Cy Young Award
The Outstanding NL Pitcher
Updated July 2025
Posted October 2022


DODGERS
Right-Handed Pitcher
LEGEND
Orel Hershiser
Right-Handed Pitcher
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Right-hander Orel Hershiser will forever be known for his Cy Young Award-winning regular season in 1988, which concluded with an MLB-record 59 consecutive scoreless innings.
In the postseason, Hershiser sparked a Dodger championship when he captured MVP honors in both the NLCS against the Mets and the World Series against the Athletics.
LEAGUE LEADER
OREL HERSHISERLead the League in Wins: 23
National League Regular Season
1988
NLCS MVP
OREL HERSHISERNL Championship Series Most Valuable Player
1988
WORLD SERIES MVP
OREL HERSHISERWorld Series Most Valuable Player
1988
AP AOY
OREL HERSHISERAssociated Press Athlete of the Year
1988

1988
Cy Young Award
Orel Hershiser
Orel Hershiser

Orel Hershiser
- Cy Young Award 1988
DODGER ALL-STARS
OREL HERSHISERDODGER ALL-STAR YEARS
- PITCHER: 1987
- 1988
- 1989
COMEBACK PLAYER
OREL HERSHISERMLB Comeback Player of the Year
1991

1993 National League Offensive Team
- Fred McGriff - 1B
- Robby Thompson - 2B
- Matt Williams - 3B
- Jay Bell - SS
- Barry Bonds - OF
- David Justice - OF
- Lenny Dykstra - OF
- Mike Piazza - C
OREL'S BASEBALL CARD


OREL HERSHISER'S BAT
Orel Hershiser
Pitcher


A picture is worth a thousand words. Here are some of mine: A World Championship for the City of LA!! A team bond that will never be broken!! And the culmination of every little boy's dream!! Wow that was a moment I will NEVER forget!!
Orel Hershiser
Orel Leonard Hershiser IV (born September 16, 1958) is an American former baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1983 to 2000. He later became a broadcast color analyst for the Dodgers. He is also a professional poker player.Orel Hershiser:
- After playing baseball in high school at Cherry Hill High School East and at Bowling Green State University, Hershiser was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1979.
- After several years in the minor leagues, he made his major league debut with the Dodgers in 1983.
- During his tenure with the team, Hershiser was a three-time All-Star, finishing in the top five in Cy Young voting four times in his first six full seasons.
- Hershiser's most successful season came in 1988, when he set a major league record by pitching 59 consecutive innings without allowing a run.
- He helped lead the Dodgers to a championship in the 1988 World Series, and was named the National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player and the World Series MVP. That season, he won the NL Cy Young Award and an NL Gold Glove Award.
- He later pitched in two more World Series and earned the American League Championship Series MVP Award.
- After 12 seasons with the Dodgers, Hershiser spent time with the Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, and New York Mets before returning to Los Angeles for his final season.
Known for his slight frame and fierce competitive spirit, Hershiser was nicknamed "Bulldog" by former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, who managed Hershiser during his time with the DodgersAfter retirement as a player, he briefly worked as a coach and team executive for the Texas Rangers before serving as a color analyst for ESPN and then the Dodgers.

Sports Illustrated
October 31, 1988
The New Mr. October
Orel Hershiser 1988

Sports Illustrated
December 19, 1988
Sportsman of the Year
Orel Hershiser

2004
Media Guide
- Hershiser '88
