Friday, March 4, 2016
#502 Jackie Hernandez
Career shortstop with 1480 at bats....sad part
as hitter just a step above the Mario Mendoza line.....Fielding not so great
either leading all AL position players in errors 1969...for similar player
profiled see Hector Torrez #666....started with Indians farm system....released
(bad sign) and signed by Angels 1965...was able to get two call ups with a BA
of .103 in 1965 and 66....was included as a player to be named later (bad sign) in Dean Chance
deal with the Twins....spent most of 1967 in AAA hitting .269....In 1968 was given an
opportunity at shortstop to replace the spot vacated by the failing Zoilo
Versalles...no improvement for the Twins....flopped in MLB hitting .176 and returned to the
minors....1969 with the addition of Leo Cardinez was exposed to expansion draft by
Twins....picked 43rd by KC Royals (bad sign)...despite this got
regular work 145 games and 501 at bats....playing time halved in 1970 resulted
in a few point improvement in BA.231 from .222....traded to Pittsburgh in off
season....participated in 3 years as a reserve hitting .205 near his career avg
of .208 (FYI Gary Peters hit 14 points hight)....MLB days ended in
1973....played one year of minors then two more years in the Mexican League.
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Douglas, that should be "Cardenas".
ReplyDeleteWeird stat- in 1966 with CA, he scored 19 runs on only one hit. Must have been a pinch runner. Got playing time in the 1971 WS. I think he even got an assist in the final out of Game 7.
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