José María Fernández

Catcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

AVG .283
HR 4
RBI 233
H 484
OPS .672
PIV -1,532
Position
Catcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
5'8" / 170 lb
Born
6/6/1896 in Guanabacoa, La Habana, Cuba
Died
7/20/1972 in Guanabacoa, La Habana, Cuba

Full name: José María Tranquilino Fernández

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
210.0 189.0 20.0 44.0 6.0 1.0 2.0 14.0 16.0 2.0 0 .233 .298 .307 .605

Pitching

W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
1 0 1 1 0 0 9.0 9 4 4 0 5 3 4.00 1.56

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1936 13.0 12.0 2.0 4.0 0 0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0 0 .333 .385 .583 .968
1937 14.0 13.0 2.0 4.0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .462 .770
Listed seasons · 2 27 25 4 8 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 .320 — — —

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
1936 1 0 1 1 0 0 9.0 9 4 4 0 5 3 4.00 1.56
Listed seasons · 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 9.0 9 4 4 0 5 3 4.00 1.56

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
500 1,712 182 484 68 11 4 233 18 113 2 .283 .330 .342 .672 -1,532

Career AVG .283 vs. league average .273 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .330 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .342 vs. league average .379 across their career seasons — 9.8% below league average.

Career OPS .672 vs. league average .717 across their career seasons — 6.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1916 CSE EAS 8 26 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .192 — — — — 0.0
1917 CSE EAS 26 102 13 33 5 0 0 16 1 7 0 .324 .248 (+30%) .312 (+17%) .323 (+15%) .635 (+16%) 251.3
1918 CSE EAS 25 93 11 32 4 3 0 15 1 9 0 .344 .255 (+35%) .318 (+26%) .326 (+38%) .645 (+32%) 447.0
1919 CSE EAS 17 65 11 25 3 0 0 14 2 5 0 .385 .262 (+47%) .322 (+33%) .347 (+24%) .670 (+28%) 297.0
1920 CSE EAS 14 56 6 14 2 0 0 10 0 2 0 .250 .271 (-8%) .331 (-17%) .363 (-21%) .694 (-19%) -169.0
1922 CSE IND 16 51 5 11 1 1 1 3 2 5 0 .216 .285 (-24%) .345 (-17%) .397 (-16%) .743 (-17%) -144.9
1923 CSE ECL 32 113 13 26 9 0 0 16 1 5 0 .230 .282 (-19%) .344 (-22%) .390 (-21%) .734 (-21%) -408.2
1924 CSE ECL 48 169 13 43 3 0 0 18 1 14 1 .254 .283 (-10%) .345 (-8%) .389 (-30%) .734 (-20%) -489.0
1925 CSE ECL 35 133 13 37 4 1 1 14 2 9 0 .278 .288 (-3%) .349 (-7%) .407 (-15%) .756 (-11%) -249.7
1926 CSE ECL 42 146 19 39 7 2 1 19 2 11 0 .267 .279 (-4%) .345 (-5%) .390 (-7%) .735 (-6%) -153.2
1927 CSE ECL 55 186 18 49 6 0 1 25 2 15 0 .263 .282 (-7%) .344 (-8%) .392 (-21%) .736 (-14%) -413.5
1928 CSE ECL 30 125 11 44 7 1 0 18 2 1 0 .352 .280 (+25%) .342 (+6%) .395 (+7%) .737 (+7%) 116.2
1929 CSE ANL 54 180 20 49 6 0 0 17 0 12 0 .272 .289 (-6%) .353 (-9%) .415 (-26%) .769 (-19%) -534.7
1929 CSW NNL 3 13 2 6 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 .462 — — — — -534.7
1930 CAG NNL 32 103 13 41 5 2 0 27 0 8 0 .398 .293 (+35%) .354 (+26%) .429 (+13%) .784 (+19%) 382.6
1939 NYC NN2 5 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .071 — — — — 0.0
1940 NYC NN2 17 52 9 12 2 0 0 7 0 5 0 .231 .267 (-14%) .335 (-11%) .387 (-31%) .722 (-22%) -170.8
1941 NYC NN2 23 59 1 13 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 .220 .262 (-16%) .332 (-26%) .373 (-36%) .705 (-32%) -292.6
1942 NYC NN2 11 19 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .105 — — — — 0.0
1944 NYC NN2 6 6 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 .333 — — — — 0.0
1947 NYC NN2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 21 seasons 500 1,712 182 484 68 11 4 233 18 113 2 .283 — — — — -2,066

