César Hernández
2B | Bats/Throws: S/R | 5' 10" 183LBS | Age: 33
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 261 233 35 66 3 0 .283 .355 .408 .763
2021 637 570 84 132 21 1 .232 .308 .386 .694
2022 617 560 64 139 1 10 .248 .311 .318 .629
10 Seasons 4,797 4,278 590 1,144 71 91 .267 .341 .375 .716
AVG HR SB OPS
2020 .283 3 0 .763
2021 .232 21 1 .694
2022 .248 1 10 .629
10 Seasons .267 71 91 .716
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting 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%
2015 25 1628 324 4 1.2 0.9 85.9 107.2 6.0 27.5 .249 .324 .306 .293 .322 26.9 19.0 8.8
2016 26 2427 438 8 1.8 1.3 87.0 106.5 5.0 29.9 .268 .349 .335 .312 .341 29.2 18.6 10.6
2017 27 2316 408 12 2.9 2.1 85.7 107.8 4.5 33.3 .271 .396 .346 .331 .360 29.7 18.0 10.6
2018 28 3009 454 19 4.2 2.7 85.7 109.4 11.4 30.2 .242 .351 .320 .315 .346 28.5 21.9 13.4
2019 29 2600 516 14 2.7 2.1 86.0 108.4 9.5 32.0 .264 .375 .315 .302 .325 28.3 15.0 6.7
2020 30 1076 177 7 4.0 2.7 89.1 108.2 5.6 37.3 .273 .396 .335 .330 .382 37.3 21.8 9.2
2021 31 2457 438 30 6.8 4.7 87.4 110.2 10.7 32.6 .243 .386 .302 .311 .353 33.2 21.2 9.3
2022 32 2368 451 11 2.4 1.8 84.8 110.8 9.3 33.3 .248 .329 .283 .290 .317 29.7 18.5 7.3
Player 17881 3206 105 3.3 2.3 86.3 110.8 8.1 31.7 .256 .362 .316 .310 .340 29.8 19.1 9.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 59.0 13.3 25.3 2.5 30.2 40.4 29.3 5.6 41.4 15.1 26.5 3.4 1.2 0.9
2016 58.4 12.1 25.8 3.7 35.4 34.5 30.1 4.3 42.7 15.5 28.5 1.4 1.8 1.3
2017 54.9 15.4 27.0 2.7 30.9 42.9 26.2 6.4 40.9 15.4 26.0 5.4 2.9 2.1
2018 49.1 23.1 22.5 5.3 35.0 38.3 26.2 3.7 34.6 23.6 27.1 2.9 4.2 2.7
2019 49.8 17.6 24.4 8.1 34.5 35.9 29.7 1.6 42.6 23.8 26.0 2.7 2.7 2.1
2020 50.8 14.1 32.8 2.3 37.9 35.0 27.1 7.3 36.7 16.9 28.2 6.8 4.0 2.7
2021 47.3 25.1 23.7 3.9 35.2 41.1 23.7 5.7 36.3 23.3 22.1 5.0 6.8 4.7
2022 48.6 19.3 26.4 5.8 32.8 35.5 31.7 8.0 33.5 23.9 26.6 4.9 2.4 1.8
Player 52.0 18.0 25.4 4.6 33.8 38.0 28.1 5.1 38.7 20.3 26.2 3.8 3.3 2.3
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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 %
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -4 928 39.2 228 .277 .356 .331 16.4 15.8 13.5 .267 .354 .318 26.9
2022 Changeup -1.3 -5 390 16.5 110 .154 .202 .197 28.7 21.8 16.6 .204 .256 .225 21.0
2022 Sinker 0.1 0 338 14.3 96 .326 .407 .355 8.5 11.5 18.3 .293 .382 .338 40.0
