55 – Ángel Hernández | |
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Hernández in 2015
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Born |
Havana, Cuba |
August 26, 1961
MLB debut | May 23, 1991 |
Umpiring crew | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
Ángel Hernández (born August 26, 1961) is an umpire for Major League Baseball. He worked in the National League from 1991 to 1999, and has worked throughout Major League Baseball since 2000.
Hernández has umpired in the World Series in 2002 and 2005, as well as the All-Star Game in 1999 and 2009. He has officiated in seven League Championship Series (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2016), and in eight League Division Series (1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015). Hernandez also worked Game 7 of the 2008 ALCS as an injury fill-in for Derryl Cousins. Hernández wears the uniform number 55 (He wore number 5 while in the National League, but the number was taken by Dale Scott when the umpires were consolidated under MLB in 2000).