
P · 2016
Roberto Hernandez
- Age
- 36
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 270 lb
- Number
- #55
- Born
- August 30, 1980 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- MLB debut
- April 15, 2006
- dbWAR
- -.2 4 season(s)
- PA
- 4
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -115 100 = avg
Roberto Hernandez is a pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. In 2016 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 4 plate appearances in 2 games. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .255. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .739. He averaged 77.0 mph off the bat and made contact on 50.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -115 wRC+ puts his offence 215% below average. That comes to -0.1 dbWAR — -1.0 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2016.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2016. These four terms sum to -0.9 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 75.0% | .000 | -1.0 | -115 | -0.1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .000 | — | 33.3% | 66.7% | .237 | -0.2 | 45 | -0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8.00 | 7.92 | 1.56 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 191 | 189 | -0.3 | |
| 2015 | 20 | 11 | 84.2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 90 | 41 | 42 | 26 | 4.36 | 4.48 | 1.37 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 110 | 113 | 0.2 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 75.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .417 | .462 | .917 | .575 | 15.4% |
| vs RHB | 26 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .320 | .308 | .600 | .377 | 15.4% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2016.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 1 tracked batted balls in 2016. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 77.0 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 77.0 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 0.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- -40.0° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2016.
Situational hitting
How Roberto Hernandez hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runner on first · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RISP · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2016.
Pitch sequencing
What Roberto Hernandez throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2016.
| Sinker | 74 | 90.2 | 2,121 | 44.6% | 26.3% | |
| Changeup | 43 | 84.2 | 1,731 | 51.2% | 25.0% | |
| Slider | 30 | 85.0 | 657 | 30.0% | 18.2% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 21 | 88.8 | 1,740 | 61.9% | 7.1% |
Head to head
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.