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Remembering the Hall of Famers: CF Emilio Fernandez
Emilio Fernandez:
Emilio Fernandez was the first challenger to Micheal Bruce for the title of "Best Centerfielder." Fernandez was a dangerous slugger, and one of the best defensive CF of all time. His six Gold Glove awards in CF are tied for third most ever. Only Marcelo Silvera(8) and Tod Tsukasa(7) won more Gold Gloves in CF than Fernandez. Fernandez is also one of the seven players who won at least 4 Silver Slugger Awards. (Some of those players have already been mentioned: Scott Border, whose 6 are the most won by any player; Kangorou Yataro, and Timothy Knight.)
Fernandez had the kind of rookie season that most players would love to have. He batted .305, smacked 25 HR, and drove in 96 runs. That was good enough for the Rookie of the Year award, making him the third ROTY winner to be inducted into the Hall of Fame (Michael Mathew and Devin Stalter were the first two). Two years later, the young Grand Rapids CF exploded onto baseball's premiere stage, batting .354 with 49 longballs- good enough to win the Silver Slugger Award. Fernandez became one of the elite sluggers at that point, blasting 40 or more HR in five of the next six seasons, including one 50 HR season.
In 2017, he carried Grand Rapids to a championship, batting a whopping .457 with 6 doubles and 3 HR in the playoffs. In 2018, Fernandez led the Tigers to a second straight championship, and won his first Gold Glove Award.
Fernandez would leave Grand Rapids following that second championship, and sign with Washington, a team that had finished in last place in 2017 and 2018. While the Tigers immediately sunk into last place themselves in 2019, Fernandez helped the Senators reach .500. It was a mirage, however. Washington sunk back into last in 2021, and Grand Rapids, despite winning only 84 games, still managed to win their division, and parlayed that into a stunning upset of the 112 win Braves in the ALCS, and then a World Series sweep of Portland. In the ensuing years, Washington would remain a perennial bottom feeder, while Grand Rapids managed to consistently be competitive, with several more division titles, and a World Series defeat in 2024. Despite three more Silver Sluggers for Fernandez, he was unable to get Washington into the playoffs. In 2029, Fernandez was pushed out the door by Washington. They signed CF Tod Tsukasa to a big contract and traded Fernandez to Sacramento in early May of that season. The Senators wound up having their best season in over 15 years, winning 90 games. They finished two games out of first place, however. Meanwhile, Fernandez helped to bring Sacramento to the brink of a playoff birth as well. Unfortunately, they, too, missed the playoffs by a hair- finishing 1 game behind Los Angeles. Funnily enough, the team that wound up winning the World Series that year, was none other than Grand Rapids, Fernandez's original team.
Washington, by the way, would not win a World Series until 2077 (though they made appearances in 2035 and 2067).
When Fernandez retired, he ranked 3rd in AVG, 4th in Hits, 4th in HR, 7th in RBI, and 10th in runs scored. Today, however, he has fallen out of the top 25 in all of those categories.
