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Portrait of José Fernández

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
6 76 471.3 38 17 0 2.58 15.9
Birth Date7-31-1992
Height6' 3"
Weight240 lbs
Age31 years, 8 months, 24 days
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WARP Summary

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 SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2013 MIA MLB 28 28 172.7 12 6 0 111 58 187 10 94 5.8 3.0 0.5 9.7 0% .240 0.98 2.70 2.19 80 2.36 56.4 5.4
2014 MIA MLB 8 8 51.7 4 2 0 36 13 70 4 95 6.3 2.3 0.7 12.2 0% .271 0.95 2.15 2.44 67 2.15 52.7 1.7
2015 MIA MLB 11 11 64.7 6 1 0 61 14 79 4 90 8.5 1.9 0.6 11.0 0% .343 1.16 2.26 2.92 70 2.17 50.6 2.2
2016 MIA MLB 29 29 182.3 16 8 0 149 55 253 13 87 7.4 2.7 0.6 12.5 44% .332 1.12 2.33 2.86 63 2.22 49.2 6.6
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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 GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2011 JAM A- NYP 1 1 2.3 0 1 0 4 3 4 0 117 15.4 11.6 0.0 15.4 0% .667 3.00 5.07 19.29 91 4.93 100.7
2011 MRL Rk GCL 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 109 4.5 4.5 0.0 13.5 0% .200 1.00 1.90 0.00 86 1.81 37.0
2012 GRB A SAL 14 14 79.0 7 0 0 51 18 99 2 101 5.8 2.1 0.2 11.3 0% .282 0.87 2.16 1.59 62 2.27 47.3
2012 JUP A+ FSL 11 11 55.0 7 1 0 38 17 59 0 102 6.2 2.8 0.0 9.7 0% .273 1.00 2.34 1.96 74 2.46 51.3
2013 MIA MLB NL 28 28 172.7 12 6 0 111 58 187 10 94 5.8 3.0 0.5 9.7 0% .240 0.98 2.70 2.19 80 2.36 56.4
2014 MIA MLB NL 8 8 51.7 4 2 0 36 13 70 4 95 6.3 2.3 0.7 12.2 0% .271 0.95 2.15 2.44 67 2.15 52.7
2015 MIA MLB NL 11 11 64.7 6 1 0 61 14 79 4 90 8.5 1.9 0.6 11.0 0% .343 1.16 2.26 2.92 70 2.17 50.6
2015 JUP A+ FSL 4 4 19.7 1 1 0 18 4 25 1 86 8.2 1.8 0.5 11.4 0% .370 1.12 1.89 3.20 61 3.28 71.9
2015 JAX AA SOU 1 1 5.0 0 1 0 6 2 8 1 86 10.8 3.6 1.8 14.4 0% .455 1.60 3.90 7.20 74 3.94 86.5
2016 MIA MLB NL 29 29 182.3 16 8 0 149 55 253 13 87 7.4 2.7 0.6 12.5 44% .332 1.12 2.33 2.86 63 2.22 49.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2013 2592 0.5463 0.4552 0.7627 0.5777 0.3078 0.8496 0.5663 0.2373
2014 765 0.5294 0.4850 0.6927 0.5852 0.3722 0.7890 0.5224 0.3073
2015 992 0.5242 0.4990 0.6990 0.6269 0.3581 0.8067 0.4911 0.3010
2016 2911 0.4936 0.4555 0.6667 0.5811 0.3331 0.8048 0.4318 0.3333
Career72600.52040.46440.70810.58660.33160.81940.49750.2919

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
2014-05-10 2014-09-29 60-DL 142 126 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2014-05-16 -
2013-02-28 2013-03-09 Camp 9 0 - Thigh Tightness Hamstring - -
2013-02-23 2013-02-28 Camp 5 0 - Thigh Strain Hamstring - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2016 MIA $2,800,000
2015 MIA $651,000
2014 MIA $635,000
2013 MIA $490,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$4,576,000
4 yrTotal$4,576,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 0 dBoras Corp.1 year/$2.8M (2016)

Details
  • 1 year/$2.8M (2016). Re-signed by Miami 1/15/16 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$0.651M (2015). Re-signed by Miami 3/3/15.
  • 1 year/$0.635M (2014). Re-signed by Miami 3/1/14.
  • 1 year/$0.49M (2013). Contract purchased by Miami 3/31/13.
  • Drafted by Florida 2011 (1-14) (Alonso HS, Tampa). $2M signing bonus.

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
90o 0 3.4 0 9 9 53.5 33 14 69 3 .258 0.88 1.72 1.96 7.0 0.8
80o 0 3.2 0 8 8 47.6 32 13 61 3 .273 0.95 2.04 2.31 4.5 0.5
70o 0 3.1 0 7 7 43.6 31 13 56 3 .284 1.00 2.27 2.58 2.8 0.3
60o 0 2.9 0 7 7 40.1 30 12 52 3 .294 1.05 2.47 2.8 1.7 0.2
50o 0 2.8 0 6 6 37.0 29 12 48 3 .302 1.10 2.66 3.02 0.7 0.1
40o 0 2.7 0 6 6 33.9 28 11 44 3 .311 1.14 2.86 3.23 -0.1 0.0
30o 0 2.5 0 5 5 30.7 26 11 40 3 .320 1.19 3.07 3.47 -0.9 -0.1
20o 0 2.3 0 5 5 27.1 24 10 35 2 .331 1.26 3.31 3.74 -1.6 -0.2
10o 0 2 0 4 4 22.2 21 9 29 2 .346 1.34 3.66 4.14 -2.2 -0.2
Weighted Mean02.706636.42811473.3001.082.642.990.80.1

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, José Fernández threw 7,291 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2013 and 2016, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2016, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (96mph) and Curve (85mph), also mixing in a Change (89mph). He also rarely threw a Sinker (93mph), Slow Curve (75mph) and Cutter (84mph).