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Orel Hershiser
Orel Leonard (IV) Hershiser (Bulldog)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 192 lb.
School Bowling Green

MLB Debut September 1, 1983
Final Game June 26, 2000
Born September 16, 1958 in Buffalo, NY (age 66)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1984 25 LAN NL   7   9  .438  34  21   2   7   4   1  162.0  140   684   68   64  10   62   3   2  145   5  3  3.56  
 1985 26 LAN NL  14   7  .667  32  32   5   0   0   3  230.2  152   879   52   48  12   57   1   3  149   9  0  1.87  CY-8
 1986 27 LAN NL  13  13  .500  33  33   6   0   0   2  239.2  221  1023  100   96  17   89   7   3  149  17  3  3.61  
 1987 28 LAN NL  13  18  .419  34  34   7   0   0   0  249.0  238  1068  128  107  17   75   3   8  190  15  3  3.87  
 1988 29 LAN NL  16  15  .516  38  37   5   1   0   2  264.0  195  1044   84   72  22   65   2   2  203   3  3  2.45  CY-4
 1989 30 LAN NL   5  10  .333  21  21   4   0   0   0  157.0  165   673   70   64  11   48   0   3  117   6  2  3.67  
         CHA AL  12   2  .857  15  15   5   0   0   3  112.2   91   447   25   21   3   25   0   2   75   0  0  1.68  
         TOT     17  12  .586  36  36   9   0   0   3  269.2  256  1120   95   85  14   73   0   5  192   6  2  2.84 
 1990 31 CHA AL   3   1  .750   4   4   0   0   0   0   23.2   28   102   16   16   2    4   0   1   15   0  0  6.08  
 1991 32 CHA AL   9   9  .500  22  22   1   0   0   0  118.0  162   555   87   81   5   42   1   1   75   6  5  6.18  
 1992 33 CHA AL  16   7  .696  30  30   9   0   0   2  222.1  217   943   85   71  11   73   1   6  114  10  0  2.87  
 1993 34 CHA AL  17  10  .630  32  32   4   0   0   2  215.2  214   926   99   92  17   70   0   7  143   6  0  3.84  
 1994 35 CHA AL  13   8  .619  29  29   2   0   0   0  188.1  202   823  104   93  27   62   1  10   99  11  2  4.44  
 1995 36 CHA AL  12   5  .706  25  25   3   0   0   1  181.1  156   769   85   79  22   74   4   7  110   7  0  3.92  CY-14
 1996 37 CHA AL  11  11  .500  30  30   5   0   0   0  204.2  252   906  126  116  30   50   2  10  146  11  0  5.10  
 1997 38 CHA AL  11   9  .550  27  27   7   0   0   1  184.1  190   807  107   95  25   74   0   5  122  12  0  4.64  
 1998 39 CON NL   7  13  .350  32  32   5   0   0   1  202.0  211   883  126  119  40   75   1   8  131  12  0  5.30  
 1999 40 PIN NL   8  17  .320  33  32   4   0   0   0  172.1  192   805  130  119  16  100   6   3   97   9  0  6.21  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 16 Seasons     187 164  .533 471 456  74   8   4  18 3127.2 3026 13337 1492 1353 287 1045  32  81 2080 139 21  3.89
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With CHA     104  62  .627 214 214  36   0   0   9 1451.0 1512  6278  734  664 142  474   9  49  899  63  7  4.12
   With LAN      68  72  .486 192 178  29   8   4   8 1302.1 1111  5371  502  451  89  396  16  21  953  55 14  3.12
   With CON       7  13  .350  32  32   5   0   0   1  202.0  211   883  126  119  40   75   1   8  131  12  0  5.30
   With PIN       8  17  .320  33  32   4   0   0   0  172.1  192   805  130  119  16  100   6   3   97   9  0  6.21
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     204 150  .576 510 466  68  19   5  25 3131.1 2939 13150 1366 1211 235 1007 108 117 2014 121 23  3.48
