Félix Hernández
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 220LBS | Age: 37
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
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
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 3.46
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 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2019 Changeup SEA R 197 84.7 37.1 6.4 21 10.3 -3.1 -23
2019 Slider SEA R 109 83.8 37.8 -0.4 -1 4.1 -0.9 -19
2019 Curveball SEA R 428 79.3 53.1 -1.0 -2 9.9 0.7 8
2019 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 91 89.9 20.0 -2.5 -15 4.9 -1.8 -27
2019 Sinker SEA R 391 89.4 25.5 1.0 4 13.9 -0.3 -2
2018 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 270 89.6 20.0 -2.4 -13 4.8 -1.8 -27
2018 Cutter SEA R 10 85.2 33.7 -3.2 -11 3.0 0.1 4
2018 Curveball SEA R 730 78.9 55.0 0.2 0 10.2 1.4 15
2018 Slider SEA R 102 82.5 39.8 -0.2 0 6.2 0.6 11
2018 Sinker SEA R 828 89.2 25.4 1.2 5 13.6 -0.3 -2
2018 Changeup SEA R 618 84.9 36.3 5.1 17 9.9 -3.6 -26
2017 Sinker SEA R 312 90.4 23.0 1.2 6 12.7 -1.6 -11
2017 Slider SEA R 116 84.8 33.2 -1.4 -4 3.3 -0.5 -14
2017 Changeup SEA R 358 86.5 34.2 6.2 22 9.9 -3.7 -27
2017 Curveball SEA R 296 79.7 52.5 1.0 2 11.1 3.3 42
2017 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 299 90.9 18.0 -2.4 -15 4.6 -2.9 -39
2016 Slider SEA R 131 85.2 40.4 4.9 14 3.9 -0.7 -16
2016 Curveball SEA R 450 79.8 58.0 4.4 8 12.6 2.8 28
2016 Changeup SEA R 578 87.6 37.7 8.1 27 10.9 -1.7 -14
2016 Sinker SEA R 733 90.8 26.5 3.6 15 12.0 -1.6 -12
2016 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 409 91.1 21.4 -4.2 -24 4.3 -2.5 -36
2015 Changeup SEA R 749 88.5 36.9 7.9 27 10.2 -2.0 -16
2015 Slider SEA R 175 85.0 44.1 7.8 22 3.9 -0.9 -19
2015 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 380 92.6 20.8 -4.6 -28 4.8 -1.9 -28
2015 Curveball SEA R 655 80.8 58.3 6.3 12 13.1 3.1 31
2015 Sinker SEA R 1,005 92.1 27.2 4.5 20 12.4 -1.5 -11
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 .351 .682 .455 48.4
2019 Changeup -2.8 -5 197 16.2 70 .246 .385 .314 23.2 28.6 19.8 .219 .351 .273 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 24.1 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 .391 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
2017 Changeup -1.1 -4 358 25.9 112 .200 .379 .320 30.1 25.9 21.3 .217 .391 .314 35.3
2017 Sinker 0.4 1 312 22.6 84 .292 .597 .414 8.8 8.3 13.5 .376 .732 .497 36.9
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -2 299 21.6 71 .319 .551 .393 14.0 19.7 14.7 .288 .607 .382 34.5
2017 Curveball -0.4 -1 296 21.4 74 .278 .444 .345 31.0 31.1 24.0 .230 .387 .271 24.5
2017 Slider 3.2 4 116 8.4 27 .160 .280 .269 20.0 18.5 26.3 .269 .440 .328 40.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Swing/Take

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 24.6 5.9 73.0
2016 2,453 44.2 65.6 87.2 31.6 59.8 42.8 59.2 46.6 22.3 6.4 76.3
2017 1,382 48.1 64.8 86.0 30.8 62.9 43.2 61.1 47.2 21.6 7.8 66.7
2018 2,565 47.2 65.0 86.9 27.1 63.4 41.0 62.7 45.0 19.6 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 22.2 6.9 74.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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 61 73 75 65 23 73 30 35 70 58 65 90 43 5 67 79
2016 16 19 32 44 6 25 51 37 53 32 21 42 79 21 6 43 84
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 21 11 8 14 39 60
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.8 19 19.1 0 12 9 11 57.9
2017 22.3 17 18.0 -1 5 9 11 64.7
2018 22.5 27 27.9 -1 13 21 12 44.4
2019 22.9 17 14.8 2 7 11 7 41.2
Player 22.6 80 79.8 0 37 50 41 51.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 19 21 19 19 19 20 21 18 18 16 20 25 15 15 19 18 14 17 20 21 17 17 24 23 16 17 19 26 20 20 18
2017 17 17 18 18 18 18 20 16 17 15 18 19 20 19 15 20 15 16 18 16 17 19 19 19 20 18 18 21 21 21 14
2018 27 36 22 26 28 25 31 26 23 19 24 34 32 25 27 32 27 26 28 35 28 31 36 33 23 21 26 31 33 28 21
2019 17 20 10 16 13 14 16 16 9 10 12 16 20 16 15 13 15 12 17 13 19 15 19 16 16 14 12 16 20 14 10
Player 80 94 69 79 78 77 88 76 67 60 74 94 87 75 76 83 71 71 83 85 81 82 98 91 75 70 75 94 94 83 63
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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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
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% 24.6 22.3 -2.3 21.6 -0.7 19.6 -2.0 21.6 2.0
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 39 11.3 268 151 56.3
2017 Shifts 367 .338 209 11 5.3 158 109 69.0
2018 Shifts 684 .344 391 23 5.9 293 186 63.5
2019 Shifts 325 .378 191 35 18.3 134 92 68.7
! 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