Tony Fernandez

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 165 lb

BornJune 30, 1962 · San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macorís, D.R.

MLB debutSeptember 2, 1983

Final gameOctober 7, 2001

Seasons17 (1983–2001)

Toronto Blue Jays 1983–1990; San Diego Padres 1991–1992; New York Mets 1993; Toronto Blue Jays 1993; Cincinnati Reds 1994; New York Yankees 1995; Cleveland Indians 1997; Toronto Blue Jays 1998–1999; Milwaukee Brewers 2001; Toronto Blue Jays 2001

Percentile snapshot

1999 season — qualified batters

142

30.6

576

33.1

485

25.5

159

52.2

91.1

8.9

RBI

40.1

73.2

84.7

26.1

.328

OBP

.427

94.3

SLG

.449

36.3

OPS

.877

64.3

wRC+

126.6

70.7

OPS+

124.2

68.2

wOBA

.391

70.7

sWAR

3.9

72.6

of 158 qualified 1999 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

103.5

48.6

OPS+

102.0

45.6

sWAR

41.9

98.2

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
1983	15	38	34	5	9	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	1	.265	.324	.353	.677	85.4	83.1	.313	0.1
1984	88	254	233	29	63	5	3	3	19	17	15	5	7	.270	.317	.356	.674	85.7	85.0	.308	0.8
1985	161	618	564	71	163	31	10	2	51	43	41	13	6	.289	.340	.390	.730	100.6	99.1	.330	3.0
1986	163	727	687	91	213	33	9	10	65	27	52	25	12	.310	.338	.428	.766	107.0	106.7	.341	3.9
1987	146	642	578	90	186	29	8	5	67	51	48	32	12	.322	.379	.426	.805	115.2	113.0	.358	4.1
1988	154	704	648	76	186	41	4	5	70	45	65	15	5	.287	.335	.386	.721	105.1	104.4	.329	3.7
1989	140	617	573	64	147	25	9	11	64	29	51	22	6	.257	.291	.389	.680	89.4	92.4	.308	2.1
1990	161	721	635	84	175	27	17	4	66	71	70	26	13	.276	.352	.391	.742	110.4	107.9	.343	4.3
1991	145	621	558	81	152	27	5	4	38	55	74	23	9	.272	.337	.360	.697	98.9	94.8	.327	2.8
1992	155	694	622	84	171	32	4	4	37	56	62	20	20	.275	.337	.359	.696	98.5	96.0	.325	3.1
1993	142	594	526	65	147	23	11	5	64	56	45	21	10	.279	.348	.394	.742	102.1	99.3	.340	2.8
1994	104	422	366	50	102	18	6	8	50	44	40	12	7	.279	.361	.426	.787	105.9	106.4	.349	1.9
1995	108	438	384	57	94	20	2	5	45	42	40	6	6	.245	.322	.346	.668	75.7	75.9	.304	0.7
1997	120	442	409	55	117	21	1	11	44	22	47	6	6	.286	.323	.423	.746	91.1	91.7	.330	1.2
1998	138	551	486	71	156	36	2	9	72	45	53	13	8	.321	.387	.459	.846	121.0	120.2	.372	3.5
1999	142	576	485	73	159	41	0	6	75	77	62	6	7	.328	.427	.449	.877	126.6	124.2	.391	3.9
2001	76	134	123	11	36	4	0	2	15	8	17	1	3	.293	.338	.374	.712	89.0	87.0	.319	0.1

Career totals

2,158

170th-most career G

8,793

180th-most career PA

7,911

167th-most career AB

1,057

310th-most career R

2,276

164th-most career H

414

168th-most career 2B

205th-most career 3B

RBI

844

468th-most career RBI

690

393rd-most career BB

784

246

250th-most career SB

.2877

469th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3472

SLG

.3989

OPS

.7461

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	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1995-09-03	ATH @ NYY Gameday	5	3	4	1	1	1	3	0	10
1986-06-22	NYY @ TOR Gameday	6	2	3	1	1	1	4	0	9
1989-06-20	TOR @ LAA Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	2	3	1	9
1999-05-07	TEX @ TOR Gameday	5	3	5	3	0	0	2	0	8
1987-06-13	TOR @ BAL Gameday	5	3	4	1	0	1	1	0	8

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

4× Gold Glove5× 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.