| Keith Hernandez | |
|---|---|
 Hernandez in 2022 | |
| First baseman | |
| Born: October 20, 1953 San Francisco, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 30, 1974, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| July 24, 1990, for the Cleveland Indians | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .296 |
| Hits | 2,182 |
| Home runs | 162 |
| Runs batted in | 1,071 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Keith Hernandez (born October 20, 1953) is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman who played the majority of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets. Hernandez was a five-time All-Star who shared the 1979 NL MVP award and won two World Series titles, one each with the Cardinals and Mets. Since 1998, he has been a color commentator on Mets television broadcasts.
A contact hitter with a .296 career average and a walk rate of 12.5%,[1][2] Hernandez's career hitting productivity was 31% above league average.[1] For his defensive work, he received 11 consecutive Gold Glove awards, the most by any first baseman in baseball history. Hernandez is widely considered the best defensive first baseman of all time.[3][4]
Hernandez has been a color commentator on Mets games for SNY, alongside former Mets teammate Ron Darling and play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen since the launch of the network in 2006. He has also been a studio analyst for MLB on Fox since 2017.
- ^ a b "Keith Hernandez". Fangraphs. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ "K% and BB%". Fangraphs. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ Ioselevich, Dmitriy. "10 Best Defensive First Basemen in Baseball History". Bleacher Report.
- ^ Bodig, Chris (October 20, 2019). "Why Keith Hernandez Belongs in the Hall of Fame".