Orel Hershiser

Orel Leonard Hershiser
Born: September 16, 1958
Buffalo, NY USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 190
College: Bowling Green State University
Career: 1983-2000
Draft: Round 17 (1979 June Amateur Draft, Los Angeles Dodgers)
School: Bowling Green State
Minor League Statistics

Orel Hershiser compiled a career record of 204 wins and 150 losses in his 521-game career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets. He began playing during the 1983 season and last took the field during the 2000 campaign.

Los Angeles Dodgers

Cleveland Indians

San Francisco Giants

New York Mets

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1983	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	0	0		3.38	8	0	4	0	0	1	8.0	7	6	3	1	6	0	5	0	0	1	37
1984	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	11	8	.579	2.66	45	20	10	8	4	2	189.7	160	65	56	9	50	8	150	4	1	8	771
1985	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	19	3	.864	2.03	36	34	1	9	5	0	239.7	179	72	54	8	68	5	157	6	0	5	953
1986	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	14	14	.500	3.85	35	35	0	8	1	0	231.3	213	112	99	13	86	11	153	5	3	12	988
1987	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	16	16	.500	3.06	37	35	2	10	1	1	264.7	247	105	90	17	74	5	190	9	2	11	1093
1988	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	23	8	.742	2.26	35	34	1	15	8	1	267.0	208	73	67	18	73	10	178	4	5	6	1068
1989	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	15	15	.500	2.31	35	33	0	8	4	0	256.7	226	75	66	9	77	14	178	3	4	8	1047
1990	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	1	.500	4.26	4	4	0	0	0	0	25.3	26	12	12	1	4	0	16	1	1	0	106
1991	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	2	.778	3.46	21	21	0	0	0	0	112.0	112	43	43	3	32	6	73	5	4	2	473
1992	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	10	15	.400	3.67	33	33	0	1	0	0	210.7	209	101	86	15	69	13	130	8	0	10	910
1993	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	12	14	.462	3.59	33	33	0	5	1	0	215.7	201	106	86	17	72	13	141	7	0	7	913
1994	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	6	6	.500	3.79	21	21	0	1	0	0	135.3	146	67	57	15	42	6	72	2	2	6	575
1995	AL	Cleveland Indians	16	6	.727	3.87	26	26	0	1	1	0	167.3	151	76	72	21	51	1	111	5	0	3	683
1996	AL	Cleveland Indians	15	9	.625	4.24	33	33	0	1	0	0	206.0	238	115	97	21	58	4	125	12	1	11	908
1997	AL	Cleveland Indians	14	6	.700	4.47	32	32	0	1	0	0	195.3	199	105	97	26	69	2	107	11	0	11	826
1998	NL	San Francisco Giants	11	10	.524	4.41	34	34	0	0	0	0	202.0	200	105	99	22	85	7	126	13	0	12	887
1999	NL	New York Mets	13	12	.520	4.58	32	32	0	0	0	0	179.0	175	92	91	14	77	2	89	11	0	6	776
2000	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	5	.167	13.14	10	6	1	0	0	0	24.7	42	36	36	5	14	1	13	11	0	2	136
Totals			204	150	.576	3.48	510	466	19	68	25	5	3130.3	2939	1366	1211	235	1007	108	2014	117	23	121	13150

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
1983	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1984	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	45	62	50	4	10	0	0	2	0	0	3	14	.200	.259	.200	.459	10	0	1	8	0
1985	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	37	91	76	5	15	1	0	4	1	0	4	20	.197	.247	.211	.457	16	0	1	10	0
1986	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	37	82	71	4	17	3	0	8	0	1	1	17	.239	.250	.282	.532	20	1	0	10	0
1987	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	40	102	90	10	19	5	0	7	2	1	2	17	.211	.228	.267	.495	24	1	0	10	0
1988	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	36	105	85	1	11	2	1	6	0	0	1	18	.129	.140	.176	.316	15	1	0	19	0
1989	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	35	92	77	4	14	4	1	2	0	0	4	25	.182	.220	.260	.479	20	0	0	10	1
1990	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	4	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
1991	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	21	38	31	6	8	2	0	2	1	0	3	8	.258	.324	.323	.646	10	0	0	4	0
1992	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	35	76	68	6	15	5	0	5	1	0	1	10	.221	.229	.294	.523	20	0	0	6	1
1993	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	34	83	73	11	26	4	0	6	0	1	2	5	.356	.373	.411	.784	30	1	0	8	0
1994	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	22	52	44	4	9	0	0	4	1	0	2	10	.205	.245	.205	.449	9	0	1	3	2
1995	AL	Cleveland Indians	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1996	AL	Cleveland Indians	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1997	AL	Cleveland Indians	32	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	1	1	0
1998	NL	San Francisco Giants	34	78	66	7	10	2	0	1	1	0	3	16	.152	.200	.182	.382	12	0	1	8	0
1999	NL	New York Mets	32	68	62	3	9	1	0	3	1	0	1	18	.145	.154	.161	.315	10	3	0	3	2
2000	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	10	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			521	949	810	65	163	29	2	50	8	3	27	182	.201	.230	.242	.472	196	7	5	101	6

