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If Keith Hernandez ever decides to stop calling New York Mets<\/a> games, he will always have another source of income.<\/p>\n

The team’s legendary former first baseman<\/a> became a broadcaster for the team in 1999 and is a multi-time local Emmy winner for his skills on the mic. But after he hung up the cleats, he tested out his acting skills.<\/p>\n

Hernandez was one of numerous New York baseball stars to appear on “Seinfeld,” playing himself in three episodes. His most famous appearance, though, came in the two-part episode, “The Boyfriend,” in 1992, when he becomes a love interest to Elaine despite Kramer’s and Newman’s grudge against him stemming from a spitting incident on June 14, 1987.<\/p>\n

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Keith Hernandez and Jerry Seinfeld at Shea Stadium in New York. (Stephen Lovekin\/WireImage)<\/p>\n

The episode prompted Hernandez’s infamous line, “I’m Keith Hernandez.” Two documentaries about him have even used the line for the title.<\/p>\n

Due to the massive success of the episode, Hernandez still receives some nice residuals.<\/p>\n

“It varies, but I can tell you that on an annual basis I\u2019m getting close to $5,000 still. It\u2019s the gift that keeps giving,” Hernandez told the “SI Media Podcast.”<\/a> “Remember one thing: I was the guest star.”<\/p>\n

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Ron Darling, Gary Cohen, Jerry Seinfeld and Keith Hernandez pose as “Jerry Seinfeld Celebrates Seinfeld on Netflix” at Citi Field on Sept. 29, 2021, in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images for Netflix)<\/p>\n

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Former New York Yankees outfielder Paul O’Neill also appeared in a famous episode, “The Wink,” in Season 7, where Kramer (played by Michael Richards) promises a boy in the hospital that he would get the right fielder to hit two home runs in a game in an effort to get back a birthday card for George Steinbrenner, signed by members of the Yankees, that he had sold.<\/p>\n

O’Neill revealed in 2024 that he, too, still gets residuals, but they’re not nearly on the same level as Hernandez’s.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, they’re like 57 bucks,” O’Neill said while calling a Yankees game<\/a>. “It’s not big time. It’s a good reminder, though, that you were on the show. It’s kinda cool.”<\/p>\n

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Former New York Mets first baseman Keith Hernandez speaks to the press prior to his jersey retirement ceremony at Citi Field. (Wendell Cruz\/USA Today Sports)<\/p>\n

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In addition to O’Neill, Yankees players Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams and Danny Tartabull and manager Buck Showalter also appeared on the series, while a stunt double was used for Steinbrenner, who was voiced by co-creator Larry David \u2014 the real Steinbrenner did film a scene that was never used.<\/p>\n

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