Fernando Viña

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: April 16, 1969 in Sacramento, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 51st round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Cosumnes River College (Sacramento, CA) and the New York Mets in the 9th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Valley HS (Sacramento, CA)

Schools: Cosumnes River College (Sacramento, CA), Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA), Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: April 10, 1993 (Age 23-359d, 16,266th in major league history)
vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 11, 2004 (Age 35-025d)
vs. OAK 6 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Agents: Levinsons

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Fernando Viña

Pronunciation: \VEEN-ya\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.3

4240

1196

.282

627

RBI

343

116

OBP

.349

SLG

.379

OPS

.728

OPS+

Summary of 40 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

9 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 14 go ahead

2 Tms
MIL	22
STL	18

Platoon
vs RHP	38
vs LHP	2

Home/Road
Away	25
Home	15

Outs
1	15
0	15
2	10

21 Opps
TEX	4
PIT	4
KCR	3
LAD	3
FLA	3
HOU	3
MIN	2
CHC	2
DET	2
MON	2
MIL	2
SFG	1
OAK	1
SDP	1
CIN	1
NYY	1
NYM	1
PHI	1
ATL	1
CLE	1
TOR	1

35 Pitchers
Chan Ho Park	2
Matt Whiteside	2
Liván Hernández	2
Tim Belcher	2
Ben Sheets	2
Kevin Millwood	1
Wilson Heredia	1
Ramón Martínez	1
Francisco Córdova	1
Juan Guzmán	1
Jon Lieber	1
Mike Christopher	1
Ron Villone	1
T.J. Tucker	1
Amaury Telemaco	1
Shane Reynolds	1
Junior Herndon	1
Erik Bennett	1
Carlos Zambrano	1
Mike Moore	1
Jack McDowell	1
Dave Mlicki	1
David Williams	1
Jeff Suppan	1
Terry Clark	1
Kevin Appier	1
Scott Erickson	1
Jim Mecir	1
Josh Fogg	1
Don Wengert	1
Pete Harnisch	1
Russ Ortiz	1
Anthony Telford	1
Archie Corbin	1
Pedro Astacio	1

18 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	8
County Stad (MIL)	7
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	4
SunLife Stad (MIA)	3
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
PNC Pk (PIT)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	37
89	2

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	13
1	8
4	6
2	6
5	3
6	2
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1--	4
-2-	4
123	3
-23	2
12-	1
--3	1
1-3	1

66 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	24
1 on	9
2 on	4
3 on	3
Any on	16

Inning
1	11
2	8
3	2
4	2
5	6
6	4
7	3
8	2
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	21
4-6	12
7-end	7

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	3
+2	3
+1	2
Tied	13
-1	4
-2	4
-4..	3

Ahead	16
Tied	13
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	9
0-0	8
3-2	4
2-1	4
0-2	3
1-0	3
0-1	3
1-2	2
2-2	2
3-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	40