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1983	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	8	0	8.0	0	2	0	1	1.000	2.250	.250
1984	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	45	20	189.7	17	28	5	2	.900	2.135	1.000
1985	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	36	34	239.7	20	45	7	4	.903	2.441	1.806
1986	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	35	35	231.3	22	36	3	6	.951	2.256	1.657
1987	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	37	35	264.7	37	34	5	6	.934	2.414	1.919
1988	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	35	34	267.0	32	60	6	6	.939	3.101	2.629
1989	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	35	33	256.7	24	51	4	2	.949	2.630	2.143
1990	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	4	4	25.3	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.421	1.000
1991	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	21	21	112.0	12	18	1	1	.968	2.411	1.429
1992	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	33	33	210.7	28	41	3	2	.958	2.948	2.091
1993	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	33	33	215.7	20	43	3	1	.955	2.629	1.909
1994	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	21	22	135.3	22	24	2	3	.958	3.059	2.190
1995	AL	Cleveland Indians	P	26	26	167.3	16	31	2	1	.959	2.528	1.808
1996	AL	Cleveland Indians	P	33	33	206.0	20	47	2	3	.971	2.927	2.030
1997	AL	Cleveland Indians	P	32	32	195.3	20	29	4	2	.925	2.258	1.531
1998	NL	San Francisco Giants	P	34	34	202.0	21	36	1	3	.983	2.540	1.676
1999	NL	New York Mets	P	32	32	179.0	19	35	3	1	.947	2.715	1.688
2000	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	10	6	24.7	1	6	0	0	1.000	2.554	.700
Totals				510	467	3130.3	332	569	51	44	.946	2.590	1.767

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
1985	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	1	0	1.000	3.52	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.3	17	6	6	0	6	0	5	0	1	66
1988	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	1	0	1.000	1.09	4	3	1	1	1	1	24.7	18	5	3	0	7	1	15	2	2	98
1988	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	2	0	1.000	1.00	2	2	0	2	1	0	18.0	7	2	2	0	6	0	17	0	1	66
1995	AL	Cleveland Indians	ALDS1	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.3	3	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	1	28
1995	AL	Cleveland Indians	ALCS	2	0	1.000	1.29	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	9	3	2	1	3	1	15	1	1	57
1995	AL	Cleveland Indians	WS	1	1	.500	2.57	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	8	5	4	2	4	1	13	0	0	52
1996	AL	Cleveland Indians	ALDS1	0	0		5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	4	3	1	3	0	3	1	0	25
1997	AL	Cleveland Indians	ALDS1	0	0		3.97	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.3	14	5	5	1	2	0	4	1	0	49
1997	AL	Cleveland Indians	ALCS	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	22
1997	AL	Cleveland Indians	WS	0	2	.000	11.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	15	13	13	3	6	0	5	0	0	49
1999	NL	New York Mets	NLDS2	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
1999	NL	New York Mets	NLCS	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.3	1	0	0	0	3	2	5	1	0	18
Totals				8	3	.727	2.59	22	18	2	4	2	1	132.0	103	43	38	8	43	5	97	6	6	533

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1985	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	2	7	7	1	2	0	1	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	2
1988	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	4	10	9	1	0	0	1	1	2	.000	.100	.000	.100	0
1988	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	2	3	3	1	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.667	2.667	5
1995	AL	Cleveland Indians	ALDS1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
1995	AL	Cleveland Indians	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
1995	AL	Cleveland Indians	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1996	AL	Cleveland Indians	ALDS1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
1997	AL	Cleveland Indians	ALDS1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
1997	AL	Cleveland Indians	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
1997	AL	Cleveland Indians	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1999	NL	New York Mets	NLDS2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
1999	NL	New York Mets	NLCS	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals				22	25	24	3	5	2	3	1	5	.208	.240	.292	.532	7

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1985	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	P	2	2	15.3	2	3	0	1	1.000	2.935	2.500
1988	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	P	4	3	24.7	3	3	0	0	1.000	2.189	1.500
1988	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	P	2	2	18.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
1995	AL	Cleveland Indians	ALDS1	P	1	1	7.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
1995	AL	Cleveland Indians	ALCS	P	2	2	14.0	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.571	2.000
1995	AL	Cleveland Indians	WS	P	2	2	14.0	1	7	1	1	.889	5.143	4.000
1996	AL	Cleveland Indians	ALDS1	P	1	1	5.0	1	1	0	1	1.000	3.600	2.000
1997	AL	Cleveland Indians	ALDS1	P	2	2	11.3	1	4	0	0	1.000	3.971	2.500
1997	AL	Cleveland Indians	ALCS	P	1	1	7.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
1997	AL	Cleveland Indians	WS	P	2	2	10.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.800	1.000
1999	NL	New York Mets	NLDS2	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
1999	NL	New York Mets	NLCS	P	2	0	4.3	2	0	0	1	1.000	4.154	1.000
Totals					22	18	132.0	12	24	1	4	.973	2.455	1.636

Awards

1984 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1984-07-13
1984 - NL Pitcher of the Month July
1986 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1986-08-01
1987 - NL Pitcher of the Month June
1987 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1987-06-12
1988 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1988 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1988-09-30
1988 - NL Pitcher of the Month April
1988 - NL Gold Glove P
1988 - NL Babe Ruth Award P
1988 - NL TSN All-Star RHP
1988 - NL Pitcher of the Month September
1988 - NL NLCS MVP
1988 - NL Cy Young Award
1993 - NL Silver Slugger P
1995 - AL ALCS MVP
1996 - AL Pitcher of the Month June
1998 - NL Pitcher of the Month May

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