Keith Hernandez

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: October 20, 1953 in San Francisco, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 42nd round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Capuchino HS (San Bruno, CA).

High School: Capuchino HS (San Bruno, CA)

Debut: August 30, 1974 (Age 20-314d, 13,536th in major league history)
vs. SFG 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 24, 1990 (Age 36-277d)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Keith Hernandez

Nicknames: Mex

Twitter: @keithhernandez

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MVP
5x All-Star
2x World Series
11x Gold Glove
2x Silver Slugger
Batting Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

60.3

7370

2182

162

.296

1124

RBI

1071

OBP

.384

SLG

.436

OPS

.821

OPS+

128

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	STL		PHI	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
2	2	Apr 7	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
3	3	Apr 8	STL		PHI	T,2-2	CG	19	5.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
4	4	Apr 10	STL		CHC	W,7-0	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
5	5	Apr 12	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
6	6	Apr 13	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
7	7	Apr 14	STL	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
8	8	Apr 15	STL	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	43	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
9	9	Apr 17	STL	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
10	10	Apr 18	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	57	14.0	13	3	0	16	1	1B
11	11	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
12	12	Apr 20	STL		CIN	L,3-10	CG	50	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
13	13	Apr 21	STL		CIN	L,1-4	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
14	14	Apr 22	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
15	15	Apr 23	STL	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
16	16	Apr 24	STL	@	ATL	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
17	17	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	9	1	0	10	0	1B
18	18	Apr 28	STL	@	CIN	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
19	19	Apr 29	STL	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
20	20	Apr 30	STL		HOU	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	STL		HOU	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
22	22	May 2	STL		HOU	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	12	4	0	16	2	1B
23	23	May 3	STL		HOU	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
24	24	May 4	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
25	25	May 5	STL		PIT	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	12	3	0	15	1	1B
26	26	May 6	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
27	27	May 8	STL	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
28	28	May 9	STL	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
29	29	May 10	STL	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
30	30	May 11	STL		ATL	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
31	31	May 12	STL		ATL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
32	32	May 13	STL		ATL	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
33	33	May 15	STL		MON	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
34	34	May 16	STL		MON	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
35	35	May 17 susp	STL		MON	L,2-3	CG	42	11.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
36	36	May 19	STL	@	NYM	W,9-4	CG	51	12.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
37	37	May 20	STL	@	NYM	L,7-8	CG	47	10.1	10	1	0	11	0	1B
38	38	May 21	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
39	39	May 22	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	31	8.1	12	0	0	12	2	1B
40	40	May 23	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
41	41	May 27 (1)	STL	@	MON	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
42	42	May 27 (2)	STL	@	MON	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
43	43	May 29	STL		NYM	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
44	44	May 30	STL		NYM	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
45	45	May 31	STL		NYM	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	46	Jun 1	STL		LAD	W,8-7	CG	50	11.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
47	47	Jun 2	STL		LAD	W,12-5	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
48	48	Jun 3	STL		LAD	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
49	49	Jun 5	STL		SFG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
50	50	Jun 6	STL		SFG	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
51	51	Jun 7	STL		SFG	L,10-12	CG	48	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
52	52	Jun 8	STL		SDP	L,7-8	CG	47	10.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
53	53	Jun 9	STL		SDP	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
54	54	Jun 10	STL		SDP	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
55	55	Jun 11	STL	@	LAD	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
56	56	Jun 12	STL	@	LAD	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
57	57	Jun 13	STL	@	LAD	L,8-9	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
58	58	Jun 15	STL	@	SFG	L,6-9	CG	58	12.2	11	2	0	13	1	1B
59	59	Jun 16	STL	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
60	60	Jun 17	STL	@	SFG	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
61	61	Jun 18	STL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
62	62	Jun 19	STL	@	SDP	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
63	63	Jun 20	STL	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
64	64	Jun 22	STL		NYM	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
65	65	Jun 24	STL		NYM	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
66	66	Jun 25	STL		MON	L,2-8	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
67	67	Jun 26	STL		MON	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
68	68	Jun 27	STL		MON	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
69	69	Jun 29 (1)	STL		PHI	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
70	70	Jun 29 (2)	STL		PHI	W,7-1	GS	28	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
71	71	Jun 30	STL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	42	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	72	Jul 1 (1)	STL		PHI	W,13-7	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
73	73	Jul 1 (2)	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
74	74	Jul 2	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
75	75	Jul 3	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
