Odúbel David Herrera (pronounced oh-DOO-bull her-RAIRuh)… Has two daughters, Ana Paula and Danna Victoria… 2008 graduate of Unidad Educativa Estadal Juan Pedro Chourio León, where he played baseball and volleyball… Was a standout volleyball player as a prep student… Hobbies: Watching TV shows and checking various social media outlets… Signed by: Rafic Saab.
2021
Began season at alternate training site in Lehigh Valley...Had his contract selected by PHI on 4/26; his game that day at STL was his first since ML game since 5/26/19 at MIL...Appeared in 62 of the team’s 82 wins; in those 62 wins, batted .328 (78-238) with 19 doubles, one triple, nine HR, 40 RBI, 45 runs and a .900 OPS...Posted a 13-game on-base streak (.455 OBP), 5/11-24, and had a nine-game hitting streak (.394) from 5/11-20...Notched his third career multi-HR game on 6/1 at CIN (others: 4/27/18 vs ATL and 5/7/18 vs SF) ...Was on the 10-day IL, 7/9-21, with left ankle tendinitis; included rehab assignment to Lehigh Valley (AAA), 7/20-21...Homered in consecutive games, 8/21-22 at SD, and in three straight starts, 8/18-22...Tied his career high with four hits on 8/22 at SD (8th time, last: 6/22/18 at WSH)...Recorded a bunt double on 9/11 vs COL, becoming the first Phillie to do so since Juan Pierre on 6/3/12 vs MIA...His five bunt hits were T-3rd in the NL...Hit his fourth career leadoff HR and third of the season on 9/14 vs CHI (Adrian Sampson); that leadoff HR was the 10th by the Phillies in 2021, which set a new franchise record (previous was 9 in 2007, all by Jimmy Rollins)...Posted a .294/.340/.469 slash line in his last 52 games (beginning 8/1) ...Batted .353 (12-34) over his final nine games (9/23-end of season)..Made 92 starts in CF, 14 in LF and one in RF.
2020
Did not play...Appeared in two games with Cibao in the Dominican Winter League.
2019
Made his fifth consecutive Opening Day roster...Posted a .280/.269/.320 slash line in 26 PA against LHP and a .208/.292/.347 slash line in 113 PA against RHP...Was on the 10-day IL with a right hamstring strain, 4/18-5/3; included rehab assignments to Reading (AA) on 8/31 and Lehigh Valley (AAA) on 9/3...Placed on the restricted list on 5/28 and was suspended 85 games by Major League Baseball on 7/5 for violating MLB’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy.
2018
Among all NL players, ranked T-9th in infield hits (20)...Reached base safely in a career-high 45 straight games (9/27/17-5/19/18), the 4th-longest on-base streak in franchise history...Reached base safely in each of his first 41 games to start the season, the longest on-base streak by a Phillies player in the modern era (since 1900) to begin a season...Among all NL center fielders, finished T-2nd in HR (21) and T-3rd in RBI (65)...Ranked T-6th in the NL with 13 go-ahead HR...Set single-season career highs in HR (22), RBI (71), go-ahead RBI (20) and game-winning RBI (7)...Made his fourth Opening Day roster...Had an 11-game hitting streak, 4/16-28, tied for the longest of the season by a Phillie...Logged his first two career multi-homer games: 4/27 vs ATL and 5/7 vs SF; also collected a career-high five RBI, 5/7...Collected his 500th career hit and 100th career double in the same game: 5/6 at WSH...Played in his 500th career game on 6/3...Homered in a career-high five straight games, 6/17-22, tying a franchise record; no Phillies CF had ever homered in more than four straight games before him...Joined Babe Ruth (1921), Barry Bonds (2001, 2003), Jim Thome (2002) and Jim Edmonds (2004) as the only players with a 5-game HR streak and 40-game on-base streak in a single season...On 6/22 at WSH, tied a career high with four hits and four runs scored...With seven HR in June, set a career high for a single calendar month...With his HR on 7/10 at NYM, in his 87th game of the season, set a new career high, surpassing his previous best of 15 HR in 2016...Became the first Phillie with 100 hits before the All-Star break since 2014 (Chase Utley – 104)...Became one of just two Phillies CF to have at least 15 HR and 50 RBI before the All-Star break (Willie Montanez, 16 HR and 59 RBI in 1971)...On 8/28 vs WSH, became the first player to ever homer off Max Scherzer in consecutive starts of his...Was the fastest Phillies player to reach 500 career hits (476 games) since Chase Utley in 2007 (474 games)...Was the first Phillies CF with a 20-homer season since 2007 (Aaron Rowand – 27)...Batted .288 (38-132) vs LHP, which ranked 6th among left-handed hitters in MLB (min. 135 PA).
