Edgar Hernández

Edgar Hernández Falcón

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Biographical Information

Edgar Hernández played briefly in Cuba then played, managed and coached in Spain. His sons Omar Hernández and Frank Hernández both signed with MLB teams.

He was 4 for 19 with a run, a walk and a hit-by-pitch for the Metropolitanos in 2002-2003. He handled 20 chances error-free and caught 2 of 4 would-be base-stealers. He was playing in Spain by 2008, hitting .258/.288/.308 for CB Viladecans, the team his son Omar would debut for nine years later. He caught 39.5% of would-be base-stealers, tying Franklin Tua Jr. for the most caught-stealing in the Division de Honor.

In 2009, he slumped to .210/.292/.250 for Viladecans but fielded .990 and caught 48.7% of runners. He was player-manager for CB Sant Boi in 2010, going 6 for 30 with 3 walks but still dazzling on D (5 of 9 caught stealing, no errors in 98 chances. A player-coach for Sant Boi in '11, he hit .179/.273/.179. He was 3 for 20 in '12. That appears to have been his last playing season.

He coached for Spain in the 2016 European Junior Championship, when his son Omar was on the team. In 2018, both his sons were on the Spanish junior team and he coached for them.