José Fernández

ホセ・フェルナンデス　/　ほせ・ふぇるなんです

American baseball player

November 2, 1974 (age 51)　・　La Vega, La Vega Province, Dominican Republic

La Vega Province
baseball player

My Take

There's something quietly underrated about a guy who spent eleven years grinding in Japanese professional baseball, racking up 206 home runs and 772 RBI in the NPB while most casual American fans had no idea who he was. José Fernández is that kind of career — not a household name in the States, but a genuine journeyman star who made himself at home across four different professional leagues spanning the Dominican Republic, the U.S. majors, South Korea, and Japan. Born in La Vega and built at 192 centimeters, he had the frame and the bat to carve out a long run in multiple baseball cultures, which honestly takes more adaptability than most big-league sluggers ever have to show. I respect that kind of sustained, globe-trotting career enormously.

Overview

José Mayobanex Fernández Rojas (born November 2, 1974) is a retired third baseman in Major League Baseball, the KBO League, Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and the Dominican Winter Baseball League. He played eleven years in the NPB, compiling a .282 batting average with 206 home runs and 772 runs batted in.

1. Profile

Name (English): José Fernández
Name (Japanese): ホセ・フェルナンデス
Reading: ほせ・ふぇるなんです
Born: November 2, 1974 (age 51)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Tiger
Origin: La Vega, La Vega Province, Dominican Republic
Blood type: Private
Height: 192 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9%20(1974%E5%B9%B4%E7%94%9F%E3%81%AE%E5%86%85%E9%87%8E%E6%89%8B)