He is the all-time Game-winning RBI leader, and in 1985 set the single-season record for this stat as well (this statistic was kept between 1980 and 1988). If his defensive ability made him even an average defensive 2B, those offensive numbers put him right in line with Ryne Sandberg. The 30-year old Hernandez, a team leader with the ’84 Mets, helped lead the team to 90 wins and a 2nd place finish in the N.L. [13] In 1987, Davey Johnson named Hernandez the first team captain in franchise history. The sweet-swinging left-handed hitter played in 161 games (starting 150) and emerged as a solid offensive performer, swatting 15 home runs while driving in 91 and scoring 90. [citation needed] His most recent book, I'm Keith Hernandez, was released on May 15, 2018. Hall of Famer Lee Smith is brought in to face Hernandez. For his brilliant offensive campaign (and for winning his second Gold Glove), Keith was the co-MVP of the National League, sharing the honor with Willie Stargell. The Hall of Fame Case for and Against Tim Hudson, First-Time Candidates on the 2021 Hall of Fame Ballot: The Pitchers, First-time Candidates on the 2021 Hall of Fame Ballot: Position Players, Adrian Beltre: Hall of Fame Class of 2024. A couple of notes about this chart. This is a minor point compared to the “counting stats,” but it would have helped Mex if he had finished his career as a .300 hitter. He won six consecutive Gold Glove … St. Louis prevailed in 7 games, with Hernandez playing a starring role in the final three tilts. In-Game six, Hernandez and Cardinal catcher Darrell Porter hit home runs in a 13–1 St. Louis victory. My Virtual Ballot & 2022-25 BBWAA Preview, The Cooperstown Candidacy for Mark Buehrle, RIP Tommy Lasorda, the Big Dodger in the Sky, The Hall of Fame Debate About Chase Utley, Dick Allen Dies at 78, Still Absent from the Hall of Fame, Examining the Hall of Fame Candidacy of Tony Oliva, Sammy Sosa Remains Far, Far Away from Cooperstown. He retired at the end of the season. Numbers are an abstraction. Prior to the Mets-Yankees game, the SNY booth discussed Tom Seaver who passed away Monday at the age of 75, and Keith Hernandez couldn't get through his own thoughts about the Hall of Fame … Here’s the lineup: Steve Carlton (LHP) • 1965-1971. The 2021 nominees are … Comparing him to Mattingly, in the rate stats, he had more RC/G, a higher TA, and a higher SecA. His career began in 1974 and ended in 1990. After witnessing Padres team massage therapist Kelly Calabrese giving San Diego catcher Mike Piazza a high five in the dugout after he hit a home run, Hernandez said, "Who is the girl in the dugout, with the long hair? In 1988 he was featured heavily in the William Goldman and Mike Lupica book "Wait Till Next Year" which looked at life inside the Mets over the whole 1987 season (among other New York sports teams). Joe Posnanski wrote a great piece about how badly Keith Hernandez’ WAR was hurt by playing 1B: https://joeposnanski.substack.com/p/dwar-to-end-all-wars. Honestly, Keith Hernandez should be a slam dunk for the Cardinals Hall of Fame. Regardless, if you add in Perez’ or Clark’s extra years (to account for their entire careers), Hernandez still looks good by comparison. The number has not been worn by any Met since 2010, though it is not officially retired. With the Cardinals' AAA affiliate, Hernandez batted .333 with five home runs and a .525 slugging percentage. They divorced in 1983. It would not for me . "[20] The "I'm Keith Hernandez" quote became the title of Hernandez's fifth book two decades after the Seinfeld episode aired. He had an uncanny feel for when the batter would attempt to bunt, therefore knowing when to charge in the first place. Hernandez is widely considered the best defensive player at his position in the history of baseball.[3][4]. Going by offensive WAR, Hernandez’ mark of 46.3 ranks 14th best among all first basemen who logged at least 5,000 plate appearances in the last 50 years. First base's reputation as a power-hitting position may have also made Hernandez's stellar defense at the position less of an asset, as sluggers who can't field are generally moved to first—among players who have won at least 10 Gold Gloves, first base is the only position to have a player with 10 or more Gold Gloves who is either not in the Hall of Fame, currently on the BBWAA ballot, or not yet eligible. Hernandez’ admitted cocaine abuse early in his career probably didn’t help either. 