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: 20-25 / in Starts: 11-9

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: 7

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 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	9	1	Apr 3	LAD		STL	L,7-11	7-7		99	1.0	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	18.00	9.77	8	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.033	.21	-0.03%	-1.56	7t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d6
2	10	2	Apr 5	LAD		STL	W,5-2	12-GF(12)	W(1-0)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.00	6.27	4	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.28	0.126	2.70	0.09%	0.44	12t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
3	11	4	Apr 7	LAD		PIT	L,0-3	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.50	4.27	8	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.26	0.018	.33	0.01%	0.89	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
4	12	9	Apr 14	LAD		SFG	W,8-4	9-GF		6	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	7.20	6.17	6	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.002	.22	0.00%	-1.56	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 4
5	13	10	Apr 15	LAD		SFG	L,6-8	10-10		0	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6.00	6.60	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.88	0.126	4.98	0.13%	0.44	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
6	14	11	Apr 16	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-4	6-6	BS(1)	0	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.68	6.87	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.82	-0.305	5.75	-0.28%	-1.94	6b 12- 0 out a1	6b -23 1 out d1
7	15	13	Apr 18	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.91	5.77	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.11	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
8	16	16	Apr 21	LAD		SDP	L,6-9	7-8		2	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.82	4.91	8	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.17	-0.004	.40	-0.01%	-0.11	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d5
9	17	21	Apr 26	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-5	6-6		4	0.2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	5.40	6.17	6	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.59	-0.174	1.59	-0.28%	-2.12	6b --- 0 out d1	6b -23 2 out d3
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
10	18	26	May 1	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	10-11	W(2-0)	4	1.1	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.56	5.68	7	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	-0.241	5.66	-0.34%	-1.25	10b --- 0 out tie	11b 1-3 1 out a1
11	19	28	May 5	LAD	@	PIT	L,7-8	10-GF(10)	L(2-1)	3	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.35	5.68	3	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	-0.372	5.12	-0.48%	-1.97	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
12	20	31	May 7	LAD	@	STL	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.40	4.94	8	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.007	.10	0.01%	0.89	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
13	21	33	May 9	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-7	1-4		1	3.1	4	3	3	3	4	0	0	5.94	4.57	17	5	1	0	0	4		1	0	1	1	0	14	0	1	2	0	0	1	.28	-0.030	.60	-0.04%	-1.30	1b 1-- 2 out d4	4b 3 out d7
14	22	36	May 12	LAD		NYM	L,3-4	5-6		2	2.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.30	4.43	10	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.067	1.56	0.08%	0.89	5t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d2
15	23	39	May 15	LAD		PHI	L,1-12	7-8		2	2.0	7	4	4	0	3	1	0	6.53	4.61	13	3	0	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.004	.03	0.00%	-3.11	7t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d11
16	24	44	May 22	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-3	5-6		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.96	4.27	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.056	.75	0.07%	0.92	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
17	25	48	May 26	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-7		3	6.1	4	1	1	2	6	1	0	4.97	4.18	25	10	3	1	0	4	65			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	0.122	2.12	0.14%	1.66	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out tie
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
18	26	54	Jun 3	LAD		HOU	L,3-5	8-GF		7	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.65	4.12	7	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.026	.38	0.03%	0.89	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
19	27	58	Jun 7	LAD		ATL	L,1-8	GS-5	L(2-2)	3	5.0	9	6	6	0	4	1	0	5.50	4.07	25	5	7	0	0	9	29			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.316	1.63	-0.46%	-3.78	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
20	28	61	Jun 10	LAD		ATL	W,3-2	6-6		2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.50	4.16	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	-0.042	6.18	-0.07%	-0.27	6t 1-3 2 out a2	6t 123 2 out a2
21	29	63	Jun 12	LAD		SFG	W,8-7	3-7		1	3.2	4	3	3	3	3	1	0	5.67	4.43	17	6	1	0	0	4		3	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	1	1	0	0	.83	-0.172	1.51	-0.19%	-1.17	3t 123 1 out d2	7t --- 0 out a1
22	30	64	Jun 13	LAD		SFG	L,5-10	5-7		0	2.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.53	4.23	11	3	3	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.131	.53	-0.15%	-1.26	5t 12- 1 out d2	7t 3 out d5
23	31	66	Jun 15	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-3	7-9	L(2-3)	1	2.1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.44	4.09	10	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.31	0.175	4.19	0.19%	0.80	7b --- 0 out tie	9b 1-- 1 out tie
