Player Profile: Willie Hernandez

Therion · May 27, 2009

Today feature at http://therion.today.com features what became known as The Perfect Season. It was performed by Willie Hernandez.

Don't remember him? Well, read on.

UMich92 · May 27, 2009

First off, let me say I usually find at least one tidbit in your profiles to be interesting and informative. As a Tigers fan, I remember Willie Hernandez well and had forgotten the Cubs disastrous attempt at making him a starter. But after that nugget, you missed the mark. He was never a starter for the Phillies or the Tigers. He was mainly a setup man for the Phillies and as you said the Tigers bit, but in the hopes of making him their closer. As the Tigers closer, he made the All-Star team from 1984-1986.

Alex

Therion · May 27, 2009

::facepalm:: ::facepalm:: ::facepalm:: ::facepalm::

Fixed.

ahill1 · May 27, 2009

Great read as always.

jeremy · May 27, 2009

YEAH!!! SHOW OFF YOUR WILLIE HERNANDEZ PATCH CARDS!!!

wait, thats about the only one ive ever seen

Therion · May 27, 2009

jeremy said:
YEAH!!! SHOW OFF YOUR WILLIE HERNANDEZ PATCH CARDS!!!

wait, thats about the only one ive ever seen

That is actually pretty sweet.

jbone17 · May 27, 2009

Nice find, but he wasn't that great lol. Since I am 18, it is hard for me to determine the impact that he had, but now it seems mediocre to me.

gvsu96 · May 27, 2009

Viva Guillermo!

Therion · May 27, 2009

jbone17 said:
Nice find, but he wasn't that great lol. Since I am 18, it is hard for me to determine the impact that he had, but now it seems mediocre to me.

You really don't see the impact he had on the 1984 Tigers? Sure, the rest of his career was so-so but he pitched The Perfect Season. It's an incredible thing.

Therion · May 27, 2009

*bump for the evening crew*

NerfXerks · May 27, 2009

I don't know. I remember the 1984 season well (first of Davey!). I always felt the AL MVP that year should have been Alan Trammell. That was back when hitting .315 with 15 homers was crazy good for a shortstop.

RandomH · May 27, 2009

Dang I'm addicted to your blog lol!

UMich92 · May 27, 2009

jeremy said:
YEAH!!! SHOW OFF YOUR WILLIE HERNANDEZ PATCH CARDS!!!

wait, thats about the only one ive ever seen

That's really nice. I have the plain jersey version.

Alex

UMich92 · May 27, 2009

A quick review of two closers winning the MVP and CY Young in the same season. Willie Hernandez and to a lesser extent Aurelio Lopez were very much responsible for the Tigers dominance of 1984.

Exhibit A - Willie Hernandez, 1984
140.1 IP (for a modern closer this is almost unheard of)
1.92 ERA
0.941 WHIP
204 ERA +

Exhibit B - Dennis Eckersley, 1992
80.1 IP (career high as a closer)
1.91 ERA
0.913 WHIP
196 ERA +

Exhibit C - ???
73 IP
0.61 ERA
0.614 WHIP
606 ERA + (this is a preposterous number)

For those who haven't figured it out, Exhibit C is Ecks year of dominance in 1990. It's crazy to think he finished behind Bobby Thigpen in both MVP and CY Young voting. Thigpen did break the saves record. But c'mon.

Alex

Therion · May 28, 2009

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