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Keith Hernandez Keith Hernandez

Full name: Keith Hernandez Born: October 20, 1953, San Francisco, California First Game: August 30, 1974; Final Game: July 24, 1990 Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 0" Weight: 180 NL MVP (1979) TSN NL Player of the Year (1979) 1B on TSN NL All-Star Team (1979 to 1980 and 1984 to 1986) NL Silver Slugger as 1B (1980 and 1984) NL Gold Glove as 1B (1978 to 1988) Keith Hernandez Collectibles! Keith Hernandez Memorabilia! Keith Hernandez Cards! Keith Hernandez Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Photo by Legend in Time, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1974 STL N Daily Splits   14    34    3   10   1   2   0    2    7   0    8   0   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .294  .415  .441  -0.1 1974 STL N
1975 STL N Daily Splits   64   188   20   47   8   2   3   20   17   2   26   0   0   2   0   5   5    0   1  .250  .309  .362  -0.8 1975 STL N
1976 STL N Daily Splits  129   374   54  108  21   5   7   46   49   5   53   3   2   0   0   4   8    4   2  .289  .376  .428   2.4 1976 STL N
1977 STL N Daily Splits  161   560   90  163  41   4  15   91   79  11   88   1   3   2   0  10  17    7   7  .291  .379  .459   1.7 1977 STL N
1978 STL N Daily Splits  159   542   90  138  32   4  11   64   82  11   68   2   1   6   0   8  12   13   5  .255  .351  .389   0.1 1978 STL N
1979 STL N Daily Splits  161   610  116  210  48  11  11  105   80   5   78   1   0   7   0   3   9   11   6  .344  .417  .513   5.4 1979 STL N
1980 STL N Daily Splits  159   595  111  191  39   8  16   99   86   4   73   4   1   4   0   5  14   14   8  .321  .408  .494   3.9 1980 STL N
1981 STL N Daily Splits  103   376   65  115  27   4   8   48   61   6   45   2   0   5   0   4   9   12   5  .306  .401  .463   2.6 1981 STL N
1982 STL N Daily Splits  160   579   79  173  33   6   7   94  100  19   67   2   1  12   0   7  10   19  11  .299  .397  .413   2.4 1982 STL N
1983 STL N Daily Splits   55   218   34   62  15   4   3   26   24   5   30   0   0   2   0   2   2    1   1  .284  .352  .431   0.4 1983 STL N
1983 NY  N Daily Splits   95   320   43   98   8   3   9   37   64   9   42   2   2   1   0   4   5    8   4  .306  .424  .434   2.6 1983 NY  N
1983 TOT N               150   538   77  160  23   7  12   63   88  14   72   2   2   3   0   6   7    9   5  .297  .396  .433   3.0 1983 TOT N
1984 NY  N Daily Splits  154   550   83  171  31   0  15   94   97  12   89   1   0   9   0  10   9    2   3  .311  .409  .449   4.7 1984 NY  N
1985 NY  N Daily Splits  158   593   87  183  34   4  10   91   77  15   59   2   0  10   0   9  14    3   3  .309  .384  .430   3.2 1985 NY  N
1986 NY  N Daily Splits  149   551   94  171  34   1  13   83   94   9   69   4   0   3   0   9  14    2   1  .310  .413  .446   4.7 1986 NY  N
1987 NY  N Daily Splits  154   587   87  170  28   2  18   89   81   8  104   4   0   4   0   8  15    0   2  .290  .377  .436   2.7 1987 NY  N
1988 NY  N Daily Splits   95   348   43   96  16   0  11   55   31   3   57   1   0   4   0   8  11    2   1  .276  .333  .417   1.2 1988 NY  N
1989 NY  N Daily Splits   75   215   18   50   8   0   4   19   27   3   39   2   0   0   0   2   4    0   3  .233  .324  .326  -0.9 1989 NY  N
1990 CLE A Daily Splits   43   130    7   26   2   0   1    8   14   3   17   1   0   0   0   1   2    0   0  .200  .283  .238  -1.4 1990 CLE A
Total NL                2045  7240 1117 2156 424  60 161 1063 1056 127  995  31  10  71   0  99 159   98  63  .298  .386  .440  36.2 Total NL        
Total AL                  43   130    7   26   2   0   1    8   14   3   17   1   0   0   0   1   2    0   0  .200  .283  .238  -1.4 Total AL        
Total            Splits 2088  7370 1124 2182 426  60 162 1071 1070 130 1012  32  10  71   0 100 161   98  63  .296  .384  .436  34.8 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1982 STL N Daily Splits    3    12    3    4   0   0   0    1    2   2    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .429  .333 1982 STL N
1986 NY  N Daily Splits    6    26    3    7   1   1   0    3    3   3    6   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .269  .345  .385 1986 NY  N
1988 NY  N Daily Splits    7    26    2    7   0   0   1    5    6   1    7   0   0   0   0   0   2    1   0  .269  .406  .385 1988 NY  N
Total            Splits   16    64    8   18   1   1   1    9   11   6   16   0   0   0   0   0   2    1   0  .281  .387  .375 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1982 STL N Daily Splits    7    27    4    7   2   0   1    8    4   1    2   0   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .259  .355  .444 1982 STL N
