Orel Hershiser

Orel Leonard Hershiser IV (born September 16, 1958) is an American former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He is currently an analyst for Baseball Tonight and Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN and a professional poker player for PokerStars. Hershiser was a three-time All-Star and won the Gold Glove, Cy Young Award, NLCS MVP and World Series MVP with the Dodgers in 1988. He also holds the Major League record for most consecutive scoreless innings pitched, pitching 59 consecutive innings without giving up a run from August 30, 1988 to September 28, 1988.

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Filmography

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Acting Credits

1999

1999 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - New York Mets Pitcher

1995

1995 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Cleveland Indians Pitcher

1991

Voices that Care (TV Movie)

Himself - Choir Member

1990

Sunday Night Baseball (TV Show)

Himself - Color Commentator

1989

The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Show)

Himself

1988

1988 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1988

1988 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher

1987

1987 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

Thanks Credits

2012

Knuckleball!

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Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Orel Hershiser.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1983	LAD	0-0	3.38	8	0	0	0	1	8	7	6	3	6	5
1984	LAD	11-8	2.66	45	20	8	4	2	189	160	65	56	50	150
1985	LAD	19-3	2.03	36	34	9	5	0	239	179	72	54	68	157
1986	LAD	14-14	3.85	35	35	8	1	0	231	213	112	99	86	153
1987	LAD	16-16	3.06	37	35	10	1	1	264	247	105	90	74	190
1988	LAD	23-8	2.26	35	34	15	8	1	267	208	73	67	73	178
1989	LAD	15-15	2.31	35	33	8	4	0	256	226	75	66	77	178
1990	LAD	1-1	4.26	4	4	0	0	0	25	26	12	12	4	16
1991	LAD	7-2	3.46	21	21	0	0	0	112	112	43	43	32	73
1992	LAD	10-15	3.67	33	33	1	0	0	210	209	101	86	69	130
1993	LAD	12-14	3.59	33	33	5	1	0	215	201	106	86	72	141
1994	LAD	6-6	3.79	21	21	1	0	0	135	146	67	57	42	72
1995	CLE	16-6	3.87	26	26	1	1	0	167	151	76	72	51	111
1996	CLE	15-9	4.24	33	33	1	0	0	206	238	115	97	58	125
1997	CLE	14-6	4.47	32	32	1	0	0	195	199	105	97	69	107
1998	SFG	11-10	4.41	34	34	0	0	0	202	200	105	99	85	126
1999	NYM	13-12	4.58	32	32	0	0	0	179	175	92	91	77	89
2000	LAD	1-5	13.14	10	6	0	0	0	24	42	36	36	14	13
Career		204-150	-	510	466	68	25	5	-	2939	1366	1211	1007	2014

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Orel Hershiser.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1983	LAD	8	0	8	0	2	0	1	1.000
1984	LAD	45	20	189	17	28	5	2	0.900
1985	LAD	36	34	239	20	45	7	4	0.903
1986	LAD	35	35	231	22	36	3	6	0.951
1987	LAD	37	35	264	37	34	5	6	0.934
1988	LAD	35	34	267	32	60	6	6	0.939
1989	LAD	35	33	256	24	51	4	2	0.949
1990	LAD	4	4	25	1	3	0	0	1.000
1991	LAD	21	21	112	12	18	1	1	0.968
1992	LAD	33	33	210	28	41	3	2	0.958
1993	LAD	34	33	215	20	43	3	1	0.955
1994	LAD	21	21	135	22	24	2	3	0.958
1995	CLE	26	26	167	16	31	2	1	0.959
1996	CLE	33	33	206	20	47	2	3	0.971
1997	CLE	32	32	195	20	29	4	2	0.925
1998	SFG	34	34	202	21	36	1	3	0.983
1999	NYM	32	32	179	19	35	3	1	0.947
2000	LAD	10	6	24	1	6	0	0	1.000
Career		511	466	-	332	569	51	44	-

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Orel Hershiser.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1983	LAD	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1984	LAD	45	50	4	10	0	0	2	0	3	14	0.200	0.259	0.200
1985	LAD	37	76	5	15	1	0	4	1	4	20	0.197	0.247	0.211
1986	LAD	37	71	4	17	3	0	8	0	1	17	0.239	0.250	0.282
1987	LAD	40	90	10	19	5	0	7	2	2	17	0.211	0.228	0.267
1988	LAD	36	85	1	11	2	1	6	0	1	18	0.129	0.140	0.176
1989	LAD	35	77	4	14	4	1	2	0	4	25	0.182	0.220	0.260
1990	LAD	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1991	LAD	21	31	6	8	2	0	2	1	3	8	0.258	0.324	0.323
1992	LAD	35	68	6	15	5	0	5	1	1	10	0.221	0.229	0.294
1993	LAD	34	73	11	26	4	0	6	0	2	5	0.356	0.373	0.411
1994	LAD	22	44	4	9	0	0	4	1	2	10	0.205	0.245	0.205
1995	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1996	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1997	CLE	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.250	0.000
1998	SFG	34	66	7	10	2	0	1	1	3	16	0.152	0.200	0.182
1999	NYM	31	62	3	9	1	0	3	1	1	18	0.145	0.154	0.161
2000	LAD	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career		431	810	65	163	29	2	50	8	27	182	-	-	-

First Name	Orel
Middle Name	Leonard
Last Name	Hershiser
Full Name at Birth	Orel Leonard Hershiser
Other Names	Bulldog
Age	54
Date of Birth	September 16, 1958
Birthplace	Buffalo, NY
Height	6' 3" (190 cm)
Weight	190 lbs (86.2 kg)
Star Sign	Virgo
Nationality	American
High School	East (Cherry Hill, NJ)
University	Bowling Green State University
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	1 September 1983
Last MLB Game	26 June 2000
Draft	Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 1979 amateur draft.