Carlos Hernández

#43 - Relief Pitcher

Kansas City Royals

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	3/11/1997 (27)
Height, Weight	6'4", 255 lb
Hometown	Guayana, VEN

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	0	21.1	3.38	1.36	21.5%	11.8%

	183^rd 3 Sv	287^th 41 IP	118^th 4.10 ERA	217^th 1.30 WHIP	221^st 23.5% K%	267^th 9.1% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	98.0	11.3%	25.2%	-	5.5%	5.16	3.54

	13^th 94.2 FB MPH	234^th 12.6% SwStr%	310^th 29.1% CSW%	- Str-ICR	160^th - MTK%	143^rd 5.13 PLV	229^th - PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	Sv	Hld	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2020	KC	5	3	14.2	0-1	0	0	4.91	1.70	6.67	6.50	5.01	4.26	19.4%	9.0%	11.7	2.45	.349	26.7%	83.3%	44.7%	42.6%	11.8%	26.7%	0.39	5.01
2021	KC	24	11	85.2	6-2	0	0	3.68	1.28	3.75	4.09	5.00	4.00	20.7%	11.5%	7.2	0.74	.267	8.0%	74.9%	35.6%	41.8%	12.2%	25.7%	0.40	4.97
2022	KC	27	7	56.0	0-5	0	1	7.39	1.84	5.40	5.20	5.79	4.14	13.2%	11.7%	11.6	1.13	.339	9.3%	59.4%	36.2%	39.4%	11.2%	25.0%	0.34	4.94
2023	KC	67	4	70.0	1-10	4	17	5.27	1.33	4.75	4.28	4.35	3.76	25.6%	10.6%	8.0	1.29	.287	13.7%	63.8%	41.4%	35.1%	15.7%	28.1%	0.54	5.14
2024	KC	20	0	21.1	0-1	0	0	3.38	1.36	5.04	2.84	5.41	3.54	21.5%	11.8%	7.6	0.00	.290	0.0%	65.5%	38.7%	27.4%	11.3%	25.2%	0.48	5.16
RP MLB Percentile		24	0	16	0-55	0	0	65	36	19	87	8	32	36	21	59	96	48	96	22	32	2	31	10	-	56
RP MLB AVG		37	0	41.0	2-2	3	6	4.10	1.30	4.20	4.09	4.04	3.19	23.5%	9.1%	8.1	1.07	.288	12.5%	71.9%	37.1%	44.7%	12.6%	29.1%	0.53	5.13
Career		143	25	247.2	7-19	4	18	5.01	1.45	-	-	-	3.94	20.2%	11.2%	8.7	1.02	.299	9.9%	67.4%	38.1%	38.3%	12.9%	26.2%	0.43	5.03

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 55%
Slider | 20%
Curveball | 13%
Splitter | 12%
Changeup | 0%
Cutter | 0%
Sinker | 0%
All

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 All

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Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2020	10.6%	95.1	40.7%	25.0%	55.6%	7.4%	11.1%	18.5%	40.7%	33.3%	50.0%	33.3%	33.3%	.286	.200	+1	1.1	3.7%	4.62
2021	33.3%	96.8	48.6%	24.9%	61.8%	9.6%	14.7%	24.3%	49.7%	32.1%	43.6%	37.2%	8.8%	.214	.240	+2	-0.7	1.7%	4.98
2022	48.0%	96.8	43.3%	26.2%	61.2%	8.7%	14.9%	23.5%	47.5%	29.4%	44.7%	40.0%	10.5%	.367	.358	+13	9.6	2.8%	4.84
2023	55.3%	99.1	53.5%	29.5%	68.4%	14.0%	13.7%	27.7%	54.8%	28.7%	43.6%	46.5%	13.6%	.272	.326	+4	10.9	3.5%	5.29
2024	54.9%	98.0	53.7%	29.7%	70.2%	6.0%	15.6%	21.6%	57.3%	23.5%	55.9%	41.2%	0.0%	.220	.265	-2	-2.6	3.2%	5.34
RP MLB Percentile	82	95	64	70	80	10	38	10	20	16	88	47	71	58	59	78	74	80	89
RP MLB AVG	39.8%	94.2	50.9%	26.5%	65.5%	10.9%	16.8%	27.7%	52.0%	36.3%	41.1%	41.4%	13.0%	.248	.297	+0	-0.2	6.7%	4.94

