Orel Hershiser
Orel Leonard (IV) Hershiser (Bulldog)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: September 16, 1958 in Buffalo, NY
High School: East (Cherry Hill, NJ)
School: Bowling Green State University
Drafted
by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1983
Final Game: June 26, 2000
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1983 24 LAD NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1984 25 LAD NL 45 62 50 4 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 14 .200 .259 .200 .459 32 10 0 1 8 0 0 1 RoY-3
1985 26 LAD NL 37 91 76 5 15 1 0 0 4 1 0 4 20 .197 .247 .211 .457 31 16 0 1 10 0 0 1 CYA-3,MVP-16
1986 27 LAD NL 37 82 71 4 17 3 0 0 8 0 1 1 17 .239 .250 .282 .532 51 20 1 0 10 0 0 1
1987 28 LAD NL 40 102 90 10 19 5 0 0 7 2 1 2 17 .211 .228 .267 .495 32 24 1 0 10 0 0 1 AS,CYA-4
1988 29 LAD NL 36 105 85 1 11 2 1 0 6 0 0 1 18 .129 .140 .176 .316 -9 15 1 0 19 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6,GG
1989 30 LAD NL 35 92 77 4 14 4 1 0 2 0 0 4 25 .182 .220 .260 .479 38 20 0 0 10 1 0 1 AS,CYA-4
1990 31 LAD NL 4 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1991 32 LAD NL 21 38 31 6 8 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 8 .258 .324 .323 .646 85 10 0 0 4 0 0 1
1992 33 LAD NL 35 76 68 6 15 5 0 0 5 1 0 1 10 .221 .229 .294 .523 48 20 0 0 6 1 0 1
1993 34 LAD NL 34 83 73 11 26 4 0 0 6 0 1 2 5 .356 .373 .411 .784 115 30 1 0 8 0 0 1 SS
1994 35 LAD NL 21 52 44 4 9 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 10 .205 .245 .205 .449 22 9 0 1 3 2 0 1
1997 38 CLE AL 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -27 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
1998 39 SFG NL 34 78 66 7 10 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 16 .152 .200 .182 .382 4 12 0 1 8 0 0 1
1999 40 NYM NL 31 68 62 3 9 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 18 .145 .154 .161 .315 -19 10 3 0 3 2 0 1
2000 41 LAD NL 10 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Seasons 430 949 810 65 163 29 2 0 50 8 3 27 182 .201 .230 .242 .472 31 196 7 5 101 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 358 305 24 61 11 1 0 19 3 1 10 69 .201 .230 .242 .472 31 74 3 2 38 2 0
LAD (13 yrs) 363 798 679 55 144 26 2 0 46 6 3 23 147 .212 .240 .256 .496 39 174 4 3 89 4 0
NYM (1 yr) 31 68 62 3 9 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 18 .145 .154 .161 .315 -19 10 3 0 3 2 0
SFG (1 yr) 34 78 66 7 10 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 16 .152 .200 .182 .382 4 12 0 1 8 0 0
CLE (3 yrs) 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -27 0 0 1 1 0 0
NL (15 yrs) 428 944 807 65 163 29 2 0 50 8 3 27 181 .202 .230 .243 .473 32 196 7 4 100 6 0
AL (3 yrs) 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -27 0 0 1 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1984 25 LAD NL 62 48 3 1.7 92 .278 .200 .261 .259 .326 .200 .380 .459 .705 32 .159 -4.5 -0.5 .350 .060 .000
1985 26 LAD NL 91 71 5 1.9 92 .268 .197 .256 .247 .324 .211 .382 .457 .706 31 .189 -7.0 -0.7 .361 .079 .013 .0
1986 27 LAD NL 82 66 5 2.0 92 .315 .239 .253 .250 .322 .282 .382 .532 .704 51 .204 -4.6 -0.5 .357 .042 .042
1987 28 LAD NL 102 83 6 1.9 104 .260 .211 .267 .228 .336 .267 .416 .495 .751 32 .163 -8.8 -0.9 .370 .089 .056 .0
1988 29 LAD NL 105 94 3 0.9 88 .164 .129 .254 .140 .317 .176 .373 .316 .690 -9 .057 -12.1 -1.3 .213 .059 .047
1989 30 LAD NL 92 74 5 1.8 90 .264 .182 .253 .220 .320 .260 .376 .479 .696 38 .189 -6.4 -0.7 .381 .130 .078
