Rafael Tobías Hernández Alvarado (born November 30, 1958) is a

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

n former professional

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. He played briefly for the

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(MLB) in its 1984 season.Major League Statistics and History
''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on January 10, 2017. Hernández was regarded as a good-fielding, light-hitting catcher in the Jays organization, but after a long history of injuries he was able to reach the majors just at 31. In his brief stint at Toronto, he went 1-for-2 and scored a run in three games. Additionally, he posted a .223 average with 11

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s and 122 RBI in parts of seven minor league seasons between 1979 and 1985. In between, Hernández played winter ball with the Cardenales de Lara club of the Venezuelan League in a span of 14 seasons from 1978 through 1991.Venezuelan League Statistics
''Pelota Binaria.'' Retrieved on January 10, 2017.

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