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Orlando Hernandez
Orlando (Pedroso) Hernandez (El Duque)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 220 lb.

Debut June 3, 1998
  vs. TBD 7.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, W
Born October 11, 1965 in Villa Clara, Cuba

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1998. (All Transactions)

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        El Duque baffled hitters with a beautiful windup and an insane assortment of circus curves. If you think pitching for the Yanks is tough, try escaping from Castro. Now retired, he is our favorite Yankee pitcher of the Torre era and we salute him!

Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1998 32 NYY AL  12   4  21  21   3   1   0  0  141.0  113   53   49  11   52  131   6   5   574   1   2  3.13  4.42  141 1.170 RoY-4
 1999 33 NYY AL  17   9  33  33   2   1   0  0  214.3  187  108   98  24   87  157   8   4   910   2   0  4.12  4.73  115 1.278
 2000 34 NYY AL  12  13  29  29   3   0   0  0  195.7  186  104   98  34   51  141   6   1   820   2   0  4.51  4.82  107 1.211
 2001 35 NYY AL   4   7  17  16   0   0   0  0   94.7   90   51   51  19   42   77   5   0   414   1   0  4.85  4.48   92 1.394
 2002 36 NYY AL   8   5  24  22   0   0   1  1  146.0  131   63   59  17   36  113   8   8   606   2   0  3.64  4.42  122 1.144
 2004 38 NYY AL   8   2  15  15   0   0   0  0   84.7   73   31   31   9   36   84   5   3   359   0   0  3.30  4.50  136 1.287
 2005 39 CHW AL   9   9  24  22   0   0   1  1  128.3  137   77   73  18   50   91  12   3   568   1   2  5.12  4.49   88 1.457
 2006 40 TOT NL  11  11  29  29   1   0   0  0  162.3  155   90   84  22   61  164  12   1   699   5   3  4.66  4.46   96 1.331
         ARI NL   2   4   9   9   0   0   0  0   45.7   52   32   31   8   20   52   4   0   204   3   0  6.11  4.72   77 1.577
         NYM NL   9   7  20  20   1   0   0  0  116.7  103   58   53  14   41  112   8   1   495   2   3  4.09  4.36  107 1.234
 2007 41 NYM NL   9   5  27  24   0   0   0  0  147.7  109   64   61  23   64  128   5   2   608   4   0  3.72  4.26  115 1.172
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .581  90  65 219 211   9   2   2  2 1314.7 1181  641  604 177  479 1086  67  27  5558  18   7  4.13  4.53  110 1.263
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  10  34  33   1   0   0  0  207.7  186  101   95  27   75  171  10   4   878   2   1  4.13  4.53  110 1.263
 Career High     17  13  33  33   3   1   1  1  214.3  187  108   98  34   87  164  12   8   910   5   3  3.13  4.82  141 1.144