1990 31 LAD NL 8 8 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .262 .000 .328 .000 .393 .000 .721 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1991 32 LAD NL 38 27 4 4.0 92 .348 .258 .255 .324 .323 .323 .383 .646 .705 85 .476 -0.5 -0.1 .609 .194 .065 .0
1992 33 LAD NL 76 60 5 2.2 91 .254 .221 .258 .229 .323 .294 .380 .523 .703 48 .248 -4.6 -0.5 .415 .103 .074 .0
1993 34 LAD NL 83 57 11 5.2 99 .382 .356 .265 .373 .329 .411 .404 .784 .733 115 .549 1.5 0.2 .633 .068 .055
1994 35 LAD NL 52 40 3 2.0 104 .250 .205 .267 .245 .333 .205 .418 .449 .751 22 .163 -4.7 -0.5 .371 .068 .000 .0
1997 38 CLE AL 5 4 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .275 .250 .345 .000 .435 .250 .779 -27 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
1998 39 SFG NL 78 64 3 1.3 103 .200 .152 .263 .200 .333 .182 .415 .382 .747 4 .078 -9.1 -0.9 .304 .091 .030 .0
1999 40 NYM NL 68 61 1 0.4 114 .196 .145 .273 .154 .348 .161 .440 .315 .788 -19 .010 -11.3 -1.1 .214 .048 .016 .0
2000 41 LAD NL 7 7 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .266 .000 .342 .000 .434 .000 .777 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
18 Seasons 949 764 54 1.9 97 .257 .201 .260 .230 .328 .242 .396 .472 .724 31 .174 -76.9 -7.8 .355 .080 .041 .0
162 Game Avg. 358 288 20 1.9 97 .257 .201 .260 .230 .328 .242 .396 .472 .724 31 .174 -76.9 -7.8 .355 .080 .041
LAD (13 yrs) 798 635 50 2.1 95 .269 .212 .259 .240 .325 .256 .390 .496 .715 39 .213 -55.9 -5.8 .375 .082 .044 .0
NYM (1 yr) 68 61 1 0.4 114 .196 .145 .273 .154 .348 .161 .440 .315 .788 -19 .010 -11.3 -1.1 .214 .048 .016 .0
SFG (1 yr) 78 64 3 1.3 103 .200 .152 .263 .200 .333 .182 .415 .382 .747 4 .078 -9.1 -0.9 .304 .091 .030 .0
CLE (3 yrs) 5 4 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .275 .250 .345 .000 .435 .250 .779 -27 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
NL (15 yrs) 944 760 54 1.9 97 .258 .202 .260 .230 .328 .243 .396 .473 .723 32 .176 -76.4 -7.8 .355 .081 .041 .0
AL (3 yrs) 5 4 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .275 .250 .345 .000 .435 .250 .779 -27 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .333 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 26 LAD NL NLCS STL L 2 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0 0 0 0 0
1988 29 LAD NL NLCS NYM W 4 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 29 LAD NL WS OAK W 1 3 3 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.667 2.667 5 0 0 0 0 0
1995 36 CLE AL WS ATL L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 38 CLE AL WS FLA L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 40 NYM NL NLDS ARI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 40 NYM NL NLCS ATL L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (7 Series) 12 25 24 3 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .208 .240 .292 .532 7 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 8 18 17 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .118 .167 .118 .284 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 3 7 7 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .714 1.143 5 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 LAD NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 LAD NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 LAD NL 30 DNP
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1984 25 LAD NL 62 0.0% 22.6% 4.8% 0.0% 0% 4.67 3.6 25.0 3.00 58%
1985 26 LAD NL 91 0.0% 22.0% 4.4% 1.1% 7% 5.00 3.8 19.0 1.43 62%
1986 27 LAD NL 82 0.0% 20.7% 1.2% 3.7% 18% 17.00 4.2 8.9 4.33 66%
