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Tony Fernandez

Full name Octavio Antonio (Castro) Fernandez
Born June 30, 1962, San Pedro de Macoris, Macoris (Dominican Republic)
Died February 16, 2020, Weston, Florida
Buried at Cementerio Municipal, San Pedro de Macoris, Macoris (Dominican Republic)
Born as: Octavio Antonio Fernando (Castro)
First Game: September 2, 1983; Final Game: October 7, 2001
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 165
Named shortstop on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1986)
Won AL Gold Glove as shortstop (1986 to 1989)
Ejections: 1988 (1), 1990 (1), 1992 (1), 1994 (1). Total: 4
SABR Biography
Top Performances 

Pitcher Matchups

                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1983 TOR A    Daily Splits   15    34    5    9   1   1   0    2    2   0    2   1   1   0   0   1   1    0   1  .265  .324  .353  -0.3 1983 TOR A
1984 TOR A    Daily Splits   88   233   29   63   5   3   3   19   17   0   15   0   2   2   0   2   3    5   7  .270  .317  .356   1.3 1984 TOR A
1985 TOR A    Daily Splits  161   564   71  163  31  10   2   51   43   2   41   2   7   2   0   6  12   13   6  .289  .340  .390   2.4 1985 TOR A
1986 TOR A    Daily Splits  163   687   91  213  33   9  10   65   27   0   52   4   5   4   0  13   8   25  12  .310  .338  .428   2.4 1986 TOR A
1987 TOR A    Daily Splits  146   578   90  186  29   8   5   67   51   3   48   5   4   4   0   9  14   32  12  .322  .379  .426   4.1 1987 TOR A
1988 TOR A    Daily Splits  154   648   76  186  41   4   5   70   45   3   65   4   3   4   0   7   9   15   5  .287  .335  .386   2.4 1988 TOR A
1989 TOR A    Daily Splits  140   573   64  147  25   9  11   64   29   1   51   3   2  10   0  10   9   22   6  .257  .291  .389   2.1 1989 TOR A
1990 TOR A    Daily Splits  161   635   84  175  27  17   4   66   71   4   70   7   2   6   0   7  17   26  13  .276  .352  .391   2.7 1990 TOR A
1991 SD  N    Daily Splits  145   558   81  152  27   5   4   38   55   0   74   0   7   1   0   3  12   23   9  .272  .337  .360   1.9 1991 SD  N
1992 SD  N    Daily Splits  155   622   84  171  32   4   4   37   56   4   62   4   9   3   0   5   6   20  20  .275  .337  .359  -1.2 1992 SD  N
1993 NY  N    Daily Splits   48   173   20   39   5   2   1   14   25   0   19   1   3   2   0   2   3    6   2  .225  .323  .295   0.0 1993 NY  N
1993 TOR A    Daily Splits   94   353   45  108  18   9   4   50   31   3   26   0   5   1   0   7  13   15   8  .306  .361  .442   2.2 1993 TOR A
1993 Total                  142   526   65  147  23  11   5   64   56   3   45   1   8   3   0   9  16   21  10  .279  .348  .394   2.2 1993 Total
1994 CIN N    Daily Splits  104   366   50  102  18   6   8   50   44   8   40   5   4   3   0   5   5   12   7  .279  .361  .426   0.4 1994 CIN N
1995 NY  A    Daily Splits  108   384   57   94  20   2   5   45   42   4   40   4   3   5   0   5  14    6   6  .245  .322  .346  -2.0 1995 NY  A
1997 CLE A    Daily Splits  120   409   55  117  21   1  11   44   22   0   47   2   6   3   0   4  11    6   6  .286  .323  .423   1.0 1997 CLE A
1998 TOR A    Daily Splits  138   486   71  156  36   2   9   72   45   5   53  11   3   6   0   3  11   13   8  .321  .387  .459   0.7 1998 TOR A
1999 TOR A    Daily Splits  142   485   73  159  41   0   6   75   77  11   62  10   0   4   0  10  10    6   7  .328  .427  .449   0.8 1999 TOR A
2001 MIL N    Daily Splits   28    64    6   18   0   0   1    3    7   0    9   0   1   0   0   0   1    1   2  .281  .352  .328  -0.2 2001 MIL N
2001 TOR A    Daily Splits   48    59    5   18   4   0   1   12    1   0    8   1   0   1   0   0   2    0   1  .305  .323  .424  -0.1 2001 TOR A
2001 Total                   76   123   11   36   4   0   2   15    8   0   17   1   1   1   0   0   3    1   3  .293  .338  .374  -0.3 2001 Total
Total NL ( 5 Years)         480  1783  241  482  82  17  18  142  187  12  204  10  24   9   0  15  27   62  40  .270  .341  .366   0.9 Total NL
Total AL (14 Years)        1678  6128  816 1794 332  75  76  702  503  36  580  54  43  52   0  84 134  184  98  .293  .349  .409  19.7 Total AL
Total    (17 Years) Splits 2158  7911 1057 2276 414  92  94  844  690  48  784  64  67  61   0  99 161  246 138  .288  .347  .399  20.6 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

