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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1983 24 LAD NL 0 0 3.38 8 0 4 0 0 1 8.0 7 6 3 1 6 0 5 0 0 1 37 107 1.625 7.9 1.1 6.8 5.6 0.83
1984 25 LAD NL 11 8 .579 2.66 45 20 10 8 4 2 189.2 160 65 56 9 50 8 150 4 1 8 771 133 1.107 7.6 0.4 2.4 7.1 3.00 RoY-3
1985 26 LAD NL 19 3 .864 2.03 36 34 1 9 5 0 239.2 179 72 54 8 68 5 157 6 0 5 953 170 1.031 6.7 0.3 2.6 5.9 2.31 CYA-3,MVP-16
1986 27 LAD NL 14 14 .500 3.85 35 35 0 8 1 0 231.1 213 112 99 13 86 11 153 5 3 12 988 90 1.293 8.3 0.5 3.3 6.0 1.78
1987 28 LAD NL 16 16 .500 3.06 37 35 2 10 1 1 264.2 247 105 90 17 74 5 190 9 2 11 1093 131 1.213 8.4 0.6 2.5 6.5 2.57 AS,CYA-4
1988 29 LAD NL 23 8 .742 2.26 35 34 1 15 8 1 267.0 208 73 67 18 73 10 178 4 5 6 1068 148 1.052 7.0 0.6 2.5 6.0 2.44 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6,GG
1989 30 LAD NL 15 15 .500 2.31 35 33 0 8 4 0 256.2 226 75 66 9 77 14 178 3 4 8 1047 148 1.181 7.9 0.3 2.7 6.2 2.31 AS,CYA-4
1990 31 LAD NL 1 1 .500 4.26 4 4 0 0 0 0 25.1 26 12 12 1 4 0 16 1 1 0 106 86 1.184 9.2 0.4 1.4 5.7 4.00
1991 32 LAD NL 7 2 .778 3.46 21 21 0 0 0 0 112.0 112 43 43 3 32 6 73 5 4 2 473 104 1.286 9.0 0.2 2.6 5.9 2.28
1992 33 LAD NL 10 15 .400 3.67 33 33 0 1 0 0 210.2 209 101 86 15 69 13 130 8 0 10 910 95 1.320 8.9 0.6 2.9 5.6 1.88
1993 34 LAD NL 12 14 .462 3.59 33 33 0 5 1 0 215.2 201 106 86 17 72 13 141 7 0 7 913 107 1.266 8.4 0.7 3.0 5.9 1.96 SS
1994 35 LAD NL 6 6 .500 3.79 21 21 0 1 0 0 135.1 146 67 57 15 42 6 72 2 2 6 575 105 1.389 9.7 1.0 2.8 4.8 1.71
1995 36 CLE AL 16 6 .727 3.87 26 26 0 1 1 0 167.1 151 76 72 21 51 1 111 5 0 3 683 121 1.207 8.1 1.1 2.7 6.0 2.18
1996 37 CLE AL 15 9 .625 4.24 33 33 0 1 0 0 206.0 238 115 97 21 58 4 125 12 1 11 908 116 1.437 10.4 0.9 2.5 5.5 2.16
1997 38 CLE AL 14 6 .700 4.47 32 32 0 1 0 0 195.1 199 105 97 26 69 2 107 11 0 11 826 104 1.372 9.2 1.2 3.2 4.9 1.55
1998 39 SFG NL 11 10 .524 4.41 34 34 0 0 0 0 202.0 200 105 99 22 85 7 126 13 0 12 887 91 1.411 8.9 1.0 3.8 5.6 1.48
1999 40 NYM NL 13 12 .520 4.58 32 32 0 0 0 0 179.0 175 92 91 14 77 2 89 11 0 6 776 97 1.408 8.8 0.7 3.9 4.5 1.16
2000 41 LAD NL 1 5 .167 13.14 10 6 1 0 0 0 24.2 42 36 36 5 14 1 13 11 0 2 136 33 2.270 15.3 1.8 5.1 4.7 0.93
18 Seasons 204 150 .576 3.48 510 466 19 68 25 5 3130.1 2939 1366 1211 235 1007 108 2014 117 23 121 13150 112 1.261 8.4 0.7 2.9 5.8 2.00
162 Game Avg. 14 10 .576 3.48 36 32 1 5 2 0 218 205 95 84 16 70 8 140 8 2 8 916 112 1.261 8.4 0.7 2.9 5.8 2.00
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
LAD (13 yrs) 135 107 .558 3.12 353 309 19 65 24 5 2180.2 1976 873 755 131 667 92 1456 65 22 78 9070 116 1.212 8.2 0.5 2.8 6.0 2.18
CLE (3 yrs) 45 21 .682 4.21 91 91 0 3 1 0 568.2 588 296 266 68 178 7 343 28 1 25 2417 113 1.347 9.3 1.1 2.8 5.4 1.93
NYM (1 yr) 13 12 .520 4.58 32 32 0 0 0 0 179.0 175 92 91 14 77 2 89 11 0 6 776 97 1.408 8.8 0.7 3.9 4.5 1.16
SFG (1 yr) 11 10 .524 4.41 34 34 0 0 0 0 202.0 200 105 99 22 85 7 126 13 0 12 887 91 1.411 8.9 1.0 3.8 5.6 1.48
NL (15 yrs) 159 129 .552 3.32 419 375 19 65 24 5 2561.2 2351 1070 945 167 829 101 1671 89 22 96 10733 111 1.241 8.3 0.6 2.9 5.9 2.02
AL (3 yrs) 45 21 .682 4.21 91 91 0 3 1 0 568.2 588 296 266 68 178 7 343 28 1 25 2417 113 1.347 9.3 1.1 2.8 5.4 1.93

