Fernando Vina

Full Name: Fernando Vina	Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/170	First Game: April 10, 1993
Birthdate: April 16, 1969	Final Game: May 11, 2004
Birthplace: Sacramento, California	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Fernando Vina (Fernando Vina) was born on April 16, 1969 in Sacramento, California. He made his Major League debut on April 10, 1993 for the Seattle Mariners. In 1995, his rookie year, he hit .257 with 3 home runs and 29 RBI. Vina played for the Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Fernando Vina's best season was 1998, when he hit for a .311 average.

Vina was also one of the players named in baseball's Mitchell Report. According to the report, Vina met former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski in 1993. Radomski claims that he sold Vina steroids or HGH between 6 and 8 times from 2000 to 2005. Radomski was able to produce 3 checks that he received from Vina, one for HGH, one for Winstrol, and one for Deca-Durabolin. Vina's name, address, and two telephone numbers were found in Radomski's seized address book.

Vina, like most players, declined to speak with investigators for the Mitchell Report.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1993	SEA	A	24	45	5	10	0	2	.222	.327	.267	2	0	4	3	3	1	6	0	0
1994	NY	N	79	124	20	31	0	6	.250	.372	.298	6	0	12	11	12	2	3	0	4
1995	MIL	A	113	288	46	74	3	29	.257	.327	.361	7	7	22	28	9	4	6	0	6
1996	MIL	A	140	554	94	157	7	46	.283	.342	.392	19	10	38	35	13	6	16	3	15
1997	MIL	A	79	324	37	89	4	28	.275	.312	.361	12	2	12	23	7	2	8	1	4
1998	MIL	N	159	637	101	198	7	45	.311	.386	.427	39	7	54	46	25	5	22	2	7
1999	MIL	N	37	154	17	41	1	16	.266	.339	.331	7	0	14	6	4	3	5	0	1
2000	STL	N	123	487	81	146	4	31	.300	.380	.398	24	6	36	36	28	2	10	0	5
2001	STL	N	154	631	95	191	9	56	.303	.357	.418	30	8	32	35	22	3	17	3	7
2002	STL	N	150	622	75	168	1	54	.270	.333	.338	29	5	44	36	18	1	17	2	11
2003	STL	N	61	259	35	65	4	23	.251	.309	.382	14	4	11	24	11	3	4	0	5
2004	DET	A	29	115	21	26	0	7	.226	.308	.270	5	0	9	9	5	1	2	0	6
Total	NL		763	2914	424	840	26	231	.288	.358	.387	149	30	203	194	120	19	78	7	40
Total	AL		385	1326	203	356	14	112	.268	.328	.363	45	19	85	98	37	14	38	4	31
Total			1148	4240	627	1196	40	343	.282	.348	.379	194	49	288	292	157	33	116	11	71

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1993	SEA	A	2B	16	11	109.2	25	38	0	12	0	1.000
1993	SEA	A	SS	4	1	17	3	2	0	0	0	1.000
1993	SEA	A	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1994	NY	N	2B	13	5	67.1	19	28	1	5	0	.979
1994	NY	N	LF	6	5	37	15	0	0	0	0	1.000
1994	NY	N	3B	12	6	64.2	4	14	3	0	0	.857
1994	NY	N	OF	6	5	37	15	0	0	0	0	1.000
1994	NY	N	SS	9	5	51	8	17	0	0	0	1.000
1995	MIL	A	SS	6	4	40.2	11	20	1	4	0	.969
1995	MIL	A	3B	2	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	MIL	A	2B	99	62	626.2	183	225	7	71	0	.983
1996	MIL	A	2B	137	131	1165.2	333	412	16	116	0	.979
1997	MIL	A	2B	77	74	657.1	149	227	7	53	0	.982
1997	MIL	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	MIL	N	2B	158	158	1383	404	468	12	135	0	.986
1999	MIL	N	2B	37	37	324	84	104	1	31	1	.995
2000	STL	N	2B	122	118	1009	262	326	7	85	0	.988
2001	STL	N	2B	151	149	1299.1	315	383	9	100	0	.987
2002	STL	N	2B	150	149	1312.1	287	401	13	104	0	.981
2003	STL	N	2B	60	58	530.2	147	158	8	44	0	.974
2004	DET	A	2B	29	28	248.1	73	86	5	23	0	.970
Total			DH	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			SS	19	10	108.2	22	39	1	4	0	.984
Total			2B	1049	980	8733.1	2281	2856	86	779	1	.984
Total			LF	6	5	37	15	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	14	6	67.1	4	14	3	0	0	.857
Total			OF	6	5	37	15	0	0	0	0	1.000

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Selected by New York Yankees in the 51st round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 1, 1988).
Selected by New York Mets in the 9th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1990 - signed June 11, 1990).
Selected by Seattle Mariners from New York Mets in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 7, 1992).
Returned to New York Mets (June 15, 1993).
Traded by New York Mets to Milwaukee Brewers (December 22, 1994) completing trade in which Milwaukee Brewers traded Doug Henry to New York Mets in exchange for 2 players to be named later (November 30, 1994); Milwaukee Brewers received Javier Gonzalez (December 6, 1994).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Juan Acevedo and 2 players to be named later (December 20, 1999); Milwaukee Brewers received Eliezer Alfonzo and Matt Parker (June 13, 2000).
Granted free agency (November 3, 2003).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 19, 2003).

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