César Hernández
2B | Bats/Throws: S/R | 5' 10" 183LBS | Age: 34
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
LA 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 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.




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 44.4 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.

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 -4 930 39.3 228 .277 .356 .331 16.7 15.8 13.5 .267 .354 .318 26.9
2022 Changeup -1.3 -5 390 16.5 110 .154 .202 .197 29.3 21.8 16.6 .204 .256 .225 21.0
2022 Sinker 0.1 0 335 14.1 96 .326 .407 .355 9.2 11.5 18.6 .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 26.5 21.3 14.5 .265 .328 .279 28.6
2022 Cutter 0.4 1 172 7.3 47 .262 .381 .341 19.4 14.9 14.9 .242 .332 .298 25.7
2022 Split-Finger -2.8 -1 39 1.6 14 .143 .143 .193 27.3 42.9 35.3 .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 2 955 38.9 223 .219 .406 .341 16.3 19.3 16.3 .254 .419 .339 37.1
2021 Changeup -0.5 -2 417 17.0 120 .227 .395 .271 28.4 17.5 17.4 .260 .394 .285 24.5
2021 Sinker -2.1 -8 399 16.2 116 .172 .263 .256 11.2 19.8 23.5 .223 .381 .322 44.2
2021 Slider 1.2 4 301 12.3 83 .297 .446 .373 28.7 25.3 16.8 .253 .397 .324 34.0
2021 Curveball 1.7 3 161 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 -2.2 -1 29 1.2 7 .286 .286 .257 22.2 42.9 27.3 .152 .171 .143 0.0
2021 Slurve 1.9 0 8 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 21.7 6.9 80.4
2016 2,427 48.9 67.6 84.9 23.7 58.5 44.4 33.4 45.2 20.2 8.1 81.2
2017 2,316 50.3 61.5 83.9 20.4 57.9 44.1 21.5 41.1 20.8 7.5 71.3
2018 3,009 49.9 58.5 85.1 18.0 56.8 43.2 20.6 38.2 20.3 7.9 65.7
2019 2,600 49.7 64.5 88.5 27.7 66.9 43.5 28.7 46.0 17.2 7.9 71.2
2020 1,076 49.2 65.0 87.5 22.9 51.2 40.9 28.7 43.6 19.8 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 21.0 7.1 78.4
Player 17,881 49.7 65.0 85.4 23.8 58.5 43.6 30.1 44.2 20.3 7.6 75.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
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 63 80 97 88
2017 53 73 29 18 76 18 15 13 58 20 64 69 66 91 97 16
2018 38 34 13 14 77 32 22 5 70 11 42 90 71 97 94 13
2019 17 63 15 9 37 16 9 7 60 10 84 25 88 55 88 47
2020 53 76 36 17 67 27 17 55 52 40 54 52 82 76 89 91 1
2021 28 33 26 29 39 49 33 19 72 16 51 57 70 60 89 36 3
2022 20 51 7 5 42 9 5 1 71 5 68 39 74 69 77 16 7
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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 21.6 6 4.6 1 4 7 0 0.0
2017 21.9 9 9.9 -1 3 10 3 33.3
2018 23.1 15 10.8 4 3 9 4 26.7
2019 24.0 14 12.5 2 5 5 8 57.1
2020 22.7 3 3.5 -1 5 4 1 33.3
2021 23.4 21 18.1 3 3 17 8 38.1
2022 26.4 1 2.4 -1 6 2 1 100.0
Player 23.1 69 61.8 7 29 54 25 36.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 6 3 2 6 7 4 6 6 3 2 3 8 4 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 7 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 11 9 12 10 10 6 9 12 12 9 12 13 11 12 12 14 12 9 13 12 8 9 11 11 14 10 7
2019 14 12 10 14 13 13 13 13 12 11 11 14 14 11 13 12 12 13 11 12 14 14 15 14 11 12 12 13 14 12 9
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 18 17 23 21 11 11 14 17 19 15 20 21 17 20 21 19 19 19 24 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 68 47 68 61 62 73 66 46 40 47 70 71 53 66 69 57 64 65 65 67 60 84 71 56 54 58 70 74 60 42
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs 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 +/-   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
LA 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% 21.7 20.2 -1.5 20.8 0.6 20.3 -0.5 17.2 -3.1 19.8 2.6 22.0 2.2 21.0 -1.0
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 0 0.0 .334
2016 Shifts R 148 0 0.0 .345
2017 Shifts L 397 0 0.0 .347
2017 Shifts R 177 0 0.0 .340
2018 Shifts L 526 15 2.9 .320 .372
2018 Shifts R 173 0 0.0 .320
2019 Shifts L 479 91 19.0 .341 .282
2019 Shifts R 184 1 0.5 .272 1.217
2020 Shifts L 194 18 9.3 .355 .285
2020 Shifts R 66 3 4.5 .317 .000
2021 Shifts L 433 70 16.2 .291 .285
2021 Shifts R 198 0 0.0 .334
2022 Shifts L 417 89 21.3 .273 .252
2022 Shifts R 194 5 2.6 .300 .668
! 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