2022 Slider -1.7 -4 245 10.3 64 .200 .267 .216 32.5 28.1 22.2 .228 .351 .272 45.5
2022 Curveball 0.3 1 225 9.5 47 .289 .333 .294 25.5 21.3 14.5 .265 .328 .279 28.6
2022 Cutter 0.4 1 172 7.3 47 .262 .381 .341 18.4 14.9 14.9 .242 .332 .298 25.7
2022 Split-Finger -2.9 -1 38 1.6 14 .143 .143 .193 22.7 42.9 37.5 .131 .149 .124 12.5
2022 Sweeper -1.4 0 28 1.2 11 .143 .143 .273 26.7 18.2 18.2 .150 .232 .304 33.3
2022 Slurve -2.0 0 3 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 2 953 38.8 223 .219 .406 .341 16.3 19.3 16.3 .254 .419 .339 37.1
2021 Changeup -0.6 -2 416 16.9 119 .220 .390 .265 28.6 17.6 17.4 .259 .395 .285 24.7
2021 Sinker -2.1 -8 402 16.4 117 .180 .270 .262 11.0 19.7 23.5 .224 .381 .321 43.6
2021 Slider 1.3 4 302 12.3 84 .307 .453 .380 28.4 25.0 16.7 .255 .397 .324 33.3
2021 Curveball 1.8 3 162 6.6 39 .378 .541 .415 28.8 17.9 14.6 .278 .348 .295 36.7
2021 Cutter -0.1 0 118 4.8 27 .273 .409 .404 29.1 29.6 21.6 .201 .321 .313 7.1
2021 Split-Finger -3.9 -2 49 2.0 15 .133 .333 .193 45.8 33.3 26.3 .124 .287 .175 10.0
2021 Sweeper -3.4 -1 27 1.1 6 .167 .167 .150 25.0 50.0 30.0 .113 .125 .108 0.0
2021 Slurve 1.9 0 8 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 420 39.0 97 .253 .386 .332 10.4 16.5 15.4 .266 .350 .326 32.4
2020 Sinker 0.7 1 205 19.1 50 .348 .478 .404 12.1 20.0 20.4 .332 .482 .378 55.6
2020 Slider 1.4 2 153 14.2 42 .263 .500 .358 29.6 33.3 20.9 .224 .462 .327 33.3
2020 Changeup 1.2 2 131 12.2 34 .387 .419 .390 34.3 20.6 15.6 .298 .351 .323 29.2
2020 Curveball 1.6 1 94 8.7 18 .294 .412 .328 17.1 11.1 7.4 .347 .575 .411 33.3
2020 Cutter -2.6 -1 43 4.0 10 .111 .111 .160 33.3 40.0 26.7 .188 .209 .231 20.0
2020 Split-Finger 3.9 1 20 1.9 7 .143 .143 .129 28.6 28.6 20.0 .114 .129 .108 60.0
2020 Slurve 3.4 0 9 0.8 2 .000 .000 .350 50.0 50.0 20.0 -- -- .350 --
2020 Sweeper -18.1 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -8 988 38.0 248 .250 .400 .338 9.6 11.3 10.3 .266 .403 .331 27.1
2019 Sinker -1.7 -7 403 15.5 105 .293 .364 .295 7.1 12.4 15.7 .304 .410 .331 43.0
2019 Changeup -0.9 -3 386 14.8 116 .250 .306 .279 29.9 12.1 11.3 .246 .302 .257 15.6
2019 Curveball 0.6 2 329 12.7 58 .321 .453 .359 24.6 24.1 13.5 .231 .323 .261 34.1
2019 Slider 1.4 4 281 10.8 77 .333 .547 .385 24.5 26.0 16.8 .248 .367 .274 25.5
2019 Cutter -1.0 -1 133 5.1 41 .244 .415 .304 11.8 22.0 17.3 .275 .434 .299 37.5