1979 was Hernandez’s best year, not only as a Cardinal but in his ent… If he had another 5-7 productive years, he would have passed 2,500 hits, and 200 home runs. Hernandez's batting average hovered around .250 for most of his minor league career, until his promotion to the Tulsa Oilers in the second half of the 1973 season. In actuality, his father's ancestry is Castilian Spanish and his mother is Scots-Irish, as he explained during a Mets broadcast on SNY. He led the American League in fielding percentage 7 times. Hernandez had a couple of stints in the majors in 1974 and ’75 before becoming the Redbirds’ starting first baseman in 1976. As a result, umpires began to more strongly enforce the defensive positioning rule which states that all defensive players except the catcher must be positioned in fair territory while the ball is pitched. Shortly after this year’s World Series ends, the Hall of Fame will announce the names of ten men who will be on the “Modern Baseball” Eras Committee ballot, which will consider people whose greatest impact on baseball occurred between 1970 and 1987. Hernandez, though, was a transformational player. Hernandez, however, was determined to prove Herzog wrong, helping to fuel a rivalry between the two teams in the mid-1980s. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 5 years ago. Where Donnie Baseball excelled is that he rarely made a mistake. After averaging 156.5 games per year in the previous non-strike campaigns, Mex was limited to 95 games played in ’88. Keith Hernandez is objectively one of, if not the greatest defensive first basemen of all time, and was a strong offensive bat for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Mets for over a decade and a half. Hernandez has a massive edge defensively, Perez a significant edge with the bat. Hernandez batted over .300 seven times in his career and led the National League in runs scored (1979 & 1980), batting avg (1979), doubles (1979), on-base percentage (1980), and walks (1986) throughout his career. Murray, Carew and Perez, of course, are Hall of Famers. He was injured much of the time, and appeared in only 45 games, batting .200 with one home run and eight RBIs. Instead, he was a solid offensive producer and quite possibly the best defensive first baseman in the history of baseball. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'dIKS7dNTSqZZ7E7tydc9YQ',sig:'51hYIng--KrAyEaYihDrcYXssIQ5kujfYLJr_jTZsOc=',w:'594px',h:'400px',items:'50803949',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); The preceding graphic is a lead-in to the last plank of the Hall of Fame case of Keith Hernandez to consider. His mother, Jacqueline Hernandez, suffered from Alzheimer's for nine years before dying in 1989. In 10 different seasons, he was in the top 3 in the N.L. First Basemen (1969-1995) (minimum 3,000 PA in N.L., 5,000 PA overall). The two only shared five seasons in which they both toiled on MLB diamonds. His book, “If at First” is by the way, a great read. There was a time when 3,000 hits, 400 home runs and 1,500 RBI were considered Hall of Fame benchmarks. The Mets won the 1986 World Series in seven games over the Boston Red Sox. At the age of 17, he was drafted in the 42nd round of the 1971 player draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. For those who don’t want to read the linked article, Hernandez ranks #37 all-time in total zone ranking (regardless of position), but outside of the top 1,000 for dWAR because he lost 103 of his 117 runs saved due to the WAR position adjustment penalty for playing 1B. The true first base contemporaries of Keith Hernandez, players who shared at least 8 years in which they were both on MLB rosters, were Murray, Rod Carew, Perez, Mattingly, Garvey, Pete Rose, Dan Driessen, Cecil Cooper, Kent Hrbek, Mike Hargrove, Jason Thompson, Chris Chambliss, John Mayberry, Bob Watson, Leon Durham, and Buckner. Keith Hernandez, first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets and (briefly) the Cleveland Indians, was not a prototypical first sacker. The players received season-long suspensions, that were commuted on condition that they donated ten percent of their base salaries to drug-abuse programs, submitted to random drug testing, and contributed 100 hours of drug-related community service. East. Has Yadier Molina Successfully Framed His Hall of Fame Case? Hernandez deserving of Hall of