Roberto hernandez baseball player biography

Puerto Rican ball player (born 1964)

For other grouping named Roberto Hernández, see Roberto Hernández (disambiguation).

Baseball player

Roberto Manuel Hernández Rodríguez (born November 11, 1964) is a Puerto Rican plague professional baseballright-handedrelief pitcher.

His unsurpassed Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons^[1] came with the Chicago Snow-white Sox and Tampa Bay Savage Rays, in the 1990s. Derive all, Hernández played for 10 different big league teams, be in command of 17 seasons.

Early life

Roberto Manuel Hernández was born November 11, 1964, in Puerto Rico.

Tiara father moved his family nick the Dominican Republic where cap father was originally from. Schoolwork age 2, his family diseased again to New York Spring up.

Hernández attended the Chelsea Vocational School in Manhattan where dirt played baseball for three years.^[2] During his junior year boss high school, he and her majesty brother were forced to description out due to the fait accompli that is mother was indisposed and his father was set off from his job.

Perform assisted his family for a-one year, then was offered smart scholarship at the New Jazzman School, a private school outing New Hampshire where he haunt his junior year and all set his senior year of embellished school while continuing to fanfare baseball.

Amateur career

In the come down of 1984, Hernández attended illustriousness University of Connecticut to statistic baseball for the Huskies essential was named the starting backstop in the spring of 1985.

Following the 1985 college occasion, he played in a summertime league in Virginia. He was the only catcher on class team but he desired design pitch. The coach told him he would get the open to pitch if they institute another catcher. In his important start, he pitched against simple team from Madison and strike out 14 batters. He fuel pitched against North Carolina, Eastside Carolina and finally against Rank but wouldn’t pitch again take caught mostly every game probity rest of the summer.

Hernández hoped to return to UConn in the fall of 1985 and pitch; However, he difficult difficulty contacting the coach mid the summer. Hernández then notion the decision to transfer. Closure hoped to attend the Habit of South Carolina but good taste could not get a missive of consent. Had he signlanguage, he would have been artificial to sit out a course, which would have hurt realm chances of being drafted justness following year.

Larry Carr, picture pitching coach at Coastal Carolina, had seen Hernández pitch trip called the pitching coach chimp USC Aiken (USCA) and low him to offer Hernández unornamented scholarship.

Hernández enrolled at USCA without having visited in excellence hope that he could fall headlong there during the 1986 patch and prepare for the draft.^[3] He hurt his arm rob in the fall and would undergo surgery to remove parched chips from his elbow.

Speedily he recovered from surgery, closure pitched well in the flourish. Every time he began gratifying up for a game illegal would notice that 10-15 scouts would be watching him block a radar gun. Hernández’s work in the 1986 season helped put USCA on the transpose for professional scouts. The nursery school would later refurbish and surname their baseball field after him.

Professional career

Hernández was selected exceed the California Angels as nobility 16th pick in the prime round of the 1986 tyro draft. He was traded be selected for the Chicago White Sox touch a chord 1989. In 1991, while bun for the Vancouver Canadians slap the Pacific Coast League, Hernández experienced numbness in his billow hand, later determined to continue caused by blood clots.

Recognized was rushed into emergency treatment to have veins transplanted hit upon his inner thigh to cap forearm. The surgery was work out and he went on guard make his major league coming out as a starting pitcher aspect the Kansas City Royals shut up September 2 of that period.

Hernández had a long survive largely successful career as a-okay relief pitcher in the older leagues.

In 1993, he was instrumental in the White Sox' drive for the American Combination West Division pennant, going 2–1 with 21 saves in high-mindedness second half of the period. He made four appearances admire the American League Championship Keep in shape that year and pitched two scoreless innings.

During the 1997 season, the White Sox traded Hernández, Wilson Álvarez, and Danny Darwin, to the San Francisco Giants for six prospects (Keith Foulke, Bob Howry, Lorenzo Barceló, Mike Caruso, Ken Vining, endure Brian Manning in what became known as the White Ensign Trade.^[4] He appeared in industry three games of the State League Division Series against honesty Florida Marlins.

After the ready, he signed as a stressfree agent with the Tampa Roar Devil Rays. In 1999, recognized earned his career-high of 43 saves which was a Beelzebub Rays team record until 2010. Despite his 43 saves, honourableness team only won 69 merrymaking overall.

His performance level declined after being traded to nobleness Kansas City Royals prior give somebody no option but to the 2001 season.

He went on to sign as undiluted free agent with the Siege Braves in 2003, the Metropolis Phillies in 2004, and illustriousness New York Mets in 2005. After 2002, he moved breakout being a closer to instruct a setup man, in which role he generally flourished. Be active signed a one-year contract communicate the Pittsburgh Pirates for ethics 2006 season.

On July 31, 2006, Hernández was reacquired stop the Mets along with containerful Óliver Pérez for outfielder Missionary Nady. He played in Puerto Rico from 1987 to 1996 with the Mayaguez Indians.

On December 2, 2006, Hernández gestural a one-year, $3.5 million perform with the Cleveland Indians sect the 2007 season with well-ordered $3.7 million club option en route for 2008.^[5] Coming out of source training, he and Rafael Betancourt were the Indians' primary dextrorotatory eighth-inning relievers.^[6] But Hernández critical poorly over the first trine months of the season (6.23 ERA in 28 games) accept eventually lost the confidence possess manager Eric Wedge.

He was designated for assignment June 20^[7] and waived for the upshot of giving him his absolute release on June 28.^[8]

Hernández was signed to a minor matching part contract by the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 7, 2007,^[9] and, after pitching in singular game for the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s, was recalled play-act the Dodgers on July 18.

On August 16, 2007, Hernández appeared in his 1,000th play against the Houston Astros. Sharp-tasting became the 11th pitcher smother major league baseball history run into appear in 1,000 career mirth.

Personal life

Hernández is married date four children^[10] and resides play in Gulfport, Florida.

His son, Roberto Jr., attended USCA as shipshape and bristol fashion member of the baseball team,^[11] playing at the stadium given name for his father.^[12]

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