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

Born: October 20, 1953 in San Francisco, 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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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
1974 20 STL NL 14 41 34 3 10 1 2 0 2 0 0 7 8 .294 .415 .441 .856 140 15 1 0 0 0 0 /3
1975 21 STL NL 64 207 188 20 47 8 2 3 20 0 1 17 26 .250 .309 .362 .671 83 68 5 0 0 2 2 3
1976 22 STL NL 129 428 374 54 108 21 5 7 46 4 2 49 53 .289 .376 .428 .803 127 160 8 3 2 0 5 *3
1977 23 STL NL 161 645 560 90 163 41 4 15 91 7 7 79 88 .291 .379 .459 .837 125 257 17 1 3 2 11 *3
1978 24 STL NL 159 633 542 90 138 32 4 11 64 13 5 82 68 .255 .351 .389 .741 108 211 12 2 1 6 11 *3 GG
1979 25 STL NL 161 698 610 116 210 48 11 11 105 11 6 80 78 .344 .417 .513 .930 151 313 9 1 0 7 5 *3 AS,MVP-1,GG
1980 26 STL NL 159 690 595 111 191 39 8 16 99 14 8 86 73 .321 .408 .494 .902 147 294 14 4 1 4 4 *3 AS,MVP-11,GG,SS
1981 27 STL NL 103 444 376 65 115 27 4 8 48 12 5 61 45 .306 .401 .463 .864 142 174 9 2 0 5 6 *3/7 MVP-20,GG
1982 28 STL NL 160 694 579 79 173 33 6 7 94 19 11 100 67 .299 .397 .413 .810 127 239 10 2 1 12 19 *3/79 MVP-17,GG
1983 29 TOT NL 150 633 538 77 160 23 7 12 63 9 5 88 72 .297 .396 .433 .829 131 233 7 2 2 3 14 *3 MVP-21,GG
1983 29 STL NL 55 244 218 34 62 15 4 3 26 1 1 24 30 .284 .352 .431 .784 116 94 2 0 0 2 5 3
1983 29 NYM NL 95 389 320 43 98 8 3 9 37 8 4 64 42 .306 .424 .434 .858 140 139 5 2 2 1 9 3
1984 30 NYM NL 154 657 550 83 171 31 0 15 94 2 3 97 89 .311 .409 .449 .859 143 247 9 1 0 9 12 *3 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1985 31 NYM NL 158 682 593 87 183 34 4 10 91 3 3 77 59 .309 .384 .430 .814 129 255 14 2 0 10 15 *3 MVP-8,GG
1986 32 NYM NL 149 652 551 94 171 34 1 13 83 2 1 94 69 .310 .413 .446 .859 140 246 14 4 0 3 9 *3 AS,MVP-4,GG
1987 33 NYM NL 154 676 587 87 170 28 2 18 89 0 2 81 104 .290 .377 .436 .813 120 256 15 4 0 4 8 *3 AS,GG
1988 34 NYM NL 95 384 348 43 96 16 0 11 55 2 1 31 57 .276 .333 .417 .750 120 145 11 1 0 4 3 3 GG
1989 35 NYM NL 75 244 215 18 50 8 0 4 19 0 3 27 39 .233 .324 .326 .649 91 70 4 2 0 0 3 3
1990 36 CLE AL 43 145 130 7 26 2 0 1 8 0 0 14 17 .200 .283 .238 .521 48 31 2 1 0 0 3 3
17 Seasons 2088 8553 7370 1124 2182 426 60 162 1071 98 63 1070 1012 .296 .384 .436 .821 128 3214 161 32 10 71 130
162 Game Avg. 162 664 572 87 169 33 5 13 83 8 5 83 79 .296 .384 .436 .821 128 249 12 2 1 6 10
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
STL (10 yrs) 1165 4724 4076 662 1217 265 50 81 595 81 46 585 536 .299 .385 .448 .833 130 1825 87 15 8 40 68
NYM (7 yrs) 880 3684 3164 455 939 159 10 80 468 17 17 471 459 .297 .387 .429 .816 129 1358 72 16 2 31 59
CLE (1 yr) 43 145 130 7 26 2 0 1 8 0 0 14 17 .200 .283 .238 .521 48 31 2 1 0 0 3
NL (16 yrs) 2045 8408 7240 1117 2156 424 60 161 1063 98 63 1056 995 .298 .386 .440 .826 130 3183 159 31 10 71 127
AL (1 yr) 43 145 130 7 26 2 0 1 8 0 0 14 17 .200 .283 .238 .521 48 31 2 1 0 0 3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 28 STL NL NLCS ATL W 3 14 12 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .333 .429 .333 .762 4 0 0 0 0 2
1982 28 STL NL WS MIL W 7 31 27 4 7 2 0 1 8 0 0 4 2 .259 .355 .444 .799 12 1 0 0 0 1
1986 32 NYM NL NLCS HOU W 6 29 26 3 7 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 6 .269 .345 .385 .729 10 0 0 0 0 3
1986 32 NYM NL WS BOS W 7 32 26 1 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 1 .231 .344 .231 .575 6 0 0 0 1 1
1988 34 NYM NL NLCS LAD L 7 32 26 2 7 0 0 1 5 1 0 6 7 .269 .406 .385 .791 10 2 0 0 0 1
3 Seasons (5 Series) 30 138 117 13 31 3 1 2 21 1 0 20 19 .265 .370 .359 .729 42 3 0 0 1 8
3 NLCS 16 75 64 8 18 1 1 1 9 1 0 11 16 .281 .387 .375 .762 24 2 0 0 0 6
2 WS 14 63 53 5 13 2 0 1 12 0 0 9 3 .245 .349 .340 .689 18 1 0 0 1 2
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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1979 *
1980 *
1984 *
1986 (1B)
1987 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1979-NL-MVP

