Willie Hernandez | Major Leaguer 1977-1989

Full Name: Guillermo Hernandez Villanueva
Born: November 14,1954 in Aguada, Puerto Rico
Height: 6-3 Weight: 180 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: -
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Transactions: [Sep 11,1973] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Phillies. [May 22,1983] - Traded by Cubs to Phillies for Bill Johnson and Dick Ruthven. [Mar 24,1984] - Traded by Phillies with Dave Bergman to Tigers for Glenn Wilson and John Wockenfuss. [Dec 20,1989] - Released by Tigers.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1977	Chi Cubs	NL	22	Chc	MLB	8	7	3.03	67	1	0	0	23	4	110.0	94	42	37	11	28	78	8	3	7.69	0.90	2.29	6.38	1.11	55%
1978	Chi Cubs	NL	23	Chc	MLB	8	2	3.77	54	0	0	0	21	3	59.2	57	26	25	6	35	38	3	0	8.60	0.91	5.28	5.73	1.54	48%
1979	Chi Cubs	NL	24	Chc	MLB	4	4	5.01	51	2	0	0	19	0	79.0	85	50	44	8	39	53	3	1	9.68	0.91	4.44	6.04	1.57	54%
1980	Chi Cubs	NL	25	Chc	MLB	1	9	4.40	53	7	0	0	13	0	108.1	115	58	53	8	45	75	6	1	9.55	0.66	3.74	6.23	1.48	53%
1981	Iowa	Amer	26	Chc	AAA	4	5	3.89	18	8	2	0	8	2	74.0	84	39	32	5	27	41	2		10.22	0.61	3.28	4.99	1.50	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	26	Chc	MLB	0	0	3.95	12	0	0	0	3	2	13.2	14	7	6	0	8	13	2	0	9.22	0.00	5.27	8.57	1.61	71%
1982	Chi Cubs	NL	27	Chc	MLB	4	6	3.00	75	0	0	0	30	10	75.0	74	26	25	3	24	54	0	0	8.88	0.36	2.88	6.48	1.31	71%
1983	Philadelph	NL	28	Phi	MLB	8	4	3.29	63	0	0	0	27	7	95.2	93	39	35	9	26	75	5	0	8.75	0.85	2.45	7.06	1.24	50%
	Chi Cubs	NL	28	Chc	MLB	1	0	3.20	11	1	0	0	4	1	19.2	16	8	7	0	6	18	0	0	7.32	0.00	2.75	8.24	1.12	69%
1984	Detroit	AL	29	Det	MLB	9	3	1.92	80	0	0	0	68	32	140.1	96	30	30	6	36	112	2	0	6.16	0.38	2.31	7.18	0.94	44%
1985	Detroit	AL	30	Det	MLB	8	10	2.70	74	0	0	0	64	31	106.2	82	38	32	13	14	76	2	0	6.92	1.10	1.18	6.41	0.90	32%
1986	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	8	7	3.55	64	0	0	0	53	24	88.2	87	35	35	13	21	77	2	1	8.83	1.32	2.13	7.82	1.22	37%
1987	Toledo	IL	32	Det	AAA	0	0	3.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	2	0		12.00	0.00	3.00	6.00	1.67	--
	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	3	4	3.67	45	0	0	0	31	8	49.0	53	27	20	8	20	30	1	0	9.73	1.47	3.67	5.51	1.49	36%
1988	Detroit	AL	33	Det	MLB	6	5	3.06	63	0	0	0	38	10	67.2	50	24	23	8	31	59	3	3	6.65	1.06	4.12	7.85	1.20	36%
1989	Detroit	AL	34	Det	MLB	2	2	5.75	32	0	0	0	25	15	31.1	36	21	20	4	16	30	0	1	10.34	1.15	4.60	8.62	1.66	28%
1991	Syracuse	IL	36	Tor	AAA	1	1	4.22	8	0	0	0	2	0	10.2	10	5	5	2	4	9	0		8.44	1.69	3.38	7.60	1.31	--
1995	Columbus	IL	40	Nyy	AAA	2	1	7.67	22	0	0	0	10	0	27.0	43	24	23	3	12	16	2	1	14.33	1.00	4.00	5.33	2.04	--