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1985 26 LAD NL NLCS L STL 1 0 1.000 3.52 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.1 17 6 6 0 6 0 5 0 0 1 66 1.500 10.0 0.0 3.5 2.9 0.83
1988 29 LAD NL NLCS W NYM 1 0 1.000 1.09 4 3 1 1 1 1 24.2 18 5 3 0 7 1 15 2 0 2 98 1.014 6.6 0.0 2.6 5.5 2.14
1988 29 LAD NL WS W OAK 2 0 1.000 1.00 2 2 0 2 1 0 18.0 7 2 2 0 6 0 17 0 0 1 66 0.722 3.5 0.0 3.0 8.5 2.83
1995 36 CLE AL ALDS W BOS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 3 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 1 28 0.682 3.7 0.0 2.5 8.6 3.50
1995 36 CLE AL ALCS W SEA 2 0 1.000 1.29 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 9 3 2 1 3 1 15 1 0 1 57 0.857 5.8 0.6 1.9 9.6 5.00
1995 36 CLE AL WS L ATL 1 1 .500 2.57 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 8 5 4 2 4 1 13 0 0 0 52 0.857 5.1 1.3 2.6 8.4 3.25
1996 37 CLE AL ALDS L BAL 0 0 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 4 3 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 25 2.000 12.6 1.8 5.4 5.4 1.00
1997 38 CLE AL ALDS W NYY 0 0 3.97 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 14 5 5 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 49 1.412 11.1 0.8 1.6 3.2 2.00
1997 38 CLE AL ALCS W BAL 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 22 0.714 5.1 0.0 1.3 9.0 7.00
1997 38 CLE AL WS L FLA 0 2 .000 11.70 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 15 13 13 3 6 0 5 0 0 0 49 2.100 13.5 2.7 5.4 4.5 0.83
1999 40 NYM NL NLDS W ARI 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1999 40 NYM NL NLCS L ATL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 1 0 0 0 3 2 5 1 0 0 18 0.923 2.1 0.0 6.2 10.4 1.67
6 Seasons (12 Series) 8 3 .727 2.59 22 18 2 4 2 1 132.0 103 43 38 8 43 5 97 6 0 6 533 1.106 7.0 0.5 2.9 6.6 2.26
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
3 ALDS 1 0 1.000 3.04 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.2 24 9 8 2 7 0 14 2 0 1 102 1.310 9.1 0.8 2.7 5.3 2.00
2 ALCS 2 0 1.000 0.86 3 3 0 0 0 0 21.0 13 3 2 1 4 1 22 1 0 1 79 0.810 5.6 0.4 1.7 9.4 5.50
3 NLCS 2 0 1.000 1.83 8 5 1 2 1 1 44.1 36 11 9 0 16 3 25 3 0 3 182 1.173 7.3 0.0 3.2 5.1 1.56
3 WS 3 3 .500 4.07 6 6 0 2 1 0 42.0 30 20 19 5 16 1 35 0 0 1 167 1.095 6.4 1.1 3.4 7.5 2.19

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1987 LAD NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1988 LAD NL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 LAD NL 30
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1983 24 LAD NL 8 36 29 6 7 2 0 1 0 1 6 5 .241 .371 .414 .785 .261 12 1 0 1 0 0
1984 25 LAD NL 45 771 712 65 160 22 1 9 16 4 50 150 .225 .278 .296 .575 .272 211 18 4 2 3 8
1985 26 LAD NL 36 953 870 72 179 26 4 8 23 9 68 157 .206 .267 .272 .539 .241 237 25 6 5 4 5
1986 27 LAD NL 35 988 877 112 213 33 6 13 25 8 86 153 .243 .312 .339 .651 .279 297 16 5 14 6 11
1987 28 LAD NL 37 1093 1000 105 247 40 7 17 12 9 74 190 .247 .304 .352 .656 .289 352 30 9 8 2 5
1988 29 LAD NL 35 1067 975 73 208 28 6 18 13 10 73 178 .213 .269 .310 .579 .242 302 18 4 9 6 10
1989 30 LAD NL 35 1047 942 75 226 41 2 9 11 8 77 178 .240 .298 .316 .614 .285 298 29 3 19 6 14