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1984 25 LAN NL  48   64   3.6   5  3.62   50  12   0  .240   1    2    1  .500   19    1  .950   15   
 1985 26 LAN NL  60   56   2.2   0  3.62   84  21   0  .250   4    6    2  .333   26    9  .743  -42   
 1986 27 LAN NL  56  104   3.9   0  3.97   79  14   0  .177   6   11    6  .545   22    4  .846  -17   
 1987 28 LAN NL  66  108   3.8   0  4.12   87  23   0  .264   9   14    5  .357    3    2  .600  -13   
 1988 29 LAN NL  62   78   2.6   0  2.84   72  16   0  .222   4    8    4  .500    6    3  .667  -28   
 1989 30 LAN NL  66   76   4.4   0  3.48   50   6   0  .120   2    5    4  .800    7    3  .700   64   
         CHA AL  51   29   2.4   0  5.20    0   0   0  .000   2    6    4  .667    4    2  .667  -81   
         TOT         104   3.5   0         50   6   0  .120   4   11    8  .727   11    5  .688
 1990 31 CHA AL  45   14   5.4   0  7.00    0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000   99   
 1991 32 CHA AL  53   90   6.8   0  4.23    0   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    7    0 1.000  162   
 1992 33 CHA AL  52   98   4.0   0  5.20    0   0   0  .000   2    7    5  .714   11    5  .688  -41   
 1993 34 CHA AL  49  104   4.3   0  5.16    0   0   0  .000   4    6    3  .500    4    2  .667  -15   
 1994 35 CHA AL  61  111   5.3   0  5.79    0   0   0  .000   3   10    7  .700    4    3  .571   -9   
 1995 36 CHA AL  59   84   4.2   0  5.68    0   0   0  .000   1   10    9  .900    1    1  .500  -37   
 1996 37 CHA AL  56  136   6.0   0  5.63    0   0   0  .000   3    9    6  .667    8    3  .727    2   
 1997 38 CHA AL  52  103   5.0   0  6.33    0   0   0  .000   2    7    5  .714    2    2  .500  -43   
 1998 39 CON NL  44  127   5.7   0  4.38   69  14   0  .203   1   11    7  .636    5    3  .625   26   
 1999 40 PIN NL  54  120   6.2   0  4.97   52   7   0  .135   2    6    3  .500    2    1  .667   44   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 16 Seasons         1508   4.3   5        543 113   0  .208  46  120   73  .608  131   44  .749   -4   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 28.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 36.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1993 ALCS  CHA NYA   W    1  9.64   0-0   0  1   4.2   5   5   3   6
      WS    CHA ATN   L    1  2.00   1-0   0  1   9.0   6   2   0   4
 1994 ALCS  CHA NYA   L    1 27.00   0-0   0  0   1.0   1   3   2   0
 1995 ALDS  CHA BOA   W    1  2.57   1-0   0  1   7.0   8   2   0   8
      ALCS  CHA SEA   L    2  7.36   0-1   0  2  11.0  16   9   7   8
 1996 ALDS  CHA BAA   L    1  2.25   0-0   0  1   8.0   4   2   3   2
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1984  LAN   92-70   Billy Vanson
 1985  LAN   88-74   Billy Vanson
 1986  LAN   83-79   Billy Vanson
 1987  LAN   63-99   Billy Vanson
 1988  LAN   62-100  Billy Vanson
 1989  LAN   65-97   Billy Vanson
 1989  CHA   90-72   Ben Lea
 1990  CHA   94-68   Ben Lea
 1991  CHA   96-66   Ben Lea
 1992  CHA   89-73   Ben Lea
 1993  CHA  101-61   Ben Lea, Jon Fellows
 1994  CHA   90-72   Ben Lea, Shane Parendo
 1995  CHA   90-72   Ben Lea, Shane Parendo
 1996  CHA   91-71   Ben Lea, Shane Parendo
 1997  CHA   68-94   Ben Lea, Shane Parendo
 1998  CON   60-102  Herb Wilson
 1999  PIN   80-82   Mike Mashanic

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