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Orel Hershiser

Orel Leonard Hershiser (Bulldog)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 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
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Indians/Giants/Mets 1983-2000
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner, previously: Robert Fraley [*]
Final Game: June 26, 2000
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:09AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #41. Early Wynn… #42. Kevin Brown… #43. Mickey Welch… #44. OREL HERSHISER… #45. Jim Bunning… #46. Luis Tiant… #47. Dennis Eckersley… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 37 112 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 5 953 171 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 149 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 149 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 88 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 11 826 105 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 34 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
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
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) NL 159 129 .552 3.32 419 375 19 65 24 5 2561.2 2351 1070 945 167 829 101 1671 89 22 96 10733 112 1.241 8.3 0.6 2.9 5.9 2.02
AL (3 yrs) AL 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1983 24 LAD NL 8.0 0 6 5 0 .9 -1 -0.2 $
1984 25 LAD NL 189.2 20 65 105 -3 .9 40 4.0 $ RoY-3
1985 26 LAD NL 239.2 34 72 123 2 1.0 51 5.8 $212,000 CYA-3,MVP-16
1986 27 LAD NL 231.1 35 112 131 -11 1.1 19 2.3 $1,000,000
1987 28 LAD NL 264.2 35 105 165 -9 1.1 60 6.7 $800,000 AS,CYA-4
1988 29 LAD NL 267.0 34 73 131 2 1.1 58 7.3 $1,100,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6,GG
1989 30 LAD NL 256.2 33 75 133 1 1.1 58 6.9 $2,766,667 AS,CYA-4
1990 31 LAD NL 25.1 4 12 12 0 1.0 0 0.0 $1,966,667
1991 32 LAD NL 112.0 21 43 61 -2 1.0 18 2.0 $3,166,667
1992 33 LAD NL 210.2 33 101 121 -15 1.0 20 2.3 $4,333,333
1993 34 LAD NL 215.2 33 106 135 -15 1.0 29 3.2 $4,333,333 SS
1994 35 LAD NL 135.1 21 67 85 -10 1.1 18 2.0 $3,333,334
1995 36 CLE AL 167.1 26 76 111 -1 .9 35 3.2 $1,500,000
1996 37 CLE AL 206.0 33 115 146 -2 1.0 31 3.0 $1,750,000
1997 38 CLE AL 195.1 32 105 128 1 1.1 23 2.3 $3,100,000
1998 39 SFG NL 202.0 34 105 115 2 1.1 10 1.1 $3,720,000
1999 40 NYM NL 179.0 32 92 111 3 1.0 19 1.9 $2,500,000
2000 41 LAD NL 24.2 6 36 15 0 1.2 -21 -2.3 $2,000,000
18 Seasons 3130.1 466 1366 1833 -57 1.0 467 51.5 $37,582,001
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
LAD (13 yrs) 2180.2 309 873 1222 -60 1.0 349 40.0 $25,012,001
CLE (3 yrs) 568.2 91 296 385 -2 1.0 89 8.5 $6,350,000
NYM (1 yr) 179.0 32 92 111 3 1.0 19 1.9 $2,500,000
SFG (1 yr) 202.0 34 105 115 2 1.1 10 1.1 $3,720,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
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
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
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

