In those three seasons, mcgwire averaged almost 35 homers and 101 rbi per year. Find great deals on ebay for 1988 world series and 1988 world series ticket. Orel hershiser was short and made a move at the wrong time with his last 7,000 in chips. The dodgers drafted hershiser out of bowling green university in the 17th round of the. Dodgers go with maeda in bid to retake lead over nationals. Buy authentic orel hershiser memorabilia including autographed jerseys, photos, and more at. Orel hershiser signed 1988 world series dodgers jersey 88 nl cy. Hershiser is the only player to receive the cy young award, the championship series mvp award, and the world series mvp award in the same season. Feb 08, 20 in 1988, it was hershiser who was best, and was the last man standing come world series time. Orel hershiser goes the distance for a completegame win to clinch the world series title for the dodgers about major league.
Orel hershiser every game played with complete stats, links to box scores and automated row summing for 1988. Orel s son, jordan hershiser, began his pro career in the dodgers chain in 2012. Orel hershiser wikipedias orel hershiser as translated. He helped lead the dodgers to a championship in the 1988 world series, and was named the national.
Orel hershiser was born on september 16, 1958 in buffalo, new york, usa as orel leonard hershiser iv. He later received both the sporting news pitcher of the year 17 and sports illustrated magazines sportsman of the year award 4 for his accomplishments in 1988. Here is a fun fact for you, it took until 2004 for the dodgers to win a single playoff game since 1988. The 1988 world series in baseball cards one per game. He only pitched in two games in the world series, but was just as good. He is also a professional poker player after playing baseball in high school at cherry hill high school east and at bowling green state university, hershiser was drafted by. This size 46 rawlings white oakland as buttondown jersey was worn by welch during the 1988 world series during games 3, 4 and 5. The 1988 season was a career year, as he finished 238, setting an mlb record by throwing 59 consecutive scoreless innings. Welch had a solid world series as he pitched five innings and only allowed one earned run. Orel hershiser mormon, hall of fame, divorce, married, wife. The righthander, who also won game 2, is named the most valuable player of the fall classic. It took 4 more years, 2008, for the dodgers to win their first playoff series since 1988 20 years. Sandy koufax, tommy lasorda, orel hershiser, walter alston, don drysdale. Original 1988 world series dodgers as orel hershiser ebay.
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But the reason the 1988 dodgers overcame the odds and won the world series was largely due to the exploits of orel hershiser, who had a. Orel hershiser kirk gibson signed 88 world series baseballws. Jun 14, 20 cherry hill easts most famous alum will get to take center stage before the action gets underway in the 20 college world series. Orel hershiser signed jersey 88 ws mvp ws patch a bas coa beckett authentication autographed mlb jerseys. The talk made such an impact on hershiser that he chose that story as the opener to his autobiography after winning the 1988 world series. Orel hershiser world series shirt, 1988 october 20. A renowned christian already, bulldog never forgot that conversation.
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