Xavier Hernandez

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: August 16, 1965 in Port Arthur, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 4th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Lafayette, LA).

High School: Thomas Jefferson HS (Port Arthur, TX)

School: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Lafayette, LA)

Debut: June 4, 1989 (Age 23-292d, 15,618th in major league history)
vs. BOS 6.2 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1998 (Age 33-041d)
vs. SEA 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Full Name: Francis Xavier Hernandez

Nicknames: X-Man

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.3

ERA

3.90

463

671.0

562

WHIP

1.322

Summary of 67 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 8 tying, 16 go ahead

5 Tms
HOU	36
TEX	12
CIN	10
NYY	7
TOR	2

Platoon
vs RHB	36
vs LHB	31

Home/Road
Away	42
Home	25

Outs
1	26
0	21
2	20

24 Opps
CHC	7
NYM	6
SFG	5
STL	5
PIT	5
MON	5
SDP	4
MIN	3
BOS	3
FLA	3
OAK	2
ANA/CAL	2
CIN	2
NYY	2
DET	2
BAL	2
LAD	2
TEX	1
KCR	1
PHI	1
ATL	1
CLE	1
TOR	1
MIL	1

56 Batters
Barry Bonds	3
Eric Davis	3
Mo Vaughn	2
Daryl Boston	2
Ryne Sandberg	2
Darryl Strawberry	2
Todd Walker	2
Charlie Hayes	2
Matt Williams	2
Shane Mack	1
Tony Tarasco	1
Cory Snyder	1
J.T. Snow	1
Benito Santiago	1
Jacob Brumfield	1
Fred McGriff	1
George Bell	1
Gerónimo Berroa	1
Craig Shipley	1
Ozzie Timmons	1
Pedro Guerrero	1
Manny Ramirez	1
Greg Vaughn	1
Todd Zeile	1
Terry Pendleton	1
Mike Lansing	1
Phil Plantier	1
Henry Rodríguez	1
Mark Grace	1
Mark McGwire	1
Jeff King	1
Mike Piazza	1
Orlando Merced	1
Cecil Fielder	1
Ron Gant	1
Carl Everett	1
Jeff Conine	1
Gerald Perry	1
Bernie Williams	1
Mark Grudzielanek	1
Will Clark	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Craig Worthington	1
Andre Dawson	1
Dave Magadan	1
Jermaine Allensworth	1
Darrin Fletcher	1
Carlos Delgado	1
Matt Lawton	1
Domingo Ramos	1
Todd Hundley	1
Steve Finley	1
Tom Pagnozzi	1
Joe Orsulak	1
Kevin Roberson	1
Tim Naehring	1

19 Parks
Astrodome (HOU)	9
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	8
Shea Stad (NYC)	6
Busch Stad (STL)	5
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	5
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
3Com Park (SFO)	4
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
SunLife Stad (MIA)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	26
9	18
78	9
8	7
89	6

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	14
1	13
5	12
3	11
4	9
6	3
Unk	3
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	59
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	36
1--	17
-2-	5
12-	3
123	2
1-3	2
--3	1
-23	1

108 Runs
RISP	14
0 on	36
1 on	23
2 on	6
3 on	2
Any on	31

Inning
1	2
2	2
4	1
5	5
6	7
7	16
8	19
9	12
Extra	3

1-3	4
4-6	13
7-end	50

RelScore
+4..	12
+3	6
+2	9
+1	3
Tied	13
-1	6
-2	5
-3	4
-4..	9

Ahead	30
Tied	13
Behind	24

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	13
1-0	8
1-1	7
3-1	7
2-2	7
0-1	6
2-1	5
1-2	4
2-0	4
3-2	3
Unk	3

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	13
3B	13
1B	10
CF	10
2B	6
RF	6
C	5
PH	3
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	18
3rd	12
5th	9
6th	9
1st	7
7th	3
9th	3
8th	3
2nd	3

