What years did David Hernandez play?

David Hernandez played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2019.

Was David Hernandez a pitcher?

Yes. David Hernandez pitched in the major leagues, recording 38 wins and 664 strikeouts.

How many home runs did David Hernandez hit?

David Hernandez hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.

What was David Hernandez's career batting average?

David Hernandez batted .200 over his career, with 1 hits in 5 at bats.

What was David Hernandez's career ERA?

David Hernandez finished with a 4.12 career ERA, going 38-47 with 664 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did David Hernandez have?

David Hernandez recorded 664 career strikeouts.

David Hernandez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2009-2019)

David Hernandez was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2019 for 5 teams, including the Baltimore Orioles, a span of 11 seasons. Across 547 career appearances, he went 38-47 with a 4.12 ERA, 664 strikeouts, and 24 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 504.3.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 38–47

ERA 4.12

WHIP 1.31

SO 664

Pitcher PIV 504.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 245 lb
Born: 5/13/1985 in Sacramento, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2009-05-28
Last Game: 2019-08-08

Full name: David Jose Hernandez

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Career Pitching Statistics

David Hernandez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
38	47	547	27	0	0	24	648.2	594	297	88	253	664	4.12	504.3

Career ERA 4.12 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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David Hernandez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2009	BAL	AL	4	10	20	19	0	101.1	118	61	46	68	5.42	4.32 (-25%)	-5797.5
2010	BAL	AL	8	8	41	8	2	79.1	72	38	42	72	4.31	4.08 (-6%)	-790.2
2011	ARI	NL	5	3	74	0	11	69.1	49	26	30	77	3.38	3.94 (+14%)	1764.3
2012	ARI	NL	2	3	72	0	4	68.1	48	19	22	98	2.50	4.01 (+38%)	3342.9
2013	ARI	NL	5	6	62	0	2	62.1	50	31	24	66	4.48	3.87 (-16%)	-775.9
2015	ARI	NL	1	5	40	0	0	33.2	33	16	11	33	4.28	3.96 (-8%)	-653.2
2016	PHI	NL	3	4	70	0	1	72.2	77	31	32	80	3.84	4.19 (+8%)	-229.6
2017	LAA	AL	1	0	38	0	1	36.1	29	9	8	37	2.23	4.36 (+49%)	2282.3
2017	ARI	NL	2	1	26	0	1	18.2	19	10	1	15	4.82	4.36 (-11%)	-64.8
2018	CIN	NL	5	2	57	0	0	64.0	46	18	17	65	2.53	4.15 (+39%)	1247.4
2019	CIN	NL	2	5	47	0	2	42.2	53	38	20	53	8.02	4.51 (-78%)	178.6
Career · 11 seasons			38	47	547	27	24	648.2	594	297	253	664	4.12	—	504

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 Batting Statistics

David Hernandez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
547	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0

Career AVG .200 vs. league average .255 across their career seasons — 21.5% below league average.

Career OBP .200 vs. league average .322 across their career seasons — 37.9% below league average.

Career SLG .200 vs. league average .411 across their career seasons — 51.4% below league average.

Career OPS .400 vs. league average .733 across their career seasons — 45.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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David Hernandez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2009	BAL	AL	20	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	BAL	AL	41	3	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	ARI	NL	74	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	ARI	NL	72	1	1	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	ARI	NL	62	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	ARI	NL	40	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	PHI	NL	70	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	LAA	AL	38	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	ARI	NL	26	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	CIN	NL	57	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	CIN	NL	47	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			547	5	1	1	.200	—	—	—	—	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.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

David Hernandez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

David Hernandez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2017	NLDS1	ARI	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2011	NLDS2	ARI	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

David Hernandez — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	6	0	0	6.2	3	2	0	6	2.70

Playoff Pitching by Year

David Hernandez — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2017	NLDS1	ARI	0	0	2	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	1	0.00
2011	NLDS2	ARI	0	0	4	0	0	5.0	2	2	0	5	3.60

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

David Hernandez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	269	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
Away	278	4	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

David Hernandez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	269	317.0	269	130	125	345	3.69
Away	278	331.2	325	167	128	319	4.53

Last 10 Games — Pitching

David Hernandez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2019-08-08	CIN	CHC	—	1.2	6	5	5	2	1	1
2019-08-05	CIN	LAA	—	0.2	1	2	2	2	2	1
2019-08-04	CIN	ATL	SV	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
2019-08-01	CIN	ATL	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-07-17	CIN	CHC	—	0.1	1	2	2	2	1	0
2019-07-13	CIN	COL	—	0.0	1	2	1	1	0	0
2019-07-12	CIN	COL	L	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	2
2019-07-07	CIN	CLE	—	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	0
2019-07-04	CIN	MIL	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0
2019-07-01	CIN	MIL	L	1.0	3	3	3	2	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

David Hernandez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	547	27	34	39	3	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

David Hernandez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2009	BAL	P	20	19	7	7	0	0
2010	BAL	P	41	8	3	4	0	1
2011	ARI	P	74	0	3	6	1	0
2012	ARI	P	72	0	0	1	1	0
2013	ARI	P	62	0	2	2	0	0
2015	ARI	P	40	0	3	2	1	0
2016	PHI	P	70	0	2	6	0	0
2017	LAA	P	38	0	4	2	0	0
2017	ARI	P	26	0	1	1	0	0
2018	CIN	P	57	0	7	6	0	0
2019	CIN	P	47	0	2	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

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David Hernandez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	547

Salary History

David Hernandez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	PHI	NL	$3,900,000
2015	ARI	NL	$2,000,000
2013	ARI	NL	$1,375,000
2012	ARI	NL	$499,000
2011	ARI	NL	$423,500
2010	BAL	AL	$402,500
Total Career Earnings			$8,600,000

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David Hernandez: the record in brief

David Hernandez played a first major league game on May 28, 2009 and a last one on August 8, 2019. Club by club, the record runs the Baltimore Orioles (2009 through 2010), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2011 through 2017), the Philadelphia Phillies (2016), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2017), and the Cincinnati Reds (2018 to 2019). Hernandez, born on May 13, 1985, in Sacramento, CA, USA, is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Hernandez's listed size is 6 feet, 3 inches and 245 pounds. David Hernandez was the playing name; the full given name is David Jose.

Hernandez's career pitching line is 38 wins, 47 losses and a 4.12 ERA over 547 appearances. Also on Hernandez's record: 664 strikeouts and 24 saves. Hernandez's 4.12 ERA was close to the 4.14 league figure for those seasons. The best win total was 8, in 2010. 2012 produced Hernandez's most strikeouts, 98. The most saves in one season was 11, in 2011.

Frequently Asked Questions about David Hernandez

What years did David Hernandez play?: David Hernandez played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2019.
Was David Hernandez a pitcher?: Yes. David Hernandez pitched in the major leagues, recording 38 wins and 664 strikeouts.
How many home runs did David Hernandez hit?: David Hernandez hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.
What was David Hernandez's career batting average?: David Hernandez batted .200 over his career, with 1 hits in 5 at bats.
What was David Hernandez's career ERA?: David Hernandez finished with a 4.12 career ERA, going 38-47 with 664 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did David Hernandez have?: David Hernandez recorded 664 career strikeouts.