What years did Felix Hernandez play?

Felix Hernandez played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2019.

Was Felix Hernandez a pitcher?

Yes. Felix Hernandez pitched in the major leagues, recording 169 wins and 2524 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Felix Hernandez hit?

Felix Hernandez hit 1 career home run with 4 hits.

What teams did Felix Hernandez play for?

Felix Hernandez played for one team, the Seattle Mariners (2005–2019).

How many Cy Young Awards did Felix Hernandez win?

Felix Hernandez won 1 Cy Young Award, in 2010.

What awards did Felix Hernandez win?

Felix Hernandez won the Cy Young Award (2010). He was selected to 6 All-Star Games.

What were Felix Hernandez's career stats?

In 419 games, Felix Hernandez went 169-136 with a 3.42 ERA, 2,524 strikeouts, and 2,729.2 innings pitched.

What was Felix Hernandez's salary?

Felix Hernandez's last recorded salary was $25,857,143, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $25,857,143, in 2016, and his lowest was $340,000, in 2006. The Salary History table lists each season from 2006 to 2016.

What position did Felix Hernandez play?

Felix Hernandez played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Felix Hernandez and how much did he weigh?

Felix Hernandez was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 220 pounds.

What was Felix Hernandez's career ERA?

Felix Hernandez finished with a 3.42 career ERA, going 169-136 with 2,524 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Felix Hernandez have?

Felix Hernandez recorded 2,524 career strikeouts.

Is Felix Hernandez in the Hall of Fame?

No. Felix Hernandez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Felix Hernandez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2005-2019)

Felix Hernandez was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2019 for the Seattle Mariners, a span of 15 seasons. Across 419 career appearances, he went 169-136 with a 3.42 ERA and 2,524 strikeouts. Felix Hernandez was a 6-time All-Star and a Cy Young. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 44530.1.

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 18, 2026

W–L 169–136

ERA 3.42

WHIP 1.21

SO 2,524

Pitcher PIV 44530.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 220 lb
Born: 4/8/1986 in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
MLB Debut: 2005-08-04
Last Game: 2019-09-26
Awards: 6× All-Star · Cy Young

Full name: Felix Abraham Graham Hernandez

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Career Pitching Statistics

Felix Hernandez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
169	136	419	418	25	11	0	2729.2	2,487	1,037	264	805	2,524	3.42	44530.1

Career ERA 3.42 vs. league average 4.18 across their career seasons — 18.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Felix Hernandez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2005	SEA	AL	4	4	12	12	0	0	84.1	61	25	23	77	2.67	4.29 (+38%)	3082.1
2006	SEA	AL	12	14	31	31	2	1	191.0	195	96	60	176	4.52	4.53 (avg)	3081.5
2007	SEA	AL	14	7	30	30	1	1	190.1	209	83	53	165	3.92	4.47 (+12%)	3553.3
2008	SEA	AL	9	11	31	31	2	0	200.2	198	77	80	175	3.45	4.32 (+20%)	2711.3
2009	SEA	AL	19	5	34	34	2	1	238.2	200	66	71	217	2.49	4.32 (+42%)	7718.5
2010	SEA	AL	13	12	34	34	6	1	249.2	194	63	70	232	2.27	4.08 (+44%)	6803.8
2011	SEA	AL	14	14	33	33	5	0	233.2	218	90	67	222	3.47	3.94 (+12%)	4959.5
2012	SEA	AL	13	9	33	33	5	5	232.0	209	79	56	223	3.06	4.01 (+24%)	7161.8
2013	SEA	AL	12	10	31	31	0	0	204.1	185	69	46	216	3.04	3.87 (+21%)	6696.9
2014	SEA	AL	15	6	34	34	0	0	236.0	170	56	46	248	2.14	3.74 (+43%)	7302.7
2015	SEA	AL	18	9	31	31	2	2	201.2	180	79	58	191	3.53	3.96 (+11%)	1274.8
2016	SEA	AL	11	8	25	25	0	0	153.1	138	65	65	122	3.82	4.19 (+9%)	-1700.5
2017	SEA	AL	6	5	16	16	0	0	86.2	86	42	26	78	4.36	4.36 (avg)	-1424.2
2018	SEA	AL	8	14	29	28	0	0	155.2	159	96	59	125	5.55	4.15 (-34%)	-4004.2
2019	SEA	AL	1	8	15	15	0	0	71.2	85	51	25	57	6.40	4.51 (-42%)	-2687.0
Career · 15 seasons			169	136	419	418	25	11	2,729.2	2,487	1,037	805	2,524	3.42	—	44,530

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

Felix Hernandez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
419	50	3	4	1	0	1	7	0	2	22	.080	.115	.160	.275	0

Career AVG .080 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 69.0% below league average.

