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Xavier Hernandez

Francis Xavier Hernandez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 16, 1965 in Port Arthur, TX
School: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Lafayette, LA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 4, 1989
Teams (by GP): Astros/Rangers/Reds/Yankees/BlueJays 1989-1998

Final Game: September 26, 1998
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Standard Batting

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
1989 23 TOR AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1990 24 HOU NL 35 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 87 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1991 25 HOU NL 32 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .000 .167 .000 .167 -47 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1992 26 HOU NL 77 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 27 HOU NL 72 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1994 28 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 29 CIN NL 59 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 30 TOT NL 61 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1996 30 CIN NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1996 30 HOU NL 58 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1997 31 TEX AL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 32 TEX AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
10 Yrs 464 43 37 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .027 .077 .027 .104 -69 1 1 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 15 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .027 .077 .027 .104 -69 0 0 0 1 0 0
HOU (5 yrs) 274 35 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .034 .097 .034 .131 -61 1 1 0 4 0 0
TEX (2 yrs) 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 62 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 336 43 37 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .027 .077 .027 .104 -69 1 1 0 4 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1989 23 TOR AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1990 24 HOU NL 35 3 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $102,000 1
1991 25 HOU NL 32 13 -2 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $122,500 1
1992 26 HOU NL 77 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $230,000 1
1993 27 HOU NL 72 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .499 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $900,000 1
1994 28 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,525,000 1
1995 29 CIN NL 59 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $1,478,334 1
1996 30 CIN NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $600,000 /1
1996 30 HOU NL 58 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $109,000 1
1997 31 TEX AL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $600,000 1
1998 32 TEX AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,000,000 1
10 Seasons 464 43 -9 0 0 0 5 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .499 .500 -0.4 0.3 -3 $6,666,834
HOU (5 yrs) 274 35 -7 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .499 .500 -0.3 0.1 -1 $1,463,500
TEX (2 yrs) 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,600,000
CIN (2 yrs) 62 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $2,078,334
NYY (1 yr) 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,525,000
TOR (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1990 24 HOU NL 3 3 0 0.0 95 .500 .333 .261 .333 .327 .333 .392 .667 .718 87 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
1991 25 HOU NL 13 11 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .250 .167 .316 .000 .374 .167 .690 -47 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .200 .200 .000
1992 26 HOU NL 9 9 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .253 .000 .318 .000 .373 .000 .691 -100 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1993 27 HOU NL 7 7 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .265 .000 .329 .000 .404 .000 .733 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1995 29 CIN NL 8 8 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .270 .000 .339 .000 .419 .000 .758 -100 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1996 30 TOT NL 3 3 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .260 .000 .328 .000 .407 .000 .735 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1996 30 HOU NL 3 3 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .260 .000 .328 .000 .407 .000 .735 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
10 Yrs 43 41 0 0.0 94 .059 .027 .258 .077 .324 .027 .391 .104 .715 -69 .000 -8.6 -0.9 .081 .054 .000
162 Game Avg. 15 14 0 0.0 94 .059 .027 .258 .077 .324 .027 .391 .104 .715 -69 .000 -8.6 -0.9 .081 .054 .000
HOU (5 yrs) 35 33 0 0.0 91 .077 .034 .255 .097 .321 .034 .383 .131 .703 -61 .000 -6.2 -0.6 .103 .069 .000
CIN (2 yrs) 8 8 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .270 .000 .339 .000 .419 .000 .758 -100 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1995 29 CIN NL NLCS ATL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1990 24 HOU NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 1.00 67% 50% 0.0% 0%
1991 25 HOU NL 13 0.0% 53.9% 15.4% 0.0% 3.50 1.4 0.00 0.33 23% 0% 0.0% 67%
1992 26 HOU NL 9 0.0% 55.6% 0.0% 0.0% 1.8 2.00 3.00 44% 0% 0.0% 0%
1993 27 HOU NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 2.00 2.00 43% 0% 0.0% 0%
1995 29 CIN NL 8 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 3.00 3.00 50% 25% 0.0% 0%
