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: 26-10 / in Starts: 25-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 0

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	54	3	Apr 11	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-4		99	4.0	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	6.75	3.43	18	9	2	0	0	6	35			0	1	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.155	1.51	-0.15%	-1.25	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
2	55	7	Apr 15	LAD		HOU	W,5-3	GS-4		3	4.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	6.75	3.18	20	5	2	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	17	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.22	-0.188	1.88	-0.17%	-1.26	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
3	56	9	Apr 17	LAD		HOU	W,1-0	9-GF(11)	W(1-0)	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.91	2.68	9	7	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.371	2.74	0.36%	1.30	9t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
4	57	13	Apr 21	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-0)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.70	2.18	31	17	2	0	0	2	89			0	0	1	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	0.601	2.10	0.57%	4.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
5	58	18	Apr 26	LAD		SDP	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-0)	4	9.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.86	2.10	27	11	9	0	0	1	89			0	2	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.504	1.72	0.64%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
6	59	22	May 1	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	0	1.70	1.93	30	10	5	0	1	7	70			2	1	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.415	1.76	0.38%	2.61	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
7	60	26	May 6	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS-4		4	4.0	6	3	2	2	6	0	0	1.98	1.85	20	8	4	2	0	0	44			3	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.132	1.80	-0.13%	-1.01	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
8	61	31	May 11	LAD		PIT	L,2-5	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	0	7	1	1	2.06	2.02	26	10	3	1	0	5	66			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.062	1.49	0.07%	1.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
9	62	36	May 18	LAD	@	PHI	L,5-7	GS-5		6	4.2	3	5	1	5	5	0	0	2.05	2.17	25	8	4	0	0	3	46			1	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	3	1.40	-0.302	2.00	-0.26%	-2.02	1b start a 1	5b --3 2 out tie
10	63	41	May 24	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS-7	W(4-0)	5	7.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	1.96	2.08	27	10	7	0	0	3	66			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.241	1.45	0.17%	2.13	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
11	64	45	May 29	LAD		PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	4	1	0	2	9	0	1	1.70	2.03	36	15	5	1	0	4	84			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	3	.43	0.190	.52	0.14%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
12	65	50	Jun 3	LAD		NYM	W,5-4	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	1.76	2.14	29	13	4	0	0	6	62			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.42	0.199	1.89	0.16%	1.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
13	66	54	Jun 8	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-7	GS-2	L(5-1)	4	1.2	8	6	6	0	1	1	0	2.41	2.29	11	2	0	0	0	8	16			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	-0.483	2.00	-0.41%	-5.15	1b start a 2	2b --- 2 out d4
14	67	58	Jun 15	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-1)	6	9.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.16	2.27	30	14	10	2	0	1	84			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.437	1.59	0.49%	3.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
15	68	63	Jun 21	LAD		HOU	W,7-2	GS-7	W(7-1)	5	7.0	5	2	1	2	4	0	0	2.10	2.28	27	12	4	1	0	5	63			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.120	2.36	0.14%	1.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
16	69	68	Jun 26	LAD	@	SDP	L,4-10	GS-6	L(7-2)	4	6.0	8	6	6	1	1	1	0	2.51	2.44	26	13	3	0	0	8	32			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.418	2.18	-0.74%	-3.32	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
17	70	73	Jul 1	LAD		CIN	W,8-1	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	4	1	0	2	6	0	1	2.30	2.44	33	12	8	1	0	4	81			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.40	0.254	.78	0.30%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
18	71	78	Jul 7	LAD	@	STL	L,1-7	GS-6	L(8-3)	5	5.1	11	6	5	3	2	0	0	2.59	2.49	30	10	5	2	0	10	23			4	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.267	2.23	-0.36%	-3.93	1b start a 1	6b -2- 1 out d5