1987 28 LAD NL 102 0.0% 16.7% 2.0% 4.9% 26% 8.50 5.3 12.9 2.26 72%
1988 29 LAD NL 105 0.0% 17.1% 1.0% 2.9% 27% 18.00 4.7 14.2 1.00 2.08 64% 8% 0.0% 59%
1989 30 LAD NL 92 0.0% 27.2% 4.4% 5.4% 36% 6.25 3.1 38.5 0.81 1.88 58% 14% 0.0% 31%
1990 31 LAD NL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 7.0 2.00 2.50 75% 0% 0.0% 50%
1991 32 LAD NL 38 0.0% 21.1% 7.9% 5.3% 25% 2.67 3.9 15.5 0.40 1.25 61% 33% 0.0% 7%
1992 33 LAD NL 76 0.0% 13.2% 1.3% 6.6% 33% 10.00 6.8 13.6 0.83 1.17 78% 17% 0.0% 33%
1993 34 LAD NL 83 0.0% 6.0% 2.4% 4.8% 15% 2.50 14.6 12.2 0.93 2.19 82% 18% 0.0% 27%
1994 35 LAD NL 52 0.0% 19.2% 3.9% 0.0% 0% 5.00 4.4 11.0 1.14 1.80 69% 10% 0.0% 14%
1997 38 CLE AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 1.00 2.00 40% 0% 100%
1998 39 SFG NL 78 0.0% 20.5% 3.9% 2.6% 20% 5.33 4.1 66.0 0.66 1.09 64% 19% 0.0% 24%
1999 40 NYM NL 68 0.0% 26.5% 1.5% 1.5% 11% 18.00 3.4 20.7 0.88 1.26 68% 18% 0.0% 17%
2000 41 LAD NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 3.5 0.67 0.67 71% 0% 0.0% 33%
18 Seasons 949 0.0% 19.2% 2.9% 3.3% 19% 6.74 4.5 16.2 0.85 1.80 67% 15% 0.0% 30%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1984 25 LAD NL 1 0 29% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 43% 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1985 26 LAD NL 1 0 25% 26 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 60% 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1986 27 LAD NL 3 0 22% 27 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 43% 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 2
1987 28 LAD NL 6 0 48% 38 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13% 7 7 0 0 0 0 9 5 2
1988 29 LAD NL 1 0 8% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1989 30 LAD NL 0 0 22% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1990 31 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 32 LAD NL 1 0 55% 19 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1992 33 LAD NL 2 0 38% 35 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0% 5 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
1993 34 LAD NL 0 0 39% 33 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18% 5 3 1 2 2 0 4 2 1
1994 35 LAD NL 2 0 33% 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 67% 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1997 38 CLE AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 39 SFG NL 0 0 50% 20 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 3 2 1 2 0 2 3 2 1
1999 40 NYM NL 0 0 30% 21 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 40% 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
2000 41 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 17 0 33% 308 8 3 73% 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 21 27% 41 34 4 10 5 5 32 13 13
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1984 25 LAD NL 61 30% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 11 0 0% 14 3 21% 52 2 4% 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 1
1985 26 LAD NL 91 31% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 91% 17 0 0% 16 6 38% 67 5 7% 3 2 67% 4 1 25% 0
1986 27 LAD NL 82 26% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 71% 11 1 9% 16 8 50% 50 11 22% 4 4 100% 5 3 60% 0
1987 28 LAD NL 102 31% 19 2 0 0 0 2.84 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 77% 19 1 5% 18 6 33% 67 8 12% 5 1 20% 2 2 100% 0
1988 29 LAD NL 105 30% 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 3.14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 19 83% 28 1 4% 33 11 33% 69 6 9% 5 2 40% 4 1 25% 0