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2020	.382	.559	.340	.606	-	16.7%	33.3%	98.4	95.9	22.0	4.2	9.3	-1.4	5.6	7.0	2,414
2021	.236	.365	.264	.350	-	7.7%	37.2%	91.9	90.0	19.8	3.9	10.1	-0.8	5.8	6.8	2,368
2022	.321	.439	.290	.416	-	9.4%	40.0%	90.6	87.5	19.5	5.1	10.1	-1.0	6.0	6.6	2,360
2023	.275	.389	.322	.442	-	8.9%	46.5%	91.0	88.9	22.7	6.1	10.0	-1.4	5.9	6.6	2,405
2024	.248	.363	.239	.401	-	14.7%	41.2%	91.7	90.6	26.4	5.1	10.0	-1.2	5.8	6.7	2,407
RP MLB Percentile	43	35	77	38	-	16	47	35	36	14	49	72	56	59	68	80
RP MLB AVG	.245	.340	.290	.385	-	9.0%	41.4%	90.1	88.4	18.5	5.0	8.9	-0.8	5.6	6.5	2,284

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2020	27	9	15	12	0	1	0	1	2	4	2	1	2	0
2021	477	126	295	182	14	3	1	3	21	28	29	21	26	1
2022	497	112	304	193	23	5	1	4	33	42	34	7	20	0
2023	692	163	473	219	19	10	2	6	37	51	47	35	27	0
2024	218	49	153	65	5	4	0	0	9	9	14	9	6	0
RP MLB Percentile	60	55	63	45	49	14	18	70	47	-	-	46	39	40
RP MLB AVG	221	55	146	75	7	2	0	2	11	15	14	13	7	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2020	33.3%	16.7%	50.0%	16.7%	50.0%	33.3%	16.7%	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	33.3%	-	66.6%	33.3%
2021	32.1%	24.4%	43.6%	16.7%	28.2%	34.6%	37.2%	17.9%	11.5%	7.7%	35.9%	-	62.8%	37.2%
2022	29.4%	25.9%	44.7%	12.9%	25.9%	36.5%	37.6%	25.9%	4.7%	9.4%	42.4%	-	59.9%	40.0%
2023	28.7%	27.7%	43.6%	12.9%	35.6%	29.7%	34.7%	30.7%	6.9%	8.9%	42.6%	-	53.5%	46.5%
2024	23.5%	20.6%	55.9%	20.6%	35.3%	29.4%	35.3%	14.7%	11.8%	14.7%	38.2%	-	58.8%	41.2%
RP MLB Percentile	16	57	88	84	62	27	60	88	17	16	46	-	-	47
RP MLB AVG	36.3%	22.7%	41.1%	12.8%	32.2%	34.9%	33.0%	25.5%	7.0%	9.0%	37.5%	-	58.6%	41.4%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2020	.286	.513	.200	.333	+1	.382	.559	.340	.606	98.4	95.9	22.0	33.3
2021	.214	.336	.240	.269	+2	.236	.365	.264	.350	91.9	90.0	19.8	8.8
2022	.367	.449	.358	.388	+13	.321	.439	.290	.416	90.6	87.5	19.5	10.5
2023	.272	.388	.326	.366	+4	.275	.389	.322	.442	91.0	88.9	22.7	13.6
2024	.220	.277	.265	.265	-2	.248	.363	.239	.401	91.7	90.6	26.4	0.0
RP MLB Percentile	58	70	59	74	78	43	35	77	38	35	36	14	71
RP MLB AVG	.248	.336	.297	.332	+0	.245	.340	.290	.385	90.1	88.4	18.5	13.0