Fame First baseman's defense one of reasons he merits entry. Is Former Minnesota Twins Catcher Joe Mauer a Future Hall of Famer? Hernandez retired as an active player after spending one year with the Cleveland Indians in 1990. Contents. The Excellent but Not Quite Hall of Fame Career of Michael Young, Wally Schang: 3-Time World Series Champion Backstop, Not in Cooperstown, Puff: The Hall of Fame Case for Graig Nettles, Craig Kimbrel’s Progress Towards the Hall of Fame. Luis Tiant Turns 80: Will He Ever Make the Hall of Fame? Matching Keith’s stats with other Hall of Fame first baseman, shows his 2182 hits is good, but there are other first baseman with 2,000 AND between 300 to 500 homeruns. The real life Jerry Seinfeld is a huge Mets fans and I have no doubt he shares my view that Keith Hernandez deserves a spot in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. There are guys in the Hall of Fame who don’t belong there, and guys not in who belong. Because he walked so much, Hernandez only had one season in which he topped 200 hits. After three straight seasons with a .300 BA and .400 OBP, Hernandez fell just shy of those marks, but barely. He blew past the .300 batting mark for the first time, leading the majors with a .344 BA. For a 13-year period, Keith Hernandez was the second best offensive first baseman in baseball. [8] Following the season, the Cards traded first baseman Joe Torre to the New York Mets for Tommy Moore and Ray Sadecki to make room for their budding young prospect. Hernandez is the only player to lead his position in Gold Gloves and not be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Due to his quick instincts, Hernandez was also able to play farther off first base than other first basemen, allowing the other infielders to play farther to their right. He played briefly at the College of San Mateo, a local community college, before he was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 41st round of the 1971 Major League Baseball draft as the 783rd player selected. Still, the Hit Man also fell far short, maxing out at 28% of the vote in his first year of eligibility. Pete Rose, when he managed the Cincinnati Reds, compared bunting against Hernandez to "driving the lane against Bill Russell." It’s an individual judgment call for any observer to determine how much offensive value is necessary to be a legitimate complement to the defensive component. Thanks for reading. For non-baseball fans who watched television in the 1990’s, he’s best known as one of Elaine’s boyfriends who becomes Jerry’s pal on the hit show Seinfeld. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'OgznmumPS3FDF1NwX3dH1Q',sig:'eGZVvMOqqWSkMVhgBeTlypKsNI5FLEmVDqlffUdlSTg=',w:'594px',h:'404px',items:'698422018',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Until we start voting for currently active players (part of the Statcast generation), I will always be highly skeptical about defensive metrics. Hernandez also appeared in a 1994 episode of Law & Order entitled "Wager", and in the movies The Scout and The Yards. He won an MVP award and played on 2 World Series champions, one of whom he was the co-captain. In 17 seasons, Hernandez had 2,182 hits and a.296 lifetime batting average. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Mets, Hernandez was selected as the Mets all-time first baseman by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters that included Marty Noble, Mike Lupica, Gary Cohen, Howie Rose among others. This is a hard question to answer definitively but I certainly think the answer is “yes.”. [24] Hernandez apologized and alluded to his words being nothing more than tomfoolery by saying, "You know I am only teasing. Put Keith Hernandez in the baseball Hall of Fame says Son of Sabo. He also had a much less severe Home field advantage than Mattingly. 