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Orel Hershiser played 18 major-league seasons (1983-2000) as a P (510). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 26 | LAN | 45 | 50 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .200 | .459 | 35 |
| 1985 | 27 | LAN | 37 | 76 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | .197 | .457 | 34 |
| 1986 | 28 | LAN | 37 | 71 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .239 | .532 | 52 |
| 1987 | 29 | LAN | 40 | 90 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | .211 | .495 | 36 |
| 1988 | 30 | LAN | 36 | 85 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .129 | .316 | -6 |
| 1989 | 31 | LAN | 35 | 77 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .182 | .479 | 41 |
| 1990 | 32 | LAN | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1991 | 33 | LAN | 21 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .258 | .646 | 89 |
| 1992 | 34 | LAN | 35 | 68 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .221 | .523 | 52 |
| 1993 | 35 | LAN | 34 | 73 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .356 | .784 | 117 |
| 1994 | 36 | LAN | 22 | 44 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .205 | .449 | 23 |
| 1997 | 39 | CLE | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .250 | -27 |
| 1998 | 40 | SFN | 34 | 66 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | .152 | .382 | 5 |
| 1999 | 41 | NYN | 32 | 62 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .145 | .315 | -17 |
| 2000 | 42 | LAN | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 25 | LAN | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3.38 | 107 |
| 1984 | 26 | LAN | 45 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 189.2 | 150 | 50 | 2.66 | 135 |
| 1985 | 27 | LAN | 36 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 239.2 | 157 | 68 | 2.03 | 177 |
| 1986 | 28 | LAN | 35 | 35 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 231.1 | 153 | 86 | 3.85 | 96 |
| 1987 | 29 | LAN | 37 | 35 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 264.2 | 190 | 74 | 3.06 | 133 |
| 1988 | 30 | LAN | 35 | 34 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 267 | 178 | 73 | 2.26 | 153 |
| 1989 | 31 | LAN | 35 | 33 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 256.2 | 178 | 77 | 2.31 | 151 |
| 1990 | 32 | LAN | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25.1 | 16 | 4 | 4.26 | 89 |
| 1991 | 33 | LAN | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 73 | 32 | 3.46 | 107 |
| 1992 | 34 | LAN | 33 | 33 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 210.2 | 130 | 69 | 3.67 | 95 |
| 1993 | 35 | LAN | 33 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 215.2 | 141 | 72 | 3.59 | 113 |
| 1994 | 36 | LAN | 21 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 135.1 | 72 | 42 | 3.79 | 111 |
| 1995 | 37 | CLE | 26 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 167.1 | 111 | 51 | 3.87 | 122 |
| 1996 | 38 | CLE | 33 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 206 | 125 | 58 | 4.24 | 118 |
| 1997 | 39 | CLE | 32 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 195.1 | 107 | 69 | 4.47 | 102 |
| 1998 | 40 | SFN | 34 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 202 | 126 | 85 | 4.41 | 96 |
| 1999 | 41 | NYN | 32 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 179 | 89 | 77 | 4.58 | 100 |
| 2000 | 42 | LAN | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 24.2 | 13 | 14 | 13.13 | 35 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1984 | P | 45 | 20 | 17 | 28 | 5 | 2 |
| 1985 | P | 36 | 34 | 20 | 45 | 7 | 4 |
| 1986 | P | 35 | 35 | 22 | 36 | 3 | 6 |
| 1987 | P | 37 | 35 | 37 | 34 | 5 | 6 |
| 1988 | P | 35 | 34 | 32 | 60 | 6 | 6 |
| 1989 | P | 35 | 33 | 24 | 51 | 4 | 2 |
| 1990 | P | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | P | 21 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 1992 | P | 33 | 33 | 28 | 41 | 3 | 2 |
| 1993 | P | 33 | 33 | 20 | 43 | 3 | 1 |
| 1994 | P | 21 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 3 |
| 1995 | P | 26 | 26 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 1 |
| 1996 | P | 33 | 33 | 20 | 47 | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 | P | 32 | 32 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 2 |
| 1998 | P | 34 | 34 | 21 | 36 | 1 | 3 |
| 1999 | P | 32 | 32 | 19 | 35 | 3 | 1 |
| 2000 | P | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Orel Hershiser won: Babe Ruth Award 1988 (NL), Cy Young Award 1988 (NL), Gold Glove 1988 (NL), NLCS MVP 1988 (NL), TSN All-Star 1988 (NL), World Series MVP 1988 (ML), Silver Slugger 1993 (NL), ALCS MVP 1995 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (7 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1989, 1988, 1987, 1985, 1984.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 3 | 15 / 120 | 0 |
| 1985 | Cy Young Award | NL | 3 | 17 / 120 | 0 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 16 | 9 / 336 | 0 |
| 1987 | Cy Young Award | NL | 4 | 14 / 120 | 2 |
| 1988 | Cy Young Award (winner) | NL | 1 | 120 / 120 | 24 |
| 1988 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 6 | 111 / 336 | 0 |
| 1989 | Cy Young Award | NL | 4 | 7 / 120 | 1 |
Orel Hershiser ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #118 | starting pitchers | 1985 | 177 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.