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José Hernández

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: July 14, 1969 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico pr

High School: Maestro Ladi (Vega Alta, Puerto Rico)

School: Universidad Interamericana (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Debut: August 9, 1991 (Age 22-026d, 16,018th in major league history)
vs. MIL 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 2006 (Age 37-079d)
vs. FLA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Agents: Scott Boras

Full Name: Jose Antonio Hernandez

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Relatives: Cousin of Luis Figueroa

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.3

4618

1166

168

.252

623

RBI

603

OBP

.312

SLG

.418

OPS

.729

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
1987	17	TEX-min	Rk	24	63	52	5	9	1	1	0	2	2	1	9	25	.173	.306	.231	.537		12		1	1	0	0		RGS · GULF
1988	18	TEX-min	Rk	55	175	162	19	26	7	1	1	13	4	1	12	36	.160	.217	.235	.452		38		0	0	1	0		RGS · GULF
1989	19	TEX-min	A	91	256	215	35	47	7	6	1	16	9	2	33	67	.219	.323	.321	.644		69		0	8	0	0		GST · SALL
1990	20	TEX-min	A+	121	455	388	43	99	14	7	1	44	11	8	50	122	.255	.345	.335	.680		130		4	11	2	4		CHT · FLOR
1991	21	TEX-min	AA,AAA	105	391	347	42	86	18	5	2	23	4	3	30	85	.248	.305	.346	.651		120	7	1	8	5	0		TUL,OKC · TL,AA
1991	21	TEX	AL	45	107	98	8	18	2	1	0	4	0	1	3	31	.184	.208	.224	.432	21	22	2	0	6	0	0	6/H5
1992	22	CLE	AL	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/6

