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José Hernández SSCubs

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
19 5089 .252 .312 .418 83 10.2
Birth Date7-14-1969
Height6' 1"
Weight190 lbs
Age54 years, 9 months, 12 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1991 TEX 21 45 107 18 2 1 0 3 31 0 0 1 .184 .208 .224 37 -7.5 0.5 0.8 -0.2
1992 CLE 22 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 78 -0.1 0.0 -0.7 -0.1
1994 CHN 24 56 146 32 2 3 1 8 29 1 2 2 .242 .291 .326 58 -7.4 0.5 -1.1 -0.2
1995 CHN 25 93 268 60 11 4 13 13 69 0 1 0 .245 .281 .482 73 -8.5 0.9 2.3 0.4
1996 CHN 26 131 363 80 14 1 10 24 97 1 4 0 .242 .293 .381 67 -14.2 4.2 -8.1 -0.2
1997 CHN 27 121 199 50 8 5 7 14 42 0 2 5 .273 .323 .486 86 -2.7 -0.9 -1.1 0.1
1998 CHN 28 149 533 124 23 7 23 40 140 1 4 6 .254 .311 .471 96 -1.1 3.5 3.1 2.2
1999 ATL 29 48 180 42 8 0 4 12 44 0 4 1 .253 .302 .373 94 -0.6 -0.4 -2.0 0.4
1999 CHN 29 99 388 93 12 2 15 40 101 5 7 2 .272 .357 .450 93 -1.7 2.5 5.2 2.0
2000 MIL 30 124 496 109 22 1 11 41 125 6 3 7 .244 .315 .372 72 -15.7 -3.2 2.6 0.2
2001 MIL 31 152 592 135 26 2 25 39 185 2 5 4 .249 .300 .443 85 -8.8 -2.3 3.6 1.8
2002 MIL 32 152 582 151 24 2 24 52 188 4 3 5 .288 .356 .478 109 8.9 -2.4 7.4 3.9
2003 CHN 33 23 72 13 3 1 2 3 26 0 0 0 .188 .222 .348 63 -3.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1
2003 COL 33 69 286 61 6 1 8 27 95 0 1 1 .237 .308 .362 62 -12.6 -2.1 -7.9 -1.1
2003 PIT 33 58 213 43 9 1 3 16 56 1 1 0 .223 .282 .326 67 -8.2 1.6 7.0 0.7
2004 LAN 34 95 238 61 12 1 13 26 61 1 3 1 .289 .370 .540 116 5.1 0.3 -1.2 1.1
2005 CLE 35 84 256 54 7 0 6 14 60 2 1 3 .231 .277 .338 67 -10.0 -0.6 0.5 -0.5
2006 PHI 36 18 34 8 2 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 .250 .273 .406 77 -0.9 0.2 0.3 0.1
2006 PIT 36 67 132 32 2 1 2 11 29 0 0 0 .267 .328 .350 71 -4.4 -0.5 -0.1 -0.1
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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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1989 GAS A SAL 91 256 .000 .000 .000 .297 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 PCH A+ FSL 121 455 .000 .000 .000 .355 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 TEX MLB AL 45 107 .270 .335 .416 .269 98 -10.3 2.9 1.3 37 16 0.8 0.5 -7.5 -0.2
