José Mayobanex Fernández Rojas (born November 2,éFerná 1974) is a retired third baseman in Major League Baseball, the KBO League, Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and the Dominican Winter Baseball League. He played eleven years in the NPB, compiling a .282 batting average with 206 home runs and 772 runs batted in.

Fernández played briefly in Major League Baseball for the Montreal Expos () and the Anaheim Angels (). He just hit .143 in 49 at-bats during his MLB career.

José Fernández (third baseman)

After a successful season in Korea in 2002 with the SK Wyverns, in 2003 Fernández came to Japan to play Nippon Professional Baseball. He played one season for the Chiba Lotte Marines in 2003, and then two seasons for the Seibu Lions in 2004–2005. Fernández was a key member of the 2004 Japan Series-champion Lions team.

José Fernández (third baseman)

Moving to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, he played for that team for three seasons, in 2006–2008. While playing for the Golden Eagles, he was a Pacific League Best Nine Award-winner at third base in 2006. On April 1, 2007, Fernández and Takeshi Yamasaki hit grand slams in the same inning for the Golden Eagles. Fernández led the Golden Eagles in RBI in 2008, with 99.

José Fernández (third baseman)

Fernández played for the champion Dominican Republic national baseball team in the 2007 Caribbean Series.

Fernández played for the Orix Buffaloes in 2009 and then returned to the Saitama Seibu Lions franchise for 2010–2011. He returned to the Golden Eagles in 2012, and then returned to the Buffaloes for his final season, 2013.

After briefly playing in Mexican League for the Tigres de Quintana Roo in 2010, Fernández was signed by the Seibu Lions on a ¥30million deal to the end of the season.

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1974 births

Living people

Acereros de Monclova players

Águilas Cibaeñas players

Anaheim Angels players

Chiba Lotte Marines players

Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Canada

Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Japan

Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Mexico

Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in South Korea

Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States

Delmarva Shorebirds players

Gulf Coast Expos players

Harrisburg Senators players

Indianapolis Indians players

KBO League infielders

Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic

Major League Baseball third basemen

Mexican League baseball first basemen

Montreal Expos players

Nippon Professional Baseball designated hitters

Nippon Professional Baseball first basemen

Nippon Professional Baseball third basemen

Orix Buffaloes players

Ottawa Lynx players

People from La Vega Province

Saitama Seibu Lions players

Salt Lake Stingers players

Seibu Lions players

SSG Landers players

Tigres de Quintana Roo players

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players

Vermont Expos players

West Palm Beach Expos players