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: 17-18 / in Starts: 17-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 0

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 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	197	2	Apr 5	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	7	4	2	1	6	0	0	2.57	1.48	31	101	64	14	10	12	12	6	1	0	56			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	2	.99	-0.162	1.59	-0.16%	-0.81	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
2	198	6	Apr 10	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	8.0	6	3	3	5	10	0	0	3.00	1.83	33	130	73	23	16	9	9	4	1	0	63			1	0	0	26	1	0	1	2	1	1	1.18	-0.080	1.97	-0.08%	0.39	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
3	199	11	Apr 15	LAD		HOU	W,3-1	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	7.2	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.99	2.10	31	96	68	21	2	18	10	3	3	0	64			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.310	1.06	0.24%	3.07	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a3
4	200	16	Apr 21	LAD		SFG	W,8-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	5	7.0	6	2	2	4	7	0	0	2.12	2.19	29	107	67	17	9	9	9	5	1	0	60			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	.83	0.122	1.41	0.12%	1.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
5	201	21	Apr 27	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-1	GS-7	L(3-2)	5	7.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.96	2.16	26	84	53	9	9	14	7	3	1	0	70			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	1	.88	0.190	1.42	0.18%	2.31	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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	202	26	May 2	LAD		PIT	W,7-0	SHO	W(4-2)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.58	2.02	32	97	66	15	9	18	8	2	2	0	81			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.315	.93	0.28%	3.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
7	203	31	May 7	LAD		CHC	L,2-4	GS-8	L(4-3)	4	8.0	9	4	4	2	3	0	0	2.01	2.13	35	85	56	10	7	14	16	6	3	0	49			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.30	-0.218	2.00	-0.20%	-0.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
8	204	34	May 14	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-0	SHO	W(5-3)	6	9.0	2	0	0	4	7	0	0	1.72	2.19	31	126	75	18	14	14	6	1	2	0	86			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.218	.82	0.16%	3.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
9	205	39	May 20	LAD	@	MON	W,3-2	GS-9	W(6-3)	5	9.0	6	2	2	3	7	1	0	1.76	2.37	36	141	89	31	10	18	8	1	0	0	71			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.58	0.144	2.33	0.13%	1.98	1b start a 1	9b 3 out tie
10	206	44	May 26	LAD		NYM	L,2-8	GS-5	L(6-4)	5	5.0	9	7	7	2	3	1	1	2.47	2.61	27	82	51	11	7	8	13	7	3	0	22			0	0	0	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.328	1.07	-0.32%	-4.84	1t start tie	5t 3 out d7
11	207	49	May 31	LAD		MON	W,9-4	GS-7	W(7-4)	4	7.0	3	3	3	1	4	0	1	2.58	2.60	26	87	58	17	5	8	12	3	0	0	62			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	2	1	.64	-0.095	.88	-0.08%	0.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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	208	52	Jun 3	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-5	14-20		2	7.0	3	0	0	3	8	0	0	2.38	2.53	26	87	58	17	13	10	5	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	1	1	0	1	2.45	0.850	3.54	0.74%	2.97	14b --- 0 out tie	20b 3 out tie
13	209	58	Jun 9	LAD		CIN	L,0-4	GS-6	L(7-5)	5	6.0	9	4	4	1	4	2	0	2.61	2.76	27	75	52	9	12	16	6	2	0	0	41			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.144	1.71	-0.12%	-1.40	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
14	210	63	Jun 14	LAD		HOU	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-5)	4	9.0	6	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.38	2.79	31	122	70	22	8	17	8	4	2	0	75			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.17	0.493	1.43	0.36%	3.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	211	68	Jun 19	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-5	GS-6	L(8-6)	4	6.0	7	5	2	1	8	2	0	2.42	2.91	27	93	62	19	14	9	9	2	1	0	51			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	2	.84	-0.207	.88	-0.13%	-2.35	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
16	212	73	Jun 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-0	SHO	W(9-6)	5	9.0	11	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.24	2.85	38	139	94	20	11	19	11	3	0	0	69			0	1	1	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.231	.68	0.13%	4.10	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
17	213	78	Jun 30	LAD		PIT	L,3-4	GS-6	L(9-7)	4	6.0	7	4	4	1	3	0	0	2.42	2.82	25	86	56	17	7	12	9	4	1	0	44			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.311	.47	-0.09%	-1.40	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
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	214	83	Jul 5	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.44	2.82	24	89	59	16	6	12	7	6	0	0	51			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.015	.47	0.00%	0.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