1991 TUL AA TXS 91 337 .000 .000 .000 .309 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 OKL AAA AA 14 54 .000 .000 .000 .342 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 CLE MLB AL 3 4 .272 .339 .410 .000 108 -1 0.1 0 78 13 -0.7 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
1992 CAN AA EAS 130 450 .000 .000 .000 .338 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 CAN AA EAS 45 161 .000 .000 .000 .255 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 ORL AA SOU 71 289 .000 .000 .000 .360 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 IOW AAA AA 6 25 .000 .000 .000 .273 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 CHN MLB NL 56 146 .279 .341 .437 .304 99 -10.1 4.4 1.1 58 12 -1.1 0.5 -7.4 -0.2
1995 CHN MLB NL 93 268 .268 .331 .413 .285 102 -6.4 8.0 1.4 73 10 2.3 0.9 -8.5 0.4
1996 CHN MLB NL 131 363 .261 .324 .402 .310 102 -11.3 11.3 4.3 67 11 -8.1 4.2 -14.2 -0.2
1997 CHN MLB NL 121 199 .264 .331 .409 .319 100 0.7 5.3 0.5 86 10 -1.1 -0.9 -2.7 0.1
1998 CHN MLB NL 149 533 .263 .329 .415 .309 101 -3.6 13.8 3.1 96 9 3.1 3.5 -1.1 2.2
1999 ATL MLB NL 48 180 .268 .341 .435 .319 99 -6 4.9 2.4 94 8 -2.0 -0.4 -0.6 0.4
1999 CHN MLB NL 99 388 .268 .340 .434 .345 101 2 10.5 4.8 93 8 5.2 2.5 -1.7 2.0
2000 MIL MLB NL 124 496 .268 .340 .434 .313 106 -17.4 15.6 3.4 72 7 2.6 -3.2 -15.7 0.2
2000 IND AAA INT 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 MIL MLB NL 152 592 .265 .330 .431 .327 103 -8.3 17.6 8 85 8 3.6 -2.3 -8.8 1.8
2002 MIL MLB NL 152 582 .258 .325 .406 .404 100 11.3 16.8 7.7 109 7 7.4 -2.4 8.9 3.9
2003 CHN MLB NL 23 72 .256 .325 .406 .268 102 -4.4 1.9 0.4 63 7 -0.2 -0.4 -3.1 -0.1
2003 COL MLB NL 69 286 .258 .330 .413 .340 112 -12.2 7.5 3.7 62 7 -7.9 -2.1 -12.6 -1.1
2003 PIT MLB NL 58 213 .270 .337 .438 .292 103 -11.8 5.6 0.9 67 7 7.0 1.6 -8.2 0.7
2004 LAN MLB NL 95 238 .265 .334 .428 .350 96 12.5 7.1 0 116 10 -1.2 0.3 5.1 1.1
2005 CLE MLB AL 84 256 .269 .330 .429 .281 100 -10.6 7.4 -2.6 67 14 0.5 -0.6 -10.0 -0.5
2006 PHI MLB NL 18 34 .272 .353 .441 .350 95 -2 1.0 0 77 13 0.3 0.2 -0.9 0.1
2006 PIT MLB NL 67 132 .263 .328 .430 .337 95 -3.4 4.0 -0.5 71 13 -0.1 -0.5 -4.4 -0.1
2007 IND AAA INT 99 363 .254 .325 .385 .281 93 -1.3 10.4 -2.2 111 0 0.7 -4.5 4.6 0.9

