Willie Hernandez
Guillermo (Villanueva) Hernandez
as played as Guillermo
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 14, 1954 in Aguada, P.R.
High School: Martin Hernandez (Aguada, PR)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1977
Final Game: August 18, 1989
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Standard Fielding

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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
1977 CHC NL 22 P 67 1 110.0 35 8 27 0 2 1.000 2.86 0.52 .949 1.85 0.67
1978 CHC NL 23 P 54 0 59.2 14 2 12 0 0 1.000 2.11 0.26 .950 1.92 0.72
1979 CHC NL 24 P 51 2 79.0 16 4 11 1 0 .938 1.71 0.29 .950 1.80 0.66
1980 CHC NL 25 P 53 7 108.1 32 12 20 0 2 1.000 2.66 0.60 .950 1.91 0.69
1981 CHC NL 26 P 12 0 13.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.98 0.25 .967 1.98 0.68
1982 CHC NL 27 P 75 0 75.0 28 5 22 1 1 .964 3.24 0.36 .950 1.96 0.70
1983 TOT NL 28 P 74 1 115.4 19 2 17 0 3 1.000 1.48 0.26 .947 1.92 0.68
1983 CHC NL 28 P 11 1 19.2 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.29 0.45 .940 1.92 0.68
1983 PHI NL 28 P 63 0 95.2 14 1 13 0 2 1.000 1.32 0.22 .950 1.92 0.68
1984 DET AL 29 P 80 0 140.1 19 5 14 0 1 1.000 1.22 0.24 .958 1.79 0.70 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1985 DET AL 30 P 74 0 106.2 15 7 7 1 0 .933 1.18 0.19 .953 1.86 0.70 AS
1986 DET AL 31 P 64 0 88.2 19 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.30 .953 1.83 0.68 AS
1987 DET AL 32 P 45 0 49.0 7 2 4 1 1 .857 1.10 0.13 .957 1.84 0.67
1988 DET AL 33 P 63 0 67.2 18 3 15 0 1 1.000 2.39 0.29 .961 1.78 0.67
1989 DET AL 34 P 32 0 31.1 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.72 0.19 .967 1.87 0.66
13 Seasons P 744 11 1044.2 231 58 169 4 12 .983 1.96 0.31 .952 1.86 0.69
13 Seasons TOT 744 11 1044.2 231 58 169 4 12 .983 1.96 0.31 .935 1.86 0.69

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
1977 CHC NL 22 67 1 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CHC NL 23 55 0 55 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 CHC NL 24 52 2 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CHC NL 25 53 7 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CHC NL 26 13 0 13 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 CHC NL 27 75 0 75 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 PHI NL 28 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 CHC NL 28 11 1 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 DET AL 29 80 0 2 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 DET AL 30 74 0 2 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 DET AL 31 64 0 1 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 DET AL 32 45 0 2 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 DET AL 33 63 0 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 DET AL 34 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 747 11 396 745 745 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1977 CHC NL 22 465 77% 35% 25 96% 1 9 3 4 26 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 100%
1978 CHC NL 23 277 73% 29% 12 83% 1 2 0 1 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67%
1979 CHC NL 24 372 74% 22% 12 92% 0 4 1 3 11 9 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 100%
1980 CHC NL 25 494 75% 28% 25 88% 1 13 3 7 21 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 5 100%
1981 CHC NL 26 65 68% 25% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1982 CHC NL 27 322 75% 29% 23 87% 0 4 1 3 21 17 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 100%
1983 PHI NL 28 411 75% 22% 12 83% 1 2 0 2 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 67%
1983 CHC NL 28 81 70% 27% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1984 DET AL 29 562 73% 22% 17 100% 0 4 0 4 17 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1985 DET AL 30 427 79% 20% 7 86% 1 7 1 5 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1986 DET AL 31 389 74% 24% 14 93% 0 6 0 4 13 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1987 DET AL 32 223 78% 22% 7 71% 0 2 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1988 DET AL 33 292 68% 26% 20 90% 1 3 0 2 18 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 67%
1989 DET AL 34 148 68% 23% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
13 Seasons 4528 74% 25% 184 90% 6 58 11 37 172 122 19 5 0 3 2 3 11 6 7 4 52 88%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%

* 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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