Orel Hershiser

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: September 16, 1958 in Buffalo, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH).

High School: Cherry Hill East HS (Cherry Hill, NJ)

School: Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH)

Debut: September 1, 1983 (Age 24-350d, 14,794th in major league history)
vs. MON 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: June 26, 2000 (Age 41-284d)
vs. SDP 1.2 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 8 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner • Previously: Robert Fraley

Full Name: Orel Leonard Hershiser

Nicknames: Bulldog

Twitter: @OrelHershiser

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Cy Young
3x All-Star
1988 World Series
Gold Glove
Silver Slugger
WS MVP
ALCS MVP
NLCS MVP
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

56.0

204

150

ERA

3.48

510

466

3130.1

2014

WHIP

1.261

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-9 / in Starts: 10-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1985	NLCS g2	Oct 10	LAD		STL	W,8-2	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	8	2	2	5	4	0	0	2.00	3.46	38					17	4	2	0	8	62			0	2	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.66	0.115	17.49	1.49%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
2	1985	NLCS g6	Oct 16	LAD		STL	L,5-7	GS-7		5	6.1	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.52	3.21	28	93	58	13	4	15	3	0	0	8	39			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.002	51.82	0.04%	-0.43	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
1988 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	1988	NLCS g1	Oct 4	LAD		NYM	L,2-3	GS-9		5	8.1	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.16	1.69	31	100	67	19	8	13	11	8	2	0	66			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.347	33.11	4.99%	2.17	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out a1
4	1988	NLCS g3	Oct 8	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-8	GS-7		3	7.0	6	3	1	4	4	0	0	1.76	2.44	31					16	7	4	1	0	57			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.59	-0.042	49.90	-1.23%	-0.14	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
5	1988	NLCS g4	Oct 9	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-4	12-GF(12)	S(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	2.45	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.73	0.253	345.86	5.31%	0.71	12b 123 2 out a1	12b end a 1
6	1988	NLCS g7	Oct 12	LAD		NYM	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	2	9.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	2	1.09	2.65	35					11	13	4	1	2	80			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.152	30.68	6.97%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
7	1988	WS g2	Oct 16	LAD		OAK	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-0)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	0.80	2.38	31	106	68	22	12	13	8	2	3	0	87			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	.33	0.195	17.36	5.71%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
8	1988	WS g5	Oct 20	LAD	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	4	2	2	4	9	0	0	1.05	2.32	35	117	75	21	17	11	11	4	2	0	76			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	.94	0.255	32.68	5.79%	2.27	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
1995 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	1995	ALDS g2	Oct 4	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	GS-8	W(1-0)	4	7.1	3	0	0	2	7	0	0	0.00	2.01	28	92	63	16	10	11	8	1	2	0	77			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.15	0.440	19.09	4.06%	4.01	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
10	1995	ALCS g2	Oct 11	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-2	GS-8	W(2-0)	6	8.0	4	1	1	1	7	1	1	0.59	2.91	31	108	74	28	10	13	9	2	0	0	76			1	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	.91	0.391	24.01	6.13%	3.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
11	1995	ALCS g5	Oct 15	CLE		SEA	W,3-2	GS-6	W(3-0)	3	6.0	5	2	1	2	8	0	0	0.84	2.49	26	94	66	17	17	7	9	6	0	0	62			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.115	42.01	2.64%	1.45	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
12	1995	WS g1	Oct 21	CLE	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(3-1)	5	6.0	3	3	3	3	7	1	0	1.65	2.92	23	101	61	19	10	9	4	3	0	0	58			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.125	56.90	3.61%	1.19	1b start a 1	7b 12- 0 out tie
13	1995	WS g5	Oct 26	CLE		ATL	W,5-4	GS-8	W(4-1)	4	8.0	5	2	1	1	6	1	0	1.53	3.07	29	104	63	21	6	14	8	6	1	0	71			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.22	0.306	43.95	6.10%	2.60	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
1996 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	1996	ALDS g2	Oct 2	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-7	GS-5		4	5.0	7	4	3	3	3	1	1	5.40	6.97	25	85	52	16	2	8	10	7	1	0	39			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	.91	-0.092	15.12	-0.86%	-0.99	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
1997 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	1997	ALDS g1	Sep 30	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-8	GS-5		4	4.1	6	3	3	2	1	1	0	6.23	7.03	20	71	49	12	7	7	10	5	1	0	38			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	1	0	.96	-0.118	14.99	-1.18%	-1.69	1b start a 5	5b -23 1 out a3
16	1997	ALDS g4	Oct 5	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	1	3.97	4.34	29	97	61	18	4	16	9	5	1	0	56			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.197	20.74	2.82%	2.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
17	1997	ALCS g3	Oct 11	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	GS-7		5	7.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.45	3.27	22					6	4	0	0	4	75			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.14	0.469	35.69	8.17%	4.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
18	1997	WS g1	Oct 18	CLE	@	FLA	L,4-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	6	4.1	6	7	7	4	2	2	0	4.76	4.74	23	83	49	12	6	10	7	1	1	0	21			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.363	46.94	-10.43%	-4.46	1b start a 1	5b 12- 1 out d4
19	1997	WS g5	Oct 23	CLE		FLA	L,7-8	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	5.2	9	6	6	2	3	1	0	5.72	4.87	26	96	60	14	10	10	11	8	2	0	28			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.320	91.06	-16.39%	-2.05	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d1
1999 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	1999	NLDS g3	Oct 8	NYM		ARI	W,9-2	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.13	3					0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.28	0.01%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 7
21	1999	NLCS g5	Oct 17	NYM		ATL	W,4-3	4-7		8	3.1	1	0	0	3	5	0	1	0.00	3.13	15					4	1	0	1	1		2	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	2	0	0	1	1.88	0.313	33.95	3.31%	2.61	4t 12- 0 out tie	7t 1-- 1 out tie
22	1999	NLCS g6	Oct 19	NYM	@	ATL	L,9-10	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.13	3					2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.092	45.63	1.99%	0.55	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
											132.0	103	43	38	43	97	8	6	2.59		533																			5

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