Yoel Hernández (baseball)
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Yoel Hernández | |||
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Free agent | |||
Relief pitcher | |||
Born: Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela |
April 15, 1980 |||
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MLB debut | |||
May 5, 2007, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
August 19, 2007, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 0-0 | ||
Earned run average | 5.28 | ||
Strikeouts/Walks | 13/1 | ||
Innings pitched | 15 ⅓ | ||
Teams | |||
Yoel Alejandro Hernández (born April 15, 1980) is a Venezuelan professional baseball relief pitcher who is currently a free agent. Listed at 6' 2", 210 lb., Hernández bats and throws right-handed. He was born in Ciudad Bolívar, Bolívar state.
Hernández was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as a free agent in 1998 and was added to the Phillies 40-man roster prior to the 2005 season. At the time he owned the best slider in the organization, according to Baseball America.
From 2000 through 2006, Hernández posted a 34–36 record with a 3.45 ERA and 17 saves in 204 games at five different levels. In 2000, he was selected to the Gulf Coast League All-Star team. He then started 2007 with the Triple-A Ottawa Lynx, where he went 1-0 with a 1.74 and six saves before joining the Phillies in May as a replacement for injured Tom Gordon.
In between, Hernández has pitched for several teams of the Mexican League as well as for the Águilas del Zulia, Leones del Caracas and Navegantes del Magallanes clubs of the Venezuelan Winter League.
External links
- Baseball America
- Baseball Cube
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- Phuture Phillies
- MiLB.com
- 1980 births
- 2009 World Baseball Classic players
- Living people
- Águilas del Zulia players
- Broncos de Reynosa players
- Caribbean Series players
- Clearwater Phillies players
- Clearwater Threshers players
- Diablos Rojos del México players
- Guerreros de Oaxaca players
- Gulf Coast Phillies players
- Lakewood BlueClaws players
- Leones del Caracas players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
- Navegantes del Magallanes players
- Olmecas de Tabasco players
- Ottawa Lynx players
- People from Ciudad Bolívar
- Philadelphia Phillies players
- Reading Phillies players
- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons players
- Vaqueros Laguna players