Gold Gloves
1978-NL-1B
1979-NL-1B
1980-NL-1B
1981-NL-1B
1982-NL-1B
1983-NL-1B
1984-NL-1B
1985-NL-1B
1986-NL-1B
1987-NL-1B
1988-NL-1B
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1980-NL-1B
1984-NL-1B
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1979-NL-1-64%
1980-NL-11-9%
1981-NL-20-3%
1982-NL-17-4%
1983-NL-21-0%
1984-NL-2-57%
1985-NL-8-18%
1986-NL-4-53%
1 MVP
2.09 Career Shares (82nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1979 NL--.344--1st
1980 NL--.321--2nd
1981 NL--.306--10th
1982 NL--.299--9th
1984 NL--.311--7th
1985 NL--.309--6th
1986 NL--.310--5th

On-Base% s c a p y
1979 NL--.417--2nd
1980 NL--.408--1st
1981 NL--.401--3rd
1982 NL--.397--3rd
1983 NL--.396--2nd
1984 NL--.409--3rd
1985 NL--.384--7th
1986 NL--.413--2nd
Career--.384--137th

Slugging % s c a p y
1979 NL--.513--9th
1980 NL--.494--9th
1981 NL--.463--9th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1979 NL--.930--5th
1980 NL--.902--2nd
1981 NL--.864--5th
1984 NL--.859--6th
1986 NL--.859--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1977 NL--161--3rd
1978 NL--159--4th
1979 NL--161--5th
1980 NL--159--9th
1982 NL--160--8th
1985 NL--158--8th
Career--2088--169th

At Bats s c a p y
Career--7370--195th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1979 NL--698--7th
1980 NL--690--7th
1982 NL--694--9th
1984 NL--657--10th
1985 NL--682--7th
1987 NL--676--8th
Career--8553--171st

Runs Scored s c a p y
1978 NL--90--9th
1979 NL--116--1st
1980 NL--111--1st
1981 NL--65--5th
1986 NL--94--5th
Career--1124--214th

