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: 22-11 / in Starts: 22-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1996 Pitching Game Log

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1996 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	371	3	Apr 5	CLE		TOR	L,1-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.2	7	5	5	3	3	0	0	6.75	3.62	30					12	12	8	1	0	40			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	.64	-0.150	.58	-0.08%	-1.23	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out d5
2	372	7	Apr 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-14	GS-4	L(0-2)	5	3.2	7	7	4	2	0	2	1	7.84	6.85	22	69	38	9	5	9	10	3	1	0	23			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	1	2	.69	-0.294	.65	-0.17%	-4.86	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d6
3	373	12	Apr 16	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-2	GS-7	W(1-2)	4	7.0	6	2	2	0	7	0	0	5.71	4.56	27					12	8	5	0	0	64			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.89	0.248	1.11	0.19%	2.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
4	374	16	Apr 21	CLE		BOS	W,11-7	GS-5		4	4.1	10	4	4	2	1	0	1	6.23	4.60	25	78	43	13	4	9	12	6	0	0	26			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	-0.268	1.45	-0.18%	-2.29	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d2
5	375	21	Apr 26	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-3	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	7.0	8	3	3	0	6	2	1	5.65	4.85	28	93	62	10	15	12	9	4	1	0	55			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.192	1.14	0.15%	1.18	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
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	376	26	May 2 susp	CLE	@	SEA	W,6-4	GS-7	W(3-2)	5	6.1	5	3	3	0	6	2	0	5.40	4.94	24	84	58	16	13	8	10	2	3	0	57			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.132	.80	0.10%	0.57	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a3
7	377	31	May 7	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-8	GS-5	L(3-3)	4	4.2	11	4	4	1	4	1	0	5.67	4.94	26	82	50	15	4	14	7	4	2	0	29			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.186	1.32	-0.14%	-1.46	1b start a 1	5b 12- 2 out d1
8	378	35	May 12	CLE	@	CAL	W,4-1	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	2	5	1	1	5.01	4.93	28	84	48	10	6	11	9	4	1	0	66			1	0	0	24	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.37	0.355	1.79	0.28%	3.13	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
9	379	39	May 17	CLE		TEX	W,12-10	GS-4		4	3.0	8	7	7	1	2	1	0	5.98	5.06	18	66	46	10	4	8	7	4	1	0	16			0	0	0	17	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.423	1.13	-0.29%	-4.85	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out d4
10	380	44	May 23	CLE		MIL	W,5-1	GS-8	W(4-3)	5	7.0	7	1	1	2	3	1	1	5.40	5.11	31	108	63	17	4	12	13	6	0	0	60			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.215	.75	0.17%	2.77	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a4
11	381	49	May 28	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-11	GS-2	L(4-4)	4	1.2	8	6	6	1	1	1	1	6.17	5.35	15	51	32	6	3	2	10	5	0	0	15			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.342	.81	-0.21%	-5.24	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d6
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	382	54	Jun 2	CLE	@	MIL	W,11-6	GS-5		4	4.0	10	6	6	5	1	0	0	6.64	5.42	24	66	38	8	6	13	5	3	0	0	14			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	-0.360	1.50	-0.25%	-3.86	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out tie
13	383	59	Jun 8	CLE		CAL	W,5-0	GS-7	W(5-4)	5	7.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	5.97	5.12	25					14	6	3	0	0	72			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.336	.87	0.22%	4.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
14	384	64	Jun 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-2	GS-8	W(6-4)	4	7.1	4	2	2	1	5	0	0	5.63	4.84	27	93	60	15	8	15	6	4	0	0	66			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	0.402	1.14	0.27%	3.10	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out a3
15	385	69	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	W,11-4	GS-6	W(7-4)	5	6.0	8	0	0	2	5	0	0	5.23	4.67	27	86	51	14	6	12	8	6	0	0	59			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.185	.67	0.11%	3.58	1t start tie	6t 3 out a8
16	386	75	Jun 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	GS-7	W(8-4)	5	7.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.82	4.54	26	93	62	16	7	16	7	2	1	0	68			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.456	1.22	0.31%	4.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
17	387	80	Jun 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS-8	W(9-4)	4	8.0	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	4.42	4.40	29	89	62	13	8	16	9	2	0	0	72			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.377	1.66	0.34%	3.58	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
