Félix Hernández
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 220LBS | Age: 38
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 6 5 4.36 16 16 0 86.2 78 1.29
2018 8 14 5.55 29 28 0 155.2 125 1.40
2019 1 8 6.40 15 15 0 71.2 57 1.53
15 Seasons 169 136 3.42 419 418 0 2,729.2 2,524 1.21
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 16 6-5 4.36 86.2 78 1.29
2018 29 8-14 5.55 155.2 125 1.40
2019 15 1-8 6.40 71.2 57 1.53
15 Seasons 419 169-136 3.42 2,729.2 2,524 1.21
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 29 3040 567 24 4.2 2.9 88.7 114.5 5.5 26.8 .234 .352 .299 .291 .344 34.6 23.2 7.0 3.53 3.48
2016 30 2453 458 27 5.9 4.1 88.9 113.0 8.6 31.7 .270 .431 .316 .345 .382 34.3 18.6 9.9 3.81 5.14
2017 31 1382 257 25 9.7 6.8 87.1 114.1 9.6 37.7 .272 .512 .337 .360 .428 33.9 21.2 7.1 4.36 5.78
2018 32 2565 488 41 8.4 6.0 89.8 119.4 12.2 34.0 .267 .463 .344 .352 .393 38.5 18.3 8.6 5.55 5.40
2019 33 1216 237 24 10.1 7.4 91.9 112.7 11.0 31.2 .280 .523 .378 .368 .413 41.8 17.5 7.7 6.41 6.24
Player 10656 2007 141 7.0 4.9 89.2 119.4 9.0 31.6 .260 .437 .328 .336 .384 36.2 20.1 8.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Hernández relies on 5 pitches.
Curveball
(35.2%) ,
Sinker
(32.2%) ,
Changeup
(16.2%) ,
Slider
(9.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(7.5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 57.7 15.5 22.6 4.2 41.3 36.0 21.0 2.8 43.6 17.3 23.8 4.8 4.2 2.9
2016 51.7 18.6 25.5 3.9 43.4 34.3 22.1 3.5 36.0 17.7 27.3 4.6 5.9 4.1
2017 48.6 21.8 26.5 3.1 42.4 37.0 20.6 5.4 37.7 17.5 22.6 5.8 9.7 6.8
2018 48.0 21.9 23.2 7.0 47.3 37.3 14.8 2.5 35.0 21.5 23.8 6.8 8.4 6.0
2019 49.4 24.1 21.9 4.6 45.6 40.9 13.5 0.8 36.3 23.2 21.9 6.8 10.1 7.4
Player 51.8 19.6 23.8 4.7 43.9 36.6 18.8 3.0 38.2 19.1 24.2 5.6 7.0 4.9
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2019 Changeup SEA R 197 84.7 37.1 6.4 10.3ARM -3.1 1.2 5.7 10.3ARM -3.2
2019 Curveball SEA R 428 79.3 53.1 -1.0 9.9GLV 0.7 -8.4 -1.3 9.9GLV 0.7
2019 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 91 89.9 20.0 -2.5 4.9ARM -1.9 13.9 -1.7 4.9ARM -2.6
2019 Slider SEA R 109 83.8 37.8 -0.4 4.1GLV -0.9 1.9 -0.1 4.1GLV -1.0
2019 Sinker SEA R 391 89.4 25.5 1.0 13.9ARM -0.3 8.9 0.2 13.9ARM -1.0
2018 Slider SEA R 102 82.5 39.8 -0.2 6.2GLV 0.6 1.0 0.8 6.2GLV 0.9
2018 Cutter SEA R 10 85.2 33.7 -3.2 3.0GLV 0.1 4.2 -4.1 3.0GLV 0.4
2018 Sinker SEA R 828 89.2 25.4 1.1 13.6ARM -0.3 9.0 0.3 13.6ARM -1.1
2018 Changeup SEA R 618 84.9 36.3 5.1 9.9ARM -3.6 1.7 5.0 9.9ARM -3.4
2018 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 270 89.6 20.0 -2.3 4.8ARM -1.9 14.1 -1.6 4.8ARM -2.4
