What years did Livan Hernandez play?

Livan Hernandez played in Major League Baseball from 1996 to 2012.

Was Livan Hernandez a pitcher?

Yes. Livan Hernandez pitched in the major leagues, recording 178 wins and 1976 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Livan Hernandez hit?

Livan Hernandez hit 10 career home runs with 215 hits.

What was Livan Hernandez's career batting average?

Livan Hernandez batted .221 over his career, with 215 hits in 973 at bats.

How many RBI did Livan Hernandez have?

Livan Hernandez drove in 85 runs in his career.

What was Livan Hernandez's career ERA?

Livan Hernandez finished with a 4.44 career ERA, going 178-177 with 1,976 strikeouts.

Livan Hernandez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1996-2012)

Livan Hernandez was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1996 to 2012 for 10 teams, including the Florida Marlins, a span of 17 seasons. Across 519 career appearances, he went 178-177 with a 4.44 ERA and 1,976 strikeouts. He also batted .221 with 10 home runs. Livan Hernandez was a 2-time All-Star, a World Series MVP, an NLCS MVP, and a Silver Slugger.

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 178–177

ERA 4.44

WHIP 1.44

SO 1,976

Pitcher PIV -218.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 245 lb
Born: 2/20/1975 in Villa Clara, Cuba
MLB Debut: 1996-09-24
Last Game: 2012-09-29
Awards: 2× All-Star · World Series MVP · NLCS MVP · Silver Slugger

Full name: Eisler Livan Hernandez

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Career Pitching Statistics

Livan Hernandez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
178	177	519	474	50	9	1	3189.0	3,525	1,572	362	1,066	1,976	4.44	-218.1

Career ERA 4.44 vs. league average 4.38 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Livan Hernandez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1996	FLO	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	2	2	0.00	—	0.0
1997	FLO	NL	9	3	17	17	0	0	0	96.1	81	34	38	72	3.18	4.39 (+28%)	2022.6
1998	FLO	NL	10	12	33	33	9	0	0	234.1	265	123	104	162	4.72	4.43 (-7%)	-4603.1
1999	FLO	NL	5	9	20	20	2	0	0	136.0	161	72	55	97	4.76	4.71 (-1%)	414.6
1999	SFN	NL	3	3	10	10	0	0	0	63.2	66	31	21	47	4.38	4.71 (+7%)	1348.5
2000	SFN	NL	17	11	33	33	5	2	0	240.0	254	100	73	165	3.75	4.77 (+21%)	5391.0
2001	SFN	NL	13	15	34	34	2	0	0	226.2	266	132	85	138	5.24	4.42 (-19%)	266.1
2002	SFN	NL	12	16	33	33	5	3	0	216.0	233	105	71	134	4.38	4.28 (-2%)	2095.6
2003	MON	NL	15	10	33	33	8	0	0	233.1	225	83	57	178	3.20	4.40 (+27%)	3229.0
2004	MON	NL	11	15	35	35	9	2	0	255.0	234	102	83	186	3.60	4.46 (+19%)	3050.3
2005	WAS	NL	15	10	35	35	2	0	0	246.1	268	109	84	147	3.98	4.29 (+7%)	-223.2
2006	WAS	NL	9	8	24	24	0	0	0	146.2	176	87	52	89	5.34	4.53 (-18%)	-1689.7
2006	ARI	NL	4	5	10	10	0	0	0	69.1	70	29	26	39	3.76	4.53 (+17%)	-32.8
2007	ARI	NL	11	11	33	33	1	0	0	204.1	247	112	79	90	4.93	4.47 (-10%)	-6623.9
2008	MIN	AL	10	8	23	23	2	0	0	139.2	199	85	29	54	5.48	4.32 (-27%)	-1238.7
2008	COL	NL	3	3	8	8	0	0	0	40.1	58	36	14	13	8.03	4.32 (-86%)	-1548.3
2009	NYN	NL	7	8	23	23	1	0	0	135.0	164	82	51	75	5.47	4.32 (-26%)	-1216.7
2009	WAS	NL	2	4	8	8	1	0	0	48.2	56	29	16	27	5.36	4.32 (-24%)	671.7
2010	WAS	NL	10	12	33	33	2	1	0	211.2	216	86	64	114	3.66	4.08 (+10%)	726.0
2011	WAS	NL	8	13	29	29	1	1	0	175.1	199	87	46	99	4.47	3.94 (-13%)	-55.3
2012	ATL	NL	1	1	18	0	0	0	1	31.0	40	17	8	19	4.94	4.01 (-23%)	-562.1
2012	MIL	NL	3	0	26	0	0	0	0	36.1	44	31	8	29	7.68	4.01 (-91%)	-1639.4
Career · 22 seasons			178	177	519	474	50	9	1	3,189.0	3,525	1,572	1,066	1,976	4.44	—	-218

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

Livan Hernandez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
537	973	64	215	38	2	10	85	0	10	130	.221	.231	.295	.526	-3,488

Career AVG .221 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 16.4% below league average.

