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Michel Hernandez C Indians

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Birth Date	8-12-1978
Height	6' 0"
Weight	215 lbs

Age	34 years, 9 months, 9 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: -0.32009
: 2010
: 2011
: 2012
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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
2003	NYA	24	5	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.265	0.1	-0.0	0.0
2008	TBA	29	5	15	15	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.144	-1.8	-0.1	-0.2
2009	TBA	30	35	107	99	12	24	3	1	1	32	7	12	1	12	2	1	.242	.292	.323	.204	-1.9	-0.8	-0.3
Career			45	127	118	14	28	3	1	1	36	8	16	1	12	2	1	.237	.286	.305	.199	-3.5	-0.8	-0.4

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1998	ONE	A-	0	225	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.280			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	TAM	A+	0	302	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.291			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	TAM	A+	0	263	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.242			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	NRW	AA	0	70	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.264			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	NRW	AA	51	143	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.250			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	NRW	AA	20	67	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.333			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	COH	AAA	41	132	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.306			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	NYA	MLB	5	5	.265	.310	.361	.501	.000	.333	97	0	0.1	0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
2003	COH	AAA	89	325	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.307			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	SWB	AAA	77	264	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.261			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	POR	AAA	82	309	.279	.280	.353	.444	.000	.319	94	5.6	6.4	4.7	0.7	-2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2006	MEM	AAA	90	321	.248	.265	.335	.408	.000	.296	94	-4.2	8.7	4.2	-1.6	-0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	DUR	AAA	51	189	.251	.264	.336	.399	.000	.277	105	-1.9	5.4	3.2	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	TBA	MLB	5	15	.144	.268	.326	.424	.000	.250	103	-1.9	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	-1.8	-0.2
2008	IND	AAA	76	271	.221	.266	.330	.414	.000	.299	96	-11.3	7.2	3.9	-1.2	-1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	TBA	MLB	35	107	.204	.259	.317	.406	.000	.267	99	-6.4	3.1	1.9	-0.8	-0.2	-1.9	-0.3	-1.9	-0.3
2009	DUR	AAA	13	55	.201	.265	.334	.395	.000	.231	109	-4.8	2.1	1.1	-0.4	-0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	NOR	AAA	58	217	.249	.268	.333	.422	.000	.285	98	-2.8	6.1	3.8	-0.9	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	AKR	AA	32	125	.314	.263	.325	.403	.000	.356	99	4.9	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	COH	AAA	7	26	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.286			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	NOR	AAA	17	60	.210	.257	.307	.397	.000	.191	100	-1.6	0.5	0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	AKR	AA	46	154	.213	.258	.323	.396	.000	.234	99	-5.8	2.1	1.8	-1.0	-0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	COH	AAA	6	23	.193	.250	.323	.388	.000	.118	100	-1.4	0.3	0.3	-0.1	-0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		127	.199	.262	.320	.412	.255	.267	100	-8.3	3.4	2.2	-0.8	-0.2	-3.5	-0.4	-3.5	-0.4

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1998	ONE	A-	225	29	52	8	2	0	24	20	19	4	4	.254	.320	.312	.059	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	TAM	A+	302	26	69	10	1	2	23	18	49	2	2	.246	.298	.310	.064	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	TAM	A+	263	17	51	12	0	1	28	29	23	3	4	.221	.316	.286	.065	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	NRW	AA	70	7	14	2	0	0	4	4	13	1	0	.212	.257	.242	.030	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	NRW	AA	143	10	29	6	0	2	10	10	20	1	0	.227	.289	.320	.094	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	NRW	AA	67	11	19	6	0	1	12	5	6	0	1	.311	.364	.459	.148	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	COH	AAA	132	11	34	5	1	1	12	8	13	1	3	.281	.333	.364	.083	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	COH	AAA	325	39	79	14	0	4	30	37	35	0	2	.280	.368	.372	.092	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	NYA	MLB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.000	.265	0.1	-0.0	0.0
2004	SWB	AAA	264	34	59	9	0	6	31	25	24	0	1	.255	.331	.372	.117	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	POR	AAA	309	19	76	9	1	3	31	37	34	0	0	.288	.373	.364	.076	.279	0.0	0.7	0.0
2006	MEM	AAA	321	24	78	10	1	2	28	27	29	3	1	.274	.338	.337	.063	.248	0.0	-1.6	0.0
2007	DUR	AAA	189	22	47	4	0	4	19	16	13	0	1	.276	.339	.371	.094	.251	0.0	1.2	0.0
2008	IND	AAA	271	29	67	14	2	3	17	17	35	0	2	.266	.317	.373	.107	.221	0.0	-1.2	0.0
2008	TBA	MLB	15	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.000	.144	-1.8	-0.1	-0.2
2009	DUR	AAA	55	2	9	0	0	0	6	6	7	0	0	.196	.288	.196	.000	.201	0.0	-0.4	0.0
2009	TBA	MLB	107	12	24	3	1	1	12	7	12	2	1	.242	.292	.323	.081	.204	-1.9	-0.8	-0.3
2010	NOR	AAA	217	25	50	4	0	3	22	22	24	2	1	.263	.340	.332	.068	.249	0.0	-0.9	0.0
2011	AKR	AA	125	15	32	8	0	1	22	22	13	0	0	.323	.448	.434	.111	.314	0.0	0.3	0.0
2011	COH	AAA	26	4	7	2	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	.304	.385	.522	.217	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	NOR	AAA	60	4	9	3	0	0	1	3	7	0	0	.167	.250	.222	.056	.210	0.0	-0.2	0.0
2012	COH	AAA	23	2	2	1	0	0	1	4	2	0	1	.105	.261	.158	.053	.193	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2012	AKR	AA	154	7	30	10	0	1	15	6	19	1	0	.208	.255	.299	.090	.213	0.0	-1.0	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2010-04-08	2010-05-09	Minors	31	0	Right	Fingers	Fracture	Index Finger	-
2010-03-15	2010-04-08	Camp	24	2	Right	Fingers	Fracture	Index Finger	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
0 y 169 d		1 year (2012)