Career OBP .115 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — 64.5% below league average.

Career SLG .160 vs. league average .413 across their career seasons — 61.2% below league average.

Career OPS .275 vs. league average .737 across their career seasons — 62.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Felix Hernandez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2005	SEA	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	SEA	AL	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	SEA	AL	30	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	SEA	AL	31	1	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	SEA	AL	34	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	SEA	AL	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	SEA	AL	33	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	SEA	AL	33	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	SEA	AL	31	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	SEA	AL	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	SEA	AL	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	SEA	AL	25	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	SEA	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	SEA	AL	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	SEA	AL	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			419	50	3	4	1	1	7	2	22	.080	—	—	—	—	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

Felix Hernandez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	211	3	0	1	0	0	.333
Away	208	47	3	3	1	7	.064

Pitching — Home / Away

Felix Hernandez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	211	1422.2	1253	513	388	1348	3.25
Away	208	1307.0	1234	524	417	1176	3.61

Last 10 Games — Batting

Felix Hernandez — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
2019-09-26	SEA	OAK	L	0	0
2019-09-20	SEA	BAL	L	0	0
2019-09-14	SEA	CHW	W	0	0
2019-09-08	SEA	HOU	L	0	0
2019-09-03	SEA	CHC	L	1	1
2019-08-29	SEA	TEX	W	0	0
2019-08-24	SEA	TOR	L	0	0
2019-05-11	SEA	BOS	L	0	0
2019-05-06	SEA	NYY	L	0	0
2019-04-30	SEA	CHC	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Felix Hernandez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2019-09-26	SEA	OAK	L	5.1	5	3	3	4	3	1
2019-09-20	SEA	BAL	L	5.0	8	5	5	2	3	2
2019-09-14	SEA	CHW	—	7.0	5	1	1	1	4	0
2019-09-08	SEA	HOU	L	2.0	7	11	7	2	1	1
2019-09-03	SEA	CHC	L	3.0	2	2	2	4	5	1
2019-08-29	SEA	TEX	—	5.0	5	3	3	1	3	1
2019-08-24	SEA	TOR	—	5.2	3	2	2	3	4	2
2019-05-11	SEA	BOS	L	2.1	6	7	7	3	3	1
2019-05-06	SEA	NYY	L	5.0	8	7	6	1	2	3
2019-04-30	SEA	CHC	—	6.0	8	4	4	1	8	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Felix Hernandez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	419	418	188	321	19	28

Season-by-Season Fielding

Felix Hernandez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2005	SEA	P	12	12	11	16	0	1
2006	SEA	P	31	31	16	25	0	0
2007	SEA	P	30	30	13	24	1	2
2008	SEA	P	31	31	14	31	1	4
2009	SEA	P	34	34	29	24	1	3
2010	SEA	P	34	34	15	37	2	2
2011	SEA	P	33	33	27	28	2	4
2012	SEA	P	33	33	11	24	2	3
2013	SEA	P	31	31	7	15	2	2
2014	SEA	P	34	34	11	25	1	2
2015	SEA	P	31	31	13	26	2	2
2016	SEA	P	25	25	6	20	2	1
2017	SEA	P	16	16	4	7	1	1
2018	SEA	P	29	28	10	14	2	1
2019	SEA	P	15	15	1	5	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Felix Hernandez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	419

Awards & Honors

Felix Hernandez — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2014	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
2014	Pitcher of the Month	June
2014	Player of the Week	Week of 2014-06-08
2012	Pitcher of the Month	August
2012	Player of the Week	Week of 2012-08-19
2010	Cy Young Award
2010	TSN Pitcher of the Year
2009	Pitcher of the Month	June
2009	Pitcher of the Month	September

Salary History

Felix Hernandez's recorded salaries total $137,828,286 over 11 seasons, 2006 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Hernandez's career ran from 2005 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2005.