19	215	87	Jul 9	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-11	6-7		3	2.0	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.47	2.76	10	40	30	8	11	5	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.038	.12	-0.01%	-0.05	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
20	216	88	Jul 13	LAD		STL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(10-7)	3	8.1	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.45	2.76	33	122	75	24	8	18	8	2	0	0	64			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.246	.34	0.04%	2.06	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
21	217	93	Jul 18	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(11-7)	4	9.0	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	2.31	2.70	33	98	65	19	7	21	7	2	2	0	82			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	.74	0.289	.09	0.02%	2.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	218	98	Jul 23(1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-8	W(12-7)	4	7.2	6	3	3	2	4	0	0	2.37	2.69	31	118	76	22	6	15	10	4	2	0	57			0	0	0	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.23	0.087	.13	0.01%	0.27	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a1
23	219	104	Jul 28	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(12-8)	4	8.0	7	2	2	5	4	0	0	2.36	2.73	36	117	66	20	7	20	7	1	0	0	59			1	0	0	29	2	0	1	1	1	1	1.45	-0.030	.19	0.00%	1.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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	220	109	Aug 3	LAD		SFG	W,6-3	GS-7	W(13-8)	5	7.0	7	3	3	2	7	1	0	2.42	2.76	29	114	70	13	9	13	7	2	1	0	56			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.000	.09	0.00%	0.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
25	221	114	Aug 8	LAD		ATL	W,10-2	CG	W(14-8)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	2	1	0	2.40	2.86	34	116	70	20	3	17	12	2	4	0	64			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.57	0.076	.06	0.00%	1.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
26	222	118	Aug 13	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	8	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.41	2.81	26	73	49	10	12	12	7	6	0	0	58			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.03	0.039	.13	0.00%	0.97	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
27	223	122	Aug 18	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(14-9)	4	8.0	6	3	3	3	7	0	0	2.45	2.78	32	118	70	18	14	8	14	5	4	0	62			1	0	0	29	3	0	1	1	0	0	.77	-0.160	.05	-0.01%	0.32	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
28	224	127	Aug 23	LAD	@	MON	W,1-0	GS-7		4	7.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.36	2.75	26	77	43	16	7	14	4	3	1	0	73			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.421	.02	0.00%	3.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
29	225	131	Aug 28	LAD		NYM	L,0-1	GS-8	L(14-10)	4	8.0	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.32	2.73	30	99	67	16	6	9	16	7	4	0	65			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.244	.05	0.01%	2.46	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				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	226	136	Sep 3	LAD		MON	L,0-4	GS-5	L(14-11)	5	5.0	7	4	2	3	3	0	0	2.35	2.74	26	87	54	11	7	14	6	2	1	0	41			1	1	0	20	2	0	1	1	0	2	.86	-0.245	.00	0.00%	-1.84	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
31	227	141	Sep 8	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-1	GS-7	L(14-12)	4	7.0	7	1	1	4	6	0	0	2.31	2.75	32	125	73	19	13	17	5	3	0	0	61			2	0	0	28	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.47	0.156	.00	0.00%	2.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
32	228	146	Sep 13	LAD		HOU	L,1-3	GS-8	L(14-13)	4	8.0	6	3	3	4	5	1	0	2.35	2.81	33	134	85	23	8	12	12	4	0	0	59			0	1	1	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.100	.00	0.00%	0.46	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
33	229	151	Sep 19	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-5	L(14-14)	5	5.0	8	3	3	2	4	0	0	2.41	2.80	24					6	12	7	2	0	41			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.85	-0.226	.00	0.00%	-0.88	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d1
34	230	156	Sep 24	LAD		SDP	L,0-1	GS-7	L(14-15)	4	7.0	8	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.38	2.78	31	90	58	15	5	15	9	2	2	0	60			1	1	0	27	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.34	0.169	.00	0.00%	2.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
35	231	160	Oct 1	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-1	GS-11	W(15-15)	6	11.0	10	1	1	3	8	0	1	2.31	2.77	46	169	108	22	24	20	14	3	4	0	78			0	0	0	40	4	0	1	2	0	1	1.80	0.735	.00	0.00%	3.91	1b start tie	11b 3 out tie
							17-18		W-L:15-15	4.3	256.2	226	75	66	77	178	9	3	2.31	2.77	1047	3524	63%	17%	9%	1.50		15%	6%	0	60	0	---%	11	8	2	942	41	2	14	29	6	15	1.09	2.976	.74	1.23%	38.20

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