Livan Hernandez

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

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

📊 Compare This Player 📈 View Career Timeline

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

Click a stat to plot it across every season.

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 96.3 81 34 38 72 3.18 4.39 (+28%) 2022.6
1998 FLO NL 10 12 33 33 9 0 0 234.3 265 123 104 162 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 63.7 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 0 226.7 266 132 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 0 233.3 225 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 0 246.3 268 109 84 147 3.98 4.29 (+7%) -223.2
2006 WAS NL 9 8 24 24 0 0 0 146.7 176 87 52 89 5.34 4.53 (-18%) -1689.7
2006 ARI NL 4 5 10 10 0 0 0 69.3 70 29 26 39 3.76 4.53 (+17%) -32.8
2007 ARI NL 11 11 33 33 1 0 0 204.3 247 112 79 90 4.93 4.47 (-10%) -6623.9
2008 MIN AL 10 8 23 23 2 0 0 139.7 199 85 29 54 5.48 4.32 (-27%) -1238.7
2008 COL NL 3 3 8 8 0 0 0 40.3 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 48.7 56 29 16 27 5.36 4.32 (-24%) 671.7
2010 WAS NL 10 12 33 33 2 1 0 211.7 216 86 64 114 3.66 4.08 (+10%) 726.0
2011 WAS NL 8 13 29 29 1 1 0 175.3 199 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 36.3 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

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

Click a stat to plot it across every season.

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB 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 0 1.000 — — — — 0.0
1997 FLO NL 17 29 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 6 .172 — — — — 0.0
1998 FLO NL 35 82 3 16 3 0 0 6 0 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 0 5 .289 — — — — 0.0
1999 SFN NL 11 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .222 — — — — 0.0
2000 SFN NL 34 89 6 21 3 0 1 9 0 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 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 0 9 .234 .261 (-10%) .331 (-30%) .416 (-21%) .747 (-25%) -294.8
2003 MON NL 33 74 2 14 1 0 0 6 0 1 14 .189 .264 (-28%) .332 (-37%) .422 (-52%) .754 (-45%) -545.6
2004 MON NL 36 81 2 20 7 0 1 10 0 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 0 8 .244 .264 (-8%) .330 (-23%) .418 (-13%) .749 (-17%) -249.5
2006 WAS NL 26 45 6 12 4 0 1 6 0 1 3 .267 — — — — 0.0
2006 ARI NL 11 23 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .087 — — — — 0.0
2007 ARI NL 34 75 9 16 1 0 1 5 0 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 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
2008 COL NL 8 17 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .235 — — — — 0.0
2009 NYN NL 24 40 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .125 — — — — 0.0
2009 WAS NL 8 14 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .214 — — — — 0.0
2010 WAS NL 35 61 2 9 1 0 1 3 0 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 0 2 .217 — — — — 0.0
2012 ATL NL 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 MIL NL 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 22 seasons 537 973 64 215 38 2 10 85 0 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

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

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2007 NLCS ARI 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
2007 NLDS1 ARI 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333
2002 NLCS SFN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
2002 NLDS1 SFN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2002 WS SFN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2000 NLDS2 SFN 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
1997 NLCS FLO 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
1997 NLDS1 FLO 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 WS FLO 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2007 NLCS ARI 0 1 1 1 0 5.7 8 4 2 4 6.35
2007 NLDS1 ARI 1 0 1 1 0 6.0 5 1 5 2 1.50
2002 NLCS SFN 0 0 1 1 0 6.3 9 2 1 0 2.84
2002 NLDS1 SFN 1 0 1 1 0 8.3 8 3 2 6 3.24
2002 WS SFN 0 2 2 2 0 5.7 9 9 9 4 14.29
2000 NLDS2 SFN 1 0 1 1 0 7.7 5 1 5 5 1.17
1997 NLCS FLO 2 0 2 1 0 10.7 5 1 2 16 0.84
1997 NLDS1 FLO 0 0 1 0 0 4.0 3 1 0 3 2.25
1997 WS FLO 2 0 2 2 0 13.7 15 8 10 7 5.27

Game Log & Splits

View full game log (1056 games) →

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home27248728109447.224
Away26548636106638.218

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home2621648.1173978153510214.26
Away2571540.217867915319554.62

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2012-09-29 MILHOUW 000000000
2012-09-22 MILWASL 000000000
2012-09-14 MILNYNL 000000000
2012-09-08 MILSTLW 000000000
2012-09-06 MILMIAL 000000000
2012-09-03 MILMIAL 100000000
2012-08-30 MILCHCL 000000000
2012-08-27 MILCHCW 000000000
2012-08-25 MILPITL 000000000
2012-08-20 MILCHCW 000000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2012-09-29 MILHOU — 0.2555003
2012-09-22 MILWAS — 0.2566102
2012-09-14 MILNYN — 1.2000010
2012-09-08 MILSTL — 1.0100000
2012-09-06 MILMIA — 1.0100010
2012-09-03 MILMIA — 2.2000030
2012-08-30 MILCHC — 1.1355210
2012-08-27 MILCHC — 1.0000020
2012-08-25 MILPIT — 2.0000030
2012-08-20 MILCHC — 1.0211010

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 519 474 211 601 15 65

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

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 519

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

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

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1997 Rookie of the Year NL 2nd 25.0 140 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Livan Hernandez (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Mike Moore
    161-176, 4.39 ERA
  2. 89
    Steve Trachsel
    143-159, 4.39 ERA
  3. 82
    Rick Sutcliffe
    171-139, 4.08 ERA
  4. 82
    Mike Morgan
    141-186, 4.23 ERA
  5. 81
    Jeff Suppan
    140-146, 4.70 ERA
  6. 80
    Kevin Gross
    142-158, 4.11 ERA

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.