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 hit.

What teams did Hector Rondon play for?

Hector Rondon played for 3 teams: the Chicago Cubs (2013–2017), the Houston Astros (2018–2019), and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2020).

What were Hector Rondon's career stats?

In 444 games, Hector Rondon went 24-20 with a 3.49 ERA, 441 strikeouts, 436.0 innings pitched, and 92 saves.

What was Hector Rondon's salary?

Hector Rondon's last recorded salary was $4,200,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $4,200,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $490,000, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2013 to 2016.

What position did Hector Rondon play?

Hector Rondon played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Hector Rondon and how much did he weigh?

Hector Rondon was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 225 pounds.

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.

Is Hector Rondon in the Hall of Fame?

No. Hector Rondon has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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 October 25, 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	54.2	52	29	25	44	4.77	3.87 (-24%)	-732.6
2014	CHN	NL	4	4	64	0	29	63.1	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	57.1	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	60.2	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	16.1	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	0.1	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	1.2	1	1	1	2	5.40
2016	WS	CHN	0	0	2	0	2.1	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's recorded salaries total $5,748,000 over 4 seasons, 2013 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Rondon's career ran from 2013 to 2020. His seasons after 2016 are not included.

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 recorded salary (partial)			$5,748,000

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Hector Rondon: the record in brief

Hector Rondon's major league career runs from a debut on April 3, 2013 to a final game on September 26, 2020. Club by club, the record runs the Chicago Cubs (2013 to 2017), the Houston Astros (2018 through 2019), and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2020). Rondon is listed as a pitcher at 225 pounds on a 6-foot-3 frame. Rondon both batted and threw right-handed, per the bio block. Rondon was born on February 26, 1988, in Guatire, Miranda, Venezuela. The given name on file is Hector Luis Rondon.

The pitching table credits Rondon with a 24-20 record and a 3.49 ERA in 444 games. Rondon had 441 strikeouts and 92 saves. Against a 4.13 league ERA for the same years, Rondon was 15.5% better. 2015 brought Rondon a season-high 6 wins. The most saves in one season was 30, in 2015. 2015 was Rondon's sharpest full season, a 1.67 ERA against the league's 3.96. Rondon's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 5,427.4.

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 hit.
What teams did Hector Rondon play for?: Hector Rondon played for 3 teams: the Chicago Cubs (2013–2017), the Houston Astros (2018–2019), and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2020).
What were Hector Rondon's career stats?: In 444 games, Hector Rondon went 24-20 with a 3.49 ERA, 441 strikeouts, 436.0 innings pitched, and 92 saves.
How much did Hector Rondon earn in his career?: Hector Rondon's recorded salaries total $5,748,000 over 4 seasons, 2013 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Rondon's career ran from 2013 to 2020. His seasons after 2016 are not included.
What was Hector Rondon's salary?: Hector Rondon's last recorded salary was $4,200,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $4,200,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $490,000, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2013 to 2016.
What position did Hector Rondon play?: Hector Rondon played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Hector Rondon and how much did he weigh?: Hector Rondon was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 225 pounds.
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.
Is Hector Rondon in the Hall of Fame?: No. Hector Rondon has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.