Keith Hernandez
Keith Hernandez
Born: October 20, 1953
San Francisco, CA USA
Primary Position: 1B
All Position(s) Played: 1B, RF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 180
Career: 1974-1990
Draft: Round 42 (1971 June Amateur Draft, St. Louis Cardinals)
School: Capuchino HS (Millbrae, CA)
Minor League Statistics
Keith Hernandez compiled a career batting average of .296 with 162 home runs and 1071 RBI in his 2088-game career with the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets and Cleveland Indians. He began playing during the 1974 season and last took the field during the 1990 campaign.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1974 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 41 | 34 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .294 | .415 | .441 | .856 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1975 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 64 | 207 | 188 | 20 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 26 | .250 | .309 | .362 | .671 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1976 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 129 | 428 | 374 | 54 | 108 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 53 | .289 | .376 | .428 | .803 | 160 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
1977 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 161 | 645 | 560 | 90 | 163 | 41 | 4 | 15 | 91 | 7 | 7 | 79 | 88 | .291 | .379 | .459 | .837 | 257 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
1978 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 159 | 633 | 542 | 90 | 138 | 32 | 4 | 11 | 64 | 13 | 5 | 82 | 68 | .255 | .351 | .389 | .741 | 211 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
1979 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 161 | 698 | 610 | 116 | 210 | 48 | 11 | 11 | 105 | 11 | 6 | 80 | 78 | .344 | .417 | .513 | .930 | 313 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
1980 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 159 | 690 | 595 | 111 | 191 | 39 | 8 | 16 | 99 | 14 | 8 | 86 | 73 | .321 | .408 | .494 | .902 | 294 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
1981 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 103 | 444 | 376 | 65 | 115 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 61 | 45 | .306 | .401 | .463 | .864 | 174 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 160 | 694 | 579 | 79 | 173 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 94 | 19 | 11 | 100 | 67 | .299 | .397 | .413 | .810 | 239 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 19 |
1983 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 55 | 244 | 218 | 34 | 62 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 30 | .284 | .352 | .431 | .784 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
1983 | NL | New York Mets | 95 | 389 | 320 | 43 | 98 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 42 | .306 | .424 | .434 | .858 | 139 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
1984 | NL | New York Mets | 154 | 657 | 550 | 83 | 171 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 94 | 2 | 3 | 97 | 89 | .311 | .409 | .449 | .859 | 247 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
1985 | NL | New York Mets | 158 | 682 | 593 | 87 | 183 | 34 | 4 | 10 | 91 | 3 | 3 | 77 | 59 | .309 | .384 | .430 | .814 | 255 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 15 |
1986 | NL | New York Mets | 149 | 652 | 551 | 94 | 171 | 34 | 1 | 13 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 94 | 69 | .310 | .413 | .446 | .859 | 246 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
1987 | NL | New York Mets | 154 | 676 | 587 | 87 | 170 | 28 | 2 | 18 | 89 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 104 | .290 | .377 | .436 | .813 | 256 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
1988 | NL | New York Mets | 95 | 384 | 348 | 43 | 96 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 57 | .276 | .333 | .417 | .750 | 145 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
1989 | NL | New York Mets | 75 | 244 | 215 | 18 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 39 | .233 | .324 | .326 | .649 | 70 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1990 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 43 | 145 | 130 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | .200 | .283 | .238 | .521 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Totals | 2088 | 8553 | 7370 | 1124 | 2182 | 426 | 60 | 162 | 1071 | 98 | 63 | 1070 | 1012 | .296 | .384 | .436 | .821 | 3214 | 161 | 32 | 10 | 71 | 130 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1974 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 9 | 8 | 76.0 | 70 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .973 | 8.408 | 7.889 |