1990 31 LAD NL 4 106 100 12 26 4 0 1 0 1 4 16 .260 .295 .330 .625 .301 33 1 1 1 0 0
1991 32 LAD NL 21 473 433 43 112 18 2 3 11 2 32 73 .259 .316 .330 .647 .304 143 8 5 2 1 6
1992 33 LAD NL 33 910 812 101 209 42 3 15 13 7 69 130 .257 .320 .372 .691 .288 302 19 8 15 6 13
1993 34 LAD NL 33 912 817 106 201 42 6 17 10 10 72 141 .246 .311 .375 .686 .278 306 11 7 12 4 13
1994 35 LAD NL 21 575 524 67 146 33 3 15 11 3 42 72 .279 .333 .439 .772 .298 230 15 2 4 3 6
1995 36 CLE AL 26 683 620 76 151 34 3 21 5 4 51 111 .244 .304 .410 .714 .264 254 26 5 3 4 1
1996 37 CLE AL 33 907 828 115 238 49 2 21 4 3 58 125 .287 .341 .428 .769 .316 354 24 12 5 4 4
1997 38 CLE AL 32 826 732 105 199 33 7 26 4 8 69 107 .272 .340 .443 .783 .285 324 31 11 6 8 2
1998 39 SFG NL 34 887 772 105 200 35 4 22 9 3 85 126 .259 .341 .400 .741 .283 309 20 13 12 5 7
1999 40 NYM NL 32 776 674 92 175 35 9 14 9 4 77 89 .260 .342 .401 .742 .278 270 18 11 6 8 2
2000 41 LAD NL 10 136 108 36 42 8 0 5 5 0 14 13 .389 .493 .602 1.094 .398 65 4 11 0 3 1
18 Seasons 510 13146 11825 1366 2939 525 65 235 181 94 1007 2014 .249 .312 .364 .676 .280 4299 314 117 124 73 108
162 Game Avg. 36 916 824 95 205 37 5 16 13 7 70 140 .249 .312 .364 .676 .280 300 22 8 9 5 8
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1984 25 LAD NL 45 20 9 6 5 0 4 11 9 .550 2 2 8 4 16 80% 64 92 24 21 2 3 6 4.2 4.4 7.4
1985 26 LAD NL 36 34 18 3 13 1 0 25 9 .735 2 7 9 5 25 74% 61 89 16 10 1 4 10 4.4 4.3 6.9
1986 27 LAD NL 35 35 14 14 7 4 5 18 17 .514 0 2 8 1 19 54% 53 84 21 20 5 2 13 3.8 4.1 6.6
1987 28 LAD NL 37 35 16 15 4 1 6 17 18 .486 1 2 10 1 25 71% 58 79 14 25 9 4 9 4.1 4.3 7.5
1988 29 LAD NL 35 34 23 8 3 1 3 24 9 .727 0 0 15 8 28 82% 64 88 17 11 4 5 11 4.1 4.0 7.8 103 3 7 22 2 148
1989 30 LAD NL 35 33 15 15 3 0 9 17 16 .515 0 4 8 4 27 82% 60 86 22 4 2 1 12 3.2 3.2 7.5 106 3 13 7 9 169
1990 31 LAD NL 4 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 2 0 0 3 75% 52 66 40 3 2 0 2 4.0 3.1 6.3 88 1 2 1 0 105
1991 32 LAD NL 21 21 7 2 12 3 0 16 5 .762 4 6 0 0 11 52% 52 77 29 8 2 0 9 5.6 4.8 5.3 78 8 13 0 0 94
1992 33 LAD NL 33 33 10 15 8 3 5 13 20 .394 2 7 1 0 19 58% 52 76 5 17 7 0 15 3.2 2.5 6.4 93 5 19 8 1 120
1993 34 LAD NL 33 33 12 14 7 0 5 17 16 .515 3 0 5 1 21 64% 53 84 14 18 4 1 19 4.5 5.0 6.5 92 7 10 12 3 131
1994 35 LAD NL 21 21 6 6 9 1 1 10 11 .476 5 1 1 0 14 67% 50 67 15 8 3 0 13 5.1 4.8 6.4 92 2 14 4 0 117
1995 36 CLE AL 26 26 16 6 4 2 1 18 8 .692 0 4 1 1 16 62% 54 85 23 5 2 0 14 5.7 5.2 6.4 92 4 13 8 1 121
1996 37 CLE AL 33 33 15 9 9 0 2 22 11 .667 0 5 1 0 21 64% 48 72 5 26 7 0 14 6.1 5.3 6.2 91 6 13 8 0 118
1997 38 CLE AL 32 32 14 6 12 5 2 19 13 .594 3 4 1 0 16 50% 48 70 13 20 4 1 10 5.7 5.5 6.1 91 5 20 6 0 114
1998 39 SFG NL 34 34 11 10 13 1 1 20 14 .588 7 5 0 0 17 50% 49 82 15 19 8 1 12 4.4 4.2 5.9 91 4 16 11 1 121
1999 40 NYM NL 32 32 13 12 7 4 3 18 14 .563 2 2 0 0 14 44% 48 75 8 27 10 1 20 4.7 5.1 5.6 83 13 15 4 0 110
2000 41 LAD NL 10 6 1 4 1 0 0 1 5 .167 0 1 0 0 1 17% 32 56 9 10 6 1 4 4.2 3.5 3.2 65 4 2 0 0 95
17 Seasons 502 466 201 146 119 26 47 268 197 .576 31 54 68 25 293 63% 54 92 5 252 78 24 193 4.5 4.4 6.6 92 65 157 91 17 169
MLB Averages