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	388	85	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	L,0-7	GS-7	L(9-5)	4	6.2	11	2	1	1	3	0	1	4.23	4.32	31					13	13	10	2	0	48			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.45	0.096	2.06	0.08%	1.51	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out d2
19	389	89	Jul 12	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-5	GS-7		6	6.2	7	4	0	1	4	0	0	3.97	4.21	30	96	61	13	7	17	7	5	1	0	55			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	3	1.50	0.064	1.77	0.05%	1.69	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 2 out tie
20	390	94	Jul 17	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(9-6)	4	8.0	7	3	2	3	4	0	0	3.86	4.15	33	115	72	17	10	22	4	2	1	0	59			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.127	.94	0.08%	1.77	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
21	391	99	Jul 22	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-2	GS-7	W(10-6)	4	7.0	4	2	1	1	7	0	2	3.71	4.05	28	99	60	14	13	13	5	2	1	0	69			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.29	0.265	1.08	0.13%	2.18	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
22	392	104	Jul 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-14	GS-6	L(10-7)	4	5.1	11	10	10	4	3	1	1	4.25	4.18	30					12	9	6	0	1	5			0	0	0	23	3	1	1	2	1	0	.89	-0.288	.37	-0.07%	-6.71	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out d8
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
23	393	109	Aug 2	CLE		BAL	W,11-1	GS-7	W(11-7)	5	7.0	2	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.10	4.12	24	101	59	14	5	11	7	2	0	0	71			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	1	0	.56	0.260	.29	0.08%	3.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out a8
24	394	114	Aug 7	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	8	3	3	3	1	1	1	4.09	4.23	32	99	58	9	9	14	13	6	0	0	47			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.044	.57	0.01%	1.18	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
25	395	119	Aug 12	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-4	GS-8	W(12-7)	4	7.0	5	3	2	4	4	0	0	4.02	4.21	29	103	60	16	10	14	7	3	1	0	57			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.07	0.203	.21	0.02%	2.11	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a4
26	396	123	Aug 17	CLE		DET	W,6-3	GS-7	W(13-7)	4	6.2	7	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.96	4.13	29	107	66	15	12	16	5	4	0	0	56			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.107	.23	0.01%	1.34	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a4
27	397	128	Aug 23	CLE		MIL	L,5-6	GS-9		5	9.0	9	5	4	0	5	1	0	3.96	4.09	35	114	78	24	10	18	12	3	3	0	56			1	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.087	.11	0.01%	0.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
28	398	133	Aug 28	CLE	@	DET	W,9-3	GS-7	W(14-7)	4	7.0	8	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.96	4.09	30	99	63	15	9	13	11	4	0	0	53			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.109	.02	0.00%	1.22	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a5
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
29	399	138	Sep 3	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-8	GS-5	L(14-8)	5	4.2	7	4	2	3	5	1	1	3.96	4.15	26	89	53	16	9	5	12	4	0	0	40			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.08	-0.150	.02	0.00%	-1.40	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d3
30	400	143	Sep 10	CLE		CAL	W,7-5	GS-9		6	8.1	10	5	3	1	5	2	0	3.93	4.21	36	118	82	17	10	17	13	5	1	0	51			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	1	.97	-0.138	.01	0.00%	-0.39	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out d2
31	401	148	Sep 15	CLE		OAK	L,9-10	GS-6		4	6.0	11	8	7	1	3	1	0	4.13	4.23	28					6	18	11	1	0	22			0	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.400	.00	0.00%	-4.42	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
32	402	154	Sep 21	CLE		KCR	W,13-4	GS-7	W(15-8)	5	7.0	6	3	3	4	6	1	0	4.12	4.26	32	117	71	15	17	14	8	3	0	0	55			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.12	0.111	.00	0.00%	1.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
33	403	159	Sep 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,6-11	GS-5	L(15-9)	5	5.0	7	5	5	2	2	1	0	4.24	4.30	23	64	42	8	6	9	10	3	3	0	33			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.301	.00	0.00%	-2.02	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
							22-11		W-L:15-9	4.5	206.0	238	115	97	58	125	21	12	4.24	4.30	908	2463	62%	15%	9%	1.35		20%	4%	1	48		---%	4	3	0	828	49	2	4	24	4	15	1.01	1.071	.78	1.22%	7.58

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