Statistics For All Levels

Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1989 GAS A SAL 256 215 35 47 7 6 1 69 16 33 67 9 2 .219 .313 .321 .102 8 8
1990 PCH A+ FSL 455 388 43 99 14 7 1 130 44 50 122 11 8 .255 .338 .335 .080 11 11
1991 OKL AAA AA 54 46 6 14 1 1 1 20 3 4 10 0 0 .304 .340 .435 .130 3 3
1991 TEX MLB AL 107 98 8 18 2 1 0 22 4 3 31 0 1 .184 .208 .224 .041 0 6
1991 TUL AA TXS 337 301 36 72 17 4 1 100 20 26 75 4 3 .239 .297 .332 .093 5 5
1992 CLE MLB AL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
1992 CAN AA EAS 450 404 56 103 16 4 3 136 46 37 108 7 2 .255 .317 .337 .082 3 3
1993 IOW AAA AA 25 24 3 6 1 0 0 7 3 0 2 0 0 .250 .280 .292 .042 0 0
1993 CAN AA EAS 161 150 19 30 6 0 2 42 17 10 39 9 2 .200 .248 .280 .080 1 1
1993 ORL AA SOU 289 263 42 80 8 3 8 118 33 20 60 8 4 .304 .347 .449 .144 5 5
1994 CHN MLB NL 146 132 18 32 2 3 1 43 9 8 29 2 2 .242 .291 .326 .083 0 5
1995 CHN MLB NL 268 245 37 60 11 4 13 118 40 13 69 1 0 .245 .281 .482 .237 2 8
1996 CHN MLB NL 363 331 52 80 14 1 10 126 41 24 97 4 0 .242 .293 .381 .139 2 5
1997 CHN MLB NL 199 183 33 50 8 5 7 89 26 14 42 2 5 .273 .323 .486 .213 1 1
1998 CHN MLB NL 533 488 76 124 23 7 23 230 75 40 140 4 6 .254 .311 .471 .217 2 2
1999 ATL MLB NL 180 166 22 42 8 0 4 62 19 12 44 4 1 .253 .302 .373 .120 1 1
1999 CHN MLB NL 388 342 57 93 12 2 15 154 43 40 101 7 2 .272 .357 .450 .178 0 1
2000 IND AAA INT 10 9 2 3 0 0 2 9 3 1 3 0 0 .333 .400 1.000 .667 0 0
2000 MIL MLB NL 496 446 51 109 22 1 11 166 59 41 125 3 7 .244 .315 .372 .128 3 0
2001 MIL MLB NL 592 542 67 135 26 2 25 240 78 39 185 5 4 .249 .300 .443 .194 4 5
2002 MIL MLB NL 582 525 72 151 24 2 24 251 73 52 188 3 5 .288 .356 .478 .190 1 0
2003 COL MLB NL 286 257 33 61 6 1 8 93 27 27 95 1 1 .237 .308 .362 .125 2 0
2003 PIT MLB NL 213 193 19 43 9 1 3 63 21 16 56 1 0 .223 .282 .326 .104 3 0
2003 CHN MLB NL 72 69 6 13 3 1 2 24 9 3 26 0 0 .188 .222 .348 .159 0 0
2004 LAN MLB NL 238 211 32 61 12 1 13 114 29 26 61 3 1 .289 .370 .540 .251 0 0
2005 CLE MLB AL 256 234 28 54 7 0 6 79 31 14 60 1 3 .231 .277 .338 .107 3 3
2006 PHI MLB NL 34 32 4 8 2 0 1 13 7 1 11 0 0 .250 .273 .406 .156 0 1
2006 PIT MLB NL 132 120 8 32 2 1 2 42 12 11 29 0 0 .267 .328 .350 .083 0 1
2007 IND AAA INT 363 322 40 78 16 1 13 135 56 34 79 1 1 .242 .321 .419 .177 1 1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

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
2000-08-10 2000-08-31 15-DL 21 18 - Low Back Strain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2006 PIT $850,000
2005 CLE $1,800,000
2003 COL, CHN $800,000
2003 PIT $800,000
2002 MIL $3,333,333
2001 MIL $3,333,333
2000 MIL $3,333,333
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$14,249,999
6 yrTotal$14,249,999

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
13 y 69 d

Details
  • re-signed as a free agent 4/07 (minor-league contract)
  • released 3/07 signed as a free agent from PHI 1/07 (minor-league contract)
  • acquired in trade from PIT 8/06 contract purchased 3/06 signed as a free agent from CLE 1/06, 1 year/$0.8M (06) (minor-league contract)
  • signed as a free agent from LA 12/04, 1 year/$1.8M (05)
  • contract purchased 4/04 signed as a free agent from PIT 1/04 (minor-league contract) released 10/03 acquired in trade from CHC 7/03 acquired in trade from COL 6/03 signed as a free agent from MIL 1/03 1 year/$0.8M (03)
  • 3 year/$10M (00-02) incl $1M signing bonus
  • FA after 99

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
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