76	76	Jul 4	STL		PIT	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
77	77	Jul 5	STL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
78	79 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	STL	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
79	81 (1)	Jul 8	STL	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	10	1	0	11	1	1B
80	82	Jul 9	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
81	83	Jul 10	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
82	84	Jul 11	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
83	85	Jul 13	STL	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
84	86	Jul 14	STL	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
85	87	Jul 15	STL	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
86	88	Jul 19	STL		CIN	L,4-16	CG	52	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
87	89	Jul 20	STL		CIN	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	15	1	0	16	3	1B
88	90	Jul 21	STL		CIN	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
89	91	Jul 22	STL		HOU	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
90	92	Jul 23	STL		HOU	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
91	93	Jul 24	STL		ATL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
92	94	Jul 25	STL		ATL	L,4-13	CG	51	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
93	95	Jul 26	STL		ATL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
94	96	Jul 27	STL	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
95	97	Jul 28	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
96	98	Jul 29	STL	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
97	99	Jul 30 (1)	STL	@	MON	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	16	1	0	17	1	1B
98	100	Jul 30 (2)	STL	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
99	101	Jul 31	STL	@	MON	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	102	Aug 1	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
101	103	Aug 2	STL	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
102	104	Aug 3	STL	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
103	105	Aug 4	STL	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
104	106	Aug 5 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
105	107	Aug 5 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
106	108	Aug 7 (1)	STL	@	NYM	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
107	109	Aug 7 (2)	STL	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
108	110	Aug 8	STL	@	NYM	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
109	111	Aug 9	STL	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	1	13	2	1B
110	112	Aug 10 (1)	STL		CHC	W,13-8	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
111	113	Aug 10 (2)	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	7	4	0	11	1	1B
112	114	Aug 11	STL		CHC	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
113	115	Aug 12	STL		CHC	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
114	116	Aug 13	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
115	117	Aug 14	STL		LAD	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
116	118	Aug 15	STL		LAD	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
117	119	Aug 16	STL		LAD	L,2-4	CG	58	15.0	21	0	0	21	3	1B
118	120	Aug 17	STL		SFG	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
119	121	Aug 18	STL		SFG	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
120	122	Aug 19	STL		SFG	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
121	123	Aug 20	STL		SDP	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
122	124	Aug 21	STL		SDP	L,2-3	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
123	125	Aug 22	STL		SDP	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
124	126	Aug 24	STL	@	LAD	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
125	127	Aug 25	STL	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
126	128	Aug 26	STL	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
127	129	Aug 28	STL	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
128	130	Aug 29	STL	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
129	131	Aug 30	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
130	132	Aug 31	STL	@	SDP	W,8-7	CG	67	15.0	15	5	0	20	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	133	Sep 1	STL	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
132	134	Sep 2	STL	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
133	135	Sep 3	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
134	136	Sep 4	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
135	137	Sep 5	STL		PIT	L,5-7	CG	50	11.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
136	138	Sep 6	STL		PIT	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	11	3	0	14	0	1B
137	139	Sep 7	STL		MON	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
138	140	Sep 8	STL		MON	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
139	141	Sep 9	STL		MON	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
140	142	Sep 11	STL	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
141	143	Sep 12	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
142	144	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	44	10.1	12	2	0	14	0	1B
143	145	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
144	146	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
145	147	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	38	9.2	11	1	0	12	1	1B
146	148	Sep 17	STL		PHI	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
147	149	Sep 18	STL		PHI	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
148	150	Sep 19 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
149	151	Sep 19 (2)	STL		CHC	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH 1B
150	152	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
151	153	Sep 22 (1)	STL	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
152	154	Sep 22 (2)	STL	@	NYM	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
153	155	Sep 23	STL	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	37	10.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
154	156	Sep 24	STL	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
155	157	Sep 25	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	1B
156	158	Sep 26	STL	@	PHI	L,5-11	GS	21	4.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
157	159	Sep 27	STL	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
158	161 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	STL		NYM	L,6-7	GF	15	3.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
159	162	Sep 29	STL		NYM	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
160	163	Sep 30	STL		NYM	L,2-4	GS	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
							160gm		1413.0	1489	146	8	1643	145