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Runelvys Hernandez PRoyals

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Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
7	82	454.7	25	36	0	5.50	-8.2

Birth Date	4-27-1978
Height	6' 1"
Weight	250 lbs

Age	45 years, 11 months, 29 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2002	KCA	MLB	12	12	74.3	4	4	79	22	45	8	110	9.6	2.7	1.0	5.4	0%	.296	1.36	4.17	4.36	111	6.31	135.4	-0.6
2003	KCA	MLB	16	16	91.7	7	5	87	37	48	9	102	8.5	3.6	0.9	4.7	0%	.263	1.35	4.72	4.61	116	6.80	142.6	-1.1
2005	KCA	MLB	29	29	159.7	8	14	172	70	88	18	104	9.7	3.9	1.0	5.0	0%	.294	1.52	4.85	5.52	118	7.26	156.2	-3.1
2006	KCA	MLB	21	21	109.7	6	10	145	48	50	22	115	11.9	3.9	1.8	4.1	0%	.322	1.76	6.36	6.48	130	8.61	175.3	-3.3
2008	HOU	MLB	4	4	19.3	0	3	32	11	15	4	100	14.9	5.1	1.9	7.0	0%	.412	2.22	5.94	8.38	117	6.02	128.4	-0.1
Career		MLB	82	82	454.7	25	36	515	188	246	61	107	10.2	3.7	1.2	4.9	42%	.301	1.55	5.12	5.50	120	7.28	153.5	-8.2

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2002	KCA	MLB	AL	12	12	74.3	4	4	79	22	45	8	110	9.6	2.7	1.0	5.4	0%	.296	1.36	4.17	4.36	111	6.31	135.4
2003	KCA	MLB	AL	16	16	91.7	7	5	87	37	48	9	102	8.5	3.6	0.9	4.7	0%	.263	1.35	4.72	4.61	116	6.80	142.6
2005	KCA	MLB	AL	29	29	159.7	8	14	172	70	88	18	104	9.7	3.9	1.0	5.0	0%	.294	1.52	4.85	5.52	118	7.26	156.2
2006	KCA	MLB	AL	21	21	109.7	6	10	145	48	50	22	115	11.9	3.9	1.8	4.1	0%	.322	1.76	6.36	6.48	130	8.61	175.3
2008	HOU	MLB	NL	4	4	19.3	0	3	32	11	15	4	100	14.9	5.1	1.9	7.0	0%	.412	2.22	5.94	8.38	117	6.02	128.4
2011	ESC	Wnt	LID	7	0	13.3	0	0	13	4	15	1		8.8	2.7	0.7	10.1	0%	.324	1.28	2.91	5.40	0	0.00	0.0
2012	ESC	Wnt	DWL	15	2	23.0	2	0	27	7	13	0		10.6	2.7	0.0	5.1	0%	.351	1.48	3.18	2.74	0	0.00	0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	348	0.4943	0.4713	0.8232	0.6105	0.3352	0.8571	0.7627	0.1768
Career	348	0.4943	0.4713	0.8232	0.6105	0.3352	0.8571	0.7627	0.1768

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2007-04-22	2007-05-07	Minors	15	0	-		Not Disclosed		-	-
2006-04-02	2006-04-09	Minors	7	0	-	General Medical	Lack of Conditioning		-	-
2005-08-22	2005-09-06	15-DL	15	13		Low Back	Strain		-
2004-04-04	2004-10-04	60-DL	183	162	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2003-09-05
2003-08-17	2003-09-28	15-DL	42	40	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2003-09-05
2003-05-17	2003-07-11	15-DL	55	49	Right	Elbow	Inflammation		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2006	KCA	$1,225,000
2005	KCA	$325,000
2004	KCA	$305,500
2003	KCA	$305,500

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$2,161,000
4 yr	Total	$2,161,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
4 y 11 d	Scott Boras

Details

signed for 2009 in Korea
sent outright to Triple-A 9/2/08 optioned to Triple-A 7/28/08 recalled 7/21/08 optioned to Triple-A 7/8/08 contract purchased 6/26/08 sent to minor-league camp 3/26/08 signed as a free agent from PIT 1/18/08 (minor-league contract)
signed as a free agent from NYY 7/19/07 (minor-league contract)
released (by NYY 7/07
signed as a free agent from BOS 6/1/07 (minor-league contract) (opted out of contract with BOS 5/31/07)
signed as a free agent from KC 12/06, 1 year/$0.655M (07)+$1.5M bonuses (games finished) (minor-league contract)
designated for assignment, released 12/06 recalled 7/06 optioned to Triple-A 4/06 avoided arbitration 1/06, 1 year/$1.225M (06)+$40K bonuses ($15K 190 innings pitched, $25K 200 innings pitched)
renewed 3/05, 1 year/$0.325M (05) 1 year/$0.3055M (04)
optioned to Triple-A 8/03
1 year/$0.3055M (03) 3/03
recalled 8/02 optioned Double-A 7/02 contract purchased 7/02
amateur free agent-Dominican Republic 1/98

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2014-07-24 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Who has your favourite name to say? Who has your favourite other people say? Past present or future! (otirol from Southern Ontario)	Currently it's Arismendy Alcántara, all time is a toughie, but: Eugenio Velez Placido Polanco Vladimir Guerrero Raimel Tapia Runelvys Hernandez are a few of my all time favorites. (Mauricio Rubio)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Runelvys Hernandez threw 348 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2008, including pitches thrown in . In 2008, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Slider (85mph), also mixing in a Sinker (93mph), Change (83mph) and Curve (81mph).