19	72	83	Jul 12	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-4	GS-5		4	4.1	6	4	3	3	2	0	0	2.72	2.54	23	7	5	0	0	6	36			1	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.10	-0.174	2.94	-0.28%	-2.19	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d4
20	73	86	Jul 18	LAD		STL	W,2-1	GS-7	W(9-3)	5	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.64	2.52	29	12	4	2	0	6	64			1	0	0	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.23	0.225	3.49	0.38%	2.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
21	74	91	Jul 23	LAD		PIT	W,6-0	SHO	W(10-3)	4	9.0	1	0	0	6	7	0	0	2.47	2.56	33	11	8	0	0	1	86			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	1	0	0	.70	0.278	2.00	0.48%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
22	75	95	Jul 27	LAD		CHC	W,5-4	GS-8	W(11-3)	3	7.0	4	4	1	1	4	1	0	2.41	2.62	28	13	6	0	0	4	62			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.10	-0.347	2.99	-0.57%	-1.33	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
23	76	100	Aug 2(1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-3	GS-7	W(12-3)	5	7.0	8	3	2	1	1	0	0	2.42	2.63	30	14	6	0	0	8	51			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	1	2	1.35	0.131	5.49	0.32%	0.29	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
24	77	105	Aug 8	LAD		CIN	L,5-6	GS-7		5	6.1	4	2	2	5	2	0	0	2.43	2.70	28	10	7	2	0	4	54			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	-0.002	4.93	0.00%	0.20	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
25	78	110	Aug 13	LAD		ATL	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	0	3	4	0	1	2.33	2.73	28	13	3	0	0	4	68			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.20	0.202	2.49	0.25%	2.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
26	79	115	Aug 18	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-8		4	7.1	4	1	1	0	4	1	2	2.28	2.79	28	11	7	1	0	4	70			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.057	1.77	0.05%	1.60	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out tie
27	80	119	Aug 23	LAD	@	MON	W,8-4	GS-5	W(13-3)	4	5.0	8	3	3	1	1	0	0	2.37	2.79	22	8	5	2	0	7	39			0	1	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.136	1.27	-0.14%	-0.85	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
28	81	124	Aug 29	LAD		PHI	L,2-3	GS-7		5	6.0	4	0	0	3	7	0	0	2.29	2.76	23	6	3	1	0	4	68			1	1	1	20	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.58	0.220	2.10	0.18%	2.00	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
29	82	129	Sep 3	LAD		MON	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.18	2.71	30	12	7	3	0	4	84			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.344	1.27	0.42%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
30	83	133	Sep 8	LAD		NYM	L,3-4	GS-9		4	9.0	6	3	1	2	7	1	0	2.13	2.73	36	16	5	0	0	6	72			2	0	0	34	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.42	0.025	1.30	0.01%	0.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
31	84	139	Sep 13(1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-2	GS-8	W(15-3)	4	8.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.09	2.75	33	10	11	0	0	6	66			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	.96	0.317	.57	0.11%	2.76	1b start tie	8b 3 out a5
32	85	144	Sep 17	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	W(16-3)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.04	2.73	32	16	2	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	4	0	0	.71	0.188	.21	0.03%	3.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
33	86	149	Sep 22	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS-8	W(17-3)	4	7.0	5	3	2	2	5	1	0	2.06	2.76	29	10	7	1	0	5	60			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	.89	-0.118	.67	-0.05%	-0.60	1b start a 1	8b -2- 0 out a2
34	87	153	Sep 27	LAD		SFG	W,6-2	CG	W(18-3)	4	9.0	4	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.06	2.80	34	14	9	1	0	4	74			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.49	0.208	.19	0.05%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
35	88	158	Oct 2	LAD		ATL	W,9-3	GS-6	W(19-3)	4	6.0	4	1	1	0	7	0	0	2.04	2.74	22	5	6	1	0	4	67			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	.71	0.120	.00	0.00%	1.61	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
36	89	162	Oct 6	LAD		CIN	L,5-6	6-7		3	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.03	2.73	10	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.079	.00	0.00%	0.87	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d1
							26-10		W-L:19-3	4.1	239.2	179	72	54	68	157	8	6	2.03	2.73	953	2.08		4%	0%	165	61	0	---%	23	9	2	870	26	4	5	25	4	24	1.01	3.066	1.82	2.44%	31.45

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