           Division Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1995 NY  A    Daily Splits    5    21    0    5   2   0   0    0    2   1    2   0   1   0   0   0   1    0   0  .238  .304  .333 1995 NY  A
1997 CLE A    Daily Splits    4    11    0    2   1   0   0    4    0   0    0   0   0   1   0   1   0    0   0  .182  .167  .273 1997 CLE A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits    9    32    0    7   3   0   0    4    2   1    2   0   1   1   0   1   1    0   0  .219  .257  .313 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1985 TOR A    Daily Splits    7    24    2    8   2   0   0    2    1   0    2   0   0   1   0   0   1    0   0  .333  .346  .417 1985 TOR A
1989 TOR A    Daily Splits    5    20    6    7   3   0   0    1    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    5   0  .350  .381  .500 1989 TOR A
1993 TOR A    Daily Splits    6    22    1    7   0   0   0    1    2   2    4   0   1   0   0   0   1    0   0  .318  .375  .318 1993 TOR A
1997 CLE A    Daily Splits    5    14    1    5   1   0   1    2    1   0    2   1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .357  .438  .643 1997 CLE A
Total    ( 4 Years) Splits   23    80   10   27   6   0   1    6    5   2   10   1   1   1   0   0   2    5   0  .338  .379  .450 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1993 TOR A    Daily Splits    6    21    2    7   1   0   0    9    3   0    3   1   0   1   0   0   0    0   1  .333  .423  .381 1993 TOR A
1997 CLE A    Daily Splits    5    17    1    8   1   0   0    4    0   0    1   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .471  .444  .529 1997 CLE A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits   11    38    3   15   2   0   0   13    3   0    4   1   0   2   0   0   0    0   1  .395  .432  .447 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1986 AL       Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1986 AL   
1987 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1987 AL   
1989 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1989 AL   
1992 NL       Daily Splits    1     2    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1992 NL   
1999 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1999 AL   
Total    ( 5 Years) Splits    5     7    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .143  .143 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team


                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1983 TOR A Daily Splits  SS   13    7    5    79.1    16   17    0    6   0 1.000
1983 TOR A               DH    1    0    0                                      -
1984 TOR A Daily Splits  SS   73   50   48   504     116  178    8   40   0  .974
1984 TOR A               3B   10    3    2    45.1     3   17    1    1   0  .952
1984 TOR A               DH    2    0    0                                      -
1985 TOR A Daily Splits  SS  160  158  154  1416     283  478   30  109   0  .962
1986 TOR A Daily Splits  SS  163  162  151  1443     294  445   13  103   0  .983
1987 TOR A Daily Splits  SS  146  142  115  1210.1   270  396   14   88   0  .979
1988 TOR A Daily Splits  SS  154  154  136  1334.2   247  470   14  106   0  .981
1989 TOR A Daily Splits  SS  140  140  129  1243     260  475    6   93   0  .992
1990 TOR A Daily Splits  SS  161  161  148  1384     297  480    9   93   0  .989
1991 SD  N Daily Splits  SS  145  143  132  1262.2   247  440   20   78   0  .972
1992 SD  N Daily Splits  SS  154  154  139  1348.2   240  405   11   65   0  .983
1993 NY  N Daily Splits  SS   48   48   44   413.2    83  150    6   28   0  .975
1993 TOR A Daily Splits  SS   94   94   91   821.2   196  260    7   62   0  .985
1993 Total               SS  142  142  135  1235.1   279  410   13   90   0  .981
1994 CIN N Daily Splits  3B   93   87   74   762      54  166    2   12   0  .991
1994 CIN N               SS    9    6    2    50       6   17    2    2   0  .920
1994 CIN N               2B    5    5    3    33.2     7   12    0    1   0 1.000
1995 NY  A Daily Splits  SS  103  101   93   887.2   141  274   10   63   0  .976
1995 NY  A               2B    4    4    4    36       7    9    0    2   0 1.000
1997 CLE A Daily Splits  2B  109   94   87   840.1   207  295   10   59   0  .980
1997 CLE A               SS   10    8    5    65.2    12   26    1    7   0  .974
1997 CLE A               DH    1    0    0                                      -
1998 TOR A Daily Splits  2B   82   81   68   692.2   128  222    9   43   0  .975
1998 TOR A               3B   54   52   42   452.2    32   73    4    3   0  .963
1998 TOR A               DH    1    1    1                                      -
1999 TOR A Daily Splits  3B  132  130  115  1108.2    65  212   18   21   0  .939
1999 TOR A               DH    9    5    4                                      -
1999 TOR A               2B    1    0    0     3       0    2    0    0   0 1.000
2001 MIL N Daily Splits  3B   13   13   10   111.1     3   25    1    4   0  .966
2001 TOR A Daily Splits  DH   13    3    3                                      -
Total (14 Years) Splits  SS 1573 1528 1392 13464.1  2708 4511  151  943   0  .980
Total ( 5 Years)         3B  302  285  243  2480     157  493   26   41   0  .962
Total ( 5 Years)         2B  201  184  162  1605.2   349  540   19  105   0  .979
Total ( 6 Years)         DH   27    9    8                                      -
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