Standard Batting

More Stats

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 22 52 44 4 9 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 10 .205 .245 .205 .449 22 9 0 1 3 2 0 1
1995 36 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 37 CLE AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 38 CLE AL 32 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 32 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 521 949 810 65 163 29 2 0 50 8 3 27 182 .201 .230 .242 .472 31 196 7 5 101 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 295 252 20 51 9 1 0 16 2 1 8 57 .201 .230 .242 .472 31 61 2 2 31 2 0
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
LAD (13 yrs) 364 798 679 55 144 26 2 0 46 6 3 23 147 .212 .240 .256 .496 39 174 4 3 89 4 0
CLE (3 yrs) 91 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -27 0 0 1 1 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 32 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
NL (15 yrs) 430 944 807 65 163 29 2 0 50 8 3 27 181 .202 .230 .243 .473 32 196 7 4 100 6 0
AL (3 yrs) 91 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -27 0 0 1 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1984 25 LAD NL 62 -4 -1 -1 0 0 5 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1 RoY-3
1985 26 LAD NL 91 -7 0 0 0 0 8 3 4 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $212,000 1 CYA-3,MVP-16
1986 27 LAD NL 82 -5 -2 0 0 0 7 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $1,000,000 1
1987 28 LAD NL 102 -8 -1 3 0 0 11 3 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $800,000 1 AS,CYA-4
1988 29 LAD NL 105 -12 0 -1 0 0 8 3 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $1,100,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6,GG
1989 30 LAD NL 92 -6 -1 -1 1 0 7 3 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $2,766,667 1 AS,CYA-4
1990 31 LAD NL 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $1,966,667 /1
1991 32 LAD NL 38 -1 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $3,166,667 1
1992 33 LAD NL 76 -5 0 0 1 0 6 2 4 0.3 4 0.5 -0.2 $4,333,333 1
1993 34 LAD NL 83 1 -2 -1 0 0 8 2 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $4,333,333 1 SS
1994 35 LAD NL 52 -5 0 0 1 0 5 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $3,333,334 1
1997 38 CLE AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $3,100,000 1
1998 39 SFG NL 78 -10 1 -1 0 0 8 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $3,720,000 1
1999 40 NYM NL 68 -12 -1 -1 0 0 8 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $2,500,000 1
2000 41 LAD NL 7 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $2,000,000 1
15 Seasons 949 -79 -7 -3 3 0 86 26 26 2.0 26 2.7 -0.7 $34,332,001
LAD (12 yrs) 798 -56 -7 -1 3 0 70 22 31 2.5 31 3.2 -0.7 $25,012,001
NYM (1 yr) 68 -12 -1 -1 0 0 8 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $2,500,000
SFG (1 yr) 78 -10 1 -1 0 0 8 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $3,720,000
CLE (1 yr) 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $3,100,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
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
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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1983 LAD NL 24 P 8 8.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.25 0.25 .950 1.91 1.91
1984 LAD NL 25 P 45 189.2 50 17 28 5 2 .900 2.14 1.00 .954 1.88 1.87 RoY-3
1985 LAD NL 26 P 36 239.2 72 20 45 7 4 .903 2.44 1.81 .953 1.92 1.92 CYA-3,MVP-16
1986 LAD NL 27 P 35 231.1 61 22 36 3 6 .951 2.26 1.66 .955 1.94 1.94
1987 LAD NL 28 P 37 264.2 76 37 34 5 6 .934 2.41 1.92 .955 1.91 1.90 AS,CYA-4
1988 LAD NL 29 P 35 267.0 98 32 60 6 6 .939 3.10 2.63 .955 1.96 1.96 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6,GG
1989 LAD NL 30 P 35 256.2 79 24 51 4 2 .949 2.63 2.14 .947 1.87 1.87 AS,CYA-4
1990 LAD NL 31 P 4 25.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.42 1.00 .958 1.81 1.80
1991 LAD NL 32 P 21 112.0 31 12 18 1 1 .968 2.41 1.43 .955 1.86 1.85
1992 LAD NL 33 P 33 210.2 72 28 41 3 2 .958 2.95 2.09 .954 1.94 1.94
1993 LAD NL 34 P 33 215.2 66 20 43 3 1 .955 2.63 1.91 .953 1.84 1.83 SS
1994 LAD NL 35 P 21 135.1 48 22 24 2 3 .958 3.06 2.19 .958 1.86 1.85
1995 CLE AL 36 P 26 167.1 49 16 31 2 1 .959 2.53 1.81 .960 1.79 1.77
1996 CLE AL 37 P 33 206.0 69 20 47 2 3 .971 2.93 2.03 .960 1.77 1.76
1997 CLE AL 38 P 32 195.1 53 20 29 4 2 .925 2.26 1.53 .955 1.71 1.69
1998 SFG NL 39 P 34 202.0 58 21 36 1 3 .983 2.54 1.68 .961 1.85 1.84
1999 NYM NL 40 P 32 179.0 57 19 35 3 1 .947 2.72 1.69 .951 1.72 1.71
2000 LAD NL 41 P 10 24.2 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.55 0.70 .961 1.75 1.72
18 Seasons P 510 3130.1 952 332 569 51 44 .946 2.59 1.77 .955 1.86 1.85
18 Seasons TOT 510 3130.1 952 332 569 51 44 .946 2.59 1.77 .955 1.86 1.85
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (544th)

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 (36th)

Gold Gloves
1988 NL (P)

Silver Sluggers
1993 NL (P)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1985 NL  6.1 (7th)
1987 NL  7.5 (3rd)
1988 NL  6.9 (4th)
1989 NL  7.1 (6th)
Career  53.5 (211th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1984 NL  4.0 (8th)
1985 NL  5.8 (4th)
1987 NL  6.7 (1st)
1988 NL  7.3 (1st)
1989 NL  6.9 (1st)
Career  51.5 (72nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1984 NL  2.66 (3rd)
1985 NL  2.03 (3rd)
1987 NL  3.06 (3rd)
1988 NL  2.26 (3rd)
1989 NL  2.31 (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 (4th)
1995 AL  .727 (3rd)
1996 AL  .625 (10th)
1997 AL  .700 (5th)
Career  .576 (196th)

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  3,130.3 (112th)

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  2,014 (63rd)

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 (69th)

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 (130th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 NL  86 (8th)
1998 NL  85 (9th)
Career  1,007 (108th)

Hits s c a p y
1987 NL  247 (3rd)
1989 NL  226 (4th)
1992 NL  209 (10th)
Career  2,939 (138th)