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	36

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1989-07-04	Craig Worthington	BAL	@	TOR	ahead 3-0	t 9	0	---	5,(2-2) SBBFX	1	8	5	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1989-07-16	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	TOR	ahead 5-2	t 8	1	---	7,(2-2) FSBFBFX	1	4	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1990-05-07	Daryl Boston	NYM		HOU	ahead 5-1	b 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Marshall Scores
4	4	2	1	1990-05-09	Charlie Hayes	PHI	@	HOU	ahead 9-0	t 9	1	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	8	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	3	1	1990-05-16	Terry Pendleton	STL		HOU	ahead 8-3	b 6	2	-2-	2,(0-1) SX	2	3	5	2%	99%		Home Run; O. Smith Scores
6	6	4	1	1990-05-27	Domingo Ramos	CHC		HOU	ahead 6-2	b 5	0	---	5,(2-2) .BFFBX	1	6	5	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	5	2	1990-05-27	Ryne Sandberg	CHC		HOU	ahead 7-2	b 6	1	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	2	4	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	6	1	1990-06-17	Eric Davis	CIN		HOU	ahead 5-1	b 7	2	-2-	5,(2-2) BBFSX	2	4	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Larkin Scores
9	9	7	1	1990-07-03	Darryl Strawberry	NYM		HOU	ahead 6-0	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	4	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
10	10	8	2	1990-07-03	Daryl Boston	NYM		HOU	ahead 7-0	b 5	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	6	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1991-05-07	George Bell	CHC	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	4	7	24%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball); R. Sandberg Scores; M. Grace Scores; G. Bell Scores
12	12	2	1	1991-05-18	Todd Zeile	STL		HOU	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	6	5	11%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Zeile Scores
13	13	3	2	1991-05-18	Pedro Guerrero	STL		HOU	ahead 4-0	b 4	2	--3	2,(0-1) FX	2	4	3	5%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); O. Smith Scores; P. Guerrero Scores
14	14	4	1	1991-05-28	Darryl Strawberry	LAD		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-23	5,(3-1) BFB.BX	3	3	9	13%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Butler Scores; L. Harris Scores; D. Strawberry Scores
15	15	5	1	1991-06-02	Benito Santiago	SDP		HOU	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	2	12%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Santiago Scores
16	16	6	1	1991-07-04	Matt Williams	SFG		HOU	behind 4-14	b 9	2	1--	4,(2-1) SBBX	2	5	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Mitchell Scores; M. Williams Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1992-05-02	Barry Bonds	PIT	@	HOU	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	1-3	4,(1-2) CFBX	3	4	7	7%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Merced Scores; A. Van Slyke Scores; B. Bonds Scores
18	18	2	1	1992-05-06	Ryne Sandberg	CHC		HOU	ahead 6-4	b 7	0	1--	4,(1-2) CB1>FX	2	3	4	6%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Grace Scores; R. Sandberg Scores
19	19	3	1	1992-06-06	Cory Snyder	SFG		HOU	tied 4-4	b 6	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	5	28%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Clark Scores; C. Snyder Scores
20	20	4	1	1992-08-18	Gerald Perry	STL		HOU	behind 3-6	b 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	9	PH	17%	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Gedman Scores; G. Perry Scores
21	21	5	1	1992-09-13	Ron Gant	ATL	@	HOU	ahead 4-2	t 8	2	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	6	7	10%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Pendleton Scores; D. Justice Scores; R. Gant Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1993-05-17	Barry Bonds	SFG		HOU	behind 5-7	b 7	2	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	5	7	35%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Clark Scores
23	23	2	1	1993-05-28	Dave Magadan	FLA		HOU	behind 2-4	b 7	1	1--	5,(3-1) FBBB1X	2	5	5	32%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Destrade Scores
24	24	3	1	1993-06-15	Fred McGriff	SDP	@	HOU	ahead 2-0	t 8	2	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	4	3	7%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
25	25	4	1	1993-07-25	Kevin Roberson	CHC	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	9	36%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	5	1	1993-08-09	Phil Plantier	SDP		HOU	behind 3-4	b 8	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	7	32%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
27	27	6	1	1993-08-30	Joe Orsulak	NYM		HOU	tied 4-4	b 8	0	---	3,(2-0) ...BBX	1	1	7	26%	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1994-04-10	Cecil Fielder	DET	@	NYY	ahead 6-3	t 9	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	3	3%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); L. Whitaker Scores
29	29	2	1	1994-04-17	Eric Davis	DET		NYY	behind 4-8	b 8	2	1--	4,(1-2) CFBX	2	3	8	7%	11%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); A. Trammell Scores
30	30	3	1	1994-06-07	Will Clark	TEX		NYY	ahead 8-6	b 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Canseco Scores
31	31	4	1	1994-06-19	Greg Vaughn	MIL	@	NYY	ahead 6-4	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	7	8%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
32	32	5	1	1994-07-18	Gerónimo Berroa	OAK		NYY	behind 2-5	b 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	7	10%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	6	1	1994-07-21	J.T. Snow	CAL		NYY	behind 4-10	b 7	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	6	3	1%	3%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
34	34	7	1	1994-07-26	Mo Vaughn	BOS	@	NYY	ahead 6-5	t 6	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	19%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Valentin Scores