1986 NY  N Daily Splits    7    26    1    6   0   0   0    4    5   1    1   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .231  .344  .231 1986 NY  N
Total            Splits   14    53    5   13   2   0   1   12    9   2    3   0   0   1   0   1   1    0   0  .245  .349  .340 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1979 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1979 NL   
1980 NL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1980 NL   
1984 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1984 NL   
1986 NL    Daily Splits    1     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1986 NL   
1987 NL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1987 NL   
Total            Splits    5    10    0    3   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .300  .300  .300 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1974 STL N Daily  1B    9    8    6    76      70    1    2    8   0  .973
1975 STL N Daily  1B   56   48   42   440.1   469   36    2   34   0  .996
1976 STL N Daily  1B  110   97   92   884.2   862  107   10   87   0  .990
1977 STL N Daily  1B  158  150  144  1345    1453  106   12  146   1  .992
1978 STL N Daily  1B  158  148  147  1327.2  1436   96   10  124   0  .994
1979 STL N Daily  1B  160  156  152  1413    1489  146    8  145   0  .995
1980 STL N Daily  1B  156  156  149  1368.1  1572  115    9  146   0  .995
1981 STL N Daily  1B   98   97   89   873.2  1054   86    3   99   1  .997
1981 STL N        LF    3    2    0     9       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1981 STL N        OF    3    2    0     9       2    0    0    0   0 1.000     3    0    0 
1982 STL N Daily  1B  157  153  146  1370    1586  135   11  140   0  .994
1982 STL N        OF    4    4    2    29       5    0    0    0   0 1.000     2    0    2 
1982 STL N        LF    2    2    1    13       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1982 STL N        RF    2    2    1    16       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
1983 STL N Daily  1B   54   53   52   491.1   581   51    6   62   0  .991
1983 NY  N Daily  1B   90   89   86   785.1   837   96    7   85   0  .993
1983 TOT N        1B  144  142  138  1276.2  1418  147   13  147   0  .992
1984 NY  N Daily  1B  153  152  143  1338.2  1214  142    8  127   0  .994
1985 NY  N Daily  1B  157  152  145  1387    1310  139    4  113   0  .997
1986 NY  N Daily  1B  149  146  130  1302    1199  149    5  115   0  .996
1987 NY  N Daily  1B  154  151  128  1315.2  1298  149   10  110   0  .993
1988 NY  N Daily  1B   93   90   76   767.1   734   77    2   63   0  .998
1989 NY  N Daily  1B   58   55   48   473.2   405   31    4   22   0  .991
1990 CLE A Daily  1B   42   38   31   320     340   20    2   28   0  .994
Total             1B 2012 1939 1806 17279.2 17909 1682  115 1654   2  .994
Total             OF    7    6    2    38       7    0    0    0   0 1.000     5    0    2 
Total             LF    5    4    1    22       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             RF    2    2    1    16       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1982 STL N Daily  1B    3    3    3    27      35    1    0    3   0 1.000
1986 NY  N Daily  1B    6    6    6    63      68   11    0    5   0 1.000
1988 NY  N Daily  1B    7    7    7    64      57    4    1    2   0  .984
Total             1B   16   16   16   154     160   16    1   10   0  .994
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1982 STL N Daily  1B    7    7    7    61      62    7    2    8   0  .972
1986 NY  N Daily  1B    7    7    7    63      48    4    1    4   0  .981
Total             1B   14   14   14   124     110   11    3   12   0  .976
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1980 NL    Daily  1B    1    0    0     3       5    0    0    1   0 1.000
1984 NL    Daily  1B    1    0    0     4       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1986 NL    Daily  1B    1    1    1     9       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
1987 NL    Daily  1B    1    0    0     7       5    2    0    1   0 1.000
Total             1B    4    1    1    23      16    2    0    2   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

TransactionsTransactions

Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 42nd round of the free-agent draft (June 8,
1971).

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Mets in exchange for Neil Allen and Rick
Ownbey (June 15, 1983).

Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).

Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 7, 1989).

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