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

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 NL  0.427 (7th)
1985 NL  0.300 (1st)
1986 NL  0.506 (3rd)
1987 NL  0.578 (5th)
1989 NL  0.316 (2nd)
1996 AL  0.918 (9th)
1999 NL  0.704 (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 (158th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1986 NL  99 (6th)
1992 NL  86 (5th)
Career  1,211 (114th)

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 (62nd)

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 (52nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1986 NL  988 (10th)
1987 NL  1,093 (2nd)
1988 NL  1,068 (1st)
1989 NL  1,047 (1st)
Career  13,150 (116th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1984 NL  133 (5th)
1985 NL  171 (3rd)
1987 NL  131 (4th)
1988 NL  149 (4th)
1989 NL  149 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1984 NL  18 (5th)
1985 NL  35 (3rd)
1987 NL  26 (3rd)
1988 NL  35 (1st)
1989 NL  32 (1st)
Career  134 (156th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1984 NL  2.0 (7th)
1985 NL  3.9 (3rd)
1987 NL  2.7 (3rd)
1988 NL  4.0 (1st)
1989 NL  3.7 (1st)
Career  15.2 (130th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1985 NL  32.03 (3rd)
1987 NL  27.68 (4th)
1988 NL  40.86 (1st)
1989 NL  38.27 (1st)
Career  157.85 (69th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1985 NL  3.1 (10th)
1988 NL  6.7 (1st)
1989 NL  3.0 (5th)
Career  17.6 (74th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1984 NL  2.6 (3rd)
1985 NL  4.1 (3rd)
1987 NL  2.7 (5th)
1988 NL  4.3 (1st)
1989 NL  3.0 (1st)
Career  20.6 (45th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1985 NL  3.7 (3rd)
1987 NL  2.9 (4th)
1988 NL  4.9 (1st)
1989 NL  4.5 (1st)
Career  17.9 (66th)

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

Putouts as P s c a p y
1987 NL  37 (1st)
1988 NL  32 (1st)
1989 NL  24 (2nd)
1992 NL  28 (3rd)
1994 NL  22 (1st)
1997 AL  20 (4th)
1999 NL  19 (4th)
Career  332 (8th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1985 NL  45 (2nd)
1988 NL  60 (1st)
1989 NL  51 (1st)
1996 AL  47 (1st)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1984 NL  5 (1st)
1985 NL  7 (1st)
1987 NL  5 (2nd)
1988 NL  6 (1st)
1997 AL  4 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1988 NL  3.10 (3rd)
Career  2.59 (10th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1985 NL  1.81 (3rd)
1987 NL  1.92 (4th)
1988 NL  2.63 (1st)
1989 NL  2.14 (2nd)
1992 NL  2.09 (2nd)
1993 NL  1.91 (4th)
1994 NL  2.19 (2nd)
1996 AL  2.03 (2nd)
1999 NL  1.69 (5th)

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)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 20 (94), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 129 (134), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 90 (120), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 34 (108), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Bob Welch (974)
  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 (915)
  10. Tommy Bridges (910)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Todd Burns (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Eddie Rommel (986)
  2. Jim Perry (981)
  3. Hal Newhouser (980) *
  4. Thornton Lee (979)
  5. Javier Vazquez (978)
  6. Bobby Shantz (977)
  7. Ray Sadecki (976)
  8. Firpo Marberry (976)
  9. Herm Wehmeier (976)
  10. Fred Frankhouse (975)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. General Crowder (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Alex Kellner (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Hooks Wiltse (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Thornton Lee (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Babe Adams (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Sid Hudson (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Thornton Lee (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Thornton Lee (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Thornton Lee (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198526Los Angeles Dodgers$212,000Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163
198627Los Angeles Dodgers$1,000,000G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163Arbitration win; $600,000 offer
198728Los Angeles Dodgers$800,000G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163Arbitration loss; $1,100,000 request
198829Los Angeles Dodgers$1,100,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198930Los Angeles Dodgers$2,766,6672/27/89 TSN
199031Los Angeles Dodgers$1,966,667USA Today
199132Los Angeles Dodgers$3,166,667USA Today survey
199233Los Angeles Dodgers$4,333,3334/2/92 USA Today; 11/4/92 Tor. Sun (bon)Incl $333,333 signing bonus, $1M earned bonus
199334Los Angeles Dodgers$4,333,3331996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $333,333 signing, $1M earned bonuses
199435Los Angeles Dodgers$3,333,3344/5/94 USA Today
199536Cleveland Indians$1,500,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $50,000 earned bonus
199637Cleveland Indians$1,750,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $200,000 earned bonus
199738Cleveland Indians$3,100,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1; 1997 postseason APIncludes $100,000 signing bonus, $100K earned
199839San Francisco Giants$3,720,00011/23/98 USA TodayIncludes $470,000 earned bonus
199940New York Mets$2,500,00011/19/99 USA TodayIncludes $500,000 earned bonus
200041Los Angeles Dodgers$2,000,0004/5/00 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$37,582,001
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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