NSBB HOF Ballot- Alex Fernandez

ALEX FERNANDEZ: 1st year on the ballot…Pitched 10 seasons…Five seasons with 10-plus wins, three seasons with 15-plus wins…Six seasons with 100-plus strikeouts, one season with 200-plus strikeouts…Finished in the top 10 in AL Cy Young Award voting in 1996 (6th)…Finished in the top 25 in AL MVP voting in 1993 (21st)…Finished in the top 10 in wins four times (1993-94, 1996-97), strikeouts four times (1993, 1995-97), complete games three times (1995-97) and ERA twice (1993, 1996)…Tossed complete-game one-hitters twice (1992, 1997)…One NL Division Series (1997): owns a 1-0 record with a 2.57 ERA and five strikeouts in seven LDS innings…Two League Championship Series (1993, 1997): owns an 0-3 record with a 4.08 ERA and 13 strikeouts in 17 2/3 LCS innings…One World Series (1997): did not play due to injury…Member 1997 WS championship team.

Gillette on Fernandez.

A pretty good right-handed starter for six years in the 1990s, Fernandez' 17 regular-season wins and his one NLDS win helped propel the 1997 Marlins into their first World Series (which he had the bad luck to miss due to injury). His career was truncated by arm problems, but his eight games pitched in 2000 meant that he qualified for the HOF ballot by appearing in 10 seasons.