Jared Wade Fernandez (born February 2, 1972) is an Hispanic American former

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who last pitched in for the

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of Japan's

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. Fernandez attended

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and in , the right-handed hitting and throwing Fernandez was signed as an

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by the

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. He played in their organization until , when he was signed by the

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to a minor league contract. He made his major league debut with the Reds on September 19, . He spent 2001 and bouncing up and down between the Reds' Triple-A team,

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, and the major league team. In December 2002, he was signed by the

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after he filed for free agency. In and , he again bounced between the majors and minors. In , he spent the season in the minors with the

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, in the

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organization. In , Fernandez was signed by the

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and won a bullpen spot out of

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. After a few bad outings he was sent down to the Triple-A

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. In the 2006 offseason, he was a pitcher for the Dominican team, Aguilas Cibaeñas, where he was subsequently released in midseason. On December 11, 2006, Fernandez signed a one-year, $200,000 contract with the

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of Japan.

Honors and awards

*In 1994, he was a

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All-Star.

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Honors and awards

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