G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1983 24 LAD NL 8 8 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 0 0% 5 1.036 1 1 5 2 0 6 3 5 2 3 3 2 3.0
1984 25 LAD NL 45 25 10 2 2 4 2 2 50% 5 0 12 6 50% 7 0.919 12 3 10 6 5 14 7 18 16 4 16 3 5.0
1985 26 LAD NL 36 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.030 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.5
1987 28 LAD NL 37 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 8 1.127 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 3.5
1988 29 LAD NL 35 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 14 1.163 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 5
1989 30 LAD NL 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.104 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 13.5 64
2000 41 LAD NL 10 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 2 0 0% 8 1.216 3 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 4.0 31
7 Seasons 206 44 19 3 4 8 5 3 63% 10 1 19 6 32% 1.082 21 5 17 14 8 22 11 33 24 9 25 5 5.0 36

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1983 24 LAD NL 37 43% 2.8% 13.9% 16.7% 8.3% 43% 8.00 64% 6 1 17%
1984 25 LAD NL 771 48% 1.2% 19.5% 6.5% 4.2% 20% 2.45 72% 130 18 14%
1985 26 LAD NL 953 55% 0.8% 16.5% 7.1% 4.0% 21% 2.04 74% 159 25 16%
1986 27 LAD NL 988 53% 1.3% 15.5% 8.7% 5.3% 24% 1.69 73% 163 16 10%
1987 28 LAD NL 1093 59% 1.6% 17.4% 6.8% 5.9% 26% 2.21 73% 201 30 15%
1988 29 LAD NL 1068 56% 1.7% 16.7% 6.8% 4.9% 25% 1.42 1.74 74% 15% 10.5% 47% 165 18 11%
1989 30 LAD NL 1047 56% 0.9% 17.0% 7.4% 5.0% 23% 1.41 1.85 73% 15% 3.5% 20% 192 29 15%
1990 31 LAD NL 106 53% 0.9% 15.1% 3.8% 4.7% 19% 1.13 1.57 78% 21% 2.9% 13% 18 1 6%
1991 32 LAD NL 473 49% 0.6% 15.4% 6.8% 4.9% 21% 1.11 1.54 76% 20% 2.1% 16% 102 8 8%
1992 33 LAD NL 910 57% 1.7% 14.3% 7.6% 6.6% 29% 1.16 1.55 74% 17% 5.4% 12% 161 19 12%
1993 34 LAD NL 913 54% 1.9% 15.5% 7.9% 7.1% 32% 1.28 1.76 73% 18% 6.7% 13% 141 11 8%
1994 35 LAD NL 575 53% 2.6% 12.5% 7.3% 8.9% 35% 1.15 1.77 77% 23% 7.9% 9% 98 15 15%
1995 36 CLE AL 683 56% 3.1% 16.3% 7.5% 8.5% 38% 1.32 1.87 72% 20% 10.3% 8% 112 26 23%
1996 37 CLE AL 908 56% 2.3% 13.8% 6.4% 7.9% 30% 1.31 1.99 76% 20% 8.1% 15% 155 24 15%
1997 38 CLE AL 826 47% 3.2% 13.0% 8.4% 8.0% 33% 1.32 1.94 73% 19% 11.0% 12% 163 31 19%
1998 39 SFG NL 887 49% 2.5% 14.2% 9.6% 6.9% 31% 1.35 2.04 71% 20% 9.0% 11% 178 20 11%
1999 40 NYM NL 776 46% 1.8% 11.5% 9.9% 7.5% 33% 1.19 1.79 75% 18% 5.7% 9% 149 18 12%
2000 41 LAD NL 136 41% 3.7% 9.6% 10.3% 9.6% 31% 0.98 1.77 68% 26% 13.5% 21% 35 4 11%
18 Seasons 13150 53% 1.8% 15.3% 7.7% 6.3% 28% 1.28 1.88 73% 18% 7.3% 16% 2328 314 13%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 29 LAD NL 1068 3515 3.29 2228 63% 27% 15% 22% 36% 73% 2% 47% 80% 59% 4% 47 21 18% 190 105 14 34% 36 17 0 3 1
1989 30 LAD NL 1023 3516 3.44 2227 63% 26% 14% 24% 35% 73% 4% 46% 80% 60% 5% 49 26 19% 196 111 10 28% 37 10 24 2 21
1990 31 LAD NL 106 353 3.33 215 61% 31% 10% 19% 40% 69% 0% 42% 85% 49% 3% 3 2 9% 10 3 0 50% 2 1 0 0 0
1991 32 LAD NL 473 1645 3.48 1017 62% 29% 12% 23% 36% 71% 3% 44% 82% 54% 5% 26 10 19% 89 49 1 38% 24 10 0 0 0
1992 33 LAD NL 910 3062 3.36 1917 63% 24% 14% 25% 37% 76% 4% 48% 81% 58% 6% 51 19 19% 169 87 7 29% 21 19 0 0 0
