What years did Roberto Hernandez play?

Roberto Hernandez played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2007.

Was Roberto Hernandez a pitcher?

Yes. Roberto Hernandez pitched in the major leagues, recording 67 wins and 945 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Roberto Hernandez hit?

Roberto Hernandez hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.

What was Roberto Hernandez's career batting average?

Roberto Hernandez batted .500 over his career, with 1 hits in 2 at bats.

What was Roberto Hernandez's career ERA?

Roberto Hernandez finished with a 3.45 career ERA, going 67-71 with 945 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Roberto Hernandez have?

Roberto Hernandez recorded 945 career strikeouts.

Roberto Hernandez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1991-2007)

Roberto Hernandez was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2007 for 10 teams, including the Chicago White Sox, a span of 17 seasons. Across 1,010 career appearances, he went 67-71 with a 3.45 ERA, 945 strikeouts, and 326 saves. Roberto Hernandez was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 14908.2.

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 September 8, 2026

W–L 67–71

ERA 3.45

WHIP 1.37

SO 945

Pitcher PIV 14908.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 220 lb
Born: 11/11/1964 in Santurce, P.R.
MLB Debut: 1991-09-02
Last Game: 2007-09-25
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Roberto Manuel Hernandez

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Career Pitching Statistics

Roberto Hernandez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
67	71	1,010	3	0	0	326	1071.3	1,002	411	96	462	945	3.45	14908.2

Career ERA 3.45 vs. league average 4.39 across their career seasons — 21.4% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Roberto Hernandez (b. 1964) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1991	CHA	AL	1	0	9	3	0	15.0	18	13	7	6	7.80	3.91 (-99%)	-154.2
1992	CHA	AL	7	3	43	0	12	71.0	45	13	20	68	1.65	3.75 (+56%)	2037.4
1993	CHA	AL	3	4	70	0	38	78.7	66	20	20	71	2.29	4.19 (+45%)	2504.3
1994	CHA	AL	4	4	45	0	14	47.7	44	26	19	50	4.91	4.51 (-9%)	1030.2
1995	CHA	AL	3	7	60	0	32	59.7	63	26	28	84	3.92	4.45 (+12%)	972.3
1996	CHA	AL	6	5	72	0	38	84.7	65	18	38	85	1.91	4.61 (+59%)	3862.8
1997	CHA	AL	5	1	46	0	27	48.0	38	13	24	47	2.44	4.39 (+44%)	390.1
1997	SFN	NL	5	2	28	0	4	32.7	29	9	14	35	2.48	4.39 (+44%)	1102.9
1998	TBA	AL	2	6	67	0	26	71.3	55	32	41	55	4.04	4.43 (+9%)	-20.1
1999	TBA	AL	2	3	72	0	43	73.3	68	25	33	69	3.07	4.71 (+35%)	3285.4
2000	TBA	AL	4	7	68	0	32	73.3	76	26	23	61	3.19	4.77 (+33%)	1190.9
2001	KCA	AL	5	6	63	0	28	67.7	69	31	26	46	4.12	4.42 (+7%)	319.2
2002	KCA	AL	1	3	53	0	26	52.0	62	25	12	39	4.33	4.28 (-1%)	592.1
2003	ATL	NL	5	3	66	0	0	60.0	61	29	43	45	4.35	4.40 (+1%)	-2397.7
2004	PHI	NL	3	5	63	0	0	56.7	66	30	29	44	4.76	4.46 (-7%)	-969.9
2005	NYN	NL	8	6	67	0	4	69.7	57	20	28	61	2.58	4.29 (+40%)	1408.4
2006	PIT	NL	0	3	46	0	2	43.0	46	14	24	33	2.93	4.53 (+35%)	286.1
2006	NYN	NL	0	0	22	0	0	20.7	15	8	8	15	3.48	4.53 (+23%)	213.9
2007	CLE	AL	3	1	28	0	0	26.0	33	18	16	18	6.23	4.47 (-39%)	-223.2
2007	LAN	NL	0	2	22	0	0	20.3	26	15	9	13	6.64	4.47 (-48%)	-523.0
Career · 20 seasons			67	71	1,010	3	326	1,071.1	1,002	411	462	945	3.45	—	14,908

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

Roberto Hernandez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,010	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0

Career AVG .500 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — +88.2% above league average.

Career OBP .500 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — +49.3% above league average.

Career SLG .500 vs. league average .419 across their career seasons — +19.4% above league average.

