Orel Hershiser Career Slugging Pct Overview

Orel Hershiser's Slugging Pct was 0.242 for his 18-year Major League Baseball career. 1993 was his best season when his Slugging Pct was 0.411 and his worst season was 1983 when his Slugging Pct was 0. Orel Hershiser is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or being beat by SP (0.204388), USA (0.364513), Baby Boomers (0.360734), Y (0.456361), and mlb (0.365601) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Slugging percentage (SLG) is a meaure of hitter prodution similar to that of the batting average, however it weights extra base hits higher than singles instead of weighting all hits the same. It is calculated by dividing total bases by batting average for a player or team over a given period. Generally, for Slugging Pct, higher is better. (Source)

Orel Hershiser Lifetime Slugging Pct

Stats similar to Slugging Pct for Orel Hershiser
Orel Hershiser
Slugging Pct
Career0.242
Season Avg.0.165
162 Game Avg.0.242
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Orel Hershiser Slugging Pct By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Orel Hershiser's yearly Slugging Pct 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 Slugging Pct By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Orel Hershiser's career Slugging Pct changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Slugging Pct Orel Hershiser had at that season in his career.
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Orel Hershiser Slugging Pct By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Orel Hershiser and related player groups by summarizing Slugging Pct 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 Slugging Pct Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Orel Hershiser Slugging Pct 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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