2019 Split-Finger 4.2 3 64 2.5 13 .455 .545 .481 37.0 15.4 8.3 .325 .371 .364 22.2
2019 Sweeper 23.8 2 10 0.4 3 .667 1.333 .833 0.0 0.0 0.0 .204 .255 .196 0.0
2019 Slurve -2.2 0 6 0.2 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .139 .157 .150 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 8 1,207 40.1 268 .289 .417 .381 10.3 13.4 10.5 .269 .423 .373 27.5
2018 Sinker 1.5 9 620 20.6 152 .336 .512 .428 8.2 11.2 12.4 .294 .430 .376 33.6
2018 Changeup -1.7 -7 401 13.3 105 .143 .204 .217 41.0 26.7 21.7 .179 .241 .218 21.4
2018 Curveball -1.0 -3 328 10.9 58 .204 .259 .241 37.3 51.7 27.8 .196 .239 .226 37.5
2018 Slider 1.5 4 270 9.0 70 .219 .297 .253 33.7 42.9 24.8 .206 .277 .236 30.6
2018 Cutter -1.8 -2 127 4.2 36 .219 .281 .272 16.4 22.2 16.7 .252 .340 .305 25.0
2018 Split-Finger -0.3 0 50 1.7 12 .182 .182 .208 52.2 41.7 27.8 .096 .111 .146 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 9 904 39.0 237 .315 .421 .407 11.8 12.2 11.9 .278 .386 .356 28.6
2017 Sinker 2.1 10 457 19.7 125 .357 .473 .416 7.4 12.8 13.1 .350 .492 .395 43.8
2017 Changeup -1.3 -4 323 13.9 78 .237 .355 .258 42.8 26.9 27.6 .197 .289 .221 20.0
2017 Curveball -1.8 -4 229 9.9 37 .167 .194 .114 30.5 35.1 19.4 .136 .173 .152 8.7
2017 Slider 0.2 0 205 8.9 52 .170 .383 .262 30.1 34.6 20.7 .201 .301 .252 23.3
2017 Cutter 1.7 2 124 5.4 33 .414 .655 .505 23.4 12.1 9.8 .340 .630 .446 24.0
2017 Split-Finger 5.7 2 31 1.3 6 .167 .667 .483 57.1 16.7 16.7 .425 1.212 .670 60.0
2017 Knuckleball -0.4 0 29 1.3 6 .333 .333 .300 18.2 33.3 20.0 .305 .336 .282 50.0
2017 Sweeper -1.1 0 12 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .171 .183 .160 0.0
2017 Slurve 2.7 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 130 494 1 -5 3 1 0
2014 124 491 -3 -6 1 1 -7
2015 451 1,624 -2 -4 5 4 4
2016 618 2,414 -9 -13 15 8 1
2017 575 2,315 -2 -21 27 11 15
2018 702 3,006 -9 -24 30 11 8
2019 663 2,600 -13 -26 20 9 -9
2020 270 1,110 -1 -9 11 7 7
2021 642 2,491 -8 -24 15 11 -5
2022 617 2,367 -22 -14 13 10 -13
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,628 48.8 68.1 86.9 26.9 50.9 42.9 36.5 47.0 21.6 6.9 80.4
2016 2,427 48.9 67.6 84.9 23.7 58.5 44.4 33.4 45.2 19.8 8.1 81.2
2017 2,316 50.3 61.5 83.9 20.4 57.9 44.1 21.5 41.1 20.6 7.5 71.3
2018 3,009 49.9 58.5 85.1 18.0 56.8 43.2 20.6 38.2 20.1 7.9 65.7
2019 2,600 49.7 64.5 88.5 27.7 66.9 43.5 28.7 46.0 17.1 7.9 71.2