Details

1 year (2012). Re-signed by Cleveland as a free agent 11/10/11 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2011).
1 year (2010).
1 year/$0.41M (2009) (minor-league contract). DFA 8/8/09, sent outright to Triple-A 8/12/09.
1 year (2008). Signed as a free agent for 2008 (minor-league contract, $0.395M in majors). Acquired in trade from Pittsburgh 8/31/08. Contract purchased 9/9/08. Sent outright to Triple-A 11/3/08.
1 year (2007). DFA 1/07.
1 year (2006). Signed as a free agent 11/05. Contract purchased 11/05.
1 year (2005). Signed for 2005 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2004). Claimed off waivers from NY Yankees 1/04. Claimed off waivers from Boston 4/04. Non-tendered 12/04.
1 year (2003). Contract purchased 11/02.

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Title	Author	Date
Transaction Analysis: Notable NRI: AL Central	R.J. Anderson	2012-03-15
The BP Wayback Machine: Cuban Imports	John Perrotto	2012-02-03
Transaction Action: Junior Circuit Jumble	Christina Kahrl	2010-07-16
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Replacement-Level Killers	Jay Jaffe	2010-01-15
Transaction Action: AL West Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-08-12
Transaction Action: Assorted AL Additions	Christina Kahrl	2009-08-09
Prospectus Today: Perfection	Joe Sheehan	2009-07-24
Future Shock: Beefing Up	Kevin Goldstein	2009-05-08
Transaction Analysis: NL Roster Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-04-16
Transaction Analysis: AL Addenda	Christina Kahrl	2008-11-06
Playoff Prospectus: One Through Twenty-Five?	Joe Sheehan	2008-10-21
Playoff Prospectus: One Through Twenty-Five?	Jay Jaffe	2008-10-21
World Series Prospectus: Rays versus Phillies	Joe Sheehan	2008-10-21
Playoff Prospectus: White Sox versus Rays	Nate Silver	2008-10-02
Transaction Analysis: Regular-Season Wrap-up	Christina Kahrl	2008-09-28
Transaction Analysis: Bankers Dozen	Christina Kahrl	2008-09-03
Transaction Analysis: NL Central NRI Review	Christina Kahrl	2008-03-02
International Prospectus: Cuban Imports	John Perrotto	2007-02-15
Transaction Analysis: NL Central Catchup	Christina Kahrl	2007-02-06
Transaction Analysis: March 17-26	Christina Kahrl	2006-03-27
Transaction Analysis: December 2-6	Christina Kahrl	2005-12-07
Transaction Analysis: November 9-17	Christina Kahrl	2005-11-18
Transaction Analysis: March 29-April 4, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-04-12
Transaction Analysis: The Wests, etc.	Christina Kahrl	2005-03-25
Transaction Analysis: Offseason - The Easts	Christina Kahrl	2005-02-14

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BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2008-10-22 16:30:00	World Series Game One	I think it's worth noting that the Rays are really playing without a backup catcher as well. Michel Hernandez was the third catcher for Triple-A Indy in August. (Will Carroll)

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