1996 30 TOT NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.00 1.00 33% 0% 100%
1996 30 HOU NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.00 1.00 33% 0% 100%
10 Yrs 43 0.0% 46.5% 4.7% 0.0% 0% 10.00 1.9 1.00 1.75 40% 10% 0.0% 38%
MLB Averages 2.4% 15.8% 8.8% 7.2% 31% 1.80 5.6 37.4 7.9 0.81 1.08 71% 21% 7.1% 16%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1989 23 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1990 24 HOU NL -0.1 -0.0 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .73 -0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.0 1.09 -0.4 0
1991 25 HOU NL -1.9 -0.2 13 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 .93 -0.2 0.0 -2.1 -0.2 0.93 -2.1 0
1992 26 HOU NL -2.3 -0.2 9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .48 -0.2 -0.0 -3.2 -0.3 1.30 -2.4 0
1993 27 HOU NL -1.4 -0.1 7 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .17 -0.1 -0.0 -1.8 -0.2 1.09 -1.7 0
1994 28 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 29 CIN NL -2.3 -0.2 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .61 -0.2 -0.0 -2.3 -0.2 0.96 -2.3 0
1996 30 TOT NL -0.6 -0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .61 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.83 -0.7 0
1996 30 CIN NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 30 HOU NL -0.6 -0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .61 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.83 -0.7 0
1997 31 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 32 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Yrs -8.6 -0.9 43 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 .62 -0.8 -0.1 -10.2 -1.1 1.04 -9.6 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1990 24 HOU NL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1991 25 HOU NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1992 26 HOU NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1993 27 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 29 CIN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 30 TOT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 30 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 0 0 67% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1990 24 HOU NL 3 67% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 25 HOU NL 13 69% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1992 26 HOU NL 9 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1993 27 HOU NL 7 57% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 6 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1995 29 CIN NL 8 75% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1996 30 TOT NL 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1996 30 HOU NL 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 43 70% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 9 1 11% 10 2 20% 32 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
MLB Averages 58% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1990 24 HOU NL 2 9 4.50 6 67% 67% 17% 0% 17% 33% 0% 22% 50% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 1 0 0
1991 25 HOU NL 13 59 4.54 34 58% 35% 26% 26% 12% 65% 0% 37% 59% 23% 0% 0 0 8% 1 0 15% 2 0 43% 0 0 0
1992 26 HOU NL 9 31 3.44 24 77% 42% 29% 13% 17% 58% 0% 45% 50% 11% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 20% 0 0 0
1993 27 HOU NL 7 21 3.00 16 76% 31% 19% 19% 31% 69% 0% 52% 73% 43% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1995 29 CIN NL 8 34 4.25 21 62% 57% 14% 10% 19% 43% 0% 26% 67% 13% 13% 1 0 13% 1 0 13% 1 0 25% 0 0 0
1996 30 TOT NL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0
1996 30 HOU NL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0
6 Yrs 40 155 3.88 102 66% 42% 23% 17% 19% 58% 0% 38% 61% 23% 3% 1 0 5% 2 0 8% 3 0 26% 3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.67 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 28%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1990 24 42 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 87 1 1 0 0 0 0
1991 25 74 16 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .077 .200 .077 .277 -17 1 1 0 1 0 0
1992 26 151 25 22 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 .045 .125 .045 .170 -49 1 1 0 1 0 0
1993 27 223 32 27 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 .037 .103 .037 .140 -58 1 1 0 3 0 0
1994 28 254 32 27 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 .037 .103 .037 .140 -58 1 1 0 3 0 0
1995 29 313 40 35 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 .029 .081 .029 .110 -68 1 1 0 3 0 0
1996 30 374 43 37 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .027 .077 .027 .104 -69 1 1 0 4 0 0
1997 31 418 43 37 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .027 .077 .027 .104 -69 1 1 0 4 0 0
1998 32 464 43 37 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .027 .077 .027 .104 -69 1 1 0 4 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1990 24 35 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 35
1991 25 32 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 32
1992 26 77 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 77
1993 27 72 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 72
1995 29 66 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 59
1996 30 61 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 61
6 Yrs 343 44 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .000 .050 .000 .050 0 336
162 Game Avg. 162 21 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .050 .000 .050 0 336

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