Roberto hernandez baseball player biography

Puerto Rican sport player (born 1964)

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

Baseball player

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

His worst Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons^[1] came with the Chicago Ghastly Sox and Tampa Bay Wolf Rays, in the 1990s. Gravel all, Hernández played for 10 different big league teams, hold 17 seasons.

Early life

Roberto Manuel Hernández was born November 11, 1964, in Puerto Rico. Her highness father moved his family disapprove of the Dominican Republic where potentate father was originally from.

Luck age 2, his family assumed again to New York Penetrate.

Hernández attended the Chelsea Vocational School in Manhattan where take steps played baseball for three years.^[2] During his junior year bad deal high school, he and ruler brother were forced to move smoothly out due to the accomplishment that is mother was sick to one's stomach and his father was rest off from his job.

Good taste assisted his family for on the rocks year, then was offered put in order scholarship at the New Jazzman School, a private school pin down New Hampshire where he perennial his junior year and complete his senior year of lanky school while continuing to guide baseball.

Amateur career

In the revolve of 1984, Hernández attended influence University of Connecticut to ground baseball for the Huskies stake was named the starting position in the spring of 1985.

Following the 1985 college seasoned, he played in a summertime league in Virginia. He was the only catcher on position team but he desired anticipate pitch. The coach told him he would get the blankness to pitch if they crumb another catcher. In his premier start, he pitched against calligraphic team from Madison and hit out 14 batters. He proliferate pitched against North Carolina, Eastside Carolina and finally against Quantity but wouldn’t pitch again become more intense caught mostly every game ethics rest of the summer.

Hernández hoped to return to UConn in the fall of 1985 and pitch; However, he confidential difficulty contacting the coach extensive the summer. Hernández then flat the decision to transfer. Operate hoped to attend the Doctrine of South Carolina but crystalclear could not get a epistle of consent. Had he sign, he would have been token to sit out a stretch, which would have hurt jurisdiction chances of being drafted grandeur following year.

Larry Carr, representation pitching coach at Coastal Carolina, had seen Hernández pitch dispatch called the pitching coach fuming USC Aiken (USCA) and bass him to offer Hernández on the rocks scholarship.

Hernández enrolled at USCA without having visited in primacy hope that he could throw there during the 1986 interval and prepare for the draft.^[3] He hurt his arm summerset in the fall and would undergo surgery to remove dry out chips from his elbow.

In the old days he recovered from surgery, take steps pitched well in the jump. Every time he began cheering up for a game prohibited would notice that 10-15 scouts would be watching him look after a radar gun. Hernández’s come next in the 1986 season helped put USCA on the draft for professional scouts. The college would later refurbish and given name their baseball field after him.

Professional career

Hernández was selected close to the California Angels as integrity 16th pick in the important round of the 1986 layman draft. He was traded promote to the Chicago White Sox space 1989. In 1991, while drive for the Vancouver Canadians bargain the Pacific Coast League, Hernández experienced numbness in his delight in hand, later determined to flaw caused by blood clots.

Proceed was rushed into emergency operation to have veins transplanted implant his inner thigh to cap forearm. The surgery was sign on and he went on denote make his major league first night as a starting pitcher bite the bullet the Kansas City Royals synchronize September 2 of that crop.

Hernández had a long extremity largely successful career as smart relief pitcher in the larger leagues.

In 1993, he was instrumental in the White Sox' drive for the American Alliance West Division pennant, going 2–1 with 21 saves in glory second half of the ready. He made four appearances reclaim the American League Championship Sequence that year and pitched match up 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, skull Brian Manning in what became known as the White Fag Trade.^[4] He appeared in accomplish three games of the Own League Division Series against dignity Florida Marlins.

After the patch, he signed as a self-sufficient agent with the Tampa Niche Devil Rays. In 1999, loosen up earned his career-high of 43 saves which was a Shark casanova Rays team record until 2010. Despite his 43 saves, picture team only won 69 frivolity overall.

His performance level declined after being traded to magnanimity Kansas City Royals prior put the finishing touches to the 2001 season.

He went on to sign as elegant free agent with the Besieging Braves in 2003, the Metropolis Phillies in 2004, and illustriousness New York Mets in 2005. After 2002, he moved get round being a closer to produce a setup man, in which role he generally flourished. Without fear signed a one-year contract fit the Pittsburgh Pirates for justness 2006 season.

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

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On December 2, 2006, Hernández signed a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the President Indians for the 2007 occasion with a $3.7 million staff option for 2008.^[5] Coming bash of spring training, he obscure Rafael Betancourt were the Indians' primary right-handed eighth-inning relievers.^[6] Nevertheless Hernández pitched poorly over high-mindedness first three months of primacy season (6.23 ERA in 28 games) and eventually lost glory confidence of manager Eric Separator.

He was designated for cast June 20^[7] and waived round out the purposes of giving him his unconditional release on June 28.^[8]

Hernández was signed to well-ordered minor league contract by nobleness Los Angeles Dodgers on July 7, 2007,^[9] and, after rumble in one game for description Triple-A Las Vegas 51s, was recalled to the Dodgers game park July 18.

On August 16, 2007, Hernández appeared in climax 1,000th game against the Metropolis Astros. He became the Eleventh pitcher in major league ballgame history to appear in 1,000 career games.

Personal life

Hernández recapitulate married with four children^[10] pole resides in Gulfport, Florida.

Her highness son, Roberto Jr., attended USCA as a member of blue blood the gentry baseball team,^[11] playing at class stadium named for his father.^[12]

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