Livan Hernandez was cut by the Astros, but then immeidately signed by the Braves, a result that seems to represent progress for any player looking for a greater chance of being on a successful team in 2012. Livan has had an interesting enough career that it is quite easy to find statistical oddities about him. A few of those after the jump.
107 major league pitchers have accumulated at least 3,000 innings pitched since 1901. Of those 107 guys, Livan has the very worst ERA+.
Worst career ERA+ since 1901 (min. 3,000 IP)
Livan Hernandez 96
Mike Torrez 98
Joe Niekro 98
Lew Burdette 99
Jerry Reuss, Bullet Joe Bush and Earl Whitehill 100
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If Livan does indeed pitch for the Braves this season, he will have played for four of the five current NL East franchises. The only other guys to have done that:
Jorge Sosa (Mets, Braves, Nats/Expos and Marlins)
Todd Zeile (Nats/Expos, Marlins, Phils, Mets)
Bruce Chen and Willie Montanez (Braves, Phils, Mets, Nats/Expos)
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Livan has pitched in 16 MLB seasons to date. In 14 of those season he has accumulated between 8 and 15 Wins. He can tie the MLB record for most seasons in that range if he does it one more time.
Most MLB Seasons in the 8 through 15 Wins Range
15 Danny Darwin and Tommy John
14 Livan Hernandez, Jamie Moyer, Don Sutton, Ted Lyons and Sad Sam Jones
All the guys on the list above, other than Livan, have had careers of at least 21 seasons in the majors.