1986
Born April 8, 1986
Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Félix Hernández Marquee
b. April 8, 1986 · Seattle Mariners 2005–2019
In 2010 he won the Cy Young Award having gone 13-12, which had not happened before: the voters looked past the win total to the innings, the earned run average and the club behind him, and the award is cited as the moment that stopped mattering. He also threw a perfect game, in August 2012.
Fifteen seasons, all with Seattle, gave him 169 wins against 136, 2,524 strikeouts — 38th all-time — and a 3.42 earned run average across 2,729 innings, with six All-Star selections. He debuted at nineteen and was finished at thirty-three.
He never played a postseason game. Seattle has not reached one since 2001 and he arrived in 2005, which is the whole of the explanation. A section of the ballpark sold seats as the King's Court on days he pitched. The writers gave him 81 votes of 394 in 2025.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 6 | 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Pitcher of the Month | 3 | 2009, 2012, 2014 |
| Player of the Week | 2 | 2012, 2014 |
| Cy Young Award | 1 | 2010 |
| MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher | 1 | 2014 |
| The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year | 1 | 2010 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | SEA | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | SEA | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| 2007 | SEA | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 |
| 2008 | SEA | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2009 | SEA | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| 2010 | SEA | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2011 | SEA | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .143 |
| 2012 | SEA | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| 2013 | SEA | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| 2014 | SEA | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2015 | SEA | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2016 | SEA | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| 2017 | SEA | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | SEA | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2019 | SEA | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Career | — | 419 | 50 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 0 | .080 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | SEA | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 84.1 | 61 | 25 | 23 | 77 | 2.67 |
| 2006 | SEA | 12 | 14 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 191.0 | 195 | 96 | 60 | 176 | 4.52 |
| 2007 | SEA | 14 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 190.1 | 209 | 83 | 53 | 165 | 3.92 |
| 2008 | SEA | 9 | 11 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 200.2 | 198 | 77 | 80 | 175 | 3.45 |
| 2009 | SEA | 19 | 5 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 238.2 | 200 | 66 | 71 | 217 | 2.49 |
| 2010 | SEA | 13 | 12 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 249.2 | 194 | 63 | 70 | 232 | 2.27 |
| 2011 | SEA | 14 | 14 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 233.2 | 218 | 90 | 67 | 222 | 3.47 |
| 2012 | SEA | 13 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 232.0 | 209 | 79 | 56 | 223 | 3.06 |
| 2013 | SEA | 12 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 204.1 | 185 | 69 | 46 | 216 | 3.04 |
| 2014 | SEA | 15 | 6 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 236.0 | 170 | 56 | 46 | 248 | 2.14 |
| 2015 | SEA | 18 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 201.2 | 180 | 79 | 58 | 191 | 3.53 |
| 2016 | SEA | 11 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 153.1 | 138 | 65 | 65 | 122 | 3.82 |
| 2017 | SEA | 6 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 86.2 | 86 | 42 | 26 | 78 | 4.36 |
| 2018 | SEA | 8 | 14 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 155.2 | 159 | 96 | 59 | 125 | 5.55 |
| 2019 | SEA | 1 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 71.2 | 85 | 51 | 25 | 57 | 6.40 |
| Career | — | 169 | 136 | 419 | 418 | 0 | 2729.2 | 2487 | 1037 | 805 | 2524 | 3.42 |
On this day & linked events
2005
Major-league debut: Félix Hernández
Félix Hernández made a major-league debut on August 4, 2005.
2012
Félix Hernández's Perfect Game
Félix Hernández threw a perfect game for the Seattle Mariners against the Tampa Bay Rays on August 15, 2012, winning 1–0.
2019
Final major-league game: Félix Hernández
Félix Hernández played a final major-league game on September 26, 2019.