Career OBP .231 vs. league average .333 across their career seasons — 30.6% below league average.

Career SLG .295 vs. league average .420 across their career seasons — 29.8% below league average.

Career OPS .526 vs. league average .754 across their career seasons — 30.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Livan Hernandez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1996	FLO	NL	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	FLO	NL	17	29	2	5	2	0	0	2	1	6	.172	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	FLO	NL	35	82	3	16	3	0	0	6	0	20	.195	.266 (-27%)	.335 (-39%)	.420 (-45%)	.755 (-42%)	-573.6
1999	FLO	NL	20	45	5	13	2	0	2	7	0	5	.289	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	SFN	NL	11	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	5	.222	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	SFN	NL	34	89	6	21	3	0	1	9	1	14	.236	.270 (-13%)	.344 (-29%)	.437 (-31%)	.782 (-30%)	-459.6
2001	SFN	NL	35	81	7	24	4	0	1	8	0	4	.296	.263 (+12%)	.332 (-11%)	.426 (-10%)	.758 (-11%)	-150.0
2002	SFN	NL	36	64	6	15	4	1	0	6	0	9	.234	.261 (-10%)	.331 (-30%)	.416 (-21%)	.747 (-25%)	-294.8
2003	MON	NL	33	74	2	14	1	0	0	6	1	14	.189	.264 (-28%)	.332 (-37%)	.422 (-52%)	.754 (-45%)	-545.6
2004	MON	NL	36	81	2	20	7	0	1	10	1	8	.247	.266 (-7%)	.335 (-24%)	.427 (-13%)	.762 (-18%)	-261.9
2005	WAS	NL	35	82	7	20	2	1	2	7	0	8	.244	.264 (-8%)	.330 (-23%)	.418 (-13%)	.749 (-17%)	-249.5
2006	WAS	NL	26	45	6	12	4	0	1	6	1	3	.267	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	ARI	NL	11	23	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	.087	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	ARI	NL	34	75	9	16	1	0	1	5	0	7	.213	.268 (-20%)	.335 (-37%)	.422 (-37%)	.758 (-37%)	-474.1
2008	MIN	AL	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	COL	NL	8	17	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	.235	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	NYN	NL	24	40	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	WAS	NL	8	14	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	.214	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	WAS	NL	35	61	2	9	1	0	1	3	1	13	.148	.257 (-43%)	.325 (-50%)	.402 (-47%)	.728 (-49%)	-479.4
2011	WAS	NL	31	46	3	10	1	0	0	7	0	2	.217	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	ATL	NL	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	MIL	NL	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 22 seasons			537	973	64	215	38	2	10	85	10	130	.221	—	—	—	—	-3,488

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

Livan Hernandez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
12	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	.118

Playoff Batting by Year

Livan Hernandez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	SO	AVG
2007	NLCS	ARI	1	2	1	0	.500
2007	NLDS1	ARI	1	3	1	1	.333
2002	NLCS	SFN	1	1	0	1	.000
2002	NLDS1	SFN	1	2	0	0	.000
2002	WS	SFN	2	0	0	0	.000
2000	NLDS2	SFN	1	3	0	1	.000
1997	NLCS	FLO	2	3	0	1	.000
1997	NLDS1	FLO	1	1	0	0	.000
1997	WS	FLO	2	2	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Livan Hernandez — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
7	3	12	10	0	68.0	67	30	36	47	3.97

Playoff Pitching by Year

Livan Hernandez — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2007	NLCS	ARI	0	1	1	1	5.2	8	4	2	4	6.35
2007	NLDS1	ARI	1	0	1	1	6.0	5	1	5	2	1.50
2002	NLCS	SFN	0	0	1	1	6.1	9	2	1	0	2.84
2002	NLDS1	SFN	1	0	1	1	8.1	8	3	2	6	3.24
2002	WS	SFN	0	2	2	2	5.2	9	9	9	4	14.29
2000	NLDS2	SFN	1	0	1	1	7.2	5	1	5	5	1.17
1997	NLCS	FLO	2	0	2	1	10.2	5	1	2	16	0.84
1997	NLDS1	FLO	0	0	1	0	4.0	3	1	0	3	2.25
1997	WS	FLO	2	0	2	2	13.2	15	8	10	7	5.27

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Livan Hernandez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	272	487	28	109	4	47	.224
Away	265	486	36	106	6	38	.218

Pitching — Home / Away

Livan Hernandez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	262	1648.1	1739	781	535	1021	4.26
Away	257	1540.2	1786	791	531	955	4.62

