Jose Hernandez

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 180 lb

BornJuly 14, 1969 · Rio Piedras, P.R.

MLB debutAugust 9, 1991

Final gameOctober 1, 2006

Seasons15 (1991–2006)

Texas Rangers 1991; Cleveland Indians 1992; Chicago Cubs 1994–1998; Atlanta Braves 1999; Chicago Cubs 1999; Milwaukee Brewers 2000–2002; Chicago Cubs 2003; Colorado Rockies 2003; Pittsburgh Pirates 2003; Los Angeles Dodgers 2004; Cleveland Indians 2005; Philadelphia Phillies 2006; Pittsburgh Pirates 2006

Percentile snapshot

2003 season — qualified batters

150

56.4

571

33.3

519

41.2

7.9

117

7.3

4.8

47.9

26.1

RBI

18.2

37.6

177

0.6

18.2

76.4

.225

0.6

OBP

.287

1.8

SLG

.347

3.6

OPS

.634

2.4

wRC+

57.2

1.2

OPS+

59.8

1.2

wOBA

.286

3.6

sWAR

-0.7

of 166 qualified 2003 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

86.0

17.3

OPS+

88.0

sWAR

12.0

88.7

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1991	45	107	98	8	18	2	1	0	4	3	31	0	1	.184	.208	.224	.432	14.6	20.8	.201	-0.5
1992	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124.8	-100.0	.000	-0.1
1994	56	146	132	18	32	2	3	1	9	8	29	2	2	.242	.291	.326	.617	61.6	61.7	.282	-0.1
1995	93	268	245	37	60	11	4	13	40	13	69	1	0	.245	.281	.482	.762	91.7	98.0	.326	0.9
1996	131	363	331	52	80	14	1	10	41	24	97	4	0	.242	.293	.381	.674	71.2	74.8	.298	0.4
1997	121	199	183	33	50	8	5	7	26	14	42	2	5	.273	.323	.486	.810	104.0	106.8	.352	0.9
1998	149	533	488	76	124	23	7	23	75	40	140	4	6	.254	.311	.471	.782	97.1	99.2	.340	1.8
1999	147	568	508	79	135	20	2	19	62	52	145	11	3	.266	.339	.425	.764	92.7	93.8	.338	1.9
2000	124	496	446	51	109	22	1	11	59	41	125	3	7	.244	.315	.372	.687	74.4	74.8	.307	0.3
2001	152	592	542	67	135	26	2	25	78	39	185	5	4	.249	.300	.443	.743	87.6	91.8	.317	1.8
2002	152	582	525	72	151	24	2	24	73	52	188	3	5	.288	.356	.478	.834	120.3	118.6	.368	4.2
2003	150	571	519	58	117	18	3	13	57	46	177	2	1	.225	.287	.347	.634	57.2	59.8	.286	-0.7
2004	95	238	211	32	61	12	1	13	29	26	61	3	1	.289	.370	.540	.910	134.5	137.0	.387	1.8
2005	84	256	234	28	54	7	0	6	31	14	60	1	3	.231	.277	.338	.614	63.8	65.2	.273	-0.6
2006	85	166	152	12	40	4	1	3	19	12	40	0	0	.263	.317	.362	.679	75.4	74.0	.306	-0.1

Career totals

1,587

5,089

4,618

623

1,166

193

168

RBI

603

384

1,391

124th-most career SO

.2525

OBP

.3117

SLG

.4177

OPS

.7294

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1995-08-31	CHC @ MIA Gameday	5	2	3	2	5	0	9
2001-07-07	MIL @ SF Gameday	6	2	3	2	5	0	9
2005-07-09	CLE @ NYY Gameday	5	2	3	2	5	0	9
1998-06-17	MIL @ CHC Gameday	4	2	3	2	4	0	9
2002-05-09	MIL @ CHC Gameday	4	2	3	2	4	1	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.