1993 34 LAD NL 877 2958 3.37 1865 63% 26% 15% 23% 36% 73% 4% 46% 79% 59% 5% 45 21 18% 162 105 14 22% 25 12 36 3 7
1994 35 LAD NL 550 1851 3.37 1148 62% 27% 14% 21% 38% 73% 3% 45% 81% 59% 6% 35 17 17% 94 48 6 25% 17 12 25 3 1
1995 36 CLE AL 683 2398 3.51 1451 61% 27% 14% 23% 36% 72% 0% 44% 81% 57% 6% 40 22 16% 110 54 8 25% 11 17 0 0 1
1996 37 CLE AL 737 2463 3.34 1538 62% 24% 15% 24% 38% 76% 1% 48% 81% 56% 5% 34 19 14% 104 50 6 18% 14 13 171 0 0
1997 38 CLE AL 801 2807 3.50 1730 62% 26% 15% 24% 36% 74% 0% 46% 80% 57% 6% 51 21 17% 138 73 11 20% 22 28 25 0 0
1998 39 SFG NL 887 3068 3.46 1868 61% 25% 16% 24% 36% 75% 2% 46% 79% 53% 8% 71 40 16% 138 76 10 23% 28 24 0 0 0
1999 40 NYM NL 776 2645 3.41 1611 61% 26% 13% 24% 37% 74% 1% 45% 83% 58% 6% 48 25 15% 120 58 5 27% 12 20 0 0 0
2000 41 LAD NL 136 513 3.77 286 56% 25% 12% 29% 34% 75% 2% 42% 84% 45% 6% 8 1 13% 18 7 0 23% 1 5 0 0 0
13 Seasons 9027 30794 3.41 19101 62% 26% 14% 24% 36% 74% 2% 46% 81% 57% 6% 508 244 17% 1538 826 92 27% 250 188 281 11 31
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1983 24 LAD NL 37 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 100% 0 1 2 15 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1984 25 LAD NL 770 160 9 0 11 7 2 6 3 40 19 7 48% 14 8 1 265 16 4 80% 16 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 17 1
1985 26 LAD NL 953 179 8 0 18 5 3 4 4 41 22 6 54% 24 5 0 305 23 9 72% 19 8 4 1 0 0 5 1 13 0
1986 27 LAD NL 988 213 13 1 29 6 7 8 5 53 27 6 51% 15 12 1 349 25 8 76% 20 7 3 0 2 1 5 0 23 0
1987 28 LAD NL 1093 247 17 1 24 7 10 6 11 66 36 12 55% 13 11 2 364 12 9 57% 10 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 19 0
1988 29 LAD NL 1068 208 28 3 18 0 15 5 13 10 8 34 18 4 53% 12 6 0 352 13 10 57% 13 9 0 1 0 0 6 3 18 0
1989 30 LAD NL 1047 226 28 3 9 0 18 4 5 6 3 43 16 9 37% 15 8 3 392 11 8 58% 11 6 0 1 0 1 4 2 23 0
1990 31 LAD NL 106 26 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 100% 1 0 2 37 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1991 32 LAD NL 473 112 36 4 3 0 19 1 2 0 3 21 12 5 57% 3 2 0 183 11 2 85% 10 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 9 0
1992 33 LAD NL 910 209 71 5 15 0 15 4 11 7 8 48 26 2 54% 25 10 2 341 13 7 65% 10 5 2 1 1 1 2 0 21 0
1993 34 LAD NL 913 201 20 3 17 0 15 12 5 7 10 45 25 6 56% 14 7 2 311 10 10 50% 9 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1994 35 LAD NL 575 146 20 1 15 0 11 6 9 8 7 39 17 6 44% 6 6 1 203 11 3 79% 8 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 11 0
1995 36 CLE AL 683 151 18 0 21 1 4 9 12 6 15 28 14 5 50% 7 3 3 230 5 4 56% 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 12 0
1996 37 CLE AL 908 238 28 4 21 1 16 14 7 7 14 47 25 7 53% 15 11 1 340 4 3 57% 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 0
1997 38 CLE AL 826 199 23 2 26 1 16 14 12 12 14 47 33 5 70% 6 11 0 289 4 8 33% 3 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 21 0
1998 39 SFG NL 887 200 47 4 22 0 21 16 6 10 12 49 27 6 55% 10 12 1 341 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 22 0
1999 40 NYM NL 776 175 21 5 14 0 17 5 9 9 5 43 31 7 72% 3 6 1 280 9 4 69% 8 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 19 0
