Xavier Hernandez
[edit] Biography
Born on August 16, 1965 in Port Arthur, Texas, Xavier Hernandez (Francis Xavier Hernandez) played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds and Texas Rangers over the course of his 10 year career. Hernandez broke into the bigs on June 4, 1989 with the Toronto Blue Jays, and put up a 4.62 ERA in 62.1 innings pitched in 1990, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Xavier Hernandez's best season was 1992, when he posted a 2.11 ERA and struck out 96 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1989
| TOR
| A
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4.76
| 7
| 15
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 22.2
| 25
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1990
| HOU
| N
| 34
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 4.62
| 24
| 34
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 62.1
| 60
| 8
| 24
| 5
| 6
| 4
|
| 1991
| HOU
| N
| 32
| 6
| 2
| 7
| 4.71
| 55
| 34
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 63
| 66
| 6
| 32
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| HOU
| N
| 77
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 2.11
| 96
| 31
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 111
| 81
| 5
| 42
| 7
| 5
| 3
|
| 1993
| HOU
| N
| 72
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 2.61
| 101
| 37
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 96.2
| 75
| 6
| 28
| 3
| 6
| 1
|
| 1994
| NY
| A
| 31
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 5.85
| 37
| 27
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 40
| 48
| 7
| 21
| 3
| 3
| 2
|
| 1995
| CIN
| N
| 59
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 4.60
| 84
| 47
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 90
| 95
| 8
| 31
| 1
| 7
| 4
|
| 1996
| HOU
| N
| 58
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 4.22
| 78
| 39
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 74.2
| 69
| 11
| 26
| 5
| 9
| 2
|
| 1996
| CIN
| N
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.50
| 3
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.1
| 8
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| TOT
| N
| 61
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 4.62
| 81
| 45
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 78
| 77
| 13
| 28
| 5
| 9
| 2
|
| 1997
| TEX
| A
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4.56
| 36
| 27
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 49.1
| 51
| 7
| 22
| 4
| 5
| 2
|
| 1998
| TEX
| A
| 46
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 3.57
| 41
| 27
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 58
| 43
| 5
| 30
| 1
| 4
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 335
| 7
| 29
| 21
| 3.68
| 441
| 228
| 205
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 501
| 454
| 46
| 185
| 28
| 33
| 14
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 128
| 0
| 11
| 14
| 4.55
| 121
| 96
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 170
| 167
| 21
| 81
| 8
| 13
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 463
| 7
| 40
| 35
| 3.90
| 562
| 324
| 291
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 671
| 621
| 67
| 266
| 36
| 46
| 20
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1989
| TOR
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 22.2
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1990
| HOU
| N
| P
| 34
| 1
| 62.1
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| HOU
| N
| P
| 32
| 6
| 63
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1992
| HOU
| N
| P
| 77
| 0
| 111
| 9
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 4
| 0
| .941
|
| 1993
| HOU
| N
| P
| 72
| 0
| 96.2
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| NY
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 40
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| CIN
| N
| P
| 59
| 0
| 90
| 10
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| HOU
| N
| P
| 58
| 0
| 74.2
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| CIN
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 3.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1996
| TOT
| N
| P
| 61
| 0
| 78
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| TEX
| A
| P
| 44
| 0
| 49.1
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| TEX
| A
| P
| 46
| 0
| 58
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 463
| 7
| 671
| 40
| 64
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 13
| 54
| 13
| 1
| .981
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1989
| TOR
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| HOU
| N
| 35
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1991
| HOU
| N
| 32
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .167
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| HOU
| N
| 77
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| HOU
| N
| 72
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1994
| NY
| A
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| CIN
| N
| 59
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| HOU
| N
| 58
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| CIN
| N
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| TOT
| N
| 61
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| TEX
| A
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| TEX
| A
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 336
| 37
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .027
| .077
| .027
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 128
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 464
| 37
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .027
| .077
| .027
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1986 - signed June 4, 1986).
- Selected by Houston Astros from Toronto Blue Jays in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 4, 1989).
- Traded by Houston Astros to New York Yankees in exchange for Domingo Jean and Andy Stankiewicz (November 27, 1993).
- Granted free agency (November 28, 1994).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (December 1, 1994).
- Released by Cincinnati Reds (April 17, 1996).
- Signed by Houston Astros (April 24, 1996).
- Granted free agency (October 31, 1996).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (December 17, 1996).
- Granted free agency (October 28, 1998).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (December 17, 1998).
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