OrderPos
1st	36
9th	1
2nd	1
8th	1
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1995-05-29	MIL		MIN	Scott Erickson	behind 0-2	b 1	2	---	3,(0-2) LCX	1	3	4	0.088	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2	2	2	1	1995-06-24	MIL	@	DET	Mike Moore	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	1	4	0.091	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1995-09-14	MIL	@	DET	Mike Christopher	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	-2-	4,(2-1) BB.FX	2	9	4	0.168	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Loretta Scores/unER
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1996-04-12	MIL		KCR	Kevin Appier	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	0.107	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
5	5	2	1	1996-05-17	MIL	@	MIN	Erik Bennett	ahead 10-1	t 6	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	8	4	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Mieske Scores
6	6	3	1	1996-06-15	MIL		OAK	Don Wengert	behind 0-2	b 1	0	1--	4,(1-2) 1BCFX	2	2	4	0.140	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); P. Listach Scores
7	7	4	1	1996-06-28	MIL	@	TOR	Juan Guzmán	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	0.088	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
8	8	5	1	1996-07-18	MIL		NYY	Jim Mecir	ahead 12-1	b 6	2	--3	5,(2-2) BBCFX	2	1	4	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); P. Listach Scores
9	9	6	1	1996-09-12	MIL	@	TEX	Matt Whiteside	ahead 11-0	t 7	2	---	6,(3-2) BSBCBX	1	1	4	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	7	2	1996-09-12	MIL	@	TEX	Matt Whiteside	ahead 13-2	t 9	2	-2-	5,(2-2) BCCBX	2	1	4	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Levis Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1997-04-18	MIL	@	CLE	Jack McDowell	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	1	4	0.106	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Burnitz Scores; M. Loretta Scores; M. Matheny Scores
12	12	2	1	1997-08-19	MIL	@	TEX	Wilson Heredia	ahead 7-2	t 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	0.033	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Viña Scores
13	13	3	1	1997-08-20	MIL	@	TEX	Terry Clark	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	1	4	0.106	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); F. Viña Scores
14	14	4	1	1997-09-24	MIL		KCR	Tim Belcher	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	1	4	0.095	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1998-04-05	MIL	@	FLA	Liván Hernández	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---	4,(1-2) FBCX	1	1	4	0.147	47%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
16	16	2	1	1998-04-15	MIL	@	MON	Anthony Telford	behind 2-4	t 8	1	---	3,(0-2) FCX	1	1	4	0.100	20%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
17	17	3	1	1998-04-21	MIL		LAD	Ramón Martínez	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	1	4	0.098	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	4	1	1998-06-10	MIL	@	KCR	Tim Belcher	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	4	0.090	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
19	19	5	1	1998-07-18	MIL	@	ATL	Kevin Millwood	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	8,(3-2) BBCLBFFX	1	1	4	0.091	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
20	20	6	1	1998-07-20	MIL	@	FLA	Liván Hernández	ahead 4-0	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	0.051	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
21	21	7	1	1998-08-19	MIL		CIN	Pete Harnisch	behind 0-7	b 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	4	0.008	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Valentín Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1999-05-03	MIL	@	FLA	Archie Corbin	tied 4-4	t 13	0	1--	8,(3-2) FBBLFBFX	2	1	4	0.342	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); R. Becker Scores
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2000-05-09	STL	@	SFG	Russ Ortiz	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	-23	3,(1-1) BFX	3	1	4	0.120	88%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. Drew Scores; E. Marrero Scores/unER
24	24	2	1	2000-05-13	STL		LAD	Chan Ho Park	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	1	4	0.092	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	3	1	2000-05-20	STL	@	PIT	Francisco Córdova	tied 0-0	t 2	2	12-	4,(2-1) BBCX	3	1	4	0.250	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); É. Rentería Scores; M. Matheny Scores
26	26	4	1	2000-07-23	STL	@	HOU	Shane Reynolds	behind 0-9	t 5	1	-23	2,(0-1) FX	3	1	4	0.020	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Paquette Scores/unER; R. Wilkins Scores
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	2001-05-20	STL	@	PHI	Amaury Telemaco	tied 1-1	t 7	1	-2-	3,(1-1) BCX	2	1	4	0.266	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Marrero Scores
28	28	2	1	2001-06-21	STL		CHC	Jon Lieber	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	0.096	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	3	1	2001-07-04	STL	@	MIL	Ben Sheets	ahead 3-0	t 7	0	1-3	2,(0-1) FX	3	1	4	0.040	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Matheny Scores; M. Matthews Scores/unER
30	30	4	1	2001-08-30	STL		SDP	Junior Herndon	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	1	4	0.096	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	5	1	2001-09-09	STL		LAD	Chan Ho Park	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	0.096	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	6	1	2001-09-24	STL	@	HOU	Dave Mlicki	behind 0-9	t 6	0	---	6,(3-2) BCLBBX	1	1	4	0.004	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	7	1	2001-09-29	STL		PIT	David Williams	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	4	0.115	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	8	1	2001-10-02	STL	@	MIL	Ben Sheets	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	1	4	0.095	82%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Fly Ball)
35	35	9	1	2001-10-06	STL		HOU	Ron Villone	behind 3-5	b 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	0.115	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2002-05-26	STL	@	PIT	Josh Fogg	behind 1-2	t 2	2	123	3,(1-1) CBX	4	1	4	0.334	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Matheny Scores; E. Marrero Scores; J. Simontacchi Scores
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	2003-04-30	STL		NYM	Pedro Astacio	ahead 5-0	b 2	0	-2-	3,(1-1) FBX	2	1	4	0.031	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Williams Scores
38	38	2	1	2003-05-02	STL		MON	T.J. Tucker	ahead 5-0	b 2	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	4	0.028	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
39	39	3	1	2003-05-09	STL	@	CHC	Carlos Zambrano	tied 0-0	t 2	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	1	4	0.298	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); É. Rentería Scores; M. Matheny Scores; M. Morris Scores
40	40	4	1	2003-05-24	STL	@	PIT	Jeff Suppan	ahead 3-0	t 2	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	1	4	0.068	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)