Sports : Hershiser, 4 Other Dodgers File for Salary Arbitration at Deadline

National League Cy Young Award winner Orel Hershiser was one of five Los Angeles Dodgers to file for salary arbitration today, the final day players were allowed to file.

Hershiser, 30, signed a one-year contract for $1.1 million last winter, then compiled a 23-8 record with a 2.26 earned run average. He set a record by finishing the season with 59 consecutive scoreless innings.

Hershiser lost in salary arbitration in 1987, earning $800,000 instead of the $1.1 million he sought. He won in 1986, earning $1 million rather than the $600,000 the Dodgers offered.

Other members of the Dodgers to file for arbitration were reserve infielder Dave Anderson, backup catcher Rick Dempsey, starting pitcher Tim Leary and left-handed reliever Ray Searage.