Career
He played part of one season in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Colts (now known as the Cubs) in 1897. He was a right-handed batter and a right-handed thrower. He was 5"7½ feet tall and weighed 156 pounds.
Hernon was born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and died in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
He is buried in Saint Mary Cemetery in New Bedford.