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1995-05-16	Tony Tarasco	MON		CIN	ahead 6-3	b 8	2	---		1	1	9	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
36	36	2	1	1995-06-30	Todd Hundley	NYM		CIN	behind 2-5	b 6	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	2	19%	35%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); B. Bonilla Scores
37	37	3	1	1995-07-03	Barry Bonds	SFG	@	CIN	tied 7-7	t 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	7	29%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
38	38	4	1	1995-07-18	Steve Finley	SDP		CIN	behind 0-4	b 8	0	---	6,(3-2) CBFBBX	1	1	8	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
39	39	5	1	1995-07-23	Mark Grace	CHC	@	CIN	tied 3-3	t 10	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	3	42%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Dunston Scores
40	40	6	1	1995-08-11	Jeff Conine	FLA		CIN	ahead 4-2	b 5	1	---	6,(3-2) BBBFFX	1	3	7	8%	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
41	41	7	1	1995-08-26	Jacob Brumfield	PIT		CIN	behind 5-7	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	8	14%	37%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
42	42	8	1	1995-09-29	Mike Lansing	MON		CIN	behind 1-13	b 6	2	-2-	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	6	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); T. Tarasco Scores
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1996-04-03	Mark Grudzielanek	MON	@	CIN	ahead 6-4	t 8	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	6	11%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Silvestri Scores/Team unER; M. Grudzielanek Scores/Team unER
44	44	2	1	1996-04-04	Darrin Fletcher	MON	@	CIN	ahead 9-1	t 8	0	---	4,(1-2) ...BFFX	1	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
45	45	3	1	1996-05-04	Henry Rodríguez	MON	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 9	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	3	7	57%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); M. Lansing Scores
46	46	4	1	1996-05-28	Orlando Merced	PIT		HOU	behind 1-2	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	17%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
47	47	5	1	1996-06-01	Tom Pagnozzi	STL		HOU	tied 4-4	b 10	1	---	5,(3-1) .CBBBX	1	6	2	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
48	48	6	1	1996-06-16	Matt Williams	SFG		HOU	behind 4-6	b 7	0	1--	2,(1-0) .*BX	2	4	5	31%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball); B. Bonds Scores
49	49	7	1	1996-06-18	Eric Davis	CIN	@	HOU	tied 4-4	t 10	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	8	34%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
50	50	8	1	1996-06-23	Mike Piazza	LAD		HOU	tied 3-3	b 9	1	---	6,(3-2) BSFBBX	1	3	2	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
51	51	9	1	1996-07-14 (2)	Carl Everett	NYM		HOU	ahead 9-3	b 8	1	---		1	1	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
52	52	10	1	1996-08-16	Ozzie Timmons	CHC		HOU	behind 2-8	b 8	1	---		1	5	7	1%	1%		Home Run (LF-CF)
53	53	11	1	1996-08-22	Jeff King	PIT	@	HOU	behind 4-5	t 9	1	123	1,(0-0) .X	4	3	4	51%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Kendall Scores; J. Allensworth Scores; A. Martin Scores; J. King Scores
54	54	12	1	1996-08-31	Jermaine Allensworth	PIT		HOU	tied 2-2	b 8	1	---	7,(2-2) FFBFBFX	1	1	8	28%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
55	55	13	1	1996-09-22	Andre Dawson	FLA		HOU	ahead 3-0	b 8	2	12-	5,(3-1) .BBFBX	3	9	PH	3%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Abbott Scores; C. Johnson Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1997-04-05	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	TEX	ahead 7-5	t 9	0	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	5	5	4%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); E. Davis Scores
57	57	2	1	1997-04-25	Matt Lawton	MIN		TEX	behind 2-6	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	4	7	5%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Lawton Scores
58	58	3	1	1997-05-08	Charlie Hayes	NYY		TEX	ahead 4-3	b 8	1	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	7	5	8%	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
59	59	4	1	1997-05-11	Mo Vaughn	BOS		TEX	behind 2-8	b 7	1	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	3	3	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
60	60	5	2	1997-05-11	Tim Naehring	BOS		TEX	behind 3-8	b 7	2	---	5,(2-2) BFFBX	1	5	5	2%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
61	61	6	1	1997-07-17	Carlos Delgado	TOR	@	TEX	ahead 5-1	t 7	1	1-3	5,(2-2) BBFFX	3	4	3	4%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); O. Nixon Scores/unER; J. Carter Scores
62	62	7	1	1997-08-01	Manny Ramirez	CLE	@	TEX	ahead 6-5	t 9	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	9	11%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Seitzer Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1998-05-22	Shane Mack	KCR	@	TEX	behind 4-7	t 7	2	123	3,(1-1) CBX	4	9	PH	47%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. Palmer Scores; T. Pendleton Scores; S. Fasano Scores
64	64	2	1	1998-05-27	Todd Walker	MIN	@	TEX	tied 5-5	t 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	4	20%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
65	65	3	1	1998-06-15	Craig Shipley	ANA	@	TEX	ahead 7-5	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	5	5%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
66	66	4	1	1998-08-16	Bernie Williams	NYY		TEX	tied 5-5	b 9	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	4	8	41%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
67	67	5	1	1998-09-06	Todd Walker	MIN	@	TEX	behind 3-5	t 8	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	4	28%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Coomer Scores