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Cèsar Hernández 2BWhite Sox

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date5-23-1990
Height5' 10"
Weight195 lbs
Age33 years, 11 months, 2 days
BatsB
ThrowsR
1.62015
1.62016
2.22017
2.92018
2.62019
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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
2013 PHI 23 34 131 35 5 0 0 9 26 1 0 3 .289 .344 .331 74 -3.5 -1.2 -2.1 -0.4
2014 PHI 24 66 125 27 2 0 1 9 33 0 1 1 .237 .290 .281 69 -4.2 -0.2 -1.9 -0.3
2015 PHI 25 127 452 110 20 4 1 40 86 2 19 5 .272 .339 .348 83 -7.3 1.7 8.6 1.6
2016 PHI 26 155 622 161 14 11 6 66 116 2 17 13 .294 .371 .393 98 -0.1 -0.9 -0.6 1.6
2017 PHI 27 128 577 150 26 6 9 61 104 4 15 5 .294 .373 .421 103 3.9 4.2 -2.4 2.2
2018 PHI 28 161 708 153 15 3 15 95 155 4 19 6 .253 .356 .362 101 3.3 2.0 3.7 2.9
2019 PHI 29 161 667 171 31 3 14 45 100 6 9 2 .279 .333 .408 90 -5.5 -1.2 -4.7 0.8
Career83232828071132746325620198035.277.352.38194-13.54.50.58.4

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 PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2007 vph Rk VSL 54 205 .000 .000 .000 .308 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 vph Rk VSL 60 234 .000 .000 .000 .349 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 PHL Rk GCL 41 175 .231 .316 .338 .305 97 11.6 4.5 -0.4 222 0 -4.8 1.3 30.4 3.1
2010 WPT A- NYP 65 287 .250 .327 .368 .364 99 11.9 8.1 -0.4 150 0 0.0 1.6 14.4 2.4
2011 CLR A+ FSL 119 452 .264 .330 .389 .322 101 -16.6 13.6 -0.6 77 0 -1.7 1.4 -10.0 0.3
2011 MAR Wnt VWL 36 124 .000 .000 .000 .326 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 REA AA EAS 103 450 .265 .330 .396 .358 103 9 12.4 -0.7 107 0 -4.1 0.7 3.7 1.3
2012 LEH AAA INT 30 129 .253 .319 .377 .270 95 -4.7 3.8 -0.2 64 0 0.2 0.7 -4.7 0.0
2012 MAR Wnt VWL 44 176 .000 .000 .000 .328 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 PHI MLB NL 34 131 .248 .308 .381 .368 106 -2.9 3.4 0.2 74 11 -2.1 -1.2 -3.5 -0.4
2013 REA AA EAS 3 13 .252 .343 .362 .500 106 2.3 0.4 0 139 0 0.1 -0.8 0.3 0.0
2013 LEH AAA INT 104 440 .256 .323 .384 .384 101 10.2 12.6 -0.3 122 0 -3.6 3.8 4.7 1.7
2014 PHI MLB NL 66 125 .241 .307 .368 .321 98 -3.5 3.2 0.2 69 11 -1.9 -0.2 -4.2 -0.3
2014 REA AA EAS 26 117 .275 .340 .417 .364 104 5.9 3.2 0.6 144 0 -0.2 0.3 3.9 0.8
2014 LEH AAA INT 40 171 .248 .311 .374 .328 100 -5.9 5.1 0.9 90 0 -2.8 -0.4 -4.2 -0.1
2015 PHI MLB NL 127 452 .249 .310 .393 .342 96 1.6 12.2 0.2 83 9 8.6 1.7 -7.3 1.6
2016 PHI MLB NL 155 622 .252 .319 .402 .363 88 19 17.6 -0.6 98 6 -0.6 -0.9 -0.1 1.6
2017 PHI MLB NL 128 577 .258 .327 .427 .353 96 15.4 16.9 -0.7 103 10 -2.4 4.2 3.9 2.2
2017 CLR A+ FSL 4 17 .248 .328 .364 .200 96 1.9 0.5 0 192 0 0.4 -0.5 1.3 0.2
2018 PHI MLB NL 161 708 .249 .318 .410 .315 96 9.8 19.9 -1 101 8 3.7 2.0 3.3 2.9
2019 PHI MLB NL 161 667 .253 .321 .432 .313 101 -1.6 20.1 -0.9 90 6 -4.7 -1.2 -5.5 0.8