2000 41 LAD NL 136 42 6 1 5 1 8 4 1 3 2 10 8 1 80% 0 2 0 61 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
18 Seasons 13149 2939 348 36 235 6 259 119 116 111 124 661 363 94 55% 183 121 22 4658 181 94 66% 157 80 21 8 3 6 38 9 283 1
MLB Averages
PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1983 24 0 0 3.38 8 0 4 0 0 1 8.0 7 6 3 1 6 0 5 0 0 1 37 107 1.625 7.9 1.1 6.8 5.6 0.83 107
1984 25 11 8 .579 2.69 53 20 14 8 4 3 197.2 167 71 59 10 56 8 155 4 1 9 808 131 1.128 7.6 0.5 2.5 7.1 2.77 131
1985 26 30 11 .732 2.33 89 54 15 17 9 3 437.1 346 143 113 18 124 13 312 10 1 14 1761 150 1.075 7.1 0.4 2.6 6.4 2.52 150
1986 27 44 25 .638 2.85 124 89 15 25 10 3 668.2 559 255 212 31 210 24 465 15 4 26 2749 122 1.150 7.5 0.4 2.8 6.3 2.21 122
1987 28 60 41 .594 2.91 161 124 17 35 11 4 933.1 806 360 302 48 284 29 655 24 6 37 3842 125 1.168 7.8 0.5 2.7 6.3 2.31 125
1988 29 83 49 .629 2.77 196 158 18 50 19 5 1200.1 1014 433 369 66 357 39 833 28 11 43 4910 129 1.142 7.6 0.5 2.7 6.2 2.33 129
1989 30 98 64 .605 2.69 231 191 18 58 23 5 1457.0 1240 508 435 75 434 53 1011 31 15 51 5957 132 1.149 7.7 0.5 2.7 6.2 2.33 132
1990 31 99 65 .604 2.71 235 195 18 58 23 5 1482.1 1266 520 447 76 438 53 1027 32 16 51 6063 131 1.150 7.7 0.5 2.7 6.2 2.34 131
1991 32 106 67 .613 2.77 256 216 18 58 23 5 1594.1 1378 563 490 79 470 59 1100 37 20 53 6536 128 1.159 7.8 0.4 2.7 6.2 2.34 128
1992 33 116 82 .586 2.87 289 249 18 59 23 5 1805.0 1587 664 576 94 539 72 1230 45 20 63 7446 123 1.178 7.9 0.5 2.7 6.1 2.28 123
1993 34 128 96 .571 2.95 322 282 18 64 24 5 2020.2 1788 770 662 111 611 85 1371 52 20 70 8359 121 1.187 8.0 0.5 2.7 6.1 2.24 121
1994 35 134 102 .568 3.00 343 303 18 65 24 5 2156.0 1934 837 719 126 653 91 1443 54 22 76 8934 120 1.200 8.1 0.5 2.7 6.0 2.21 120
1995 36 150 108 .581 3.06 369 329 18 66 25 5 2323.1 2085 913 791 147 704 92 1554 59 22 79 9617 120 1.200 8.1 0.6 2.7 6.0 2.21 120
1996 37 165 117 .585 3.16 402 362 18 67 25 5 2529.1 2323 1028 888 168 762 96 1679 71 23 90 10525 119 1.220 8.3 0.6 2.7 6.0 2.20 119
1997 38 179 123 .593 3.25 434 394 18 68 25 5 2724.2 2522 1133 985 194 831 98 1786 82 23 101 11351 118 1.231 8.3 0.6 2.7 5.9 2.15 118
1998 39 190 133 .588 3.33 468 428 18 68 25 5 2926.2 2722 1238 1084 216 916 105 1912 95 23 113 12238 115 1.243 8.4 0.7 2.8 5.9 2.09 115
1999 40 203 145 .583 3.41 500 460 18 68 25 5 3105.2 2897 1330 1175 230 993 107 2001 106 23 119 13014 114 1.253 8.4 0.7 2.9 5.8 2.02 114
2000 41 204 150 .576 3.48 510 466 19 68 25 5 3130.1 2939 1366 1211 235 1007 108 2014 117 23 121 13150 112 1.261 8.4 0.7 2.9 5.8 2.00 112

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1983 24 0 0 3.38 8.0 7 3 3 1 6 5 0 1.625 7.9 6.8 5.6 0.83 1.1 8
1984 25 13 7 .650 3.07 182.0 169 69 62 10 53 144 4 1.220 8.4 2.6 7.1 2.72 0.5 45
1985 26 18 7 .720 2.41 228.0 191 68 61 9 73 149 6 1.158 7.5 2.9 5.9 2.04 0.4 36
1986 27 10 14 .417 4.56 221.0 228 124 112 14 92 146 5 1.448 9.3 3.7 5.9 1.59 0.6 35
1987 28 17 11 .607 3.18 255.0 246 100 90 17 74 183 9 1.255 8.7 2.6 6.5 2.47 0.6 37
1988 29 19 9 .679 2.82 252.0 227 88 79 20 80 168 4 1.218 8.1 2.9 6.0 2.10 0.7 35
1989 30 17 9 .654 2.85 240.0 241 84 76 10 82 166 3 1.346 9.0 3.1 6.2 2.02 0.4 35
