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 hit.

What teams did Roberto Hernandez play for?

Roberto Hernandez played for 10 teams: the Chicago White Sox (1991–1997), the San Francisco Giants (1997), the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–2000), the Kansas City Royals (2001–2002), the Atlanta Braves (2003), the Philadelphia Phillies (2004), the New York Mets (2005–2006), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2006), the Cleveland Indians (2007), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2007).

Did Roberto Hernandez win a Cy Young Award?

No. Roberto Hernandez did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Roberto Hernandez win?

Roberto Hernandez was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Roberto Hernandez's career stats?

In 1,010 games, Roberto Hernandez went 67-71 with a 3.45 ERA, 945 strikeouts, 1,071.1 innings pitched, and 326 saves.

What was Roberto Hernandez's salary?

Roberto Hernandez's last recorded salary was $7,000,000, in 2012. His highest recorded salary was $7,000,000, in 2012, and his lowest was $100,000, in 1990. The Salary History table lists each season from 1990 to 2012.

What position did Roberto Hernandez play?

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

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

Roberto Hernandez was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 220 pounds.

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.

Is Roberto Hernandez in the Hall of Fame?

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

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 October 24, 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	1071.1	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	78.2	66	20	20	71	2.29	4.19 (+45%)	2504.3
1994	CHA	AL	4	4	45	0	14	47.2	44	26	19	50	4.91	4.51 (-9%)	1030.2
1995	CHA	AL	3	7	60	0	32	59.2	63	26	28	84	3.92	4.45 (+12%)	972.3
1996	CHA	AL	6	5	72	0	38	84.2	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	32.2	29	9	14	35	2.48	4.39 (+44%)	1102.9
1998	TBA	AL	2	6	67	0	26	71.1	55	32	41	55	4.04	4.43 (+9%)	-20.1
1999	TBA	AL	2	3	72	0	43	73.1	68	25	33	69	3.07	4.71 (+35%)	3285.4
2000	TBA	AL	4	7	68	0	32	73.1	76	26	23	61	3.19	4.77 (+33%)	1190.9
2001	KCA	AL	5	6	63	0	28	67.2	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	56.2	66	30	29	44	4.76	4.46 (-7%)	-969.9
2005	NYN	NL	8	6	67	0	4	69.2	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	20.2	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	20.1	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	8.2	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	2.1	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	1.1	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's recorded salaries total $51,912,000 over 19 seasons, 1990 to 2012. Hernandez's career, 1991 to 2007, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.

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 recorded salary			$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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Roberto Hernandez: the record in brief

Between the debut on September 2, 1991 and the final game on September 25, 2007, Roberto Hernandez built the record summarized on this page. The season rows list, in order, the Chicago White Sox (1991 through 1997), the San Francisco Giants (1997), the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998 to 2000), the Kansas City Royals (2001 to 2002), the Atlanta Braves (2003), the Philadelphia Phillies (2004), the New York Mets (2005 to 2006), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (2006), among other clubs in the table. Born on November 11, 1964, in Santurce, P.R., Hernandez is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Size on record: 220 pounds on a 6-foot-4 frame. The given name on file is Roberto Manuel Hernandez.

Hernandez went 67-71 with a 3.45 ERA in 1,010 games, 3 of them starts. Also on Hernandez's record: 945 strikeouts and 326 saves. That 3.45 ERA compares with a 4.39 league average across the same seasons, 21.4% better. No season topped the 8 wins of 2005.

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 hit.
What teams did Roberto Hernandez play for?: Roberto Hernandez played for 10 teams: the Chicago White Sox (1991–1997), the San Francisco Giants (1997), the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–2000), the Kansas City Royals (2001–2002), the Atlanta Braves (2003), the Philadelphia Phillies (2004), the New York Mets (2005–2006), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2006), the Cleveland Indians (2007), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2007).
Did Roberto Hernandez win a Cy Young Award?: No. Roberto Hernandez did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Roberto Hernandez win?: Roberto Hernandez was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Roberto Hernandez's career stats?: In 1,010 games, Roberto Hernandez went 67-71 with a 3.45 ERA, 945 strikeouts, 1,071.1 innings pitched, and 326 saves.
How much did Roberto Hernandez earn in his career?: Roberto Hernandez's recorded salaries total $51,912,000 over 19 seasons, 1990 to 2012. Hernandez's career, 1991 to 2007, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.
What was Roberto Hernandez's salary?: Roberto Hernandez's last recorded salary was $7,000,000, in 2012. His highest recorded salary was $7,000,000, in 2012, and his lowest was $100,000, in 1990. The Salary History table lists each season from 1990 to 2012.
What position did Roberto Hernandez play?: Roberto Hernandez played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Roberto Hernandez and how much did he weigh?: Roberto Hernandez was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 220 pounds.
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.
Is Roberto Hernandez in the Hall of Fame?: No. Roberto Hernandez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.