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)						70	63	3.38	744	11	0	0	419	147	1,044.2	952	431	392	97	349	788	37	10	8.20	0.84	3.01	6.79	1.25	48%
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)						7	7	4.81	50	8	2	0	20	2	114.2	141	69	61	10	44	68	4		11.11	0.79	3.47	5.36	1.62	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1977	Chi Cubs	NL	22	Chc	MLB	p	9	67	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	3	0	0	.063	.063	.063	126	75%
1978	Chi Cubs	NL	23	Chc	MLB	p	9	55	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1979	Chi Cubs	NL	24	Chc	MLB	p	9	52	8	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.375	625	0%
1980	Chi Cubs	NL	25	Chc	MLB	p	9	53	19	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	.211	.211	.263	474	56%
1981	Chi Cubs	NL	26	Chc	MLB	p	9	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1982	Chi Cubs	NL	27	Chc	MLB	p	9	75	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	33%
1983	Philadelph	NL	28	Phi	MLB	p	9	63	13	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.385	.385	770	67%
	Chi Cubs	NL	28	Chc	MLB	p	9	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	67%
1984	Detroit	AL	29	Det	MLB	p	0	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	Detroit	AL	30	Det	MLB	p	0	74	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1986	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	p	0	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	p	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	Detroit	AL	33	Det	MLB	p	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1989	Detroit	AL	34	Det	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)								747	63	4	13	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	29	0	0	6	0	0	.206	.219	.238	457	60%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1983	Philadelph	NL	28		Ws	0	0	0.00	3		0			0	4.0	0		0		1	4			0.00	---	2.25	9.00	0.25	--
1984	Detroit	AL	29		Ch	0	0	2.25	3		0			1	4.0	3		1		1	3			6.75	---	2.25	6.75	1.00	--
	Detroit	AL	29		Ws	0	0	1.69	3		0			2	5.1	4		1		0	0			6.75	---	0.00	0.00	0.75	--
1987	Detroit	AL	32		Ch	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	0.1	2		0		0	0			54.55	---	0.00	0.00	6.06	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						0	0	1.32	10		0			3	13.2	9		2		2	7			5.93	---	1.32	4.61	0.80	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1983	Philadelph	NL	28	Phi	Ws	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	Detroit	AL	29	Det	Ch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Detroit	AL	29	Det	Ws	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Detroit	AL	32	Det	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1977	Chi Cubs	NL	22	Chc	MLB	P	67		110	8	27	0	35	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.86

1978	Chi Cubs	NL	23	Chc	MLB	P	54		59.2	2	12	0	14	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.11

1979	Chi Cubs	NL	24	Chc	MLB	P	51		79	4	11	1	16	0	-	-	-	.938	1.71

1980	Chi Cubs	NL	25	Chc	MLB	P	53		108.1	12	20	0	32	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.66

1981	Iowa	Amer	26	Chc	AAA	P	18			3	17	0	20	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1981	Chi Cubs	NL	26	Chc	MLB	P	12		13.2	0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.98

1982	Chi Cubs	NL	27	Chc	MLB	P	75		75	5	22	1	28	1	-	-	-	.964	3.24

1983	Chi Cubs	NL	28	Chc	MLB	P	11		19.2	1	4	0	5	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.29
1983	Philadelph	NL	28	Phi	MLB	P	63		95.2	1	13	0	14	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.32

1984	Detroit	AL	29	Det	MLB	P	80		140.1	5	14	0	19	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.22

1985	Detroit	AL	30	Det	MLB	P	74		106.2	7	7	1	15	0	-	-	-	.933	1.18

1986	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	P	64		88.2	6	13	0	19	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.93

1987	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	P	45		49	2	4	1	7	1	-	-	-	.857	1.10

1988	Detroit	AL	33	Det	MLB	P	63		67.2	3	15	0	18	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.39

1989	Detroit	AL	34	Det	MLB	P	32		31.1	2	4	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.72

1991	Syracuse	IL	36	Tor	AAA	P	8			0	3	0	3	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

1995	Columbus	IL	40	Nyy	AAA	P	22			2	4	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

Awards

[1984] - American League Cy Young Award, Played in MLB All-Star Game, American League Most Valuable Player [1985] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1986] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1995] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (2 votes - 0.43%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	660,000		299,108	16
1986	960,000	69	325,466	8
1987	1,060,000	55	292,853	7
1988	1,210,000	45	325,305	5
1989	1,310,000	64	375,257	7
1997	*150,000		996,990	80

Career:	$5,350,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Detroit Tigers in 1984.

Notes: Played in 3 All-Star games during his career (1984-1986)

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