2018 Curveball SEA R 730 78.9 55.0 0.2 10.2GLV 1.4 -9.9 0.3 10.2GLV 1.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2019 Curveball 0.7 3 428 35.2 93 .217 .410 .323 27.2 23.7 21.0 .227 .421 .310 37.1
2019 Sinker -1.8 -7 391 32.2 118 .362 .686 .474 11.8 9.3 14.5 .350 .682 .455 48.4
2019 Changeup -2.8 -5 197 16.2 70 .246 .385 .314 23.2 28.6 19.8 .219 .351 .274 33.3
2019 Slider 1.7 2 109 9.0 24 .174 .391 .254 31.5 4.2 7.7 .297 .463 .335 31.8
2019 4-Seam Fastball -8.3 -8 91 7.5 20 .563 1.313 .765 17.2 15.0 13.0 .319 .810 .503 61.5
2018 Sinker -1.2 -10 828 32.3 234 .322 .561 .424 10.5 6.8 10.0 .305 .511 .391 42.6
2018 Curveball 0.4 3 730 28.5 180 .199 .348 .287 25.0 26.7 23.2 .232 .394 .308 32.5
2018 Changeup -0.2 -1 618 24.1 161 .233 .373 .295 26.3 26.1 16.9 .233 .397 .303 33.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball -3.0 -8 270 10.5 80 .302 .603 .442 16.0 21.3 14.4 .296 .577 .437 39.6
2018 Slider -0.1 0 102 4.0 22 .286 .619 .393 15.0 4.5 5.9 .303 .584 .390 55.0
2018 Cutter 6.1 1 10 0.4 4 .000 .000 .000 16.7 25.0 50.0 .365 .884 .517 66.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 814 3,026 9 35 -11 -12 21
2009 971 3,603 27 39 -12 -10 44
2010 994 3,709 36 30 -7 -11 47
2011 961 3,596 9 33 -12 -12 18
2012 907 3,310 20 19 -1 -11 27
2013 821 3,166 13 29 -7 -10 24
2014 911 3,424 17 36 1 -12 42
2015 825 3,036 -3 37 -7 -14 13
2016 655 2,453 -1 22 -9 -12 -1
2017 368 1,381 -2 10 -5 -6 -3
2018 681 2,558 -9 25 -16 -17 -16
2019 325 1,216 -8 8 -9 -7 -15
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 3,040 44.2 63.2 84.6 34.2 57.9 42.0 63.5 47.0 25.1 5.9 73.0
2016 2,453 44.2 65.6 87.2 31.6 59.8 42.8 59.2 46.6 22.5 6.4 76.3
2017 1,382 48.1 64.8 86.0 30.8 62.9 43.2 61.1 47.2 21.8 7.8 66.7
2018 2,565 47.2 65.0 86.9 27.1 63.4 41.0 62.7 45.0 19.8 7.5 76.0
2019 1,216 47.9 63.0 86.9 25.3 56.9 42.0 67.1 43.3 21.6 8.3 76.2
Player 10,656 45.9 64.4 86.2 30.5 60.1 42.1 62.4 46.0 22.4 6.9 74.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 69 60 73 75 65 23 73 30 35 70 58 68 90 42 5 67 79
2016 16 19 32 44 6 25 51 37 53 32 21 42 79 21 6 43 83
2017 9 18 5 2 27 24 2 52 44 45 71 31 81 18 23 41 75
2018 8 14 9 11 11 3 17 11 24 22 43 12 37 8 8 34 70
2019 4 9 4 5 14 34 8 1 10 14 57 19 11 8 14 39 60
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.8 19 18.1 1 13 8 11 57.9
2017 22.3 17 16.8 0 6 9 10 58.8
2018 22.5 27 27.1 0 14 20 12 44.4
2019 22.9 17 14.7 2 8 10 7 41.2
Player 22.6 80 76.6 3 41 47 40 50.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 19 19 18 18 18 19 20 17 17 15 19 24 15 14 18 17 13 16 19 19 16 17 23 22 15 16 18 25 19 19 17
2017 17 16 17 17 17 17 19 15 15 14 16 19 19 17 14 19 13 15 16 15 16 18 17 18 19 17 17 20 20 20 13
2018 27 35 21 25 27 24 30 25 23 18 23 32 31 24 27 31 26 26 27 34 27 29 35 33 22 21 25 30 32 28 21
