Orel Hershiser Career Win Percentage Overview

Orel Hershiser's Win Percentage was 57.63 for his 18-year Major League Baseball career. 1985 was his best season when his Win Percentage was 86.36 and his worst season was 1983 when his Win Percentage was 0. Orel Hershiser outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (0.45129377380684), Baby Boomers (0.46063395008227), Y (0.57623183828032), mlb (0.45427648784862), and SP (0.44189712744181) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Win percentage is a metric that shows how often a pitcher wins when they are responsible for a win or a loss. It is calculated by dividing wins by the number of decisions which is the sum of wins and loses. No descisions are not reflected in win percentage. Generally, for Win Percentage, higher is better. (Source)

Orel Hershiser Lifetime Win Percentage

Stats similar to Win Percentage for Orel Hershiser
Orel Hershiser
Win Percentage
Career57.63
Season Avg.53.26
162 Game Avg.57.63
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Orel Hershiser Win Percentage By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Orel Hershiser's yearly Win Percentage 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 Win Percentage By Year Change

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

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

This table shows Orel Hershiser Win Percentage 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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