What years did Hector Rondon play?

Hector Rondon played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2020.

Was Hector Rondon a pitcher?

Yes. Hector Rondon pitched in the major leagues, recording 24 wins and 441 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Hector Rondon hit?

Hector Rondon hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.

What was Hector Rondon's career batting average?

Hector Rondon batted .333 over his career, with 1 hits in 3 at bats.

What was Hector Rondon's career ERA?

Hector Rondon finished with a 3.49 career ERA, going 24-20 with 441 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Hector Rondon have?

Hector Rondon recorded 441 career strikeouts.

Hector Rondon

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2013-2020)

Hector Rondon was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2020 for the Chicago Cubs, the Houston Astros, and the Arizona Diamondbacks, a span of 8 seasons. Across 444 career appearances, he went 24-20 with a 3.49 ERA, 441 strikeouts, and 92 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 5427.4.

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 9, 2026

W–L 24–20

ERA 3.49

WHIP 1.20

SO 441

Pitcher PIV 5427.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 225 lb
Born: 2/26/1988 in Guatire, Miranda, Venezuela
MLB Debut: 2013-04-03
Last Game: 2020-09-26

Full name: Hector Luis Rondon

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Career Pitching Statistics

Hector Rondon — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
24	20	444	1	0	0	92	436.0	390	169	50	134	441	3.49	5427.4

Career ERA 3.49 vs. league average 4.13 across their career seasons — 15.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Hector Rondon Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2013	CHN	NL	2	1	45	0	0	54.7	52	29	25	44	4.77	3.87 (-24%)	-732.6
2014	CHN	NL	4	4	64	0	29	63.3	52	17	15	63	2.42	3.74 (+35%)	2368.8
2015	CHN	NL	6	4	72	0	30	70.0	55	13	15	69	1.67	3.96 (+58%)	2281.2
2016	CHN	NL	2	3	54	0	18	51.0	42	20	8	58	3.53	4.19 (+16%)	889.5
2017	CHN	NL	4	1	61	0	0	57.3	50	27	20	69	4.24	4.36 (+3%)	349.6
2018	HOU	AL	2	5	63	0	15	59.0	58	21	20	67	3.20	4.15 (+23%)	2032.0
2019	HOU	AL	3	2	62	1	0	60.7	56	25	20	48	3.71	4.51 (+18%)	-692.0
2020	ARI	NL	1	0	23	0	0	20.0	25	17	11	23	7.65	4.45 (-72%)	-1069.1
Career · 8 seasons			24	20	444	1	92	436.0	390	169	134	441	3.49	—	5,427

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

Hector Rondon — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
444	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0

Career AVG .333 vs. league average .252 across their career seasons — +32.1% above league average.

Career OBP .333 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .333 vs. league average .411 across their career seasons — 18.9% below league average.

Career OPS .667 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 8.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Hector Rondon — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2013	CHN	NL	45	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	CHN	NL	64	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	CHN	NL	72	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	CHN	NL	54	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	CHN	NL	61	2	1	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	HOU	AL	63	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	HOU	AL	62	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	ARI	NL	23	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 8 seasons			444	3	1	1	.333	—	—	—	—	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

Hector Rondon — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Hector Rondon — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2019	ALCS	HOU	1	.000
2019	ALDS1	HOU	1	.000
2019	WS	HOU	2	.000
2018	ALCS	HOU	2	.000
2017	NLCS	CHN	3	.000
2016	NLCS	CHN	2	.000
2016	NLDS1	CHN	3	.000
2016	WS	CHN	2	.000
2015	NLCS	CHN	2	.000
2015	NLDS1	CHN	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Hector Rondon — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	1	21	0	2	16.3	23	8	3	14	4.41

Playoff Pitching by Year

Hector Rondon — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2019	ALCS	HOU	0	0	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	1	0.00
2019	ALDS1	HOU	0	0	1	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0.00
2019	WS	HOU	0	0	2	0	1.0	2	0	1	0	0.00
2018	ALCS	HOU	0	0	2	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0.00
2017	NLCS	CHN	0	1	3	0	3.0	5	2	0	4	6.00
2016	NLCS	CHN	0	0	2	0	2.0	3	1	0	1	4.50
2016	NLDS1	CHN	1	0	3	0	1.7	1	1	1	2	5.40
2016	WS	CHN	0	0	2	0	2.3	4	1	0	2	3.86
2015	NLCS	CHN	0	0	2	0	2.0	1	0	1	2	0.00
2015	NLDS1	CHN	0	0	3	2	3.0	4	2	0	2	6.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Hector Rondon — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	238	3	0	1	0	0	.333
Away	206	0	0	0	0	0	—

Pitching — Home / Away

Hector Rondon — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	238	230.2	226	98	75	222	3.82
Away	206	205.1	164	71	59	219	3.11

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Hector Rondon — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2020-09-26	AZ	COL	—	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	0
2020-09-20	AZ	HOU	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
2020-09-18	AZ	HOU	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2020-09-15	AZ	LAA	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2020-09-13	AZ	SEA	—	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0
2020-09-09	AZ	LAD	—	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0
2020-09-08	AZ	LAD	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2020-09-04	AZ	SFG	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1
2020-08-30	AZ	SFG	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	0
2020-08-29	AZ	SFG	—	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Hector Rondon — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	444	1	47	53	0	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Hector Rondon — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	DP
2013	CHN	P	45	0	9	8	1
2014	CHN	P	64	0	9	10	1
2015	CHN	P	72	0	8	10	0
2016	CHN	P	54	0	7	7	1
2017	CHN	P	61	0	5	4	1
2018	HOU	P	63	0	3	5	0
2019	HOU	P	62	1	6	7	2
2020	ARI	P	23	0	0	2	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Hector Rondon — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	444

Salary History

Hector Rondon — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	CHN	NL	$4,200,000
2015	CHN	NL	$544,000
2014	CHN	NL	$514,000
2013	CHN	NL	$490,000
Total Career Earnings			$5,748,000

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Frequently Asked Questions about Hector Rondon

What years did Hector Rondon play?: Hector Rondon played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2020.
Was Hector Rondon a pitcher?: Yes. Hector Rondon pitched in the major leagues, recording 24 wins and 441 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Hector Rondon hit?: Hector Rondon hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.
What was Hector Rondon's career batting average?: Hector Rondon batted .333 over his career, with 1 hits in 3 at bats.
What was Hector Rondon's career ERA?: Hector Rondon finished with a 3.49 career ERA, going 24-20 with 441 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Hector Rondon have?: Hector Rondon recorded 441 career strikeouts.