Keith Hernandez

Keith Hernandez
Hernandez in 2022
First baseman
Born: (1953-10-20) October 20, 1953 (age 70) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
August 30, 1974, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
July 24, 1990, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Batting average	.296
Hits	2,182
Home runs	162
Runs batted in	1,071
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1974–1983) New York Mets (1983–1989) Cleveland Indians (1990)
Career highlights and awards
5× All-Star (1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1987) 2× World Series champion (1982, 1986) NL MVP (1979) 11× Gold Glove Award (1978–1988) 2× Silver Slugger Award (1980, 1984) NL batting champion (1979) St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame New York Mets No. 17 retired New York Mets Hall of Fame

Keith Hernandez (born October 20, 1953) is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman who played the majority of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets. Hernandez was a five-time All-Star who shared the 1979 NL MVP award and won two World Series titles, one each with the Cardinals and Mets. Since 1998, he has been a color commentator on Mets television broadcasts.

A contact hitter with a .296 career average and a walk rate of 12.5%,^[1][2] Hernandez's career hitting productivity was 31% above league average.^[1] For his defensive work, he received 11 consecutive Gold Glove awards, the most by any first baseman in baseball history. Hernandez is widely considered the best defensive first baseman of all time.^[3][4]

Hernandez has been a color commentator on Mets games for SNY, alongside former Mets teammate Ron Darling and play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen since the launch of the network in 2006. He has also been a studio analyst for MLB on Fox since 2017.