1990 31 1 1 .500 4.68 25.0 27 14 13 1 4 16 1 1.240 9.7 1.4 5.8 4.00 0.4 4
1991 32 5 6 .455 4.11 105.0 118 53 48 3 34 68 5 1.448 10.1 2.9 5.8 2.00 0.3 21
1992 33 10 12 .455 4.46 200.0 226 110 99 16 75 123 9 1.505 10.2 3.4 5.5 1.64 0.7 33
1993 34 12 11 .522 3.88 209.0 206 100 90 17 74 137 7 1.340 8.9 3.2 5.9 1.85 0.7 33
1994 35 10 10 .500 4.10 180.0 207 91 82 21 60 96 3 1.483 10.4 3.0 4.8 1.60 1.1 21
1995 36 11 9 .550 3.78 181.0 165 84 76 23 56 120 5 1.221 8.2 2.8 6.0 2.14 1.1 26
1996 37 11 11 .500 3.82 205.0 226 97 87 20 55 124 11 1.371 9.9 2.4 5.4 2.25 0.9 33
1997 38 9 11 .450 4.43 185.0 192 101 91 25 67 101 11 1.400 9.3 3.3 4.9 1.51 1.2 32
1998 39 9 12 .429 4.66 195.0 203 112 101 22 86 122 13 1.482 9.4 4.0 5.6 1.42 1.0 34
1999 40 9 10 .474 4.27 175.0 167 92 83 13 73 87 10 1.371 8.6 3.8 4.5 1.19 0.7 32
2000 41 0 2 .000 12.38 24.0 40 37 33 5 13 13 10 2.208 15.0 4.9 4.9 1.00 1.9 10
18 Seasons 181 152 .544 3.77 3070.0 3086 1427 1286 247 1057 1968 116 1.350 9.0 5.8 1.86 0.7 510
W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
2006 BBWAA (11.2%)
2007 BBWAA ( 4.4%)

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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1985 NL (16, 3%)
1988 NL (6, 33%)
0.36 Career Shares (529th)

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)

Gold Gloves
1988 NL (P)

Silver Sluggers
1993 NL (P)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1984 NL  2.657 (3rd)
1985 NL  2.028 (3rd)
1987 NL  3.060 (3rd)
1988 NL  2.258 (3rd)
1989 NL  2.314 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1985 NL  19 (5th)
1987 NL  16 (3rd)
1988 NL  23 (1st)
1989 NL  15 (10th)
1995 AL  16 (5th)
1996 AL  15 (8th)
Career  204 (102nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1985 NL  .864 (1st)
1988 NL  .742 (3rd)
1995 AL  .727 (3rd)
1996 AL  .625 (9th)
1997 AL  .700 (5th)
Career  .576 (195th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1984 NL  1.107 (3rd)
1985 NL  1.031 (4th)
1987 NL  1.213 (7th)
1988 NL  1.052 (4th)
1995 AL  1.207 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 NL  7.592 (7th)
1985 NL  6.722 (3rd)
1988 NL  7.011 (6th)
1995 AL  8.121 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 NL  2.373 (9th)
1987 NL  2.516 (6th)
1995 AL  2.743 (7th)
1996 AL  2.534 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 NL  7.118 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1987 NL  264.7 (1st)
1988 NL  267.0 (1st)
1989 NL  256.7 (1st)
Career  3130.3 (111th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1984 NL  150 (8th)
1985 NL  157 (8th)
1987 NL  190 (4th)
1988 NL  178 (7th)
1989 NL  178 (6th)
Career  2014 (61st)

Games Started s c a p y
1986 NL  35 (7th)
1987 NL  35 (4th)
1988 NL  34 (4th)
1989 NL  33 (7th)
1992 NL  33 (10th)
1998 NL  34 (5th)
Career  466 (67th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1984 NL  8 (6th)
1985 NL  9 (6th)
1986 NL  8 (5th)
1987 NL  10 (3rd)
1988 NL  15 (1st)
1989 NL  8 (6th)
1993 NL  5 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 NL  4 (1st)
1985 NL  5 (3rd)
1988 NL  8 (1st)
1989 NL  4 (3rd)
1995 AL  1 (9th)
Career  25 (173rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
