Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1977
- AL Cy Young
- 1984
- AL MVP
- 1984
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1977
- AL Cy Young
- 1984
- AL MVP
- 1984
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 744
- W
- 70
- L
- 63
- ERA
- 3.38
- IP
- 1044.2
- K
- 788
- BB
- 349
- WHIP
- 1.25
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | CHC | 67 | 8 | 7 | 3.03 | 110.0 | 78 | 28 | 1.11 |
| 1978 | CHC | 54 | 8 | 2 | 3.77 | 59.2 | 38 | 35 | 1.54 |
| 1979 | CHC | 51 | 4 | 4 | 5.01 | 79.0 | 53 | 39 | 1.57 |
| 1980 | CHC | 53 | 1 | 9 | 4.40 | 108.1 | 75 | 45 | 1.48 |
| 1981 | CHC | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3.95 | 13.2 | 13 | 8 | 1.61 |
| 1982 | CHC | 75 | 4 | 6 | 3.00 | 75.0 | 54 | 24 | 1.31 |
| 1983 |  CHC/PHI | 74 | 9 | 4 | 3.28 | 115.1 | 93 | 32 | 1.22 |
| 1984 | DET | 80 | 9 | 3 | 1.92 | 140.1 | 112 | 36 | 0.94 |
| 1985 | DET | 74 | 8 | 10 | 2.70 | 106.2 | 76 | 14 | 0.90 |
| 1986 | DET | 64 | 8 | 7 | 3.55 | 88.2 | 77 | 21 | 1.22 |
| 1987 | DET | 45 | 3 | 4 | 3.67 | 49.0 | 30 | 20 | 1.49 |
| 1988 | DET | 63 | 6 | 5 | 3.06 | 67.2 | 59 | 31 | 1.20 |
| 1989 | DET | 32 | 2 | 2 | 5.74 | 31.1 | 30 | 16 | 1.66 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 10
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 1.38
- IP
- 13.0
- K
- 7
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 0.85
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 6.8
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | CHC/PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Willie Hernandez's career stats?
Willie Hernandez played 13 seasons for the Cubs and the Tigers. He had 70 wins and 788 strikeouts with a 3.38 ERA over 1,044.2 innings. His best season was 1983: 9 wins, a 3.28 ERA and 93 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1977 to 1989
Willie Hernandez led MLB in WHIP (1984, 1985); finished top 10 in a stat 7 times.
Championships
- 1984 World Series with the Detroit Tigers
Awards
All-time career rank
- 93rd in saves (147)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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