2019 17 20 10 16 13 14 16 15 9 10 12 15 20 16 15 13 15 12 17 13 19 15 19 16 15 14 12 16 19 14 10
Player 80 90 66 76 75 74 85 72 64 57 70 90 85 71 74 80 67 69 79 81 78 79 94 89 71 68 72 91 90 81 61
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.2 90.9 -1.3 ↓ 90.6 -0.3 ↓ 89.3 -1.3 ↓ 89.5 0.2 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 88.5 87.6 -0.9 ↓ 86.5 -1.1 ↓ 84.9 -1.6 ↓ 84.7 -0.2 ↓
Breaking Velocity 81.6 81.0 -0.6 ↓ 81.1 0.1 ↑ 79.4 -1.7 ↓ 80.2 0.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.7 88.9 0.2 ↑ 87.1 -1.8 ↓ 89.8 2.7 ↑ 91.9 2.1 ↑
Launch Angle 5.5 8.6 3.1 ↑ 9.6 1.0 ↑ 12.2 2.6 ↑ 11.0 -1.2 ↓
Barrel % 4.2 5.9 1.7 ↑ 9.7 3.8 ↑ 8.4 -1.3 ↓ 10.1 1.7 ↑
Hard Hit % 34.6 34.3 -0.3 ↓ 33.9 -0.4 ↓ 38.5 4.6 ↑ 41.8 3.3 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.8 31.7 4.9 ↑ 37.7 6.0 ↑ 34.0 -3.7 ↓ 31.2 -2.8 ↓
xBA .234 .270 0.036 ↑ .272 0.002 ↑ .267 -0.005 ↓ .280 0.013 ↑
BA .240 .239 -0.001 ↓ .258 0.019 ↑ .262 0.004 ↑ .291 0.029 ↑
xwOBA .291 .345 0.054 ↑ .360 0.015 ↑ .352 -0.008 ↓ .368 0.016 ↑
wOBA .299 .316 0.017 ↑ .337 0.021 ↑ .344 0.007 ↑ .378 0.034 ↑
xSLG .352 .431 0.079 ↑ .512 0.081 ↑ .463 -0.049 ↓ .523 0.060 ↑
SLG .381 .392 0.011 ↑ .468 0.076 ↑ .460 -0.008 ↓ .551 0.091 ↑
K% 23.2 18.6 -4.6 ↓ 21.2 2.6 ↑ 18.3 -2.9 ↓ 17.5 -0.8 ↓
BB% 7.0 9.9 2.9 ↑ 7.1 -2.8 ↓ 8.6 1.5 ↑ 7.7 -0.9 ↓
Swing % 47.0 46.6 -0.4 ↓ 47.2 0.6 ↑ 45.0 -2.2 ↓ 43.3 -1.7 ↓
Whiff% 25.1 22.5 -2.6 ↓ 21.8 -0.7 ↓ 19.8 -2.0 ↓ 21.6 1.8 ↑
In Zone % 44.2 44.2 0.0 48.1 3.9 ↑ 47.2 -0.9 ↓ 47.9 0.7 ↑
Out of Zone % 55.8 55.8 0.0 51.9 -3.9 ↓ 52.8 0.9 ↑ 52.1 -0.7 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 34.2 31.6 -2.6 ↓ 30.8 -0.8 ↓ 27.1 -3.7 ↓ 25.3 -1.8 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 30.3 31.0 0.7 ↑ 29.3 -1.7 ↓ 28.9 -0.4 ↓ 30.2 1.3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 63.5 59.2 -4.3 ↓ 61.1 1.9 ↑ 62.7 1.6 ↑ 67.1 4.4 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 612 .322 344 36 10.5 268 114 42.5
2017 Shifts 367 .338 209 11 5.3 158 91 57.6
2018 Shifts 684 .344 391 18 4.6 293 162 55.3
2019 Shifts 325 .378 191 28 14.7 134 90 67.2
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 1205 15.0 44.9% 1.2% 487 22.0 1.2% 8.4%
2011 1027 15.8 38.5% 0.8% 539 22.3 2.0% 6.9%
2012 984 16.7 28.0% 1.2% 474 22.8 0.2% 7.8%
2013 961 17.9 19.1% 1.2% 462 24.4 0.2% 11.7%
2014 1184 17.8 16.9% 0.9% 369 23.8 0.5% 7.3%
2015 946 18.3 19.7% 3.5% 420 25.1 4.0% 22.9%
2016 743 18.1 21.4% 3.5% 343 24.9 2.3% 16.9%
2017 449 17.9 17.6% 0.4% 173 24.6 0.0% 8.7%
2018 829 16.7 24.2% 0.7% 370 22.1 0.3% 3.8%
2019 398 16.5 32.2% 0.5% 192 22.2 0.0% 8.3%

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Pitch Distribution

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