:Ramón Hernández (pitcher)

{{Short description|Puerto Rican baseball player (1940–2009)}}

{{About|the Major League Baseball pitcher|the baseball catcher|Ramón Hernández}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|image=Ramon Hernandez Pirates.jpg

|name=Ramón Hernández

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Switch

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1940|8|31}}

|birth_place=Carolina, Puerto Rico

|death_date={{death date and age|2009|2|4|1940|8|31}}

|death_place=Carolina, Puerto Rico

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 11

|debutyear=1967

|debutteam=Atlanta Braves

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 27

|finalyear=1977

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=23–15

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.03

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=255

|stat4label=Saves

|stat4value=46

|teams=

• Atlanta Braves ({{mlby|1967}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1968}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1971}}–{{mlby|1976}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1976}}–{{mlby|1977}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1977}})

}}

Ramón Hernández González (August 31, 1940 – February 4, 2009) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played all or part of nine seasons between {{mlby|1967}} and {{mlby|1977}}, including three National League Championship Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1972, 1974–75). His most productive season came in 1972, when he finished 5–0 with a 1.67 ERA and 14 saves. A native of Carolina, Puerto Rico, he was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed.

In a nine-season career, Hernández posted a 23–15 record with a 3.03 ERA and 46 saves in 337 relief appearances, giving up 145 earned runs on 399 hits and 135 walks while striking out 255 in {{frac|430|1|3}} innings of work.

Hernández died in Carolina, Puerto Rico, at the age of 68."[http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/Article.asp?ID=%7BD3F164BC-F499-4CFD-A2A0-2EC90318497E%7D&language=ES Fallece ex lanzador puertorriqueño Ramón Hernández] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216123616/http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/Article.asp?ID=%7BD3F164BC-F499-4CFD-A2A0-2EC90318497E%7D&language=ES |date=2009-02-16 }}" {{in lang|es}}, Prensa Latina, February 5, 2009.