24	32	68	Jun 17	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-1	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.21	3.90	6	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.059	.68	0.06%	0.83	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
25	33	71	Jun 21	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-7	8-GF	S(1)	3	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.99	3.86	7	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	0.221	2.35	0.15%	0.94	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
26	34	73	Jun 23	LAD	@	ATL	W,10-2	7-GF	S(2)	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.70	3.64	8	4	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.45	0.108	.92	0.13%	1.84	7b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 8
27	35	79	Jun 29	LAD		CHC	W,7-1	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	9	1	1	1	8	0	1	4.15	3.34	35	13	3	0	0	9	72			3	0	0	33	1	0	0	3	0	0	.55	0.236	.64	0.17%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
28	36	84	Jul 4	LAD		PIT	W,9-0	SHO	W(4-3)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	11	0	0	3.62	3.04	34	8	6	1	0	7	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.36	0.252	.41	0.17%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
29	37	88	Jul 8	LAD		STL	L,6-8	9-10	BS(2)	3	1.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.53	2.95	7	1	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	-0.088	3.70	-0.06%	-0.08	9t 1-- 1 out a1	10t 3 out tie
30	38	91	Jul 14	LAD	@	CHC	W,8-0	SHO	W(5-3)	5	9.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	3.14	2.74	31	13	6	1	1	2	91			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.44	0.293	.48	0.19%	4.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
31	39	96	Jul 19	LAD	@	STL	W,10-0	SHO	W(6-3)	4	9.0	2	0	0	0	9	0	1	2.82	2.58	30	16	2	0	0	2	92			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.287	.57	0.15%	4.00	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a10
32	40	100	Jul 24	LAD		ATL	L,2-4	GS-9	L(6-4)	4	8.1	5	4	4	4	9	1	0	2.95	2.67	34	10	6	1	0	5	62			1	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.36	-0.140	1.36	-0.09%	-0.51	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out d1
33	41	105	Jul 29	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-4)	4	9.0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.70	2.54	29	11	9	2	0	2	90			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.704	.60	0.20%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 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
34	42	110	Aug 4	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-3	GS-6		5	5.2	5	3	3	5	3	0	0	2.80	2.63	25	8	4	0	0	5	45			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	-0.064	.27	-0.01%	-0.39	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d3
35	43	115	Aug 9	LAD	@	ATL	W,1-0	GS-9	W(8-4)	4	8.1	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.61	2.60	30	15	6	0	0	4	78			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.363	.41	0.05%	3.20	1b start tie	9b 1-3 1 out a1
36	44	120	Aug 14	LAD		NYM	L,0-4	GS-6	L(8-5)	4	6.0	8	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.63	2.52	26	8	3	0	0	7	54			2	0	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.004	.38	0.00%	0.66	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
37	45	125	Aug 20	LAD		MON	L,1-3	GS-7	L(8-6)	5	7.0	5	3	2	1	5	0	0	2.63	2.48	26	10	5	0	0	5	61			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.081	.19	-0.01%	0.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
38	46	130	Aug 26	LAD	@	PHI	L,8-10	GS-7		5	6.2	9	4	1	0	5	1	0	2.57	2.52	31	11	6	0	0	9	51			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	4	.57	0.019	.03	0.00%	-1.34	1b start a 1	7b -23 2 out a4
39	47	135	Aug 31	LAD	@	MON	L,2-5	GS-6	L(8-7)	4	6.0	5	4	2	2	3	0	1	2.58	2.55	27	15	2	0	0	4	51			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.23	-0.259	.01	0.00%	-1.39	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
Sept				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
40	48	139	Sep 4	LAD		SDP	W,2-1	GS-7		3	6.2	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.47	2.60	25	14	4	0	0	3	66			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.302	.00	0.00%	2.38	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a1
41	49	144	Sep 9	LAD		CIN	L,1-5	GS-8	L(8-8)	4	8.0	6	5	3	1	3	0	0	2.52	2.59	31	13	8	1	0	6	56			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	2	1	.72	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-1.45	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
42	50	148	Sep 15	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	W(9-8)	5	9.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	1	2.49	2.62	35	15	6	0	0	5	71			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	1	1	.91	0.334	.00	0.00%	2.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
43	51	153	Sep 20	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	W(10-8)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	5	0	0	2.46	2.57	34	14	7	0	0	8	68			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.317	.00	0.00%	1.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
44	52	158	Sep 25	LAD		HOU	L,6-12	GS-2		4	1.2	5	5	5	1	0	1	0	2.69	2.66	11	5	0	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.360	.00	0.00%	-4.41	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d5
45	53	162	Sep 30	LAD		SFG	W,7-2	CG	W(11-8)	4	9.0	9	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.66	2.66	38	14	7	0	0	9	63			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.268	.00	0.00%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
							20-25		W-L:11-8,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.1	189.2	160	65	56	50	150	9	4	2.66	2.66	771	2.44		2%	0%	158	64	12	50%	16	4	2	712	22	1	8	18	3	14	.89	1.605	.71	-0.43%	12.62

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