Larry Hershiser  
Catcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Hitting
Hershiser never has been a patient hitter. With his slap-hitting approach, Hershiser always hits like he already has two strikes. The results are usually groundballs or line drives to the opposite field. He hangs in well against lefthanders' breaking balls, and some of the pitchers he hits best are the southpaw specialists often brought in to face him. You can expect Larry Hershiser to hit the ball to the opposite field... that's just the kind of hitter he is.

Baserunning & Defense
His defense is solid but unspectacular. Runners take advantage of his weak arm. Hershiser isn't a good baserunner. He doesn't get good jumps on steals nor runs sharp routes around the bases.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
2003 FA C 49 48 37 55 46 48 51 47 50 29 0 Free Agent 59 54 . 219
2004 FA C 49 48 37 55 46 48 51 47 50 30 0 Free Agent 59 53 . 217
2005 FA C 49 48 37 55 46 48 51 47 50 30 0 Free Agent 59 53 . 217
2006 FA C 49 48 36 55 46 48 51 47 50 32 0 Free Agent 59 52 . 212
2007 FA C 49 48 36 55 46 48 51 47 50 33 0 Free Agent 59 51 . 210
2008 FA C 48 48 34 55 46 48 51 47 50 34 0 Free Agent 58 49 . 204
2009 FA C 48 48 33 55 46 48 51 47 50 35 0 Free Agent 58 50 . 201
2010 FA C 47 48 32 55 46 48 51 47 50 36 0 Free Agent 57 50 . 196
2011 FA C 46 47 29 55 46 48 51 47 50 37 0 Free Agent 57 50 . 187
2012 FA C 44 46 27 55 46 48 51 47 50 38 0 Free Agent 56 47 . 178
2013 FA C 41 44 24 55 46 48 51 47 50 39 0 Free Agent 53 45 . 164
Ratings Delta     -3 -2 -3             +1     -3 -2   -14
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.