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
1 0 1 1 0 0 0 8.3 9 2 0 3 5 2.16 0.0

Career ERA 2.16 vs. league average 2.83 across their career seasons — 23.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1918 CSE EAS 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 8.3 9 2 3 5 2.16 — 0.0
Career · 1 season 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 8.1 9 2 3 5 2.16 — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home11160200.125
Away551261230112.238

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1947-06-04 NY6BLGL 000000000
1944-09-04 NY6HOMW 000000100
1944-07-02 NY6PH5L 100000000
1944-06-25 NY6BLGL 100000000
1944-06-02 NY6HOMW 100000010
1944-05-28 NY6PH5L 100000000
1944-05-21 NY6NY5W 111100200
1944-05-20 NY6PH5W 101100300
1942-07-12 NY6BLGL 100000000
1942-07-02 NY6PH5L 000000010

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 62 39 437 15 10 21
2B 1 1 4 0 0 0
C 419 328 1640 364 63 33
OF 13 2 11 3 0 0
P 1 0 2 3 1 0
PH 1 0 0 0 0 0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1916 CSE C 8 0 27 10 3 1
1917 CSE 1B 4 0 41 1 3 5
1917 CSE C 19 0 91 26 2 1
1917 CSE OF 3 0 5 0 0 0
1918 CSE 1B 1 0 2 0 0 0
1918 CSE C 20 0 65 27 3 2
1918 CSE OF 6 0 3 3 0 0
1918 CSE P 1 0 2 3 1 0
1919 CSE 1B 8 8 84 2 1 5
1919 CSE C 10 9 29 6 0 0
1920 CSE 1B 2 1 9 0 0 0
1920 CSE C 13 12 51 11 2 3
1920 CSE OF 1 1 2 0 0 0
1922 CSE 1B 3 2 8 0 1 0
1922 CSE C 15 14 73 13 4 1
1923 CSE 1B 1 1 5 0 0 0
1923 CSE C 32 31 140 30 3 2
1924 CSE 1B 17 12 124 4 3 5
1924 CSE C 35 33 162 33 5 0
1925 CSE 1B 9 0 0 0 0 0
1925 CSE C 28 0 0 0 0 0
1926 CSE 1B 4 3 28 2 0 1
1926 CSE C 38 38 148 34 3 7
1927 CSE 1B 3 3 29 2 0 0
1927 CSE C 50 50 198 50 13 3
1927 CSE OF 1 1 1 0 0 0
1928 CSE 1B 7 7 77 2 2 4
1928 CSE C 23 23 95 15 2 0
1929 CSE 1B 1 1 15 0 0 1
1929 CSE C 52 50 202 48 10 8
1929 CSW C 3 3 16 5 0 0
1930 CAG 1B 1 1 15 2 0 0
1930 CAG 2B 1 1 4 0 0 0
1930 CAG C 29 28 162 19 4 2
1939 NYC C 4 4 18 2 1 0
1940 NYC C 16 14 68 16 4 0
1941 NYC 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1941 NYC C 20 15 73 14 3 3
1942 NYC C 4 4 22 5 1 0
1944 NYC OF 2 0 0 0 0 0
1947 NYC PH 1 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 1
Catcher 419
First Base 62
Second Base 1
Left Field 3
Right Field 10

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Frequently Asked Questions about José María Fernández

Was José María Fernández a pitcher?
No. José María Fernández was a position player (Catcher), though he did pitch in 1 career game.
How many home runs did José María Fernández hit?
José María Fernández hit 4 career home runs with 484 hits.