José Fernández

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.

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

Height

192 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Motto

Private

• 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)

Tags

• La Vega Province
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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