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: 25-9 / in Starts: 24-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 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	162	2	Apr 5	LAD		SFG	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	1	0.00	2.44	32	111	73	18	11	12	11	3	1	0	85			0	0	0	29	0	1	1	0	0	0	.96	0.534	1.38	0.46%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
2	163	6	Apr 10	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-1	GS-9	W(2-0)	4	8.1	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	0.52	2.60	32	101	64	24	4	13	14	6	0	0	70			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.407	2.08	0.42%	2.38	1b start a 1	9b -2- 1 out a2
3	164	10	Apr 15	LAD		ATL	W,3-2	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	0	1.03	2.28	33	109	70	19	6	19	9	2	1	0	72			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.347	2.00	0.35%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	165	14	Apr 23	LAD	@	SFG	W,10-3	GS-6	W(4-0)	7	6.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	1.11	2.27	23	69	44	11	4	10	9	0	0	0	62			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.178	2.91	0.24%	1.48	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
5	166	19	Apr 29	LAD		STL	W,6-4	GS-9	W(5-0)	5	8.0	5	4	3	5	7	1	0	1.56	2.72	33	111	69	18	11	15	6	2	0	0	60			0	1	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.007	1.95	0.01%	-0.24	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a3
May				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
6	167	24	May 4	LAD		PIT	W,8-5	GS-7	W(6-0)	4	6.1	10	2	2	1	7	2	0	1.74	3.05	29	101	69	19	14	13	8	3	0	0	51			1	1	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.093	1.30	0.11%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a5
7	168	28	May 10	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-5	14-GF(14)	S(1)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	3.04	3	5	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	0.183	5.29	0.23%	0.45	14b --- 0 out a1	14b end a 1
8	169	30	May 12	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS-7	L(6-1)	1	7.0	12	7	7	3	4	3	0	2.63	3.74	33	106	69	16	8	15	8	5	0	3	26			0	1	1	28	0	0	0	1	1	0	.87	-0.387	1.89	-0.51%	-4.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
9	170	35	May 18	LAD		MON	L,0-3	GS-7	L(6-2)	5	7.0	5	1	1	2	8	1	0	2.48	3.68	27	106	62	16	8	10	7	4	0	0	69			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	.86	0.195	1.85	0.25%	1.95	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
10	171	40	May 24	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS-8		5	8.0	5	1	1	5	3	0	1	2.33	3.75	32	106	54	13	6	17	6	4	0	0	66			1	2	0	25	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.54	0.248	2.84	0.28%	2.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
11	172	45	May 29	LAD	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	9	1	1	0	7	0	0	2.17	3.46	33	96	70	20	10	15	11	6	1	0	72			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.77	0.597	4.05	0.82%	3.02	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
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
12	173	50	Jun 4	LAD		CIN	L,2-5	CG	L(7-3)	5	9.0	11	5	5	5	6	1	1	2.46	3.60	42	153	90	15	21	16	14	5	1	0	46			0	1	1	36	3	0	2	0	0	0	1.91	-0.289	4.98	-0.45%	-1.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
13	174	55	Jun 9	LAD		HOU	W,4-2	GS-8	W(8-3)	4	8.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	0	2.45	3.68	33	117	66	13	7	13	12	3	0	1	65			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.150	3.52	0.32%	1.37	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
14	175	60	Jun 15	LAD	@	ATL	W,7-5	GS-7	W(9-3)	5	7.0	4	3	3	3	5	1	0	2.54	3.73	28	96	58	20	6	9	10	5	0	1	59			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.018	2.64	0.03%	0.12	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a2
15	176	65	Jun 19(1)	LAD		SDP	W,12-2	CG	W(10-3)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.50	3.66	35	108	70	20	7	19	11	3	1	0	66			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	1	1	.38	0.098	.98	0.15%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
16	177	70	Jun 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-3	GS-8	W(11-3)	4	7.2	8	3	3	4	5	1	0	2.56	3.72	33	115	62	14	12	12	11	4	2	1	52			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.180	3.10	0.32%	0.27	1b start a 2	8b -2- 2 out a2
17	178	75	Jun 29	LAD	@	HOU	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-3)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.38	3.59	29	102	64	27	8	14	8	4	2	0	88			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.604	4.12	1.42%	3.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
18	179	80	Jul 5	LAD		STL	W,6-3	GS-7	W(13-3)	5	7.0	7	3	3	2	4	2	0	2.46	3.72	28	97	65	18	4	12	8	7	0	2	53			0	1	1	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.083	2.63	0.13%	-0.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