1989 30 LAD NL 92 26% 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 83% 19 0 0% 19 9 47% 58 3 5% 5 2 40% 2 1 50% 0
1990 31 LAD NL 8 13% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1991 32 LAD NL 38 34% 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 8 0 0% 6 0 0% 21 2 10% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1992 33 LAD NL 76 34% 15 5 0 2 1 0 0 2.68 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 55% 15 0 0% 14 6 43% 44 5 11% 5 2 40% 2 0 0% 0
1993 34 LAD NL 83 34% 26 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 15 1 7% 14 5 36% 44 6 14% 3 2 67% 2 1 50% 0
1994 35 LAD NL 52 33% 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 12 0 0% 13 5 38% 39 5 13% 8 4 50% 1 1 100% 0
1997 38 CLE AL 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 39 SFG NL 78 22% 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 16 0 0% 18 0 0% 44 1 2% 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1999 40 NYM NL 68 24% 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 16 3 19% 21 6 29% 46 4 9% 3 2 67% 6 3 50% 0
2000 41 LAD NL 7 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 948 29% 163 32 13 4 1 0 0 2.76 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 128 101 79% 190 7 4% 206 66 32% 613 58 9% 45 22 49% 37 16 43% 1
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 29 LAD NL 105 275 2.62 218 79% 21% 18% 21% 39% 78% 0% 62% 76% 55% 2% 2 0 6% 6 1 2% 2 1 6% 0 0 1
1989 30 LAD NL 90 301 3.34 213 71% 29% 15% 27% 29% 70% 0% 50% 78% 34% 3% 3 0 7% 6 1 4% 4 1 12% 2 0 2
1990 31 LAD NL 8 20 2.50 16 80% 19% 13% 25% 44% 81% 0% 65% 85% 63% 0% 0 0 13% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1991 32 LAD NL 38 110 2.89 84 76% 20% 23% 25% 32% 80% 0% 61% 72% 58% 5% 2 0 11% 4 1 8% 3 0 13% 0 0 0
1992 33 LAD NL 76 206 2.71 162 79% 22% 13% 25% 40% 78% 0% 62% 83% 58% 1% 1 0 7% 5 1 7% 5 0 0% 0 0 0
1993 34 LAD NL 80 209 2.61 156 75% 20% 11% 22% 47% 80% 0% 60% 86% 53% 3% 2 0 8% 6 2 1% 1 1 20% 3 0 0
1994 35 LAD NL 50 147 2.94 97 66% 27% 11% 23% 39% 73% 0% 48% 85% 42% 2% 1 0 10% 5 1 10% 5 0 33% 2 0 0
1997 38 CLE AL 5 11 2.20 8 73% 25% 13% 25% 38% 75% 0% 55% 83% 40% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1998 39 SFG NL 78 257 3.29 176 68% 28% 18% 21% 33% 72% 0% 49% 75% 35% 5% 4 0 15% 12 2 4% 3 1 0% 0 0 0
1999 40 NYM NL 68 217 3.19 171 79% 25% 19% 27% 29% 75% 0% 59% 75% 41% 1% 1 0 9% 6 0 6% 4 2 11% 0 0 0
2000 41 LAD NL 7 14 2.00 13 93% 31% 23% 8% 38% 69% 0% 64% 67% 57% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
11 Seasons 605 1767 2.92 1314 74% 24% 16% 24% 36% 76% 0% 56% 79% 47% 3% 16 0 8% 51 9 4% 27 6 11% 7 0 3
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 25 53 62 50 4 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 14 .200 .259 .200 .459 32 10 0 1 8 0 0
1985 26 90 153 126 9 25 1 0 0 6 1 0 7 34 .198 .252 .206 .458 32 26 0 2 18 0 0
1986 27 127 235 197 13 42 4 0 0 14 1 1 8 51 .213 .251 .234 .485 39 46 1 2 28 0 0
1987 28 167 337 287 23 61 9 0 0 21 3 2 10 68 .213 .244 .244 .488 37 70 2 2 38 0 0
1988 29 203 442 372 24 72 11 1 0 27 3 2 11 86 .194 .221 .228 .449 27 85 3 2 57 0 0
1989 30 238 534 449 28 86 15 2 0 29 3 2 15 111 .192 .221 .234 .454 29 105 3 2 67 1 0
1990 31 242 542 456 28 86 15 2 0 29 3 2 15 112 .189 .217 .230 .448 27 105 3 2 68 1 0
1991 32 263 580 487 34 94 17 2 0 31 4 2 18 120 .193 .224 .236 .461 30 115 3 2 72 1 0
1992 33 298 656 555 40 109 22 2 0 36 5 2 19 130 .196 .225 .243 .468 33 135 3 2 78 2 0