2020 1,076 49.2 65.0 87.5 22.9 51.2 40.9 28.7 43.6 19.6 8.3 78.7
2021 2,457 49.8 68.3 83.0 26.1 59.4 43.5 34.4 47.1 22.0 7.1 79.9
2022 2,368 50.5 68.7 84.9 25.9 58.1 45.0 38.4 47.5 20.4 7.1 78.4
Player 17,881 49.7 65.0 85.4 23.8 58.5 43.6 30.1 44.2 20.1 7.6 75.0
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2015 27 40 8 6 54 6 9 12 55 18 49 65 48 64 99
2016 33 70 11 5 81 9 9 17 49 16 56 81 64 80 97 88
2017 53 73 29 18 76 18 15 13 58 20 64 69 67 91 97 16
2018 38 34 13 14 77 32 22 5 70 11 42 90 74 97 94 12
2019 17 63 15 9 37 16 9 7 60 10 84 25 88 55 88 52
2020 53 76 36 17 67 27 17 55 52 40 54 52 82 76 89 91 1
2021 28 32 26 29 39 49 33 19 72 16 51 57 70 60 89 37 3
2022 19 51 7 5 42 9 5 1 71 5 68 39 76 69 77 17 7
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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 21.6 6 4.6 1 4 7 0 0.0
2017 21.9 9 10.0 -1 3 10 3 33.3
2018 23.1 15 11.0 4 3 9 4 26.7
2019 24.0 14 13.5 1 3 6 9 64.3
2020 22.7 3 3.5 -1 5 4 1 33.3
2021 23.4 21 18.2 3 3 17 8 38.1
2022 26.4 1 2.4 -1 6 2 1 100.0
Player 23.1 69 63.2 6 27 55 26 37.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 6 3 2 6 7 4 7 6 3 2 3 8 5 3 5 7 1 5 4 5 4 2 6 7 6 3 5 7 6 6 1
2017 9 10 9 11 8 9 11 9 7 7 8 12 12 10 11 11 10 7 11 9 12 12 13 12 11 10 8 13 12 10 4
2018 15 14 8 12 13 9 12 10 10 6 9 12 12 9 12 13 11 12 12 14 12 10 13 12 9 9 12 11 14 10 7
2019 14 13 12 15 14 14 14 14 13 12 12 15 15 13 14 13 13 14 12 13 14 15 16 15 12 13 13 14 15 13 10
2020 3 5 3 5 2 6 3 5 2 2 2 2 6 3 3 2 5 5 4 4 5 3 7 3 3 2 2 2 5 2 1
2021 21 23 14 15 19 17 23 21 11 11 14 17 19 15 20 21 17 20 21 19 19 19 25 22 16 17 17 17 21 17 19
2022 1 1 1 5 2 4 5 2 1 1 1 5 4 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 6 1 1 1 3 7 2 3 1
Player 69 69 49 69 65 63 75 67 47 41 49 71 73 55 67 70 58 65 66 66 67 62 86 72 58 55 60 71 75 61 43
! 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 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.9 87.0 1.1 85.7 -1.3 85.7 0.0 86.0 0.3 89.1 3.1 87.4 -1.7 84.8 -2.6
Launch Angle 6.0 5.0 -1.0 4.5 -0.5 11.4 6.9 9.5 -1.9 5.6 -3.9 10.7 5.1 9.3 -1.4
Barrel % 1.2 1.8 0.6 2.9 1.1 4.2 1.3 2.7 -1.5 4.0 1.3 6.8 2.8 2.4 -4.4
Hard Hit % 26.9 29.2 2.3 29.7 0.5 28.5 -1.2 28.3 -0.2 37.3 9.0 33.2 -4.1 29.7 -3.5
Sweet Spot % 27.5 29.9 2.4 33.3 3.4 30.2 -3.1 32.0 1.8 37.3 5.3 32.6 -4.7 33.3 0.7
xBA .249 .268 0.019 .271 0.003 .242 -0.029 .264 0.022 .273 0.009 .243 -0.030 .248 0.005
