Xavier Hernandez

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: August 16, 1965 in Port Arthur, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 4th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Lafayette, LA).

High School: Thomas Jefferson HS (Port Arthur, TX)

School: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Lafayette, LA)

Debut: June 4, 1989 (Age 23-292d, 13,226th in MLB history)
vs. BOS 6.2 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1998 (Age 33-041d)
vs. SEA 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Full Name: Francis Xavier Hernandez

Nicknames: X-Man

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.3

W

L

ERA

3.90

G

463

GS

SV

IP

671.0

SO

562

WHIP

1.322

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1986	20	TOR-min	A-	5	5	.500	2.67	13	10	3	1	1	0	70.2	55	27	21	6	16	0	69	6	2	5				1.005	7.0	0.8	2.0	8.8	4.31	STC NYPL
1987	21	TOR-min	A-	3	3	.500	5.07	13	11	0	0	0	0	55.0	57	39	31	4	16	0	49	4	0	2				1.327	9.3	0.7	2.6	8.0	3.06	STC NYPL
1988	22	TOR-min	A,AA	15	10	.600	2.66	34	33	1	4	2	0	216.1	189	84	64	8	43	1	144	10	5	12				1.072	7.9	0.3	1.8	6.0	3.35	MYR,KNX SALL,SOUL
1989	23	TOR-min	AAA,AA	6	7	.462	3.65	19	19	0	3	2	0	123.1	120	53	50	7	33	0	64	3	2	5				1.241	8.8	0.5	2.4	4.7	1.94	SYR,KNX IL,SOUL
1989	23	TOR	AL	1	0	1.000	4.76	7	0	2	0	0	0	22.2	25	15	12	2	8	0	7	1	0	1	101	78	4.48	1.456	9.9	0.8	3.2	2.8	0.88
1990	24	HOU	NL	2	1	.667	4.62	34	1	10	0	0	0	62.1	60	34	32	8	24	5	24	4	0	6	268	81	5.05	1.348	8.7	1.2	3.5	3.5	1.00
1991	25	HOU-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.75	16	3	8	0	0	4	36.0	35	16	11	1	9	0	34	2	2	4	151			1.222	8.8	0.3	2.3	8.5	3.78	TUC PCL
1991	25	HOU	NL	2	7	.222	4.71	32	6	8	0	0	3	63.0	66	34	33	6	32	7	55	0	0	0	285	74	3.87	1.556	9.4	0.9	4.6	7.9	1.72
1992	26	HOU	NL	9	1	.900	2.11	77	0	25	0	0	7	111.0	81	31	26	5	42	7	96	3	0	5	454	160	2.86	1.108	6.6	0.4	3.4	7.8	2.29
1993	27	HOU	NL	4	5	.444	2.61	72	0	29	0	0	9	96.2	75	37	28	6	28	3	101	1	0	6	389	148	2.61	1.066	7.0	0.6	2.6	9.4	3.61
1994	28	NYY	AL	4	4	.500	5.85	31	0	14	0	0	6	40.0	48	27	26	7	21	3	37	2	0	3	187	79	5.28	1.725	10.8	1.6	4.7	8.3	1.76
1995	29	CIN	NL	7	2	.778	4.60	59	0	19	0	0	3	90.0	95	47	46	8	31	1	84	4	0	7	391	90	3.56	1.400	9.5	0.8	3.1	8.4	2.71
1996	30	TOT	NL	5	5	.500	4.62	61	0	27	0	0	6	78.0	77	45	40	13	28	5	81	2	0	9	340	84	4.42	1.346	8.9	1.5	3.2	9.3	2.89
1996	30	CIN	NL	0	0		13.50	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	8	6	5	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	19	35	10.97	3.000	21.6	5.4	5.4	8.1	1.50
1996	30	HOU	NL	5	5	.500	4.22	58	0	27	0	0	6	74.2	69	39	35	11	26	5	78	2	0	9	321	92	4.12	1.272	8.3	1.3	3.1	9.4	3.00
1997	31	TEX	AL	0	4	.000	4.56	44	0	20	0	0	0	49.1	51	27	25	7	22	4	36	2	0	5	221	106	4.95	1.480	9.3	1.3	4.0	6.6	1.64
1998	32	TEX-min	AAA,AA	0	0		1.86	7	2	1	0	0	0	9.2	8	2	2	1	1	0	11	2	0	3	39			0.931	7.4	0.9	0.9	10.2	11.00	OKC,TUL PCL,TL
1998	32	TEX	AL	6	6	.500	3.57	46	0	15	0	0	1	58.0	43	27	23	5	30	1	41	1	0	4	243	135	4.45	1.259	6.7	0.8	4.7	6.4	1.37
1999			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
10 Yrs				40	35	.533	3.90	463	7	169	0	0	35	671.0	621	324	291	67	266	36	562	20	0	46	2879	102	3.89	1.322	8.3	0.9	3.6	7.5	2.11
162 Game Avg.				6	5	.533	3.90	67	1	24	0	0	5	97	90	47	42	10	38	5	81	3	0	7	417	102	3.89	1.322	8.3	0.9	3.6	7.5	2.11

HOU (5 yrs)				22	19	.537	3.40	273	7	99	0	0	25	407.2	351	175	154	36	152	27	354	10	0	26	1717	108	3.52	1.234	7.7	0.8	3.4	7.8	2.33
TEX (2 yrs)				6	10	.375	4.02	90	0	35	0	0	1	107.1	94	54	48	12	52	5	77	3	0	9	464	120	4.68	1.360	7.9	1.0	4.4	6.5	1.48
CIN (2 yrs)				7	2	.778	4.92	62	0	19	0	0	3	93.1	103	53	51	10	33	1	87	4	0	7	410	84	3.82	1.457	9.9	1.0	3.2	8.4	2.64
NYY (1 yr)				4	4	.500	5.85	31	0	14	0	0	6	40.0	48	27	26	7	21	3	37	2	0	3	187	79	5.28	1.725	10.8	1.6	4.7	8.3	1.76
TOR (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.76	7	0	2	0	0	0	22.2	25	15	12	2	8	0	7	1	0	1	101	78	4.48	1.456	9.9	0.8	3.2	2.8	0.88

NL (6 yrs)				29	21	.580	3.68	335	7	118	0	0	28	501.0	454	228	205	46	185	28	441	14	0	33	2127	102	3.58	1.275	8.2	0.8	3.3	7.9	2.38
AL (4 yrs)				11	14	.440	4.55	128	0	51	0	0	7	170.0	167	96	86	21	81	8	121	6	0	13	752	102	4.80	1.459	8.8	1.1	4.3	6.4	1.49

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Postseason Pitching

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Postseason Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

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