           Division Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1995 NY  A Daily Splits  SS    5    5    5    50       9   15    0    2   0 1.000
1997 CLE A Daily Splits  2B    4    3    3    30       8    9    0    2   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) Splits  SS    5    5    5    50       9   15    0    2   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         2B    4    3    3    30       8    9    0    2   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1985 TOR A Daily Splits  SS    7    7    7    62      10   15    2    2   0  .926
1989 TOR A Daily Splits  SS    5    5    5    43       9   14    0    3   0 1.000
1993 TOR A Daily Splits  SS    6    6    6    54      12    8    0    5   0 1.000
1997 CLE A Daily Splits  2B    5    2    2    31       9   10    1    2   0  .950
Total ( 3 Years) Splits  SS   18   18   18   159      31   37    2   10   0  .971
Total ( 1 Year )         2B    5    2    2    31       9   10    1    2   0  .950
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1993 TOR A Daily Splits  SS    6    6    6    53      11    8    0    4   0 1.000
1997 CLE A Daily Splits  2B    5    3    3    36.2     9   14    2    3   0  .920
Total ( 1 Year ) Splits  SS    6    6    6    53      11    8    0    4   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         2B    5    3    3    36.2     9   14    2    3   0  .920
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1986 AL    Daily Splits  SS    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1987 AL    Daily Splits  SS    1    0    0     8       1    3    0    0   0 1.000
1989 AL    Daily Splits  SS    1    0    0     4       2    2    0    2   0 1.000
1992 NL    Daily Splits  SS    1    0    0     4       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1999 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    0    0     5       0    2    0    1   0 1.000
Total ( 4 Years) Splits  SS    4    0    0    17       6    5    0    2   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         3B    1    0    0     5       0    2    0    1   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG


Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 9- 1-1988     BOX  TOR A  Joe Brinkman        Balls and strikes (Threw bat)
 6-22-1990     BOX  TOR A  Larry Barnett       Insulting the umpire (called him fatso)
 8- 1-1992     BOX  SD  N  Ed Rapuano          Called third strike
 5-24-1994     BOX  CIN N  Wally Bell          Called third strike


Transaction Information

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Toronto Blue Jays (April 24, 1979).

Traded by Toronto Blue Jays with Fred McGriff to San Diego Padres in exchange for
Joe Carter and Roberto Alomar (December 5, 1990).

Traded by San Diego Padres to New York Mets in exchange for Wally Whitehurst, D.J.
Dozier and a player to be named later (October 26, 1992); San Diego Padres received
Raul Casanova (December 7, 1992).

Traded by New York Mets to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Darrin Jackson (June
11, 1993).

Granted free agency (November 3, 1993).

Signed by Cincinnati Reds (March 8, 1994).

Granted free agency (October 13, 1994).

Signed by New York Yankees (December 15, 1994).

Granted free agency (November 18, 1996).

Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 28, 1996).

Granted free agency (October 30, 1997).

Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (December 8, 1997).

Granted free agency (November 5, 1999).

Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (February 8, 2001).

Released by Milwaukee Brewers (May 29, 2001).

Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (June 8, 2001).

Granted free agency (November 5, 2001).

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