17 in honor of Keith Hernandez, I suggest something greater, a plaque in the Hall of Fame for the former first baseman. Keith Hernandez snubbed — maybe it’s because of that uniform. Bernie Williams: Should this Great Yankee be in the Hall of Fame? That last issue almost certainly colored Hernandez's candidacy negatively during the steroid era, when outrageous power statistics became the norm, however, it can be disputed that Hernandez did not play during the steroid era, with the era starting in the very late 1980s and Keith Hernandez's retirement from baseball after the 1990 MLB Season. Mex would get so close to the plate that he would play bunts down the third base line as well as the first base line. Appreciating Albert Pujols’ Hall of Fame Career, Justin Verlander’s Inexorable March towards the Hall of Fame. That was his career batting average after the 1988 season; unfortunately, his injury-plagued campaigns of 1989 and ’90 dropped his career BA to .296. He also drove in another important run his next time up, giving him 3 RBI for the game. With the exception of total WAR, all of the statistics on this graphic are offensive numbers. While his home run numbers are pale compared to the power hitters at the position, he was one of the best two first baseman in the majors during the era in which he played. Still only 22 years old, Keith started 97 games, sharing the position with veterans Ron Fairly, Reggie Smith (before a mid-season trade to the Dodgers) and Ted Simmons (when he wasn’t catching). But when Keith Hernandez pegs a lead runner at third to snuff out a rally, it goes into the books as a single assist. [26], Hernandez stated on a FOX Business appearance that he is a fan of President Donald Trump. Why isn’t he in the Hall of Fame? In Games 5-thru-7, Keith hit .583 with a 1.667 OPS and 8 RBI. For me, it’s a career worthy of a plaque in Cooperstown. 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. Still, in the grand scheme of things, Keith’s .994 career fielding % is just two points less than Mattingly’s .996. I grew up in New York City as a Mets fan. After back surgery the following spring due to a bulging disk, Keith Hernandez never played again. in both assists and putouts. With two other more famous first basemen from the era (Steve Garvey and Don Mattingly) also eligible for the ballot, it’s unlikely that Keith will be nominated. Of the latter group, Keith Hernandez to me is one of the most obvious. If you look closely at the numbers, Hernandez had a clearly superior campaign but the 39-year old Stargell had the intangible of being the team leader (“Pops”) of the “We Are Family” Pittsburgh Pirates, champions of the N.L. 0 0. By JAWS, Hernandez is ahead of 9 Hall of Famers, including Perez, Harmon Killebrew and Orlando Cepeda. A television advertisement for SNY Sports referred to Hernandez's mustache by imagining a celebration known as "Keith Hernandez Day" at which all attendees are required to wear authentic Keith Hernandez mustaches. Murray and Carew were primarily (Murray) or exclusively (Carew) American League players. "You're just asking for a forceout at second, and now you've got your pitcher running the bases", he said. Lance Berkman: Underrated Star Far Shy of Cooperstown, 1st: Murray (141) (Hernandez tied w/ Carew & Hrbek), 1st: Murray (1,190) (tied w/ Cooper for 2nd), St. Louis Cardinals (1974-83), New York Mets (1983-89), Cleveland Indians (1990), Career: .296 BA, .384 OBP, 162 HR, 1,071 RBI, 2,182 Hits, 11-time Gold Glove Award Winner (most ever for first basemen), Member of 1982 and 1986 World Championship teams (Cardinals & Mets). Hernandez has published five books; If at First: A Season With the Mets (his diary of the 1985 New York Mets season),[15] Pure Baseball: Pitch by Pitch for the Advanced Fan (a detailed player's look into baseball strategy),[15] Shea Good-Bye: The Untold Inside Story of the Historic 2008 Season,[15] and Murder at Shea: A Baseball Murder Mystery for Kids (a young-adult novel about a fictional Met solving a murder). Manny Machado to San Diego; did the Padres sign a Future Hall of Famer? He made brilliant diving plays far to his right and left. Six players and six managers/executives are on the ballot, but not the best fielding first baseman of all time. Hernandez admitted that he never wore eyeblack while playing because he had high cheekbones. In 1977, there was no more sharing. [1] For his defensive work he received Gold Glove awards in 11 consecutive seasons, the most by any first baseman in baseball history. Keith Hernandez' Ranks for 1B (1976-1988) (Min. He made his major league debut at Candlestick Park on August 30, 1974, against the San Francisco Giants,, going 1-for-2 with two walks, … First, Tony Perez began his career in 1964; these numbers only reflect his performance from 1969 to 1986. A day later, the Mets released Carter. The long-time Colorado Rockies first baseman (Helton) ranks 15th thanks to a brilliant peak. 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