Hits s c a p y
1979 NL--210--2nd
1980 NL--191--3rd
1985 NL--183--8th
1986 NL--171--9th
Career--2182--172nd

Total Bases s c a p y
1979 NL--313--6th
1980 NL--294--3rd
1981 NL--174--9th
Career--3214--204th

Doubles s c a p y
1977 NL--41--3rd
1979 NL--48--1st
1980 NL--39--4th
1981 NL--27--4th
1982 NL--33--9th
1984 NL--31--7th
1985 NL--34--5th
1986 NL--34--8th
Career--426--117th

Triples s c a p y
1979 NL--11--5th
1980 NL--8--9th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1979 NL--105--5th
1980 NL--99--5th
1984 NL--94--8th
1985 NL--91--10th
Career--1071--204th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 NL--82--7th
1980 NL--86--5th
1981 NL--61--3rd
1982 NL--100--3rd
1983 NL--88--6th
1984 NL--97--2nd
1986 NL--94--1st
Career--1070--83rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--1012--214th

Singles s c a p y
1979 NL--140--5th
1984 NL--125--10th
1985 NL--135--4th
1986 NL--123--7th
1987 NL--122--8th
Career--1534--171st

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1979 NL--151--4th
1980 NL--147--3rd
1981 NL--142--6th
1983 NL--131--8th
1984 NL--143--5th
1986 NL--140--3rd
Career--128--181st

Runs Created s c a p y
1979 NL--135--1st
1980 NL--122--2nd
1981 NL--73--4th
1983 NL--98--8th
1984 NL--108--5th
1985 NL--100--9th
1986 NL--106--6th
Career--1281--143rd

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1979 NL--47--2nd
1980 NL--42--2nd
1981 NL--24--4th
1982 NL--28--10th
1983 NL--26--9th
1984 NL--38--3rd
1985 NL--27--10th
1986 NL--35--3rd
Career--328--107th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1979 NL--4.7--2nd
1980 NL--4.2--2nd
1981 NL--2.5--4th
1982 NL--2.8--10th
1983 NL--2.6--9th
1984 NL--3.9--3rd
1985 NL--2.8--10th
1986 NL--3.6--3rd
Career--33.1--98th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1979 NL--70--6th
1980 NL--63--3rd
1981 NL--39--6th
Career--648--212th

Times On Base s c a p y
1979 NL--291--2nd
1980 NL--281--1st
1981 NL--178--3rd
1982 NL--275--1st
1983 NL--250--5th
1984 NL--269--3rd
1985 NL--262--3rd
1986 NL--269--3rd
1987 NL--255--9th
Career--3284--130th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1979 NL--.773--1st
1980 NL--.746--2nd
1981 NL--.728--7th
1983 NL--.696--7th
1984 NL--.734--4th
1986 NL--.718--3rd
Career--.668--141st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL--4--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 NL--7--9th
1982 NL--12--4th
1984 NL--9--5th
1985 NL--10--2nd
Career--71--119th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 NL--19--1st
1983 NL--14--9th
1984 NL--12--9th
1985 NL--15--6th
Career--130--62nd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1977 NL--17--8th
Career--161--200th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1981 NL--9.6--8th

Outs Made s c a p y
Career--5493--211th

Salary s c a p y
1986 NL--$1,650,000--9th
1987 NL--$1,800,000--6th
1988 NL--$1,850,000--7th
1989 NL--$2,000,000--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1974 NL--born 1953-10-20--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 14 (167), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 118 (166), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 86 (197), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 32 (227), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. John Olerud (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  9. John Olerud (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. John Olerud (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. John Olerud (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. John Olerud (890)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 42nd round of the 1971 amateur draft.

June 15, 1983: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Mets for Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985New York Mets$1,100,000
1986New York Mets$1,650,000
1987New York Mets$1,800,000
1988New York Mets$1,850,000
1989New York Mets$2,000,000
1990Cleveland Indians$1,750,000
1991Cleveland Indians$1,750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$11,900,000
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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