Liván Hernández Marquee

b. February 20, 1975 · Florida Marlins 1996–1999, San Francisco Giants 1999–2002, Montreal Expos 2003–2004, Washington Nationals 2005–2006, 2009–2011, Arizona Diamondbacks 2006–2007, Minnesota Twins 2008, Colorado Rockies 2008, New York Mets 2009, Atlanta Braves 2012, Milwaukee Brewers 2012

He left Cuba in 1995, signed with Florida, and in October 1997 was the most valuable player of both the Championship Series and the World Series as a rookie. In the fifth game against Atlanta he struck out fifteen with a strike zone the umpire gave him that Braves hitters were still complaining about years later.

Seventeen seasons gave him 178 wins against 177, a 4.44 earned run average and 3,189 innings across ten clubs. He threw 233 innings in 2003, 255 in 2004 and 246 in 2005, at a time when almost nobody was asked to, and he could hit: a Silver Slugger in 2004 and 215 hits in his career.

His half-brother Orlando pitched for the Yankees, having left Cuba on a boat three years after he did. Liván had been the more highly regarded of the two at home. The 2018 ballot gave him one vote of 422.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	2	2004, 2005
NLCS MVP	1	1997
Pitcher of the Month	1	2003
Player of the Week	1	2003
Silver Slugger	1	2004
World Series MVP	1	1997

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1996	FLA	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1997	FLA	17	29	2	5	2	0	0	2	1	6	.172
1998	FLA	35	82	3	16	3	0	0	6	0	20	.195
1999	FLA/SFG	31	63	6	17	2	0	2	8	1	10	.270
2000	SFG	34	89	6	21	3	0	1	9	1	14	.236
2001	SFG	35	81	7	24	4	0	1	8	0	4	.296
2002	SFG	36	64	6	15	4	1	0	6	0	9	.234
2003	MON	33	74	2	14	1	0	0	6	1	14	.189
2004	MON	36	81	2	20	7	0	1	10	1	8	.247
2005	WSN	35	82	7	20	2	1	2	7	0	8	.244
2006	ARI/WSN	37	68	6	14	5	0	1	6	1	7	.206
2007	ARI	34	75	9	16	1	0	1	5	0	7	.213
2008	COL/MIN	31	19	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	.263
2009	NYM/WSN	32	54	1	8	2	0	0	0	2	6	.148
2010	WSN	35	61	2	9	1	0	1	3	1	13	.148
2011	WSN	31	46	3	10	1	0	0	7	0	2	.217
2012	ATL/MIL	44	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
Career	—	537	973	64	215	38	2	10	85	10	130	.221

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1996	FLA	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	3	0	2	2	0.00
1997	FLA	9	3	17	17	0	96.1	81	34	38	72	3.18
1998	FLA	10	12	33	33	0	234.1	265	123	104	162	4.72
1999	FLA/SFG	8	12	30	30	0	199.2	227	103	76	144	4.64
2000	SFG	17	11	33	33	0	240.0	254	100	73	165	3.75
2001	SFG	13	15	34	34	0	226.2	266	132	85	138	5.24
2002	SFG	12	16	33	33	0	216.0	233	105	71	134	4.38
2003	MON	15	10	33	33	0	233.1	225	83	57	178	3.20
2004	MON	11	15	35	35	0	255.0	234	102	83	186	3.60
2005	WSN	15	10	35	35	0	246.1	268	109	84	147	3.98
2006	ARI/WSN	13	13	34	34	0	216.0	246	116	78	128	4.83
2007	ARI	11	11	33	33	0	204.1	247	112	79	90	4.93
2008	COL/MIN	13	11	31	31	0	180.0	257	121	43	67	6.05
2009	NYM/WSN	9	12	31	31	0	183.2	220	111	67	102	5.44
2010	WSN	10	12	33	33	0	211.2	216	86	64	114	3.66
2011	WSN	8	13	29	29	0	175.1	199	87	46	99	4.47
2012	ATL/MIL	4	1	44	0	1	67.1	84	48	16	48	6.42
Career	—	178	177	519	474	1	3189.0	3525	1572	1066	1976	4.44

On this day & linked events

1975

Born February 20, 1975

, Villa Clara, Cuba

1996

Major-league debut: Liván Hernández

Liván Hernández made a major-league debut on September 24, 1996.

2012

Final major-league game: Liván Hernández

Liván Hernández played a final major-league game on September 29, 2012.

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