Felix Hernandez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	SEA	AL	$25,857,143
2015	SEA	AL	$24,857,000
2014	SEA	AL	$22,857,000
2013	SEA	AL	$20,557,143
2012	SEA	AL	$19,700,000
2011	SEA	AL	$11,700,000
2010	SEA	AL	$7,200,000
2009	SEA	AL	$3,800,000
2008	SEA	AL	$540,000
2007	SEA	AL	$420,000
2006	SEA	AL	$340,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$137,828,286

Award Voting History

Felix Hernandez — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2015	Cy Young Award	AL	7th	9.0	210	0
2014	Cy Young Award	AL	2nd	159.0	210	13
2014	Most Valuable Player	AL	10th	48.0	420	0
2013	Cy Young Award	AL	8th	6.0	210	0
2013	Most Valuable Player	AL	22th	1.0	420	0
2012	Cy Young Award	AL	4th	41.0	196	0
2012	Most Valuable Player	AL	22th	2.0	392	0
2010	Cy Young Award	AL	1st	167.0	196	21
2010	Most Valuable Player	AL	16th	6.0	392	0
2009	Cy Young Award	AL	2nd	80.0	140	2
2009	Most Valuable Player	AL	26th	1.0	392	0

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Felix Hernandez: the record in brief

According to the bio, Felix Hernandez debuted on August 4, 2005 and played a final game on September 26, 2019. Every season row on the page belongs to the Seattle Mariners, from 2005 through 2019. Hernandez played primarily as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on April 8, 1986, in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela and a listed size of 6 feet, 3 inches and 220 pounds. Hernandez's full given name, per the bio, is Felix Abraham Graham Hernandez.

Hernandez's career pitching line is 169 wins, 136 losses and a 3.42 ERA over 419 appearances. The totals include 2,524 strikeouts, 25 complete games, and 11 shutouts. That 3.42 ERA compares with a 4.18 league average across the same seasons, 18.3% better. 2009 brought Hernandez a season-high 19 wins. The strikeout high was 248 in 2014. 2014 was Hernandez's sharpest full season, a 2.14 ERA against the league's 3.74. Hernandez's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 44,530.1.

Frequently Asked Questions about Felix Hernandez

What years did Felix Hernandez play?: Felix Hernandez played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2019.
Was Felix Hernandez a pitcher?: Yes. Felix Hernandez pitched in the major leagues, recording 169 wins and 2524 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Felix Hernandez hit?: Felix Hernandez hit 1 career home run with 4 hits.
What teams did Felix Hernandez play for?: Felix Hernandez played for one team, the Seattle Mariners (2005–2019).
How many Cy Young Awards did Felix Hernandez win?: Felix Hernandez won 1 Cy Young Award, in 2010.
What awards did Felix Hernandez win?: Felix Hernandez won the Cy Young Award (2010). He was selected to 6 All-Star Games.
What were Felix Hernandez's career stats?: In 419 games, Felix Hernandez went 169-136 with a 3.42 ERA, 2,524 strikeouts, and 2,729.2 innings pitched.
How much did Felix Hernandez earn in his career?: Felix Hernandez's recorded salaries total $137,828,286 over 11 seasons, 2006 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Hernandez's career ran from 2005 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2005.
What was Felix Hernandez's salary?: Felix Hernandez's last recorded salary was $25,857,143, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $25,857,143, in 2016, and his lowest was $340,000, in 2006. The Salary History table lists each season from 2006 to 2016.
What position did Felix Hernandez play?: Felix Hernandez played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Felix Hernandez and how much did he weigh?: Felix Hernandez was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 220 pounds.
What was Felix Hernandez's career ERA?: Felix Hernandez finished with a 3.42 career ERA, going 169-136 with 2,524 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Felix Hernandez have?: Felix Hernandez recorded 2,524 career strikeouts.
Is Felix Hernandez in the Hall of Fame?: No. Felix Hernandez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.