Born on October 11, 1965 in Villa Clara, Cuba, Orlando Hernandez (Orlando P. Hernandez) played for the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets and Arizona Diamondbacks over the course of his 8 year career. Hernandez broke into the bigs on June 3, 1998 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.13 ERA in 141 innings pitched in 1998, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Orlando Hernandez's best season was 1999, when he posted a 4.12 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 157 batters.
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by New York Yankees (March 23, 1998).
Traded by New York Yankees to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Antonio Osuna and Delvis Lantigua (January 15, 2003).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Rocky Biddle, Jeff Liefer and cash to Montreal Expos in exchange for Bartolo Colon and Jorge Nunez (January 15, 2003).
Granted free agency (December 21, 2003).
Signed by New York Yankees (March 12, 2004).
Granted free agency (November 2, 2004).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (January 3, 2005).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Luis Vizcaino and Chris Young to Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Javier Vazquez (December 20, 2005).
Traded by Arizona Diamondbacks to New York Mets in exchange for Jorge Julio (May 24, 2006).