Orel Hershiser Career Loses Overview

During Orel Hershiser's 18-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 150 loses, an average of 8 loses per season. 1983 was his best season with 0 loses and his worst season was 1987 when he had 16 loses. Orel Hershiser is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or being beat by USA (33.935871373129), Baby Boomers (37.926066350711), mlb (32.757816219648), SP (47.717948717949), and Y (168.5) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

A loss is charged to a pitcher who allowed the run that the winning team scored to take the final lead of the game. Generally, for Loses, lower is better. (Source)

Orel Hershiser Lifetime Loses

Stats similar to Loses for Orel Hershiser
Orel Hershiser
Loses
Career150
Season Avg.8
162 Game Avg.150
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Orel Hershiser Loses By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Orel Hershiser's yearly Loses for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Orel Hershiser Cumulative Loses by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Orel Hershiser's career Loses progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Orel Hershiser's career Loses at the end of that season.
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Orel Hershiser Loses By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Orel Hershiser and related player groups by summarizing Loses for each season played by Orel Hershiser. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Orel Hershiser Loses Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Orel Hershiser Loses stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Orel Hershiser career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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