Al
Hernandez
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: March 23, 1979 in Mexico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2015   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2002 23 IND VL     0 4 1 2 7 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 6 4 3 3 6 7 6
2003 24 IND VL     0 5 3 4 7 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 3 4 6 7 7
2004 25 IND VL     2 6 3 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 6 5 4 4 6 7 7
2005 26 IND VL     2 6 3 4 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 4 6 7 7
2006 27 IND VL $ 100,000   2 6 3 4 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 4 6 7 7
2007 28 IND VL $ 100,000   2 6 3 4 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 4 6 7 7
2008 29 IND VL $ 100,000   2 6 3 4 8 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 4 4 6 7 6
2009 30 IND VL $ 100,000   2 6 3 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 4 4 6 7 7
2010 31 IND VL $ 100,000   2 6 3 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 4 6 7 7
2011 32 MON VL $ 250,000   2 6 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 4 6 7 7
2012 33 ARZ VL $ 250,000   5 6 4 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 9 7 6 6 8 9 8
2013 34 VIR GL $ 250,000   5 6 4 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 9 7 6 6 8 9 9
2014 35 LAS GL $ 3,200,000   5 6 4 5 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 7 6 6 8 9 9
2015 36 LAS GL $ 700,000   3 6 3 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 7 5 6 8 8 8
2016 37 HOL GL $ 300,000   1 5 2 3 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 7 8 8
2017 38 KEN VL $ 100,000   0 4 2 2 7 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 4 5 6 7 7
Min Ratings     0 4 1 2 7 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 6 4 3 3 6 7 6
Max Ratings $ 3,200,000   5 6 4 5 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 9 7 6 6 8 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2002 23 AA   1 6 .143 13 13 0 0 0 81.0 105 54 10 40 81 6.00 .323 .397 .452 .850  
    A   7 5 .583 16 16 2 0 0 121.0 103 29 7 35 100 2.16 .231 .287 .312 .599  
2003 24 AA   12 11 .522 29 29 2 1 0 191.7 181 81 12 92 211 3.80 .247 .331 .350 .681  
2004 25 AAA   8 12 .400 29 29 0 0 0 172.7 203 107 26 88 187 5.58 .294 .374 .455 .829  
2005 26 AAA   10 12 .455 29 29 2 2 0 205.3 186 78 16 69 233 3.42 .237 .299 .333 .632  
2006 27 IND VL 8 10 .444 30 30 1 0 0 172.7 225 113 16 75 126 5.89 .321 .388 .435 .823 3.2
2007 28 IND VL 6 6 .500 22 22 0 0 0 128.3 144 73 16 64 94 5.12 .280 .360 .411 .770 3.5
2008 29 IND VL 9 5 .643 23 23 1 0 0 155.0 156 68 13 60 113 3.95 .267 .340 .366 .707 9.0
2009 30 IND VL 3 9 .250 20 20 1 0 0 121.0 148 82 10 65 77 6.10 .304 .388 .392 .780 0.0
    AAA   2 2 .500 6 6 0 0 0 45.0 39 12 3 12 46 2.40 .231 .282 .290 .572  
2010 31 IND VL 0 2 .000 4 3 1 0 0 21.7 18 9 1 7 18 3.74 .225 .287 .275 .562 0.9
    AAA   5 1 .833 9 9 1 1 0 60.7 62 14 3 33 59 2.08 .264 .354 .336 .691  
2011 32 MON VL 12 11 .522 51 25 1 1 0 175.0 227 107 19 83 128 5.50 .310 .383 .417 .800 4.3
2012 33 ARZ VL 6 21 .222 34 34 0 0 0 199.0 194 89 16 99 141 4.03 .256 .345 .342 .687 7.5
2013 34 VIR GL 11 1 .917 14 14 2 1 0 99.7 76 32 7 27 68 2.89 .209 .264 .281 .545 8.7
  ARZ VL 7 6 .538 15 15 2 1 0 99.3 91 35 9 34 69 3.17 .241 .303 .336 .639 7.3
  TOT   18 7 .720 29 29 4 2 0 199.0 167 67 16 61 137 3.03 .225 .284 .309 .593 16.0
2014 35 LAS GL 9 15 .375 32 32 2 0 0 190.0 201 97 22 71 145 4.59 .271 .338 .412 .750 4.5
    AAA   1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 5.3 6 1 0 2 7 1.69 .286 .348 .333 .681  
