| Career Batting: | .208 BA .283 OBP .270 SLG. 1 HR. 2,468 PA. | (1905-1914) |
Ricardo Hernández was a fringe OFer at best, and perhaps a player who would never see the light of day in the big leagues.
He had a good eye, and excellent speed, resulting in more triples than you would expect. Otherwise, it’s all very mundane offensively–a struggle to maintain a batting average over .200, a few walks, a few steals.
Add decent defense overall in CF and 2B, and enough to fill in at 3B, LF, and RF, and you have a player who was a useful bit piece on a roster for a few years. His career could easily end after 1910, but extending it through 1914 seems a better reflection, as his speed and defense still held some value, and 1912 was easily the best offensive year of his career.
We have added a year for him in 1906, although I could be convinced that, instead of doing that, his career shouldn’t start until 1907. Either way, you have a utility player / pinch runner type for a few years. There are worse professional arcs …
| Name | Ricardo Hernández |
| ID / Status | hernan049ric / Draft |
| Pos | U |
| DOB / i9s Career | 1885 / 1905 - 1914 |
| Birthplace | Havana, Cuba (Cuba) |
| Height / Weight | 5'11" / |
| B / T | R / R |
Batting Projections
| Year | Age | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1905 | 20 | 127 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .205 | .268 | .331 | .599 |
| 1906 | 21 | 120 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .208 | .264 | .267 | .531 |
| 1907 | 22 | 269 | 63 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 23 | 4 | .234 | .313 | .286 | .599 |
| 1908 | 23 | 337 | 74 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 30 | 30 | 7 | .220 | .302 | .243 | .545 |
| 1909 | 24 | 334 | 80 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 40 | 32 | 5 | .240 | .300 | .311 | .611 |
| 1910 | 25 | 248 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 27 | 26 | 6 | .157 | .256 | .206 | .462 |
| 1911 | 26 | 282 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 30 | 31 | 7 | .191 | .278 | .238 | .516 |
| 1912 | 27 | 270 | 62 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 29 | 23 | 5 | .230 | .288 | .344 | .632 |
| 1913 | 28 | 159 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 | .201 | .270 | .270 | .540 |
| 1914 | 29 | 88 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .114 | .204 | .136 | .340 |
| TOTALS | 2,234 | 465 | 57 | 39 | 1 | 234 | 247 | 183 | 39 | .208 | .283 | .270 | .553 |