19	180	84	Jul 10	LAD		PIT	L,2-7	GS-6	L(13-4)	4	5.1	6	6	4	1	6	1	0	2.62	3.71	24	88	55	10	15	12	5	2	0	0	41			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.317	2.61	-0.50%	-3.58	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d4
20	181	88	Jul 16	LAD	@	CHC	T,2-2	GS-7		5	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.62	3.64	29	102	66	13	11	18	6	4	0	0	60			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	.82	0.134	2.14	0.21%	1.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
21	182	94	Jul 21	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-6	L(13-5)	4	6.0	3	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.69	3.61	24	73	46	16	3	11	6	1	0	0	55			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.164	2.78	-0.26%	-0.48	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
22	183	99	Jul 26(1)	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-3	GS-8	W(14-5)	4	7.1	7	2	2	2	8	0	0	2.68	3.51	31	88	62	18	6	13	7	3	1	0	62			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.070	4.93	0.15%	0.84	1b start a 1	8b 123 1 out a2
23	184	104	Jul 31	LAD		HOU	W,6-1	CG	W(15-5)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.59	3.47	33	115	70	21	3	14	14	2	0	0	74			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.58	0.312	2.68	0.87%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
24	185	108	Aug 5	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-6	GS-5	L(15-6)	4	5.0	8	5	5	4	6	0	0	2.78	3.45	27	91	54	19	10	8	9	3	0	0	33			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.28	-0.411	6.24	-1.20%	-2.93	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d1
25	186	113	Aug 10	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS-9	W(16-6)	4	8.0	10	4	4	3	2	3	1	2.85	3.68	38	124	77	15	12	16	13	6	0	3	45			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.233	4.49	0.53%	0.20	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a5
26	187	117	Aug 14	LAD		SFG	L,4-15	GS-2	L(16-7)	3	2.0	7	8	5	1	2	1	0	3.06	3.73	16	44	29	4	7	4	9	3	0	0	17			1	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.03	-0.554	4.66	-1.51%	-7.16	1t start tie	2t 3 out d6
27	188	122	Aug 19	LAD		MON	W,2-0	SHO	W(17-7)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.92	3.62	34	108	75	19	18	18	7	3	1	0	84			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.498	3.28	0.93%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
28	189	127	Aug 24	LAD		NYM	L,1-2	CG	L(17-8)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	6	0	0	2.88	3.57	37	127	80	17	15	14	15	4	1	0	68			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.56	-0.043	5.52	-0.09%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
29	190	132	Aug 30	LAD	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	W(18-8)	5	9.0	6	2	2	2	9	0	0	2.84	3.48	36	118	79	21	17	16	9	3	1	0	74			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.382	1.96	0.44%	2.02	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
30	191	136	Sep 5	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-0	SHO	W(19-8)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.73	3.39	31	109	69	24	10	16	6	2	0	0	86			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.410	2.14	0.63%	4.02	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
31	192	141	Sep 10	LAD		CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(20-8)	4	9.0	7	0	0	3	8	0	0	2.62	3.33	35	109	67	19	10	17	7	1	1	0	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.95	0.370	4.14	0.96%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
32	193	145	Sep 14	LAD		ATL	W,1-0	SHO	W(21-8)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.52	3.27	35	103	70	13	15	14	12	3	1	0	81			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.63	0.628	1.70	0.39%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
33	194	149	Sep 19	LAD	@	HOU	W,1-0	SHO	W(22-8)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.43	3.21	32	96	67	21	5	12	15	5	3	0	84			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.29	0.722	.13	0.04%	3.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
34	195	154	Sep 23	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-0	SHO	W(23-8)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.35	3.20	32	112	73	20	8	20	8	4	0	0	77			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.21	0.477	.00	0.00%	3.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
35	196	159	Sep 28	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS-10		4	10.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.26	3.18	36	116	77	21	12	22	10	3	1	0	86			0	0	1	34	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.49	0.753	.00	0.00%	4.25	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
							25-9		W-L:23-8,Sv:1	4.2	267.0	208	73	67	73	178	18	4	2.26	3.18	1068	3532	63%	17%	9%	1.49		15%	2%	11	64	0	---%	13	10	5	975	28	6	10	18	6	12	1.14	6.746	2.75	6.19%	40.86

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