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Livan Hernandez

Birthdate:

2/20/1975

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 220 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Villa Clara, , Cuba

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

The Cuban born Livan Hernandez had a brilliant rookie season with the Florida Marlins in 1997. He was the first pitcher to open his career with 9 consecutive wins in 47 years and he set a Marlins record with six consecutive strikeouts, August 31 1997 vs Toronto. That same rookie year, leading Florida in the National League Championship Series he set a NLCS record with 15 strikeouts against Atlanta. Livan Hernandez was the first rookie to win as a starter and as a reliever in NLCS history. Also was youngest pitcher to win World Series opening game. And, he was chosen MVP of NLCS and 1997 World Series MVP, becoming just the fourth player in NL history to win both honors in the same season.

Pitching for the San Francisco Giants in the year 2000 Livan Hernandez had a solid 17-11 with a nice 3.75 earned run average, completed 5 of 34 starts, with 2 shutouts. In 2007 the burly right-hander posted an 11-11 regular season record for the Diamondbacks, and then came thru in the clutch by winning the final Game 3 of the Opening NL Playoff Round against the Cubs, 5-1. By using a aresnal of off-speed slow and soft pitches with a low trajectory, Livan Hernandez hit the outside low corner of home plate, while mixing in a 85-87 mph fastball. Arizona catcher Miguel Montero said, 'he was playing soft-toss.'

All in all, the former power-pitcher appears on the right track and is one of the exciting pitchers of this time frame.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1996	FLA (NL)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00
1997	FLA (NL)	17	17	9	3	0	0	0	96.1	81	39	34	5	38	1	72	0	3	0	3.18
1998	FLA (NL)	33	33	10	12	0	9	0	234.1	265	133	123	37	104	8	162	4	6	3	4.72
1999	FLA (NL)	20	20	5	9	0	2	0	136.0	161	78	72	17	55	3	97	2	2	1	4.76
1999	SFG (NL)	10	10	3	3	0	0	0	63.2	66	32	31	6	21	2	47	0	0	1	4.38
2000	SFG (NL)	33	33	17	11	0	5	2	240.0	254	114	100	22	73	3	165	3	4	0	3.75
2001	SFG (NL)	34	34	13	15	0	2	0	226.2	266	143	132	24	85	7	138	7	3	0	5.24
2002	SFG (NL)	33	33	12	16	0	5	3	216.0	233	113	105	19	71	5	134	1	4	1	4.38
2003	MON (NL)	33	33	15	10	0	8	0	233.1	225	92	83	27	57	3	178	6	10	1	3.20
2004	MON (NL)	35	35	11	15	0	9	2	255.0	234	105	102	26	83	9	186	1	10	0	3.60
2005	WSN (NL)	35	35	15	10	0	2	0	246.1	268	116	109	25	84	14	147	3	13	2	3.98
2006	ARI (NL)	10	10	4	5	0	0	0	69.1	70	31	29	7	26	2	39	1	2	0	3.76
2006	WSN (NL)	24	24	9	8	0	0	0	146.2	176	94	87	22	52	4	89	0	2	0	5.34
13 years		318	317	123	117	0	42	7	2166.2	2302	1090	1007	237	751	61	1456	28	59	9	4.18

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1996	FLA (NL)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.1000	.1000	SLG
1997	FLA (NL)	16	29	2	5	2	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	.172	.200	SLG
1998	FLA (NL)	34	82	3	16	3	0	0	6	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	.195	.205	SLG
1999	FLA (NL)	17	45	5	13	2	0	2	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	.289	.283	SLG
1999	SFG (NL)	11	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	1	6	0	.222	.300	SLG
2000	SFG (NL)	33	89	6	21	3	0	1	9	1	14	0	0	0	0	9	0	.236	.244	SLG
2001	SFG (NL)	33	81	7	24	4	0	1	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	.296	.296	SLG
2002	SFG (NL)	33	64	6	15	4	1	0	6	0	9	0	0	0	0	10	1	.234	.231	SLG
2003	MON (NL)	31	74	2	14	1	0	0	6	1	14	0	0	0	1	6	0	.189	.211	SLG
2004	MON (NL)	34	81	2	20	7	0	1	10	1	8	0	0	0	0	15	0	.247	.256	SLG
2005	WSN (NL)	35	82	7	20	2	1	2	7	0	8	0	0	0	1	14	0	.244	.253	SLG
2006	WSN (NL)	26	45	6	12	4	0	1	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	9	0	.267	.283	SLG
2006	ARI (NL)	11	23	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	.87	.87	SLG
13 years		315	714	48	167	33	2	8	68	6	100	0	0	0	4	82	2	.234	.244	.SLG

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