Carlos Alberto Hern�ndez Almeida [er-NAN-dez] is a former Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals. Signed by the Dodgers as a free agent in 1984, Hern�ndez became the second Venezuelan catcher in MLB history, following Bo D�az. He made his major league debut in the 1990 season, basically as a backup for Mike Scioscia. A high skilled defensive player, Hern�ndez spent his Dodgers career as mainly a back-up catcher to Scioscia and Mike Piazza, appearing in 230 games, including 133 starts. He signed as a free agent with San Diego and later was traded to the Cardinals. In his first full major league season as a regular catcher for the Padres, Hern�ndez batted .262, with 9 home runs and 52 runs batted in in 129 games played. In 22 postseason games, he hit .299 with one homer and two RBI. Hern�ndez finished his career batting .253 with 24 home runs, 141 RBI, 102 runs, 51 doubles, one triple, and one stolen base in 488 games played. In 2004, Hern�ndez started his career as a manager with the Toros de Tijuana in the Mexican League. [More at Wikipedia]

May 24th, 1967 in Puerto Ordaz and San Felix (Age 56)