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 32 NYY AL   2    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0 RoY-4
 1999 33 NYY AL   1    3    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   73    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2000 34 NYY AL   3    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 2005 39 CHW AL  24    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   77    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 40 TOT NL  29   46    4    8   1  1   0    2   1  0   1  10  .174  .191  .239   10   11   7   0   0   0   0
         ARI NL   9   11    0    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .273  .333  .364   76    4   2   0   0   0   0
         NYM NL  20   35    4    5   0  1   0    2   1  0   0  10  .143  .143  .200  -12    7   5   0   0   0   0
 2007 41 NYM NL  27   48    1    8   2  0   0    3   2  0   0  18  .167  .167  .208   -2   10   6   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      142  116    6   18   3  1   0    5   3  0   1  41  .155  .162  .198   -7   23  15   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        132    7   21   3  1   0    6   3  0   1  47  .155  .162  .198   -7   26  17   0   0   0   0
 Career High     29   48    4    8   2  1   0    3   2  0   1  18                          11   7   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 32 NYY AL    8    8    0   0.0   107| .000  .268| .000  .336| .000  .427| .000  .763|-100  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1999 33 NYY AL    3    2    0   0.0   112| .333  .273| .333  .345| .333  .436| .666  .781|  73  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 2000 34 NYY AL   10   10    0   0.0   114| .000  .275| .000  .348| .000  .442| .000  .790|-100  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 2005 39 CHW AL    3    2    0   0.0   108| .333  .272| .333  .335| .333  .431| .666  .765|  77  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 2006 40 TOT NL   54   45    3   1.8   113| .174  .272| .191  .343| .239  .441| .430  .784|  10  .128  -6.5  -0.6 100%
         ARI NL   14   10    2   5.4   117| .273  .278| .333  .350| .364  .452| .697  .801|  76  .523  -0.4   0.0   0%
         NYM NL   40   35    1   0.8   111| .143  .270| .143  .340| .200  .438| .343  .778| -12  .030  -6.1  -0.6 100%
 2007 41 NYM NL   54   46    2   1.2   108| .167  .269| .167  .338| .208  .430| .375  .768|  -2  .064  -7.3  -0.7 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       132  113    5   1.2   111| .155  .271| .162  .341| .198  .436| .360  .776|  -7  .065 -18.9  -1.8 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1998 32 NYY AL P 21 10 23 0 0 1.000 .959 1.57 0.50 2.11 1.78 21 141.0 1999 33 NYY AL P 33 17 25 2 3 .955 .952 1.27 0.47 1.76 1.69 33 214.3 2000 34 NYY AL P 29 12 24 0 4 1.000 .955 1.24 0.46 1.66 1.62 29 195.7 2001 35 NYY AL P 17 5 12 0 0 1.000 .955 1.00 0.49 1.62 1.75 16 94.7 2002 36 NYY AL P 24 8 22 0 0 1.000 .958 1.25 0.48 1.85 1.69 22 146.0 2004 38 NYY AL P 15 10 7 0 1 1.000 .950 1.13 0.45 1.81 1.66 15 84.7 2005 39 CHW AL P 24 7 21 2 4 .933 .952 1.17 0.46 1.96 1.69 22 128.3 2006 40 TOT NL P 29 18 17 0 3 1.000 .956 1.21 0.43 1.94 1.72 29 162.4 ARI NL P 9 5 6 0 2 1.000 .957 1.22 0.43 2.17 1.71 9 45.7 NYM NL P 20 13 11 0 1 1.000 .956 1.20 0.43 1.85 1.72 20 116.7 2007 41 NYM NL P 27 14 20 0 2 1.000 .966 1.26 0.40 2.07 1.68 24 147.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1998 32 NYY AL P 21 10 23 0 0 1.000 .959 1.57 0.50 2.11 1.78 21 141.0 1999 33 NYY AL P 33 17 25 2 3 .955 .952 1.27 0.47 1.76 1.69 33 214.3 2000 34 NYY AL P 29 12 24 0 4 1.000 .955 1.24 0.46 1.66 1.62 29 195.7 2001 35 NYY AL P 17 5 12 0 0 1.000 .955 1.00 0.49 1.62 1.75 16 94.7 2002 36 NYY AL P 24 8 22 0 0 1.000 .958 1.25 0.48 1.85 1.69 22 146.0 2004 38 NYY AL P 15 10 7 0 1 1.000 .950 1.13 0.45 1.81 1.66 15 84.7 2005 39 CHW AL P 24 7 21 2 4 .933 .952 1.17 0.46 1.96 1.69 22 128.3 2006 40 TOT NL P 29 18 17 0 3 1.000 .956 1.21 0.43 1.94 1.72 29 162.4 ARI NL P 9 5 6 0 2 1.000 .957 1.22 0.43 2.17 1.71 9 45.7 NYM NL P 20 13 11 0 1 1.000 .956 1.20 0.43 1.85 1.72 20 116.7 2007 41 NYM NL P 27 14 20 0 2 1.000 .966 1.26 0.40 2.07 1.68 24 147.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 219 101 171 4 17 .986 .956 1.24 0.46 1.86 1.69 211 1314.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 219 101 171 4 17 .986 .956 1.24 0.46 1.86 1.69 211 1315
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1998   ALCS  NYY CLE     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  0   7     3   0   2   6 
        WS    NYY SDP     W   1   1   1.29  1  0  0  0   7     6   1   3   7 
 1999   ALDS  NYY TEX     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  0   8     2   0   6   4 
        ALCS  NYY BOS     W   2   2   1.80  1  0  0  0  15    12   3   6  13 
        WS    NYY ATL     W   1   1   1.29  1  0  0  0   7     1   1   2  10 
 2000   ALDS  NYY OAK     W   2   1   2.45  1  0  0  0   7.1   5   2   5   5 
        ALCS  NYY SEA     W   2   2   4.20  2  0  0  0  15    13   7   8  14 
        WS    NYY NYM     W   1   1   4.91  0  1  0  0   7.1   9   4   3  12 
 2001   ALDS  NYY OAK     W   1   1   3.18  1  0  0  0   5.2   8   2   2   5 
        ALCS  NYY SEA     W   1   1   7.20  0  1  0  0   5     5   4   5   7 
        WS    NYY ARI     L   1   1   1.42  0  0  0  0   6.1   4   1   4   5 
 2002   ALDS  NYY ANA     L   2   0   2.84  0  1  0  0   6.1   5   2   0   7 
 2004   ALCS  NYY BOS     L   1   1   5.40  0  0  0  0   5     3   3   5   6 
 2005   ALDS  CHW BOS     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   3     1   0   0   4 
        WS    CHW HOU     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1     0   0   4   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Div Series       4-1   7   3   1.78  3  1  0  0  30.1  21   6  13  25 
  5 Lg Champ Series     4-1   7   7   3.26  4  1  0  0  47    36  17  26  46 
  5 World Series        4-1   5   4   2.20  2  1  0  0  28.2  20   7  16  36 
 15 Postseason Ser     12-3  19  14   2.55  9  3  0  0 106    77  30  55 107 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1998   ALCS  NYY CLE     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY SDP     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1999   ALDS  NYY TEX     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  NYY BOS     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY ATL     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
 2000   ALDS  NYY OAK     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  NYY SEA     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY NYM     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
 2001   ALDS  NYY OAK     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  NYY SEA     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY ARI     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2002   ALDS  NYY ANA     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2004   ALCS  NYY BOS     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   ALDS  CHW BOS     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CHW HOU     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Div Series       4-1   7   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  5 Lg Champ Series     4-1   7   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  5 World Series        4-1   5   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   2   0   0 
 15 Postseason Series  12-3  19   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1999-ALCS MVP