Career OPS 1.000 vs. league average .754 across their career seasons — +32.7% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Roberto Hernandez (b. 1964) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1991	CHA	AL	9	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	CHA	AL	43	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	CHA	AL	70	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	CHA	AL	45	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	CHA	AL	60	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	CHA	AL	72	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	CHA	AL	46	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	SFN	NL	28	2	1	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	TBA	AL	67	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	TBA	AL	72	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	TBA	AL	68	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	KCA	AL	63	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	KCA	AL	53	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	ATL	NL	66	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	PHI	NL	63	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	NYN	NL	67	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	PIT	NL	46	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	NYN	NL	22	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	CLE	AL	28	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	LAN	NL	22	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 20 seasons			1,010	2	1	1	.500	—	—	—	—	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

Roberto Hernandez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Roberto Hernandez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2006	NLCS	NYN	3	.000
2003	NLDS2	ATL	1	.000
1997	NLDS1	SFN	3	.000
1993	ALCS	CHA	4	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Roberto Hernandez — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	11	0	1	8.7	10	3	5	2	3.12

Playoff Pitching by Year

Roberto Hernandez — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2006	NLCS	NYN	0	3	0	2.3	0	0	2	0	0.00
2003	NLDS2	ATL	0	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0.00
1997	NLDS1	SFN	1	3	0	1.3	5	3	3	1	20.25
1993	ALCS	CHA	0	4	1	4.0	4	0	0	1	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Roberto Hernandez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	532	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
Away	478	1	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Roberto Hernandez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	532	563.1	535	218	220	484	3.48
Away	478	508.0	467	193	242	461	3.42

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Roberto Hernandez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2007-09-25	LAD	COL	—	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	0
2007-09-21	LAD	AZ	—	1.0	1	2	2	0	1	1
2007-09-16	LAD	AZ	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007-09-11	LAD	SDP	—	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0
2007-09-05	LAD	CHC	—	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0
2007-09-02	LAD	SDP	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2007-08-31	LAD	SDP	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0
2007-08-25	LAD	NYN	—	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0
2007-08-22	LAD	PHI	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2007-08-18	LAD	COL	L	2.0	3	3	3	3	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Roberto Hernandez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	1010	3	53	127	17	8

Season-by-Season Fielding

Roberto Hernandez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1991	CHA	P	9	3	0	2	0	0
1992	CHA	P	43	0	7	4	1	1
1993	CHA	P	70	0	2	11	1	1
1994	CHA	P	45	0	0	2	1	0
1995	CHA	P	60	0	2	5	1	0
1996	CHA	P	72	0	3	6	1	0
1997	CHA	P	46	0	4	6	0	1
1997	SFN	P	28	0	0	4	1	0
1998	TBA	P	67	0	4	9	1	0
1999	TBA	P	72	0	4	10	1	1
2000	TBA	P	68	0	4	11	1	1
2001	KCA	P	63	0	3	6	0	0
2002	KCA	P	53	0	6	4	1	1
2003	ATL	P	66	0	3	11	1	1
2004	PHI	P	63	0	8	11	1	0
2005	NYN	P	67	0	1	16	0	1
2006	PIT	P	46	0	1	3	1	0
2006	NYN	P	22	0	0	2	1	0
2007	CLE	P	28	0	0	2	2	0
2007	LAN	P	22	0	1	2	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Roberto Hernandez (b. 1964) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	1010

Salary History

Roberto Hernandez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2012	CLE	AL	$7,000,000
2007	CLE	AL	$3,300,000
2006	PIT	NL	$2,750,000
2005	NYN	NL	$650,000
2004	PHI	NL	$750,000
2003	ATL	NL	$600,000
2002	KCA	AL	$6,000,000
2001	KCA	AL	$6,000,000
2000	TBA	AL	$6,000,000
1999	TBA	AL	$6,180,000
1998	TBA	AL	$4,000,000
1997	CHA	AL	$4,620,000
1996	CHA	AL	$2,105,000
1995	CHA	AL	$1,175,000
1994	CHA	AL	$275,000
1993	CHA	AL	$195,000
1992	CHA	AL	$112,000
1991	CHA	AL	$100,000
1990	CHA	AL	$100,000
Total Career Earnings			$51,912,000

College History

Roberto Hernandez — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Connecticut	Storrs	CT	1985
University of South Carolina Aiken	Aiken	SC	1986

Award Voting History

Roberto Hernandez — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1999	Cy Young Award	AL	10th	1.0	140	0
1996	Cy Young Award	AL	6th	1.0	140	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Roberto Hernandez

What years did Roberto Hernandez play?: Roberto Hernandez played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2007.
Was Roberto Hernandez a pitcher?: Yes. Roberto Hernandez pitched in the major leagues, recording 67 wins and 945 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Roberto Hernandez hit?: Roberto Hernandez hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.
What was Roberto Hernandez's career batting average?: Roberto Hernandez batted .500 over his career, with 1 hits in 2 at bats.
What was Roberto Hernandez's career ERA?: Roberto Hernandez finished with a 3.45 career ERA, going 67-71 with 945 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Roberto Hernandez have?: Roberto Hernandez recorded 945 career strikeouts.