Career  235 (124th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 NL  86 (8th)
1998 NL  85 (9th)
Career  1007 (107th)

Hits s c a p y
1987 NL  247 (3rd)
1989 NL  226 (4th)
1992 NL  209 (10th)
Career  2939 (137th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1984 NL  3.000 (3rd)
1987 NL  2.568 (6th)
1995 AL  2.177 (10th)
Career  2.000 (249th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 NL  .427 (7th)
1985 NL  .300 (1st)
1986 NL  .506 (3rd)
1987 NL  .578 (5th)
1989 NL  .316 (2nd)
1996 AL  .918 (9th)
1999 NL  .704 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1986 NL  14 (4th)
1987 NL  16 (2nd)
1989 NL  15 (1st)
1992 NL  15 (1st)
Career  150 (157th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1986 NL  99 (6th)
1992 NL  86 (5th)
Career  1211 (113th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1984 NL  8 (10th)
1986 NL  12 (4th)
1987 NL  11 (3rd)
1992 NL  10 (7th)
1996 AL  11 (7th)
1997 AL  11 (7th)
1998 NL  12 (3rd)
Career  121 (45th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 NL  4 (10th)
1985 NL  6 (6th)
1986 NL  5 (8th)
1987 NL  9 (3rd)
1992 NL  8 (5th)
1996 AL  12 (3rd)
1997 AL  11 (5th)
1998 NL  13 (2nd)
1999 NL  11 (4th)
2000 NL  11 (8th)
Career  117 (37th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1986 NL  988 (10th)
1987 NL  1093 (2nd)
1988 NL  1068 (1st)
1989 NL  1047 (1st)
Career  13150 (98th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1984 NL  133 (5th)
1985 NL  170 (3rd)
1987 NL  131 (3rd)
1988 NL  148 (4th)
1989 NL  148 (1st)

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 20 (91), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 129 (132), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 90 (118), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 34 (104), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Milt Pappas (940)
  3. Catfish Hunter (935) *
  4. Kevin Brown (935)
  5. Vida Blue (927)
  6. Dazzy Vance (925) *
  7. Jim Perry (923)
  8. Dave Stieb (917)
  9. Silver King (913)
  10. Bob Shawkey (911)
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  2. Ferdie Schupp (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Warren Spahn (968) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Horlen (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Garcia (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Larry Cheney (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Red Faber (955) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mort Cooper (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gary Peters (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gary Peters (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Phil Niekro (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Phil Niekro (935) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bret Saberhagen (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Mike Cuellar (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Kevin Brown (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Kevin Brown (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Jesse Haines (911) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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