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2007 vph Rk VSL 205 181 32 50 7 8 2 79 21 11 30 6 4 .276 .320 .436 .160 7 7
2008 vph Rk VSL 234 197 31 62 7 6 1 84 24 33 22 19 7 .315 .414 .426 .112 1 1
2009 PHL Rk GCL 175 150 21 40 5 1 0 47 18 17 20 13 5 .267 .355 .313 .047 1 1
2010 WPT A- NYP 287 255 36 83 13 2 0 100 23 26 27 32 6 .325 .394 .392 .067 0 0
2011 MAR Wnt VWL 124 112 9 29 2 0 0 31 4 9 23 5 3 .259 .314 .277 .018 0 3
2011 CLR A+ FSL 452 421 47 113 7 4 4 140 37 23 80 23 10 .268 .306 .333 .064 2 5
2012 REA AA EAS 450 411 50 125 26 11 2 179 51 27 67 16 12 .304 .345 .436 .131 2 10
2012 MAR Wnt VWL 176 154 23 41 5 3 1 55 16 17 32 14 4 .266 .345 .357 .091 1 2
2012 LEH AAA INT 129 121 13 30 4 1 0 36 6 4 11 5 3 .248 .270 .298 .050 1 3
2013 REA AA EAS 13 10 2 5 1 0 0 6 3 1 1 1 0 .500 .500 .600 .100 1 1
2013 PHI MLB NL 131 121 17 35 5 0 0 40 10 9 26 0 3 .289 .344 .331 .041 0 0
2013 LEH AAA INT 440 391 59 121 12 9 2 157 34 41 81 32 8 .309 .375 .402 .092 2 5
2014 LEH AAA INT 171 156 23 40 6 3 0 52 10 15 34 7 4 .256 .322 .333 .077 0
2014 REA AA EAS 117 103 13 35 4 1 3 50 14 13 13 1 3 .340 .410 .485 .146 1
2014 PHI MLB NL 125 114 13 27 2 0 1 32 4 9 33 1 1 .237 .290 .281 .044 1
2015 PHI MLB NL 452 405 57 110 20 4 1 141 35 40 86 19 5 .272 .339 .348 .077 1 4
2016 PHI MLB NL 622 547 67 161 14 11 6 215 39 66 116 17 13 .294 .371 .393 .099 2 5
2017 CLR A+ FSL 17 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 2 0 0 .143 .647 .143 .000 0 0
2017 PHI MLB NL 577 511 85 150 26 6 9 215 34 61 104 15 5 .294 .373 .421 .127 1 0
2018 PHI MLB NL 708 605 91 153 15 3 15 219 60 95 155 19 6 .253 .356 .362 .109 3 1
2019 PHI MLB NL 667 612 77 171 31 3 14 250 71 45 100 9 2 .279 .333 .408 .129 4 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2013 494 0.5223 0.4413 0.7752 0.6085 0.2585 0.8726 0.5246 0.2248 -0.0056
2014 490 0.4959 0.4510 0.7376 0.5885 0.3158 0.9091 0.4231 0.2624 0.0020
2015 1628 0.4828 0.4472 0.7734 0.6361 0.2708 0.9000 0.4956 0.2266 0.0006
2016 2400 0.4829 0.4338 0.7906 0.6316 0.2490 0.8934 0.5469 0.2094 0.0000
2017 2298 0.4939 0.3964 0.7925 0.5806 0.2167 0.8983 0.5159 0.2075 0.0000
2018 3004 0.4893 0.3738 0.7961 0.5367 0.2177 0.9075 0.5329 0.2039 0.0000
2019 2586 0.4899 0.4555 0.8268 0.6417 0.2767 0.8991 0.6658 0.1732 0.0000
Career129000.48970.42010.79470.60050.24720.89930.54990.2053-0.0001

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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2023 SEA $
2022 WAS $4,000,000
2021 CLE $5,000,000
2020 CLE $6,250,000
2019 PHI $7,750,000
2018 PHI $5,100,000
2017 PHI $2,550,000
2016 PHI $525,000
2015 PHI $510,000
2014 PHI $500,000
2013 PHI $
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$32,185,000
9 yrTotal$32,185,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 154 dOctagon1 year (2023)

Details
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 1/25/23 (minor-league contract). Released by Detroit 3/28/23. Signed by Seattle as a free agent 3/31/23 (minor-league contract). Released by Seattle 6/1/23 (Hernandez exercised right to opt out of contract).
  • 1 year/$4M (2022). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 11/30/21. Performance bonuses: $200,000 each for 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 plate appearances.
  • 1 year/$5M (2021), plus 2022 club option. Re-signed by Cleveland as a free agent 1/26/21. 21:$5M, 22:$6M club option (no buyout). Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from Cleveland 7/29/21 with $1,774,194 remaining on contract. Chicago White Sox declined 2022 option 11/5/21.
  • 1 year/$6.25M (2020). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 12/29/19. Performance bonuses: $50,000 for 525 plate appearances. $100,000 each for 575, 625 PA.
  • 1 year/$7.75M (2019. Re-signed by Philadelphia 1/11/19 (avoided arbitration). Non-tendered by Philadelphia 12/2/19.
  • 1 year/$5.1M (2018). Re-signed by Philadelphia 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$2.55M (2017). Re-signed by Philadelphia 2/3/17 (avoided arbitration, $2.8M-$2M).
  • 1 year/$525,000 (2016). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/16.
  • 1 year/$510,000 (2015). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/15.
  • 1 year/$500,000 (2014). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Contract purchased by Philadelphia 11/19/10.
  • Signed by Philadelphia as an amateur free agent from Venezuela.

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
90o 36 10 9 1 0 1 4 7 1 0 .290 .371 .419 117 2.5 2B 0 0.0
80o 25 6 6 1 0 0 3 5 1 0 .273 .360 .318 113 1.6 2B 0 0.0
70o 17 4 4 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 .267 .353 .333 110 1.0 2B 0 0.0
60o 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .222 .300 .222 107 0.5 2B 0 0.0
50o 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 105 0.2 2B 0 0.0
Weighted Mean4210000100.250.250.2501050.22B 00.0

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