1993 34 332 739 628 51 135 26 2 0 42 5 3 21 135 .215 .242 .263 .505 42 165 4 2 86 2 0
1994 35 353 791 672 55 144 26 2 0 46 6 3 23 145 .214 .242 .259 .501 41 174 4 3 89 4 0
1995 36 353 791 672 55 144 26 2 0 46 6 3 23 145 .214 .242 .259 .501 41 174 4 3 89 4 0
1996 37 353 791 672 55 144 26 2 0 46 6 3 23 145 .214 .242 .259 .501 41 174 4 3 89 4 0
1997 38 355 796 675 55 144 26 2 0 46 6 3 23 146 .213 .242 .258 .500 41 174 4 4 90 4 0
1998 39 389 874 741 62 154 28 2 0 47 7 3 26 162 .208 .238 .251 .489 37 186 4 5 98 4 0
1999 40 420 942 803 65 163 29 2 0 50 8 3 27 180 .203 .232 .244 .476 32 196 7 5 101 6 0
2000 41 430 949 810 65 163 29 2 0 50 8 3 27 182 .201 .230 .242 .472 31 196 7 5 101 6 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1984 25 45 58 53 5 13 0 0 0 2 0 4 14 .245 .310 .245 .556 4 45
1985 26 37 87 81 6 20 1 0 0 5 1 5 20 .247 .299 .259 .558 6 37
1986 27 37 74 73 5 19 3 0 0 10 0 1 17 .260 .270 .301 .572 6 37
1987 28 40 93 91 10 20 5 0 0 7 2 2 17 .220 .237 .275 .511 6 40
1988 29 36 88 87 1 13 2 1 0 7 0 1 18 .149 .159 .195 .354 3 36
1989 30 35 86 80 5 17 5 1 0 2 0 5 25 .213 .256 .300 .556 6 35
1990 31 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1991 32 21 35 32 6 9 2 0 0 2 1 3 8 .281 .343 .344 .687 4 21
1992 33 35 72 70 7 17 6 0 0 6 1 1 10 .243 .250 .329 .579 6 35
1993 34 34 75 73 11 26 4 0 0 6 0 2 5 .356 .373 .411 .784 11 34
1994 35 30 72 64 6 15 0 0 0 6 2 3 14 .234 .278 .234 .512 4 21
1997 38 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 2
1998 39 34 73 68 7 12 2 0 0 1 1 4 16 .176 .233 .206 .439 3 34
1999 40 31 63 60 2 7 1 0 0 2 1 1 18 .117 .127 .133 .260 1 31
2000 41 10 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
15 Seasons 431 894 849 71 188 31 2 0 56 9 32 186 .221 .253 .263 .515 60 422
162 Game Avg. 162 336 319 27 71 12 1 0 21 3 12 70 .221 .253 .263 .515 23 422

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1987 *
1988 *
1989

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1988-NL-Babe Ruth Award
1988-NL-Cy Young
1988-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1988-NL-NLCS MVP
1988-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1988-ML-WS MVP
1995-AL-ALCS MVP

Gold Gloves
1988-NL-P

Silver Sluggers
1993-NL-P

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1985-NL-16-3%
1988-NL-6-33%
0.36 Career Shares (524th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1985-NL--3--14%
1987-NL--4--12%
1988-NL--1--100%
1989-NL--4--6%
1 Cy Young
1.32 Career Shares (33rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1986 NL--10--10th
1987 NL--10--6th
1988 NL--19--1st
1989 NL--10--9th

Salary s c a p y
1989 NL--$2,766,667--1st
1991 NL--$3,166,667--9th
1992 NL--$4,333,333--7th
1993 NL--$4,333,333--10th

Oldest s c a p y
1997 AL--born 1958-09-16--10th
1998 NL--born 1958-09-16--6th
1999 NL--born 1958-09-16--2nd
2000 NL--born 1958-09-16--2nd

                                         
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  2. Alex Kellner (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Krukow (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Thornton Lee (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Babe Adams (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Sid Hudson (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Thornton Lee (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Thornton Lee (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Thornton Lee (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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