1975 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 56 | 48 | 440.3 | 469 | 36 | 2 | 34 | .996 | 1.322 | 9.018 |
1976 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 110 | 97 | 884.7 | 862 | 107 | 10 | 87 | .990 | 9.858 | 8.809 |
1977 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 158 | 150 | 1345.0 | 1453 | 106 | 12 | 146 | .992 | 1.432 | 9.867 |
1978 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 158 | 148 | 1327.7 | 1436 | 96 | 10 | 124 | .994 | 1.385 | 9.696 |
1979 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 160 | 156 | 1413.0 | 1489 | 146 | 8 | 145 | .995 | 1.414 | 1.219 |
1980 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 157 | 157 | 1368.3 | 1572 | 115 | 9 | 146 | .995 | 11.096 | 1.745 |
1981 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 98 | 97 | 873.7 | 1054 | 86 | 3 | 99 | .997 | 11.744 | 11.633 |
1981 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 3 | 2 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | .667 |
1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 158 | 153 | 1370.0 | 1586 | 135 | 11 | 140 | .994 | 11.306 | 1.892 |
1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 4 | 4 | 29.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.552 | 1.250 |
1983 | NL | New York Mets | 1B | 90 | 89 | 785.3 | 837 | 96 | 7 | 85 | .993 | 1.692 | 1.367 |
1983 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 54 | 53 | 491.3 | 581 | 51 | 6 | 62 | .991 | 11.577 | 11.704 |
1984 | NL | New York Mets | 1B | 153 | 152 | 1338.7 | 1214 | 142 | 8 | 127 | .994 | 9.117 | 8.863 |
1985 | NL | New York Mets | 1B | 157 | 152 | 1387.0 | 1310 | 139 | 4 | 113 | .997 | 9.402 | 9.229 |
1986 | NL | New York Mets | 1B | 149 | 146 | 1302.0 | 1199 | 149 | 5 | 115 | .996 | 9.318 | 9.047 |
1987 | NL | New York Mets | 1B | 154 | 151 | 1315.3 | 1298 | 149 | 10 | 110 | .993 | 9.901 | 9.396 |
1988 | NL | New York Mets | 1B | 93 | 91 | 767.3 | 734 | 77 | 2 | 63 | .998 | 9.512 | 8.720 |
1989 | NL | New York Mets | 1B | 58 | 55 | 473.7 | 405 | 31 | 4 | 22 | .991 | 8.284 | 7.517 |
1990 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1B | 42 | 39 | 320.0 | 340 | 20 | 2 | 28 | .994 | 1.125 | 8.571 |
Totals | 2021 | 1948 | 17317.3 | 17916 | 1682 | 115 | 1654 | .994 | 1.185 | 9.697 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .762 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 7 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .259 | .355 | .444 | .799 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1986 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 6 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .269 | .345 | .385 | .729 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1986 | NL | New York Mets | WS | 7 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .231 | .344 | .231 | .575 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1988 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 7 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .269 | .406 | .385 | .791 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 30 | 138 | 117 | 13 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 19 | .265 | .370 | .359 | .729 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 1B | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 12.000 | 12.000 |
1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 1B | 7 | 7 | 61.0 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 8 | .972 | 1.180 | 9.857 |
1986 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 1B | 6 | 6 | 63.0 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 11.143 | 13.000 |
1986 | NL | New York Mets | WS | 1B | 7 | 7 | 63.0 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .981 | 7.429 | 7.429 |
1988 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 1B | 7 | 7 | 64.0 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .984 | 8.578 | 8.714 |
Totals | 30 | 30 | 278.0 | 269 | 27 | 4 | 22 | .987 | 9.583 | 9.867 |
Awards
1978 - NL Gold Glove 1B
1979 - NL TSN Player of the Year
1979 - NL Most Valuable Player
1979 - NL TSN All-Star 1B
1979 - NL Gold Glove 1B
1980 - NL Silver Slugger 1B
1980 - NL TSN All-Star 1B
1980 - NL Gold Glove 1B
1981 - NL Gold Glove 1B
1982 - NL Gold Glove 1B
1983 - NL Gold Glove 1B
1984 - NL TSN All-Star 1B
1984 - NL Gold Glove 1B
1984 - NL Silver Slugger 1B
1985 - NL TSN All-Star 1B
1985 - NL Gold Glove 1B
1986 - NL TSN All-Star 1B
1986 - NL Gold Glove 1B
1987 - NL Gold Glove 1B
1988 - NL Gold Glove 1B
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