ERA
1999 AL-4.12-10

Wins
1999 AL-17-5

Won-Loss %
1998 AL-.750-3
1999 AL-.654-7
Act-.581-25

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1999 AL-1.278-6
2000 AL-1.211-3
Act-1.263-18

Hits Allowed/9IP
1999 AL-7.85-3
2000 AL-8.56-6
Act-8.08-14

Bases on Balls/9IP
2000 AL-2.35-9

Strikeouts/9IP
2006 NL-9.09-2
Act-7.43-28
Car-7.43-53

Innings
1999 AL-214.3-7

Games Started
1999 AL-33-8

Comp. Games
2000 AL-3-7

Shutouts
1999 AL-1-6

Home Runs Allow.
2000 AL-34-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1999 AL-87-9

SO to Walk
2000 AL-2.76-5

Losses
2000 AL-13-8

Hit Batsmen
2005 AL-12-7
2006 NL-12-8
Act-67-26

Batters Faced
1999 AL-910-9

Oldest Player
2006 NL-40-10
2007 NL-41-8

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 27 (845) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 15.0 (475) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 24.0 (518) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

March 23, 1998: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

January 15, 2003: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for Antonio Osuna and Delvis Lantigua (minors).

January 15, 2003: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Rocky Biddle, Jeff Liefer, and cash to the Montreal Expos for Bartolo Colon and Jorge Nunez (minors).

December 21, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

March 12, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 2, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

January 3, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

December 20, 2005: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Luis Vizcaino and Chris Young to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Javier Vazquez.

May 24, 2006: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the New York Mets for Jorge Julio.

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

November 14, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1998New York Yankees$750,000
1999New York Yankees$1,850,000
2000New York Yankees$1,950,000
2001New York Yankees$2,050,000
2002New York Yankees$3,200,000
2003Montreal Expos$4,100,000
2004New York Yankees$500,000
2005Chicago White Sox$3,500,000
2006Arizona Diamondbacks$4,625,000
2007New York Mets$5,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$27,525,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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