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: 16-5 / in Starts: 16-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	236	45	May 29	LAD		HOU	L,2-8	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	9	4	4	3	4	0	0	9.00	3.11	23	86	50	19	5	7	9	6	0	0	29			0	0	0	20	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.08	-0.250	2.69	-0.38%	-2.21	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
Jun				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
2	237	50	Jun 4	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-7		5	6.1	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.48	2.86	23	83	50	19	8	11	4	1	0	0	71			0	0	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.417	2.75	0.55%	2.96	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a1
3	238	55	Jun 9	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.12	3.09	27	90	62	14	14	12	8	3	1	0	62			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.130	2.17	0.18%	1.33	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
4	239	59	Jun 14	LAD		STL	W,2-1	GS-6		4	6.0	6	0	0	4	2	0	0	2.31	3.37	25	82	46	9	6	12	7	4	1	0	58			1	1	0	21	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.53	0.353	3.80	0.53%	2.69	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
5	240	64	Jun 19	LAD		CHC	W,9-8	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.45	2.96	26	94	58	16	11	12	7	3	0	0	55			0	0	0	25	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.17	0.076	2.97	0.12%	0.69	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
6	241	69	Jun 25	LAD		SFG	L,4-9	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	4.2	6	4	4	5	6	0	0	3.18	3.03	24	91	49	19	5	9	4	2	0	0	37			2	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.49	-0.307	3.85	-0.48%	-2.32	1t start tie	5t -23 2 out d3
7	242	74	Jun 30	LAD	@	ATL	W,11-4	GS-5	W(2-2)	4	5.0	9	3	3	0	5	0	0	3.46	2.75	23	90	57	17	5	9	9	5	2	0	42			2	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.104	3.49	-0.21%	-0.57	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
Jul				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
8	243	79	Jul 6	LAD		ATL	W,7-6	GS-7	W(3-2)	5	6.0	7	4	4	2	4	0	1	3.80	2.79	29	87	55	15	10	13	9	5	2	0	44			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	2	.77	0.044	2.45	0.08%	-0.28	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a5
9	244	85	Jul 15	LAD	@	PHI	L,8-9	GS-4		8	3.1	5	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.10	2.94	18	80	42	15	2	8	6	5	0	0	36			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.248	2.85	-0.39%	-2.70	1b start a 1	4b 123 1 out a3
10	245	90	Jul 20	LAD	@	NYM	W,11-7	GS-4		4	4.0	5	4	4	2	2	1	1	4.47	3.28	19	72	41	13	2	6	8	3	3	0	36			0	0	1	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.206	2.59	-0.36%	-2.19	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
11	246	95	Jul 26	LAD		MON	W,1-0	GS-6		5	6.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.01	3.25	19	73	43	11	5	8	9	4	1	0	70			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.340	2.32	0.52%	2.69	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
12	247	100	Jul 31	LAD		NYM	W,6-3	GS-4		4	4.0	6	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.19	3.34	21	58	35	7	3	11	6	4	1	0	36			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.175	3.66	-0.28%	-1.21	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
Aug				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
13	248	105	Aug 6	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS-6	W(4-2)	5	6.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.95	3.28	24	94	65	23	4	10	11	2	4	0	59			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	0.190	4.39	0.44%	1.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
14	249	110	Aug 11	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	0	5	1	0	4.00	3.29	23	75	47	14	9	10	8	4	1	0	55			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.111	1.93	-0.24%	-0.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
15	250	115	Aug 16	LAD		HOU	W,4-1	GS-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.94	3.28	3	12	7	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	53			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.046	2.17	0.10%	0.45	1t start tie	1t 3 out tie
16	251	120	Aug 21	LAD		SDP	W,9-5	GS-6	W(5-2)	4	5.2	9	4	4	0	1	0	1	4.11	3.26	27	76	51	11	2	9	16	8	5	0	36			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	-0.121	3.66	-0.24%	-1.61	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a2
17	252	124	Aug 26	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-5		4	5.0	7	3	3	0	5	0	1	4.19	3.16	22	80	53	13	7	8	8	3	1	0	46			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.090	3.49	-0.20%	-0.62	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
Sept				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
18	253	140	Sep 11	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-1	GS-6	W(6-2)	15	6.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	1	4.01	3.06	26	86	57	19	8	13	7	3	1	0	59			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	.69	0.123	2.96	0.32%	1.55	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a7
19	254	145	Sep 16	LAD		CIN	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.82	3.01	24	73	46	13	5	14	8	2	1	0	65			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.318	5.31	0.93%	2.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
20	255	150	Sep 21	LAD		ATL	W,2-1	GS-6		4	6.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.69	2.95	22	76	47	17	4	6	11	3	3	0	65			1	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.158	10.94	1.15%	1.69	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
21	256	157	Sep 30	LAD		SDP	W,7-2	GS-7	W(7-2)	8	7.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.46	2.89	25	88	56	12	11	6	11	3	2	0	77			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.257	5.42	1.27%	3.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
							16-5		W-L:7-2	4.7	112.0	112	43	43	32	73	3	5	3.46	2.89	473	1646	62%	18%	8%	1.16		20%	8%	0	52		---%	11	2	2	433	18	2	6	8	1	3	1.03	0.840	3.68	3.43%	7.12

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