Pitcher · 2025
Nick Hernandez
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 212 lb
- Number
- #52
- Born
- December 30, 1994 in Missouri City, TX, USA
- MLB debut
- September 12, 2023
- Drafted
- 2016, round 8
- College
- Houston
- High school
- Dulles
- dbWAR
- -.6 2 season(s)
- IP
- 10.2
- ERA
- 5.06
- FIP
- 6.98
- K/9
- 9.3
- FIP−
- 168 100 = avg
Nick Hernandez is a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2025 he struck out 11 batters over 10.2 innings across 10 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.06 was 21.7% higher than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 6.98 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 31.0% of swings (14.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 15.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.2%. His -0.3 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2025.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 18 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .294 | .333 | .765 | .452 | 33.3% |
| vs RHB | 34 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | .259 | .412 | .481 | .397 | 14.7% |
Pitch sequencing
What Nick Hernandez throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2025.
| Slider | 101 | 82.0 | 2,495 | 41.6% | 28.6% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 95 | 91.3 | 2,510 | 48.4% | 27.5% | |
| Splitter | 25 | 81.5 | 1,542 | 28.0% | 71.4% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 5.06 | 6.98 | 1.88 | 9.3 | 6.8 | 122 | 168 | -0.3 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7.88 | 7.54 | 1.38 | 11.3 | 1.1 | 193 | 185 | -0.3 |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.