Nanny Fernandez

{{Short description|American baseball player (1918–1996)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{No footnotes|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Nanny Fernandez

|position=Third baseman

|image=Nanny Fernandez 1942.jpg

|image_size=160px

|caption=Fernandez, circa 1942

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1918|10|25|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Wilmington, California, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1996|9|19|1918|10|25}}

|death_place=Harbor City, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 14

|debutyear=1942

|debutteam=Boston Braves

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 9

|finalyear=1950

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.248

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=16

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=145

|teams=

• Boston Braves (1942, 1946–1947)
• Pittsburgh Pirates (1950)

}}

Froilan "Nanny" Fernandez (October 25, 1918 – September 19, 1996) was an American professional baseball player.

Fernandez played all, or part of, four seasons in the Major Leagues, primarily as a third baseman, although he also saw significant time as a shortstop and outfielder. He played for the Boston Braves in {{baseball year|1942}} and, after serving in World War II, {{baseball year|1946}} and {{baseball year|1947}}. After two seasons in the minor leagues, he returned to the majors in {{baseball year|1950}} with the Pittsburgh Pirates. After spending the {{baseball year|1951}} season with the Indianapolis Indians, the Pirates' top farm team, he spent three seasons in the Pacific Coast League with the Seattle Rainiers and Sacramento Solons.