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.
Statistics
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
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1983
LA
N
P
8
0
8
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1.000
1984
LA
N
P
45
20
189.2
17
28
5
2
0
1
16
4
2
.900
1985
LA
N
P
36
34
239.2
20
45
7
4
0
0
23
9
3
.903
1986
LA
N
P
35
35
231.1
22
36
3
6
0
1
25
8
0
.951
1987
LA
N
P
37
35
264.2
37
34
5
6
0
2
12
9
1
.934
1988
LA
N
P
35
34
267
32
60
6
6
0
0
13
10
5
.939
1989
LA
N
P
35
33
256.2
24
51
4
2
0
3
11
8
2
.949
1990
LA
N
P
4
4
25.1
1
3
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1.000
1991
LA
N
P
21
21
112
12
18
1
1
0
0
11
2
2
.968
1992
LA
N
P
33
33
210.2
28
41
3
2
0
2
13
7
0
.958
1993
LA
N
P
33
33
215.2
20
43
3
1
0
2
10
10
0
.955
1994
LA
N
P
21
21
135.1
22
24
2
3
0
1
11
3
1
.958
1995
CLE
A
P
26
26
167.1
16
31
2
1
0
3
5
4
1
.959
1996
CLE
A
P
33
33
206
20
47
2
3
0
1
4
3
0
.971
1997
CLE
A
P
32
32
195.1
20
29
4
2
0
0
4
8
1
.925
1998
SF
N
P
34
34
202
21
36
1
3
0
1
9
3
0
.983
1999
NY
N
P
32
32
179
19
35
3
1
0
1
9
4
1
.947
2000
LA
N
P
10
6
24.2
1
6
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
1.000
Total
P
510
466
3130.1
332
569
51
44
0
22
181
94
19
.946
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1983
LA
N
8
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1984
LA
N
45
50
4
10
0
2
.200
.259
.200
0
0
3
14
1
8
0
0
0
1985
LA
N
37
76
5
15
0
4
.197
.247
.211
1
0
4
20
1
10
1
0
0
1986
LA
N
37
71
4
17
0
8
.239
.250
.282
3
0
1
17
0
10
0
0
1
1987
LA
N
40
90
10
19
0
7
.211
.228
.267
5
0
2
17
0
10
2
0
1
1988
LA
N
36
85
1
11
0
6
.129
.140
.176
2
1
1
18
0
19
0
0
1
1989
LA
N
35
77
4
14
0
2
.182
.220
.260
4
1
4
25
0
10
0
0
0
1990
LA
N
4
7
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1991
LA
N
21
31
6
8
0
2
.258
.324
.323
2
0
3
8
0
4
1
0
0
1992
LA
N
35
68
6
15
0
5
.221
.229
.294
5
0
1
10
0
6
1
0
0
1993
LA
N
34
73
11
26
0
6
.356
.373
.411
4
0
2
5
0
8
0
0
1
1994
LA
N
21
44
4
9
0
4
.205
.245
.205
0
0
2
10
1
3
1
0
0
1995
CLE
A
26
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1996
CLE
A
33
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1997
CLE
A
32
3
0
0
0
0
.000
.250
.000
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1998
SF
N
34
66
7
10
0
1
.152
.200
.182
2
0
3
16
1
8
1
0
0
1999
NY
N
32
62
3
9
0
3
.145
.154
.161
1
0
1
18
0
3
1
0
3
2000
LA
N
10
7
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Total
NL
429
807
65
163
0
50
.202
.230
.243
29
2
27
181
4
100
8
0
7
Total
AL
91
3
0
0
0
0
.000
.250
.000
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Total
520
810
65
163
0
50
.201
.230
.242
29
2
27
182
5
101
8
0
7
Transactions
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).
