39 320.0 362 340 20 2 28 .994 -0.3 -1.1 -0.3 -0.4 0.1 0 10.12 8.57 .992 9.63 8.36
17 Seasons 1B 2014 1942 17279.2 19706 17909 1682 115 1654 .994 119.5 8.3 112.5 46.1 66.5 7 10.20 9.73 .992 7.63 7.05
2 Seasons OF 7 6 38.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -85.3 -1.7 -1.0 -0.7 -1 1.66 1.00 .986 2.25 1.96
2 Seasons LF 5 4 22.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -70.9 -1.3 -0.2 -1.1 0 1.23 0.60 .967 2.09 1.72
1 Season RF 2 2 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -105.0 -0.4 -0.8 0.4 -1 2.25 2.00 .975 2.02 1.65
17 Seasons TOT 2021 1948 17317.2 19713 17916 1682 115 1654 .994 116.8 8.1 110.8 45.1 65.8 -1 7 10.19 9.70 .986 7.62 7.03
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 STL NL 20 14 8 14 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1975 STL NL 21 64 48 64 56 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1976 STL NL 22 129 97 129 110 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1977 STL NL 23 161 150 161 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1978 STL NL 24 159 148 159 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1979 STL NL 25 161 156 161 160 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1980 STL NL 26 159 157 159 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1981 STL NL 27 103 99 103 99 0 0 98 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 4 0
1982 STL NL 28 160 157 160 159 0 0 157 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 1 1
1983 NYM NL 29 95 89 95 90 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1983 STL NL 29 55 53 55 54 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 NYM NL 30 154 152 154 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 NYM NL 31 158 152 158 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1986 NYM NL 32 149 146 149 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 NYM NL 33 154 151 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 NYM NL 34 95 91 95 94 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 NYM NL 35 75 55 75 58 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1990 CLE AL 36 43 39 43 43 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
17 Seasons 2088 1948 2088 2018 0 0 2015 0 0 0 5 0 2 7 0 88 2
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1974 STL NL 20 352 63% 80% 26% 13 85% 0 69 3 66 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1975 STL NL 21 1978 58% 78% 27% 115 98% 0 471 26 439 6 53 36 25 8 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 36 2 0 0 34 2 2 0 2 7 100%
1976 STL NL 22 3947 61% 80% 25% 258 92% 1 865 71 779 14 75 108 61 32 2 4 10 0 10 0 7 87 5 4 1 81 10 6 1 5 18 100%
1977 STL NL 23 5912 62% 79% 28% 352 92% 6 1449 95 1339 15 132 106 56 30 3 5 12 1 11 0 9 146 5 2 0 136 8 9 2 7 30 80%
1978 STL NL 24 5928 56% 77% 27% 331 93% 3 1438 80 1340 18 142 97 63 21 1 5 10 3 7 0 5 124 4 1 0 115 5 9 1 8 28 86%
1979 STL NL 25 6195 56% 80% 27% 380 94% 2 1486 81 1391 15 145 144 88 40 2 12 9 2 6 1 5 143 6 6 1 124 14 19 6 12 27 78%
1980 STL NL 26 6068 61% 82% 28% 368 93% 4 1583 117 1445 21 130 114 56 35 0 7 9 0 8 1 5 144 7 5 0 134 14 9 4 5 23 78%
1981 STL NL 27 3805 59% 83% 32% 224 96% 1 1051 59 973 19 84 89 48 20 3 5 3 0 3 0 3 98 6 1 0 93 7 5 1 3 14 93%
1982 STL NL 28 6004 56% 81% 30% 375 93% 0 1587 78 1493 17 152 137 82 39 1 4 11 2 9 0 8 140 4 6 0 133 10 7 2 5 18 89%
1983 NYM NL 29 3530 52% 79% 28% 230 96% 0 844 42 794 7 91 97 72 15 0 3 7 1 6 0 3 85 7 3 0 78 11 7 4 3 13 77%
1983 STL NL 29 2140 57% 81% 29% 141 96% 3 582 29 542 13 63 49 29 12 2 2 6 1 5 0 3 62 3 0 0 58 3 4 2 2 5 100%
1984 NYM NL 30 5921 53% 75% 23% 332 98% 1 1210 74 1113 22 118 144 90 36 1 7 8 0 8 0 7 128 5 2 0 114 7 13 1 12 15 100%
1985 NYM NL 31 5947 55% 75% 25% 358 99% 3 1304 60 1220 24 171 139 82 38 5 2 4 0 2 2 1 112 3 6 0 104 10 6 2 4 12 100%
1986 NYM NL 32 5672 58% 74% 29% 325 94% 3 1216 64 1140 13 115 143 95 26 2 6 5 0 5 0 3 116 9 3 0 100 13 16 6 9 23 91%
1987 NYM NL 33 5867 54% 76% 30% 321 93% 6 1301 65 1219 16 108 142 97 21 6 2 10 0 8 2 7 110 3 2 0 101 6 9 3 6 21 86%
1988 NYM NL 34 3299 57% 76% 32% 164 96% 2 737 41 684 11 44 74 58 11 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 63 3 0 0 56 3 7 0 7 12 83%
1989 NYM NL 35 2063 60% 73% 27% 96 94% 4 403 31 366 8 33 31 18 5 2 0 4 1 2 1 2 22 2 0 0 21 3 1 0 1 3 33%
1990 CLE AL 36 1419 62% 80% 33% 61 97% 1 338 16 319 3 27 20 12 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 28 1 0 0 23 1 5 1 4 1 100%
17 Seasons 76047 57% 78% 28% 4444 95% 40 17934 1032 16662 242 1690 1671 1033 392 32 67 116 11 97 8 76 1652 75 41 2 1512 127 135 36 96 271 87%
MLB Averages 57% 78% 28% 94% 88%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1981 STL NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 50 50% 86% 14% 10 20%
1982 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 55 78% 78% 20% 4 25%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 105 65% 82% 17% 14 21%
MLB Averages 58.4% 2.7% 57% 78% 29% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 70 50% 79% 21% 14 29%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 70 50% 79% 21% 14 29%
MLB Averages 43.4% 2.9% 57% 78% 29% 55%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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