Last 10 Games — Batting

Livan Hernandez — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB
2012-09-29	MIL	HOU	W	0
2012-09-22	MIL	WAS	L	0
2012-09-14	MIL	NYN	L	0
2012-09-08	MIL	STL	W	0
2012-09-06	MIL	MIA	L	0
2012-09-03	MIL	MIA	L	1
2012-08-30	MIL	CHC	L	0
2012-08-27	MIL	CHC	W	0
2012-08-25	MIL	PIT	L	0
2012-08-20	MIL	CHC	W	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Livan Hernandez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2012-09-29	MIL	HOU	—	0.2	5	5	5	0	0	3
2012-09-22	MIL	WAS	—	0.2	5	6	6	1	0	2
2012-09-14	MIL	NYN	—	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0
2012-09-08	MIL	STL	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2012-09-06	MIL	MIA	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2012-09-03	MIL	MIA	—	2.2	0	0	0	0	3	0
2012-08-30	MIL	CHC	—	1.1	3	5	5	2	1	0
2012-08-27	MIL	CHC	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2012-08-25	MIL	PIT	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2012-08-20	MIL	CHC	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Livan Hernandez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	519	474	211	601	15	65

Season-by-Season Fielding

Livan Hernandez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1996	FLO	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
1997	FLO	P	17	17	8	16	1	4
1998	FLO	P	33	33	15	35	0	3
1999	FLO	P	20	20	12	21	1	1
1999	SFN	P	10	10	6	13	0	1
2000	SFN	P	33	33	18	44	0	4
2001	SFN	P	34	34	13	44	0	2
2002	SFN	P	33	33	18	53	3	7
2003	MON	P	33	33	15	47	1	6
2004	MON	P	35	35	21	61	2	10
2005	WAS	P	35	35	16	45	1	7
2006	WAS	P	24	24	12	23	2	4
2006	ARI	P	10	10	4	10	2	0
2007	ARI	P	33	33	13	39	0	2
2008	MIN	P	23	23	7	22	1	0
2008	COL	P	8	8	1	9	0	0
2009	NYN	P	23	23	11	29	0	3
2009	WAS	P	8	8	0	7	0	0
2010	WAS	P	33	33	6	39	0	3
2011	WAS	P	29	29	11	33	1	7
2012	ATL	P	18	0	3	6	0	0
2012	MIL	P	26	0	1	5	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Livan Hernandez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	519

Awards & Honors

Livan Hernandez — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2004	Silver Slugger	P
2003	Pitcher of the Month	July
2003	Player of the Week	Week of 2003-07-12
1997	NLCS MVP
1997	World Series MVP

Salary History

Livan Hernandez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2012	ATL	NL	$750,000
2011	WAS	NL	$1,250,000
2008	MIN	AL	$5,000,000
2007	ARI	NL	$7,000,000
2006	WAS	NL	$8,000,000
2005	WAS	NL	$8,000,000
2004	MON	NL	$6,000,000
2003	MON	NL	$3,825,000
2002	SFN	NL	$3,625,000
2001	SFN	NL	$3,025,000
2000	SFN	NL	$1,325,000
1999	FLO	NL	$1,875,000
1998	FLO	NL	$1,475,000
1997	FLO	NL	$1,050,000
Total Career Earnings			$52,200,000

Award Voting History

Livan Hernandez — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1997	Rookie of the Year	NL	2nd	25.0	140	0

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Career Spans

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Livan Hernandez: the record in brief

According to the bio, Livan Hernandez debuted on September 24, 1996 and played a final game on September 29, 2012. By club, Hernandez's seasons break down as the Florida Marlins (1996 through 1999), the San Francisco Giants (1999 through 2002), the Montreal Expos (2003 through 2004), the Washington Nationals (2005 to 2011), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2006 to 2007), the Minnesota Twins (2008), the Colorado Rockies (2008), and the New York Mets (2009), among other clubs in the table. Hernandez played primarily as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Born on February 20, 1975, in Villa Clara, Cuba, Hernandez was listed at 245 pounds on a 6-foot-2 frame. On the record, Livan Hernandez was born Eisler Livan Hernandez.

Hernandez pitched in 519 games, starting 474, and finished with a 178-177 record and 4.44 ERA. The totals include 1,976 strikeouts, 50 complete games, and 9 shutouts. Hernandez's 4.44 ERA was close to the 4.38 league figure for those seasons. 2000 brought Hernandez a season-high 17 wins.

Frequently Asked Questions about Livan Hernandez

What years did Livan Hernandez play?: Livan Hernandez played in Major League Baseball from 1996 to 2012.
Was Livan Hernandez a pitcher?: Yes. Livan Hernandez pitched in the major leagues, recording 178 wins and 1976 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Livan Hernandez hit?: Livan Hernandez hit 10 career home runs with 215 hits.
What was Livan Hernandez's career batting average?: Livan Hernandez batted .221 over his career, with 215 hits in 973 at bats.
How many RBI did Livan Hernandez have?: Livan Hernandez drove in 85 runs in his career.
What was Livan Hernandez's career ERA?: Livan Hernandez finished with a 4.44 career ERA, going 178-177 with 1,976 strikeouts.