2017
Finished 3rd in the NL in doubles (42), T-7th in bunt hits (5) and T-10th in infield hits (21)... Became the first Phillie with 40 doubles in a season since 2010 (Jayson Werth)... Played for Team Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic... Led MLB with a career-best 21-game hitting streak, 7/28-9/8 (.380, 30-79); longest by a Phillie since 2006, when Chase Utley had a 35-game hit streak... Led the team in doubles, XBH (59) and total bases (238)... Was the fastest Phillie to 30 doubles in a season (92 G), matching Jayson Werth in 2010... Made his second consecutive Opening Day start... Had three 3-hit games in an 8-game span, 6/4-11, after having none through his first 51 games of the season... Homered in a career-high 3 straight games: 7/9 vs SD and 7/14-15 at MIL... Notched a career-high-tying 4 hits (6th time), including a career-high-tying 3 XBH (4th time), 7/22 vs MIL... Hit a career-high 2 triples, 8/9 at ATL... Batted .321 (34-106), 13 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, .351 OBP, .519 SLG % and .870 OPS in June... His 13 doubles in June were tied for the most among all MLB players in the month (CLE's Jose Ramirez) and fell one short of the Phillies record for doubles in the month (Pinky Whitney had 14 in June of 1931)... Became the fi rst Phillie since 1900 with 12 XBH in a row (10 2B, 2 HR), 6/3-9; became the first Phillie in the modern era (since 1900) to do so and the first to collect 11 XBH over a 5-game span and have 2 doubles in 3 consecutive games (6/3-6/5)... Became the 1st Phillie since 1952 (Del Ennis) to record 3 XBH in consecutive games... Was the first ML player since 2005 (Travis Hafner) with 2 doubles and a HR in consecutive games, 6/4-5... Had an XBH in 5 straight AB (3 2B, 2 HR), 6/4-5, becoming the first Phillie to do so since June of 2006 (Ryan Howard)... Was on the 10-day DL, 8/18-9/3 (strained left hamstring) and appeared in 1 rehab game with Reading (AA) and 1 with Lehigh Valley (AAA).
2016
Named to his 1st career NL All-Star team (0-1), becoming the first Phillies everyday center fielder to be selected since 2011 (Shane Victorino)...T-3rd in the NL in games (159), ranked 4th in OF assists (11), T-4th in infield hits (27), 5th in singles (125) and T-8th in 4-hit games (3)...Led the team in games, hits (167), runs (87) and SB (25)...Among NL center fielders, ranked 1st in games (155), 2nd in hits (164), runs (84) & OF assists (11), 3rd in walks (63), total bases (242) & OBP (.360), T-3rd in SB (24) and 4th in AVG (.285)...Made his second career Opening Day roster...Was the Phillies' nominee for the 2016 Hank Aaron Award, marking his second straight nomination...Became the first Phillie to have at least 15 HR and 25 infield hits since 2006 (Chase Utley; 32 HR, 25 infield hits)...Reached base safely in a career-best 21 straight games, 4/8-30 (.495 OBP)...Had 2 separate hitting streaks of at least 10 games (11 G, 4/8-30 and 10 G, 5/2-12)...Walked in 7 straight games, 4/14-20, which was the longest streak by a Phillie since 2012 (Hunter Pence - 7 G)...Batted safely in 20 straight road games, 4/8-5/23 (.403, 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 17 R) and reached base safely in 24 straight (4/8-5/28)...Maintained a .300 or better AVG and a .400 or better OBP for 47 straight games (4/29-6/19), which was the longest streak by a Phillie since 2007, when Chase Utley did it for 49 straight games (7/4-9/30)...Became the first Phillie since 1900 to score 4 runs, hit a HR and collect 2 SB or more, 4/23 at MIL...Was successful in his final 13 stolen base attempts of the season (since 7/23)...His 4.2 bWAR was the best by a Phillies outfielder since Shane Victorino in 2011 (5.4)