Fernandez's stats:
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Career Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams
2013 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 GR
2014 141 508 155 28 2 25 96 82 29 111 4 2 .305 .343 .516 .858 GR
2015 147 537 184 32 4 25 87 94 36 95 7 4 .343 .384 .557 .941 GR
2016 145 588 208 24 7 49 136 116 41 92 4 4 .354 .396 .668 1.064 GR,AL
2017 158 633 202 22 7 40 133 127 39 70 6 5 .319 .359 .566 .924 GR,AL
2018 152 634 205 20 3 50 141 124 45 46 5 2 .323 .368 .601 .969 GR,AL
2019 143 578 204 34 5 43 119 104 33 34 2 7 .353 .388 .652 1.040 WAS,AL
2020 144 556 197 24 3 39 110 90 34 18 1 1 .354 .392 .619 1.010 WAS,AL
2021 154 628 192 28 7 43 115 121 57 35 3 1 .306 .364 .578 .942 WAS,AL
2022 156 606 193 30 3 45 135 108 44 39 1 2 .318 .365 .601 .965 WAS,AL
2023 146 575 197 34 2 38 98 98 28 32 2 0 .343 .373 .607 .980 WAS,AL
2024 156 617 184 19 1 35 92 110 51 36 2 1 .298 .352 .502 .854 WAS
2025 158 612 210 19 1 35 107 98 42 27 0 0 .343 .385 .549 .934 WAS,AL
2026 156 625 206 33 4 44 135 96 28 32 0 0 .330 .358 .606 .965 WAS,AL
2027 140 537 174 27 2 22 89 83 30 26 0 0 .324 .360 .505 .864 WAS
2028 149 569 162 22 4 24 99 76 19 35 0 2 .285 .308 .464 .772 WAS
2029 101 355 116 16 1 15 68 51 15 39 0 0 .327 .354 .504 .858 WAS SAC
2030 4 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .333 .400 .333 .733 SAC
Total 2358 9171 2992 412 56 572 1760 1580 573 771 37 31 .326 .366 .570 .936
Career Minor League Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
2010, A 136 549 149 16 1 25 85 78 45 152 8 7 .271 .325 .441 .766
2011, A 138 566 169 27 1 24 102 97 44 113 11 8 .299 .346 .477 .823
2012, A 108 471 180 20 1 33 112 92 33 71 12 12 .382 .419 .639 1.058
2012, AA 30 119 44 8 0 7 23 21 8 24 5 1 .370 .409 .613 1.023
2013, AA 96 401 133 13 2 17 47 61 40 82 9 7 .332 .390 .501 .891
2013, AAA 37 151 47 6 1 10 23 26 8 22 4 2 .311 .340 .563 .902
2030, AAA 26 96 34 7 0 1 5 15 7 13 1 0 .354 .398 .458 .856
Career Postseason Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 7 30 14 3 0 0 5 7 1 4 2 0 .467 .484 .567 1.051
2015 4 16 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .188 .188 .250 .438
2017 11 46 21 6 0 3 8 9 2 2 1 1 .457 .479 .783 1.262
2018 14 60 20 2 0 2 7 10 3 5 0 0 .333 .365 .467 .832
Total 36 152 58 12 0 5 20 27 6 16 3 1 .382 .405 .559 .964
Player History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Grand Rapids in 2010...
Had first career hit (double) on 4/9/2014, off Jose Llorent (KC)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/25/2014, off Danny Dieguez (TUC)...
Had 6 hits with 1 RBI against Kansas City on 5/25/2014...
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 2014, hitting .305 with 25 HR, 96 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2016, hitting .367 with 4 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2016, hitting .367 with 13 HR, 33 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2016, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 4 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2016, hitting .591 with 2 HR, 5 RBI...
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2016, hitting .448 with 4 HR, 15 RBI...
Injured on 9/19/2016 with a Bruised Ulna, out for 1-2 weeks...
Won Silver Slugger Award in 2016, hitting .354 with 49 HR, 136 RBI...
Had 27-game hitting streak snapped on 4/26/2017...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 5/19/2017...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2017, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 9 RBI...
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game...
Won World Series with Grand Rapids in 2017...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2018, hitting .389 with 8 HR, 29 RBI...
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2018, hitting .524 with 3 HR, 6 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2018, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 9 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 9/27/2018...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2018, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 9 RBI...
Won World Series with Grand Rapids in 2018...
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2018...
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/7/2019 to a 4-year deal worth $10,691,200 per year...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Kansas City on 5/8/2019...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Kansas City on 6/1/2019...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2019, hitting .400 with 7 HR, 10 RBI...
Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game...
Injured on 7/11/2019 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2019, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2019, hitting .480 with 3 HR, 7 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2019, hitting .376 with 10 HR, 25 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2019, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 7 RBI...
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2019...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2020, hitting .393 with 10 HR, 33 RBI...
Injured on 5/3/2020 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week...
Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2020, hitting .396 with 6 HR, 18 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2021, hitting .520 with 5 HR, 9 RBI...
Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game...
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2021...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2022, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 7 RBI...
Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2022, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2022, hitting .368 with 7 HR, 21 RBI...
