Jared Fernández

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jared Fernandez

|image=Jared Fernandez (128266350) (cropped).jpg

|caption=Fernandez with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2006

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1972|2|2}}

|birth_place=Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 19

|debutyear=2001

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 11

|finalyear=2006

|finalteam=Milwaukee Brewers

|debut2league = NPB

|debut2date=April 8

|debut2year=2007

|debut2team=Hiroshima Toyo Carp

|final2league = NPB

|final2date=September 22

|final2year=2007

|final2team=Hiroshima Toyo Carp

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=4–7

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.05

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=61

|stat2league = NPB

|stat21label=Win–loss record

|stat21value=3–8

|stat22label=Earned run average

|stat22value=6.04

|stat23label=Strikeouts

|stat23value=33

|teams=

Cincinnati Reds ({{Baseball year|2001}}–{{Baseball year|2002}})
Houston Astros ({{Baseball year|2003}}–{{Baseball year|2004}})
Milwaukee Brewers ({{Baseball year|2006}})
Hiroshima Toyo Carp ({{Baseball year|2007}})

}}

Jared Wade Fernandez (born February 2, 1972) is a Hispanic American former Major League Baseball knuckleball pitcher who last pitched in {{Baseball year|2007}} for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.

Fernandez attended Fresno State University and in {{Baseball year|1994}}, the right-handed hitting and throwing Fernandez was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Boston Red Sox. He played in their organization until {{Baseball year|2000}}, when he was signed by the Cincinnati Reds to a minor league contract. He made his major league debut with the Reds on September 19, {{mlby|2001}}.

He spent 2001 and {{mlby|2002}} bouncing up and down between the Reds' Triple-A team, Louisville, and the major league team. In December 2002, he was signed by the Houston Astros after he filed for free agency. In {{mlby|2003}} and {{mlby|2004}}, he again bounced between the majors and minors.

In {{Baseball year|2005}}, he spent the season in the minors with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, in the Phillies organization.

In {{mlby|2006}}, Fernandez was signed by the Milwaukee Brewers and won a bullpen spot out of spring training. After a few bad outings he was sent down to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds. In the 2006 offseason, he was a pitcher for the Dominican team, Aguilas Cibaeñas, where he was subsequently released in midseason.

On December 11, 2006, Fernandez signed a one-year, $200,000 contract with the Hiroshima Carp of Japan.