▁time ▁in ▁baseball ▁history , ▁a ▁team ▁field ed ▁a ▁line up ▁that ▁consisted ▁entirely ▁of ▁African - American ▁and ▁Lat ino ▁players . ▁Ori oles ▁manager ▁Earl ▁We aver ▁memor ably ▁said ▁that ▁" The ▁Pir ates ▁can ’ t ▁win ▁the ▁p enn ant ▁with ▁Hern ande z ▁at ▁short stop ," ▁but ▁Hern ande z ▁started ▁all ▁seven ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁World ▁Series ▁and ▁committed ▁no ▁errors , ▁even ▁successfully ▁handling ▁the ▁ground ▁ball ▁that ▁became ▁the ▁final ▁out ▁of ▁Game ▁ 7 . ▁ ▁Hern ande z ' s ▁role ▁decre ased ▁in ▁subsequent ▁seasons , ▁and ▁the ▁Pir ates ▁trad ed ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁Phill ies ▁for ▁Mike ▁Ryan ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁Hern ández ▁never ▁saw ▁Major ▁League ▁action ▁with ▁the ▁Phill ies , ▁however ; ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Pir ates ▁organization ▁and ▁played ▁for ▁their ▁Tri ple - A ▁team ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁He ▁followed ▁by ▁playing ▁in ▁Mexico ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁ ▁After ▁Hern ández ' s ▁ret irement ▁as ▁a ▁player , ▁he ▁remained ▁involved ▁with ▁baseball ▁as ▁a ▁coach , ▁including ▁a ▁st int ▁on ▁the ▁staff ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Jersey ▁Jack als ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁He ▁died ▁from ▁cancer ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁at ▁age ▁ 7 9 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Jack