Won Silver Slugger Award in 2022, hitting .318 with 45 HR, 135 RBI...
Was selected to the 2023 Allstar game...
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 8/17/2023...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Tucson on 8/29/2023...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2023, hitting .449 with 8 HR, 21 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Nashville on 9/3/2023...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2023, hitting .404 with 9 HR, 24 RBI...
Won Silver Slugger Award in 2023, hitting .343 with 38 HR, 98 RBI...
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2023...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2024, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 7 RBI...
Had 2000th career hit on 6/3/2024, off Albert Miller (NAS)...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2024, hitting .577 with 3 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2024...
Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 4/9/2025...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/2025, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 6 RBI...
Was selected to the 2025 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Atlanta on 6/4/2026...
Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Grand Rapids on 7/5/2026...
Had 500th career homerun on 8/26/2026, off Brad Machin (KC)...
Drove in 6 runs against Nashville on 9/9/2026...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2026, hitting .458 with 4 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2026, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Silver Slugger Award in 2026, hitting .330 with 44 HR, 135 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 5/31/2027...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2027, hitting .409 with 3 HR, 9 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Memphis on 8/15/2027...
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 8/26/2027...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Memphis on 9/21/2027...
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2027...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Memphis on 8/12/2028...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Atlanta on 8/18/2028...
Traded from Washington to Sacramento on 5/11/2029 (Going to SAC: CF E. Fernandez. Going to WAS: P W. Ford, P E. Lora)...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2029, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 11 RBI...
Injured on 7/20/2030 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks...
Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2031.
Batting Leader Boards Appearances
AVG
2015 - .343 - 2nd
2016 - .354 - 1st
2017 - .319 - 6th
2018 - .323 - 8th
2019 - .353 - 2nd
2020 - .354 - 1st
2022 - .318 - 4th
2023 - .343 - 3rd
2025 - .343 - 1st
2026 - .330 - 4th
2027 - .324 - 8th
OBP
2016 - .396 - 9th
2020 - .392 - 10th
2023 - .373 - 9th
2025 - .385 - 10th
SLG
2015 - .557 - 9th
2016 - .668 - 1st
2017 - .566 - 8th
2018 - .601 - 4th
2019 - .652 - 1st
2020 - .619 - 2nd
2021 - .578 - 3rd
2022 - .601 - 3rd
2023 - .607 - 2nd
2025 - .549 - 6th
2026 - .606 - 3rd
OPS
2015 - .941 - 9th
2016 - 1.064 - 2nd
2017 - .924 - 9th
2018 - .969 - 4th
2019 - 1.040 - 1st
2020 - 1.010 - 3rd
2021 - .942 - 4th
2022 - .965 - 3rd
2023 - .980 - 3rd
2025 - .934 - 7th
2026 - .965 - 5th
Hits
2015 - 184 - 10th
2016 - 208 - 1st
2017 - 202 - 2nd
2018 - 205 - 3rd
2019 - 204 - 2nd
2020 - 197 - 4th
2021 - 192 - 3rd
2022 - 193 - 3rd
2023 - 197 - 1st
2025 - 210 - 2nd
2026 - 206 - 2nd
Triples
2016 - 7 - 6th
Homeruns
2016 - 49 - 4th
2017 - 40 - 6th
2018 - 50 - 3rd
2019 - 43 - 3rd
2020 - 39 - 4th
2021 - 43 - 1st
2022 - 45 - 1st
2023 - 38 - 2nd
2024 - 35 - 5th
2025 - 35 - 4th
2026 - 44 - 2nd
RBI
2016 - 136 - 5th
2017 - 133 - 4th
2018 - 141 - 3rd
2019 - 119 - 4th
2020 - 110 - 8th
2021 - 115 - 4th
2022 - 135 - 1st
2023 - 98 - 8th
2025 - 107 - 9th
2026 - 135 - 1st
Runs
2016 - 116 - 5th
2017 - 127 - 2nd
2018 - 124 - 5th
2021 - 121 - 4th
2022 - 108 - 5th
2023 - 98 - 7th
2024 - 110 - 10th
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