Orel Hershiser

Full Name: Orel Leonard Hershiser	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/190	First Game: September 1, 1983
Birthdate: September 16, 1958	Final Game: June 26, 2000
Birthplace: Buffalo, New York	MLB Experience: 18 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 16, 1958 in Buffalo, New York, Orel Hershiser (Orel Leonard Hershiser) played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets over the course of his 18 year career. Hershiser broke into the bigs on September 1, 1983 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and put up a 2.66 ERA in 189.2 innings pitched in 1984, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Orel Hershiser's best season was 1988, when he posted a 2.26 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 178 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1983	LA	N	8	0	0	0	3.38	5	6	3	0	0	1	8	7	1	6	0	1	0
1984	LA	N	45	20	11	8	2.66	150	65	56	8	4	2	189.2	160	9	50	8	8	4
1985	LA	N	36	34	19	3	2.03	157	72	54	9	5	0	239.2	179	8	68	5	5	6
1986	LA	N	35	35	14	14	3.85	153	112	99	8	1	0	231.1	213	13	86	11	12	5
1987	LA	N	37	35	16	16	3.06	190	105	90	10	1	1	264.2	247	17	74	5	11	9
1988	LA	N	35	34	23	8	2.26	178	73	67	15	8	1	267	208	18	73	10	6	4
1989	LA	N	35	33	15	15	2.31	178	75	66	8	4	0	256.2	226	9	77	14	8	3
1990	LA	N	4	4	1	1	4.26	16	12	12	0	0	0	25.1	26	1	4	0	0	1
1991	LA	N	21	21	7	2	3.46	73	43	43	0	0	0	112	112	3	32	6	2	5
1992	LA	N	33	33	10	15	3.67	130	101	86	1	0	0	210.2	209	15	69	13	10	8
1993	LA	N	33	33	12	14	3.59	141	106	86	5	1	0	215.2	201	17	72	13	7	7
1994	LA	N	21	21	6	6	3.79	72	67	57	1	0	0	135.1	146	15	42	6	6	2
1995	CLE	A	26	26	16	6	3.87	111	76	72	1	1	0	167.1	151	21	51	1	3	5
1996	CLE	A	33	33	15	9	4.24	125	115	97	1	0	0	206	238	21	58	4	11	12
1997	CLE	A	32	32	14	6	4.47	107	105	97	1	0	0	195.1	199	26	69	2	11	11
1998	SF	N	34	34	11	10	4.41	126	105	99	0	0	0	202	200	22	85	7	12	13
1999	NY	N	32	32	13	12	4.58	89	92	91	0	0	0	179	175	14	77	2	6	11
2000	LA	N	10	6	1	5	13.14	13	36	36	0	0	0	24.2	42	5	14	1	2	11
Total	NL		419	375	159	129	3.32	1671	1070	945	65	24	5	2561.2	2351	167	829	101	96	89
Total	AL		91	91	45	21	4.21	343	296	266	3	1	0	568.2	588	68	178	7	25	28
Total			510	466	204	150	3.48	2014	1366	1211	68	25	5	3130.1	2939	235	1007	108	121	117

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1983	LA	N	P	8	0	8	0	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	1.000
1984	LA	N	P	45	20	189.2	17	28	5	2	1	16	4	2	.900
1985	LA	N	P	36	34	239.2	20	45	7	4	0	23	9	3	.903
1986	LA	N	P	35	35	231.1	22	36	3	6	1	25	8	0	.951
1987	LA	N	P	37	35	264.2	37	34	5	6	2	12	9	1	.934
1988	LA	N	P	35	34	267	32	60	6	6	0	13	10	5	.939
1989	LA	N	P	35	33	256.2	24	51	4	2	3	11	8	2	.949
1990	LA	N	P	4	4	25.1	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	1.000
1991	LA	N	P	21	21	112	12	18	1	1	0	11	2	2	.968
1992	LA	N	P	33	33	210.2	28	41	3	2	2	13	7	0	.958
1993	LA	N	P	33	33	215.2	20	43	3	1	2	10	10	0	.955
1994	LA	N	P	21	21	135.1	22	24	2	3	1	11	3	1	.958
1995	CLE	A	P	26	26	167.1	16	31	2	1	3	5	4	1	.959
1996	CLE	A	P	33	33	206	20	47	2	3	1	4	3	0	.971
1997	CLE	A	P	32	32	195.1	20	29	4	2	0	4	8	1	.925
1998	SF	N	P	34	34	202	21	36	1	3	1	9	3	0	.983
1999	NY	N	P	32	32	179	19	35	3	1	1	9	4	1	.947
2000	LA	N	P	10	6	24.2	1	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.000
Total			P	510	466	3130.1	332	569	51	44	22	181	94	19	.946

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1983	LA	N	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	LA	N	45	50	4	10	2	.200	.259	.200	0	0	3	14	1	8	0	0
1985	LA	N	37	76	5	15	4	.197	.247	.211	1	0	4	20	1	10	1	0
1986	LA	N	37	71	4	17	8	.239	.250	.282	3	0	1	17	0	10	0	1
1987	LA	N	40	90	10	19	7	.211	.228	.267	5	0	2	17	0	10	2	1
1988	LA	N	36	85	1	11	6	.129	.140	.176	2	1	1	18	0	19	0	1
1989	LA	N	35	77	4	14	2	.182	.220	.260	4	1	4	25	0	10	0	0
1990	LA	N	4	7	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1991	LA	N	21	31	6	8	2	.258	.324	.323	2	0	3	8	0	4	1	0
1992	LA	N	35	68	6	15	5	.221	.229	.294	5	0	1	10	0	6	1	0
1993	LA	N	34	73	11	26	6	.356	.373	.411	4	0	2	5	0	8	0	1
1994	LA	N	21	44	4	9	4	.205	.245	.205	0	0	2	10	1	3	1	0
1995	CLE	A	26	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	CLE	A	33	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	CLE	A	32	3	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
1998	SF	N	34	66	7	10	1	.152	.200	.182	2	0	3	16	1	8	1	0
1999	NY	N	32	62	3	9	3	.145	.154	.161	1	0	1	18	0	3	1	3
2000	LA	N	10	7	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		429	807	65	163	50	.202	.230	.243	29	2	27	181	4	100	8	7
Total	AL		91	3	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Total			520	810	65	163	50	.201	.230	.242	29	2	27	182	5	101	8	7

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Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1979 - signed June 9, 1979).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1991).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (December 3, 1991).
Granted free agency (October 17, 1994).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 8, 1995).
Granted free agency (October 29, 1997).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (December 9, 1997).
Granted free agency (November 2, 1998).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (February 20, 1999).
Released by Cleveland Indians (March 25, 1999).
Signed by New York Mets (March 25, 1999).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1999).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (December 17, 1999).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (June 27, 2000).

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