Keith Hernandez

1B · L/L · MLB · ACTIVE: 1974–1990 BORN: SAN FRANCISCO, USA

MVP 1979 All-Star ×5 Gold Glove ×11 Silver Slugger ×2

Career

2182 H · 162 HR · 1071 RBI · 98 SB

.296 AVG · .821 OPS · 2088 G

1990 Season

.200 AVG · 1 HR · 8 RBI · 0 SB

.283 OBP · .238 SLG · .521 OPS

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Keith Hernandez was a first baseman in MLB. Across 2088 career games, with a .296 batting average and 162 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1974	STL	14	34	3	10	1	2	0	2	0	7	8	.294	.415	.441	.856
1975	STL	64	188	20	47	8	2	3	20	0	17	26	.250	.309	.362	.671
1976	STL	129	374	54	108	21	5	7	46	4	49	53	.289	.376	.428	.803
1977	STL	161	560	90	163	41	4	15	91	7	79	88	.291	.379	.459	.837
1978	STL	159	542	90	138	32	4	11	64	13	82	68	.255	.351	.389	.741
1979	STL	161	610	116	210	48	11	11	105	11	80	78	.344	.417	.513	.930
1980	STL	159	595	111	191	39	8	16	99	14	86	73	.321	.408	.494	.902
1981	STL	103	376	65	115	27	4	8	48	12	61	45	.306	.401	.463	.864
1982	STL	160	579	79	173	33	6	7	94	19	100	67	.299	.397	.413	.810
1983	NYM	95	320	43	98	8	3	9	37	8	64	42	.306	.424	.434	.858
1983	STL	55	218	34	62	15	4	3	26	1	24	30	.284	.352	.431	.784
1984	NYM	154	550	83	171	31	0	15	94	2	97	89	.311	.409	.449	.859
1985	NYM	158	593	87	183	34	4	10	91	3	77	59	.309	.384	.430	.814
1986	NYM	149	551	94	171	34	1	13	83	2	94	69	.310	.413	.446	.859
1987	NYM	154	587	87	170	28	2	18	89	0	81	104	.290	.377	.436	.813
1988	NYM	95	348	43	96	16	0	11	55	2	31	57	.276	.333	.417	.750
1989	NYM	75	215	18	50	8	0	4	19	0	27	39	.233	.324	.326	.649
1990	CLE	43	130	7	26	2	0	1	8	0	14	17	.200	.283	.238	.521
Career Totals	—	2088	7370	1124	2182	426	60	162	1071	98	1070	1012	.296	.384	.436	.821

Awards & Achievements

Gold Glove (11): 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
Most Valuable Player (1): 1979
Player of the Month (2): 1979, 1985
Player of the Week (4): 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988
Silver Slugger (2): 1980, 1984
TSN All-Star (5): 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986
TSN Player of the Year (1): 1979

All-Star Selections

1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1987

Salary & Contract

Year	Salary
1985	$1,100,000
1986	$1,650,000
1987	$1,800,000
1988	$1,850,000
1989	$2,000,000
1990	$1,750,000
1991	$1,750,000

Career Total: $11,900,000 (7 seasons)

Average: $1,700,000

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.