Chris Hernandez
American baseball player
Why Is Chris Hernandez Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Christopher Hernandez is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Despite having never played in Major League Baseball, his baseball career was decorated with numerous honors. Early life and college career He was born in Miami, Florida and attended Monsignor Pace High School, out of which he was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 14th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft , though he opted not to sign. Instead, he attended the University of Miami. In his freshman year at the school, Hernandez went 11-0 with 117 strikeouts, 92 hits allowed, 18 walks allowed, a 0.98 WHIP and a 2.72 ERA in 112.2 innings to earn the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman Pitcher of the Year and the Baseball America Freshman of the Year honors. He was also named a Louisville Slugger First Team All-American, the conference Freshman of the Year, a Roger Clemens Award finalist, to the Brooks Wallace Award watch list, first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference, to the ACC Championship All-Tournament Team, a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American, a National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Freshman All-American, a Baseball America and a Rivals.com Second Team All-American. He also played in the College World Series that year. The next year, he was 7-5 with a 4.76 ERA, 93 strikeouts and 31 walks in 90.2 innings. In 2010, he went 10-3 with a 2.64 ERA, 110 strikeouts, 87 hits, 35 walks and a 1.15 WHIP in 105.2 innings. He led the ACC in ERA.