BA .272 .294 0.022 .294 0.000 .253 -0.041 .279 0.026 .283 0.004 .232 -0.051 .248 0.016
xwOBA .293 .312 0.019 .331 0.019 .315 -0.016 .302 -0.013 .330 0.028 .311 -0.019 .290 -0.021
wOBA .306 .335 0.029 .346 0.011 .320 -0.026 .315 -0.005 .335 0.020 .302 -0.033 .283 -0.019
xSLG .324 .349 0.025 .396 0.047 .351 -0.045 .375 0.024 .396 0.021 .386 -0.010 .329 -0.057
SLG .348 .393 0.045 .421 0.028 .362 -0.059 .408 0.046 .408 0.000 .386 -0.022 .318 -0.068
K% 19.0 18.6 -0.4 18.0 -0.6 21.9 3.9 15.0 -6.9 21.8 6.8 21.2 -0.6 18.5 -2.7
BB% 8.8 10.6 1.8 10.6 0.0 13.4 2.8 6.7 -6.7 9.2 2.5 9.3 0.1 7.3 -2.0
Swing % 47.0 45.2 -1.8 41.1 -4.1 38.2 -2.9 46.0 7.8 43.6 -2.4 47.1 3.5 47.5 0.4
Whiff% 21.6 19.8 -1.8 20.6 0.8 20.1 -0.5 17.1 -3.0 19.6 2.5 22.0 2.4 20.4 -1.6
In Zone % 48.8 48.9 0.1 50.3 1.4 49.9 -0.4 49.7 -0.2 49.2 -0.5 49.8 0.6 50.5 0.7
Out of Zone % 51.2 51.1 -0.1 49.7 -1.4 50.1 0.4 50.3 0.2 50.8 0.5 50.2 -0.6 49.5 -0.7
Out of Zone Swing % 26.9 23.7 -3.2 20.4 -3.3 18.0 -2.4 27.7 9.7 22.9 -4.8 26.1 3.2 25.9 -0.2
First Pitch Swing % 36.5 33.4 -3.1 21.5 -11.9 20.6 -0.9 28.7 8.1 28.7 0.0 34.4 5.7 38.4 4.0
First Pitch Strike % 58.2 58.8 0.6 57.5 -1.3 58.7 1.2 62.4 3.7 61.7 -0.7 61.2 -0.5 64.7 3.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 457 4 0.9 .337 .000
2016 Shifts R 148 0 0.0 .345
2017 Shifts L 397 1 0.3 .346 .877
2017 Shifts R 177 2 1.1 .344 .000
2018 Shifts L 526 21 4.0 .316 .457
2018 Shifts R 173 0 0.0 .320
2019 Shifts L 479 107 22.3 .345 .277
2019 Shifts R 184 11 6.0 .277 .269
2020 Shifts L 194 30 15.5 .369 .235
2020 Shifts R 66 5 7.6 .328 .000
2021 Shifts L 433 97 22.4 .279 .329
2021 Shifts R 198 2 1.0 .337 .000
2022 Shifts L 417 117 28.1 .267 .272
2022 Shifts R 194 8 4.1 .295 .638
! 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 %
2013 176 14.6 54.0% 1.7% 53 19.7 1.9% 7.5%
2014 162 16.2 35.8% 1.2% 56 22.7 0.0% 12.5%
2015 484 15.8 39.9% 2.5% 254 21.9 10.2% 15.0%
2016 829 16.8 35.3% 1.9% 322 23.3 4.7% 15.8%
2017 908 15.6 43.1% 0.4% 319 21.4 1.6% 6.3%
2018 1191 15.6 42.0% 1.0% 436 21.5 2.1% 7.8%
2019 809 16.6 32.5% 1.5% 406 22.2 2.5% 6.9%
2020 350 16.7 30.9% 0.6% 163 22.5 1.2% 2.5%
2021 783 16.3 34.1% 0.1% 335 22.2 1.5% 9.3%
2022 817 16.8 32.1% 1.7% 271 22.5 1.1% 7.4%
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Statcast Rankings

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