2015
Among NL rookies, finished first in infield hits (23), T-1st in SB (16) & 4-hit games (2), 2nd in AVG (.297), doubles (30), singles (106) & 3-hit games (14), third in hits (147), total bases (207) & AB (495), T-3rd in OF assists (5), fourth in runs (64), games (147), HBP (8), bunt hits (5) & times on base (183), T-4th in multi-hit games (34), sventh in OBP (.344), T-7th in XBH (41) & go-ahead RBI (10) and T-9th in game-winning RBI (6)...Among NL center fielders, T-4th in doubles and ranked fifth in hits & total bases...Led the team in doubles & runs and tied for the lead in hits & total bases...Made his ML debut on Opening Day, 4/6 vs BOS, as the starting CF...Collected his first ML hit & RBI in walk-off fashion, 4/11 vs WSH...On 4/15 at NYM, became the first Phillies rookie to collect three XBH (2 2B, 3B) in a game since 8/8/98 (Bobby Estalella - 2B, 2 HR)...Slugged his first ML HR, 5/11 vs PIT (Mark Melancon)...Had a career-high 13-game hitting streak, 7/25-8/10; it was the 2nd-longest among all NL rookies (CHI's Kris Bryant - 14 games)...Collected a career-best four hits twice: 8/30 vs SD and 9/29 vs NYM; was the first Phillies rookie to have two 4-hit games since 2003 (Marlon Byrd - 3)..Batted .339 (94-277) over his final 79 games, which raised his season average from .243 to .297...Became the first Phillies rookie with at least 30 2B and 15 SB since 1997 (Scott Rolen)...Was the first ML rookie to hit at least .297 with 30 2B and 16 SB since 2001 (Ichiro Suzuki)...Made 121 starts, all in CF...Was the Phillies nominee for the 2015 Hank Aaron Award...Played in 11 games for La Guaira in the Venezuelan Winter League (.426, 2 2B, 5 RBI, 4 SB)
2014
Began the season with Myrtle Beach (A)... Promoted to Frisco (AA) on 5/12... Won the Texas League batting title with a .321 AVG (118-368)... Named a Texas League midseason and postseason All-Star... Combined to hit .355 (71-201) over June and July... Batted .346 with RISP (37-107)... Led the Venezuelan Winter League in AVG (.372) in 58 games for La Guaira; also finished 2nd in hits (77) and OBP (.432), 3rd in SLG % (.556) and 4th in XBH (23) and SB (8)
2013
Began the season with Frisco... Was a midseason Texas League All-Star despite opening the season as the 7th-youngest player in the league... Batted .233 (35-150) over his first 36 games, then hit .317 (33-104) over his next 28 games... Transferred to Myrtle Beach on 8/1, where he reached base safely via hit or walk in 23 of 29 games
2012
Spent the entire season with Myrtle Beach, primarily as the team's leadoff hitter... Split time between 2nd base and SS... Batted .326 (43-132) vs RHP and .269 (99-368) vs LHP... Had a professional-best 22-game hit streak (.337, 28-83), 5/6-6/1, the longest of the season in the Carolina League... Collected 16 XBH (14 2B, 3B, 3 HR) over his final 49 games after having just 17 (10 2B, 5 3B, 2 HR) in his first 77 games
2011
Played for Hickory (A)... Named to the South Atlantic League postseason All-Star team... Finished 4th in the SAL in both AVG (.306) and SB (34)... Batted .321 (45-140) vs LHP and .299 (97-324) vs RHP... Hit .328 (45-137) with RISP
2010
Split the season between Arizona League Rangers (R) and Spokane (A)... Named an AZL postseason All-Star... T-2nd in the AZL in hits (60), was 5th in AVG (.337) and T-7th in RBI (31)... Combined to hit .332 (62-187) between both levels... Batted .351 (20-57) with RISP... Promoted to Spokane on 9/1
2009
Made his pro debut with the Dominican Summer League Rangers (R)... Led the team in walks (39) and T-1st in hits (58)