2015 36 LAS GL 11 6 .647 32 23 1 0 1 156.3 120 42 9 44 100 2.42 .210 .271 .287 .558 13.6
2016 37 HOL GL 5 8 .385 22 12 0 0 2 80.7 112 51 3 41 74 5.69 .324 .395 .376 .771 1.3
    AAA   1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 11 2 0 5 21 1.29 .212 .281 .231 .511  
2017 38 KEN VL 0 6 .000 7 7 0 0 0 22.7 47 30 5 13 16 11.92 .439 .504 .654 1.158 0.0
12 Years Sim 87 106 .451 306 260 12 3 3 1621.3 1759 828 146 683 1169 4.60 .276 .349 .378 .727 63.7
6 Years AAA 27 27 .500 76 76 3 3 0 503.0 507 214 48 209 553 3.83 .260 .331 .370 .702  
2 Years AA 13 17 .433 42 42 2 1 0 272.7 286 135 22 132 292 4.46 .271 .352 .381 .733  
1 Years A 7 5 .583 16 16 2 0 0 121.0 103 29 7 35 100 2.16 .231 .287 .312 .599  
9 Years Minors 47 49 .490 134 134 7 4 0 896.6 896 378 77 376 945 3.79 .259 .332 .366 .698  
Season Average 7 8 .467 25 21 1 0 0 135.1 146 69 12 56 97 4.60 .276 .349 .378 .727  
Career Highs 18 21 .720 51 34 4 2 2 199.0 227 113 22 99 145 11.92 .439 .504 .654 1.158  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1525 702 116 598 994   .287 .359 .388 .747
vs LH   234 126 30 85 175   .222 .280 .328 .608
Home 43 53 .448 157 133 3 0 1 818.6 884 422 64 349 594 4.64 .276 .347 .371 .718
Away 44 53 .454 149 127 9 3 2 802.6 875 406 82 334 575 4.55 .277 .346 .385 .731
Mar/Apr 14 12 .538 44 41 3 2 0 252.0 288 128 23 94 169 4.57 .288 .349 .395 .743
May 12 17 .414 56 41 1 0 0 259.0 296 157 25 119 205 5.46 .287 .361 .391 .751
June 15 18 .455 55 43 2 0 0 284.3 299 129 23 137 197 4.08 .273 .354 .366 .719
July 15 15 .500 36 34 2 1 0 211.0 215 110 18 93 142 4.69 .263 .338 .367 .706
August 15 16 .484 51 42 3 0 1 275.3 278 114 22 104 197 3.73 .262 .328 .348 .676
Sep/Oct 16 28 .364 64 59 1 0 2 339.6 383 190 35 136 259 5.03 .282 .347 .396 .744
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2006 27 IND VL P 30 30 172.7 8 14 0 1 1.000 1.15    
2007 28 IND VL P 22 22 128.3 4 26 1 3 .968 2.10    
2008 29 IND VL P 23 23 155.0 5 9 0 0 1.000 0.81    
2009 30 IND VL P 20 20 121.0 3 10 1 2 .929 0.97    
2010 31 IND VL P 4 3 21.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.25    
2011 32 MON VL P 51 25 175.0 9 21 0 2 1.000 1.54    
2012 33 ARZ VL P 34 34 199.0 8 25 2 1 .943 1.49    
2013 34 VIR GL P 14 14 99.7 7 6 1 1 .929 1.17    
  ARZ VL P 15 15 99.3 6 5 0 0 1.000 1.00    
  TOT   P 29 29 199.0 13 11 1 1 .960 1.09    
2014 35 LAS GL P 32 32 190.0 8 20 2 2 .933 1.33    
2015 36 LAS GL P 32 23 156.3 3 17 2 1 .909 1.15    
2016 37 HOL GL P 22 12 80.7 2 16 1 1 .947 2.01    
2017 38 KEN VL P 7 7 22.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.19    
Career Totals   306 260 1621.3 66 172 10 14 .960 1.32    
Career Highs   51 34 199.0 13 26 2 3 1.000 2.10    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2012-4-21
Walks Allowed
2012-6-99
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Timothy Lanier (961)
  2. Danny Yoo (956)
  3. Walter Putnam (948)
  4. Aaron Kennedy (948)
  5. Emmett Parry (947)
  6. Brice Vandyke (946)
  7. Leo Hernandez (946)
  8. Dennis Eads (945)
  9. Oswaldo Olmos (943)
  10. Nathan Shackleford (939)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Indianapolis in 2002
Named AAA Pitcher of the Year in 2005
Earned first career win on 4/3/2006
Injured on 9/4/2006 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 8/1/2007 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/27/2007 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 10/9/2010 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Montana to Arizona on 3/2/2012 (Going to ARZ: P A. Hernandez, DH F. Player31. Going to MON: DH F. Player10)