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2020	40.7%	55.6%	44.4%	25.0%	16.7%	14.8%	83.3%	100.0%	50.0%	11.1%	7.4%	18.5%	40.0%	22.2%	48.1%	0.04	40.7%
2021	48.6%	61.8%	47.2%	24.9%	20.4%	21.2%	79.6%	82.3%	72.1%	14.7%	9.6%	24.3%	26.4%	16.4%	57.4%	0.40	49.7%
2022	43.3%	61.2%	46.3%	26.2%	18.7%	20.5%	81.3%	81.4%	81.1%	14.9%	8.7%	23.5%	28.0%	17.1%	54.5%	0.35	47.5%
2023	53.5%	68.4%	54.6%	29.5%	25.7%	26.0%	74.3%	79.2%	60.0%	13.7%	14.0%	27.7%	21.4%	14.6%	63.0%	0.63	54.8%
2024	53.7%	70.2%	54.6%	29.7%	10.9%	33.0%	89.1%	92.1%	80.0%	15.6%	6.0%	21.6%	22.2%	15.6%	66.1%	0.52	57.3%
RP MLB Percentile	64	80	83	70	6	99	6	9	13	38	10	10	67	54	86	56	20
RP MLB AVG	50.9%	65.5%	48.7%	26.5%	22.2%	21.6%	77.8%	81.8%	66.6%	16.8%	10.9%	27.7%	-	-	60.1%	0.54	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2020	40.7%	40.7%	29.6%	29.6%	59.3%	11.1%	29.6%	40.7%	29.6%	3.7%
2021	48.6%	35.4%	26.4%	38.2%	56.2%	23.7%	20.1%	35.4%	38.2%	4.4%
2022	43.3%	31.4%	24.3%	44.3%	53.9%	26.2%	19.9%	34.4%	41.2%	6.8%
2023	53.5%	29.9%	30.9%	39.2%	51.2%	23.4%	25.4%	35.1%	34.0%	7.8%
2024	53.7%	33.0%	30.7%	36.2%	57.8%	24.8%	17.4%	29.4%	39.9%	11.0%
RP MLB Percentile	64	43	74	46	74	32	29	54	31	88
RP MLB AVG	50.9%	35.1%	27.8%	37.1%	51.0%	26.7%	22.3%	29.0%	43.2%	7.8%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2020	44.4%	40.7%	14.8%	25.0%	42.9%	14.3%	0.0%	50.0%	25.0%
2021	52.2%	21.4%	26.4%	14.5%	53.2%	41.9%	19.3%	19.0%	16.7%
2022	54.7%	23.3%	21.9%	12.1%	55.4%	44.6%	18.8%	26.6%	6.4%
2023	53.0%	15.2%	31.8%	11.2%	65.1%	54.5%	19.9%	21.4%	15.9%
2024	51.8%	12.4%	35.8%	14.2%	67.3%	55.1%	22.1%	25.6%	11.5%
RP MLB Percentile	33	66	78	59	74	70	54	79	15
RP MLB AVG	54.4%	14.5%	31.1%	13.5%	61.9%	50.9%	21.8%	20.9%	18.3%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2020	95.1	7.0	7.0	16.4	17.8	-4.4	1.2	2,414	4.62
2021	96.8	6.8	6.3	16.6	17.9	-4.5	1.1	2,368	4.98
2022	96.8	6.6	8.2	16.1	18.3	-4.7	0.9	2,360	4.84
2023	99.1	6.6	10.0	16.1	19.1	-4.7	1.1	2,405	5.29
2024	98.0	6.7	8.4	16.2	18.3	-4.5	1.1	2,407	5.34
RP MLB Percentile	95	68	52	71	68	61	57	80	89
RP MLB AVG	94.2	6.5	-	-	-	-	-	2,284	4.94

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2020	27	4.62	5.56	40.7%	14.8%	44.4%	-3.7%	1.1	+1
2021	477	4.98	3.96	50.9%	14.7%	34.4%	16.6%	-0.7	+2
2022	497	4.84	4.45	44.3%	16.3%	39.4%	4.8%	9.6	+13
2023	692	5.29	3.28	52.6%	16.5%	30.9%	21.7%	10.9	+4
2024	218	5.34	2.89	56.0%	11.9%	32.1%	23.9%	-2.6	-2
RP MLB Percentile	60	89	-	90	11	79	79	74	78
RP MLB AVG	221	4.94	1.16	46.0%	16.8%	37.2%	8.7%	-0.2	+0

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	17.0%	85.3	37.4%	26.3%	55.1%	16.5%	11.5%	28.0%	38.7%	47.6%	31.0%	47.6%	7.7%	.189	.220	+0	-2.1	7.0%	4.87
2022	18.7%	85.6	44.8%	33.6%	63.4%	17.5%	9.8%	27.3%	45.9%	55.3%	23.7%	44.7%	22.2%	.354	.417	+8	8.0	8.8%	5.33
2023	23.6%	88.6	38.3%	39.6%	62.7%	19.3%	9.8%	29.2%	51.2%	47.2%	32.1%	32.1%	11.8%	.182	.235	+0	0.5	8.5%	5.10
2024	20.4%	86.8	37.0%	35.3%	65.4%	19.8%	16.0%	35.8%	53.1%	46.7%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%	.263	.333	+3	1.8	11.1%	5.00
RP MLB Percentile	29	65	29	63	65	75	58	75	40	63	38	61	63	30	28	19	34	10	20
RP MLB AVG	29.6%	85.3	41.6%	32.1%	62.2%	15.5%	15.1%	30.5%	49.7%	41.6%	36.2%	38.7%	14.0%	.236	.291	+1	1.0	6.7%	5.21

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	.204	.267	.213	.308	-	9.5%	47.6%	90.1	89.2	10.0	-1.6	0.8	-0.8	5.8