Fernando Vina
[edit] Biography
Fernando Vina (Fernando Vina) was born on April 16, 1969 in Sacramento, California. He made his Major League debut on April 10, 1993 for the Seattle Mariners. In 1995, his rookie year, he hit .257 with 3 home runs and 29 RBI. Vina played for the Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 12 year career.
Most people believe that Fernando Vina's best season was 1998, when he hit for a .311 average.
Vina was also one of the players named in baseball's Mitchell Report. According to the report, Vina met former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski in 1993. Radomski claims that he sold Vina steroids or HGH between 6 and 8 times from 2000 to 2005. Radomski was able to produce 3 checks that he received from Vina, one for HGH, one for Winstrol, and one for Deca-Durabolin. Vina's name, address, and two telephone numbers were found in Radomski's seized address book.
Vina, like most players, declined to speak with investigators for the Mitchell Report.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1993
| SEA
| A
| 24
| 45
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .222
| .327
| .267
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1994
| NY
| N
| 79
| 124
| 20
| 31
| 0
| 6
| .250
| .372
| .298
| 6
| 0
| 12
| 11
| 12
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 4
|
| 1995
| MIL
| A
| 113
| 288
| 46
| 74
| 3
| 29
| .257
| .327
| .361
| 7
| 7
| 22
| 28
| 9
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 6
|
| 1996
| MIL
| A
| 140
| 554
| 94
| 157
| 7
| 46
| .283
| .342
| .392
| 19
| 10
| 38
| 35
| 13
| 6
| 16
| 3
| 15
|
| 1997
| MIL
| A
| 79
| 324
| 37
| 89
| 4
| 28
| .275
| .312
| .361
| 12
| 2
| 12
| 23
| 7
| 2
| 8
| 1
| 4
|
| 1998
| MIL
| N
| 159
| 637
| 101
| 198
| 7
| 45
| .311
| .386
| .427
| 39
| 7
| 54
| 46
| 25
| 5
| 22
| 2
| 7
|
| 1999
| MIL
| N
| 37
| 154
| 17
| 41
| 1
| 16
| .266
| .339
| .331
| 7
| 0
| 14
| 6
| 4
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
|
| 2000
| STL
| N
| 123
| 487
| 81
| 146
| 4
| 31
| .300
| .380
| .398
| 24
| 6
| 36
| 36
| 28
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 5
|
| 2001
| STL
| N
| 154
| 631
| 95
| 191
| 9
| 56
| .303
| .357
| .418
| 30
| 8
| 32
| 35
| 22
| 3
| 17
| 3
| 7
|
| 2002
| STL
| N
| 150
| 622
| 75
| 168
| 1
| 54
| .270
| .333
| .338
| 29
| 5
| 44
| 36
| 18
| 1
| 17
| 2
| 11
|
| 2003
| STL
| N
| 61
| 259
| 35
| 65
| 4
| 23
| .251
| .309
| .382
| 14
| 4
| 11
| 24
| 11
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 5
|
| 2004
| DET
| A
| 29
| 115
| 21
| 26
| 0
| 7
| .226
| .308
| .270
| 5
| 0
| 9
| 9
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 763
| 2914
| 424
| 840
| 26
| 231
| .288
| .358
| .387
| 149
| 30
| 203
| 194
| 120
| 19
| 78
| 7
| 40
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 385
| 1326
| 203
| 356
| 14
| 112
| .268
| .328
| .363
| 45
| 19
| 85
| 98
| 37
| 14
| 38
| 4
| 31
|
| Total
|
|
| 1148
| 4240
| 627
| 1196
| 40
| 343
| .282
| .348
| .379
| 194
| 49
| 288
| 292
| 157
| 33
| 116
| 11
| 71
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1993
| SEA
| A
| 2B
| 16
| 11
| 109.2
| 25
| 38
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| SEA
| A
| SS
| 4
| 1
| 17
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| SEA
| A
| DH
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1994
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 13
| 5
| 67.1
| 19
| 28
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1994
| NY
| N
| LF
| 6
| 5
| 37
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 12
| 6
| 64.2
| 4
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1994
| NY
| N
| OF
| 6
| 5
| 37
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| NY
| N
| SS
| 9
| 5
| 51
| 8
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| MIL
| A
| SS
| 6
| 4
| 40.2
| 11
| 20
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1995
| MIL
| A
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 2.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1995
| MIL
| A
| 2B
| 99
| 62
| 626.2
| 183
| 225
| 7
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1996
| MIL
| A
| 2B
| 137
| 131
| 1165.2
| 333
| 412
| 16
| 116
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1997
| MIL
| A
| 2B
| 77
| 74
| 657.1
| 149
| 227
| 7
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1997
| MIL
| A
| DH
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1998
| MIL
| N
| 2B
| 158
| 158
| 1383
| 404
| 468
| 12
| 135
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1999
| MIL
| N
| 2B
| 37
| 37
| 324
| 84
| 104
| 1
| 31
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| 2000
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 122
| 118
| 1009
| 262
| 326
| 7
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 2001
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 151
| 149
| 1299.1
| 315
| 383
| 9
| 100
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 2002
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 150
| 149
| 1312.1
| 287
| 401
| 13
| 104
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 2003
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 60
| 58
| 530.2
| 147
| 158
| 8
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 2004
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 29
| 28
| 248.1
| 73
| 86
| 5
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 19
| 10
| 108.2
| 22
| 39
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 1049
| 980
| 8733.1
| 2281
| 2856
| 86
| 779
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 6
| 5
| 37
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 14
| 6
| 67.1
| 4
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 6
| 5
| 37
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by New York Yankees in the 51st round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 1, 1988).
- Selected by New York Mets in the 9th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1990 - signed June 11, 1990).
- Selected by Seattle Mariners from New York Mets in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 7, 1992).
- Returned to New York Mets (June 15, 1993).
- Traded by New York Mets to Milwaukee Brewers (December 22, 1994) completing trade in which Milwaukee Brewers traded Doug Henry to New York Mets in exchange for 2 players to be named later (November 30, 1994); Milwaukee Brewers received Javier Gonzalez (December 6, 1994).
- Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Juan Acevedo and 2 players to be named later (December 20, 1999); Milwaukee Brewers received Eliezer Alfonzo and Matt Parker (June 13, 2000).
- Granted free agency (November 3, 2003).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 19, 2003).
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