1993	23	CHC-CLE-min	AA,AAA	122	475	437	64	116	15	3	10	53	17	6	30	101	.265	.313	.382	.696		167	9	1	6	1	1		ORL,CAK,IWA · SOUL,EL,AA
1994	24	CHC	NL	56	146	132	18	32	2	3	1	9	2	2	8	29	.242	.291	.326	.617	62	43	4	1	5	0	0	56H/48
1995	25	CHC	NL	93	268	245	37	60	11	4	13	40	1	0	13	69	.245	.281	.482	.762	99	118	8	0	8	2	3	645H
1996	26	CHC	NL	131	363	331	52	80	14	1	10	41	4	0	24	97	.242	.293	.381	.674	75	126	10	1	5	2	4	65H/48
1997	27	CHC	NL	121	199	183	33	50	8	5	7	26	2	5	14	42	.273	.323	.486	.810	107	89	5	0	1	1	2	H564/73D
1998	28	CHC	NL	149	533	488	76	124	23	7	23	75	4	6	40	140	.254	.311	.471	.782	100	230	12	1	2	2	3	5687H/349
1999	29	TOT	NL	147	568	508	79	135	20	2	19	62	11	3	52	145	.266	.339	.425	.764	94	216	10	5	2	1	6	*68/7H39
1999	29	CHC	NL	99	388	342	57	93	12	2	15	43	7	2	40	101	.272	.357	.450	.807	106	154	5	5	1	0	3	68/7H93
1999	29	ATL	NL	48	180	166	22	42	8	0	4	19	4	1	12	44	.253	.302	.373	.675	71	62	5	0	1	1	3	6/H37
2000	30	MIL-min	AAA	2	10	9	2	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	3	.333	.400	1.000	1.400		9	0	0	0	0	0		INA · IL
2000	30	MIL	NL	124	496	446	51	109	22	1	11	59	3	7	41	125	.244	.315	.372	.687	75	166	12	6	0	3	3	56/H7
2001	31	MIL	NL	152	592	542	67	135	26	2	25	78	5	4	39	*185*	.249	.300	.443	.743	91	240	9	2	5	4	8	*6/87H
2002	32	MIL	NL	152	582	525	72	151	24	2	24	73	3	5	52	*188*	.288	.356	.478	.834	120	251	19	4	0	1	5	*6/H	AS
2003	33	TOT	NL	150	571	519	58	117	18	3	13	57	2	1	46	177	.225	.287	.347	.634	60	180	16	1	0	5	0	56/H834
2003	33	COL	NL	69	286	257	33	61	6	1	8	27	1	1	27	95	.237	.308	.362	.670	65	93	6	0	0	2	0	6/3H
2003	33	CHC	NL	23	72	69	6	13	3	1	2	9	0	0	3	26	.188	.222	.348	.570	45	24	1	0	0	0	0	5/6H84
2003	33	PIT	NL	58	213	193	19	43	9	1	3	21	1	0	16	56	.223	.282	.326	.608	57	63	9	1	0	3	0	5/H
2004	34	LAD	NL	95	238	211	32	61	12	1	13	29	3	1	26	61	.289	.370	.540	.910	137	114	3	1	0	0	6	4H65/73
2005	35	CLE	AL	84	256	234	28	54	7	0	6	31	1	3	14	60	.231	.277	.338	.614	66	79	11	2	3	3	0	35H/479D6
2006	36	TOT	NL	85	166	152	12	40	4	1	3	19	0	0	12	40	.263	.317	.362	.679	75	55	4	0	2	0	0	H356/947
2006	36	PIT	NL	67	132	120	8	32	2	1	2	12	0	0	11	29	.267	.328	.350	.678	76	42	3	0	1	0	0	H3/69547
2006	36	PHI	NL	18	34	32	4	8	2	0	1	7	0	0	1	11	.250	.273	.406	.679	68	13	1	0	1	0	0	H/5963
2007	37	PIT-min	AAA	99	363	322	40	78	16	1	13	56	1	1	34	79	.242	.320	.419	.740		135	17	4	1	2	2		INA · IL
15 Yrs				1587	5089	4618	623	1166	193	33	168	603	41	38	384	1391	.252	.312	.418	.729	88	1929	125	24	39	24	40
162 Game Avg.				162	519	471	64	119	20	3	17	62	4	4	39	142	.252	.312	.418	.729	88	197	13	2	4	2	4
				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
CHC (7 yrs)				672	1969	1790	279	452	73	23	71	243	20	15	142	504	.253	.309	.438	.747	92	784	45	8	22	7	15
MIL (3 yrs)				428	1670	1513	190	395	72	5	60	210	11	16	132	498	.261	.324	.434	.758	96	657	40	12	5	8	16
PIT (2 yrs)				125	345	313	27	75	11	2	5	33	1	0	27	85	.240	.299	.335	.635	64	105	12	1	1	3	0
CLE (2 yrs)				87	260	238	28	54	7	0	6	31	1	3	14	62	.227	.272	.332	.604	63	79	11	2	3	3	0
COL (1 yr)				69	286	257	33	61	6	1	8	27	1	1	27	95	.237	.308	.362	.670	65	93	6	0	0	2	0
PHI (1 yr)				18	34	32	4	8	2	0	1	7	0	0	1	11	.250	.273	.406	.679	68	13	1	0	1	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				48	180	166	22	42	8	0	4	19	4	1	12	44	.253	.302	.373	.675	71	62	5	0	1	1	3
TEX (1 yr)				45	107	98	8	18	2	1	0	4	0	1	3	31	.184	.208	.224	.432	21	22	2	0	6	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				95	238	211	32	61	12	1	13	29	3	1	26	61	.289	.370	.540	.910	137	114	3	1	0	0	6

NL (12 yrs)				1455	4722	4282	587	1094	184	32	162	568	40	34	367	1298	.255	.316	.427	.743	91	1828	112	22	30	21	40
AL (3 yrs)				132	367	336	36	72	9	1	6	35	1	4	17	93	.214	.254	.301	.555	51	101	13	2	9	3	0

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