Clint Hurdle
Clinton Merrick Hurdle
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 30, 1957 in Big Rapids, MI
High School: Merritt Island (Merritt Island, FL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1977
Final Game: June 26, 1987
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1977 KCR AL 19 OF 9 6 61.2 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.2 42.8 1.2 0.6 0.6 1 2.48 1.89 .976 2.34 2.03
1977 KCR AL 19 RF 9 6 61.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.2 42.8 1.2 0.6 0.6 1 2.34 1.78 .975 2.09 1.71
1978 KCR AL 20 OF 78 68 584.1 143 132 5 6 1 .958 0.7 1.4 -2.3 -3.6 1.2 3 2.11 1.76 .980 2.47 2.13
1978 KCR AL 20 1B 52 49 396.1 443 412 25 6 47 .986 -3.4 -10.3 -3.4 -0.7 -2.7 0 9.92 8.40 .992 10.05 8.75
1978 KCR AL 20 RF 42 33 303.1 82 75 3 4 0 .951 1.5 5.9 -0.5 -1.8 1.3 2 2.31 1.86 .978 2.24 1.85
1978 KCR AL 20 LF 41 35 281.0 63 59 2 2 1 .968 -0.8 -3.4 -1.8 -1.8 -0.1 1 1.95 1.49 .975 2.21 1.78
1978 KCR AL 20 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1978 KCR AL 20 DH 1
1979 KCR AL 21 OF 50 47 371.0 93 88 2 3 0 .968 -1.4 -4.5 -0.4 -0.8 0.4 -1 2.18 1.80 .982 2.46 2.13
1979 KCR AL 21 LF 30 28 202.0 44 40 3 1 0 .977 -1.8 -10.7 -1.8 -2.6 0.8 0 1.92 1.43 .980 2.22 1.80
1979 KCR AL 21 RF 20 19 169.0 49 47 0 2 0 .959 0.4 2.8 1.4 1.8 -0.4 -1 2.50 2.35 .980 2.25 1.88
1979 KCR AL 21 DH 4
1979 KCR AL 21 3B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.70
1980 KCR AL 22 OF 126 109 977.0 251 233 8 10 1 .960 0.1 0.1 3.1 2.8 0.3 -3 2.22 1.91 .979 2.47 2.15
1980 KCR AL 22 RF 125 109 972.0 253 236 8 9 1 .964 0.3 0.4 3.3 3.0 0.3 -3 2.26 1.95 .975 2.13 1.77
1980 KCR AL 22 LF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.34 1.90
1981 KCR AL 23 OF 28 26 200.0 60 59 1 0 0 1.000 0.7 4.2 1.7 1.3 0.5 -1 2.70 2.14 .983 2.48 2.16
1981 KCR AL 23 RF 28 26 200.0 60 59 1 0 0 1.000 0.7 4.2 1.7 1.3 0.5 -1 2.70 2.14 .980 2.16 1.75
1982 CIN NL 24 LF 17 9 85.0 19 16 2 1 0 .947 -0.9 -12.7 -0.9 -0.3 -0.6 0 1.91 1.06 .974 2.08 1.60
1982 CIN NL 24 OF 17 9 86.0 20 17 2 1 0 .950 -0.9 -12.6 -0.9 -0.3 -0.6 0 1.99 1.12 .980 2.25 1.91
1982 CIN NL 24 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1983 NYM NL 25 3B 9 8 58.0 20 1 15 4 2 .800 -1.7 -35.2 -1.7 -0.9 -0.8 0 2.48 1.78 .955 2.70 2.29
1983 NYM NL 25 OF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -66.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 0.00 0.00 2.30 1.90
1983 NYM NL 25 RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -66.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.60
1985 NYM NL 27 C 17 12 114.2 85 79 6 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -10.5 -1 6.67 5.00 .987 6.42 5.45 3 6 13 5 28%
1985 NYM NL 27 OF 10 7 74.0 12 10 1 1 0 .917 -3.4 -55.1 -3.4 -3.2 -0.2 0 1.34 1.10 .983 2.20 1.88
1985 NYM NL 27 RF 8 6 56.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 -2.7 -57.9 -2.7 -2.9 0.2 0 1.45 1.13 .980 2.02 1.68
1985 NYM NL 27 LF 2 1 18.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -46.7 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 1.90 1.50
1986 STL NL 28 1B 39 30 271.1 325 301 22 2 31 .994 0.7 3.1 0.7 0.8 0.0 0 10.71 8.28 .992 9.94 8.31
1986 STL NL 28 OF 10 6 52.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -4.6 -0.2 0.4 -0.5 0 2.08 1.20 .975 2.20 1.82
1986 STL NL 28 C 5 3 25.2 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -46.8 -1 7.01 4.00 .985 6.94 5.88 2 1 3 0 0%
1986 STL NL 28 LF 5 2 23.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -41.7 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0 1.17 0.60 .967 1.96 1.44
1986 STL NL 28 RF 5 4 29.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 24.8 0.6 0.6 0.1 0 2.79 1.80 .978 1.99 1.62
1986 STL NL 28 3B 4 1 17.2 11 2 8 1 0 .909 0.5 34.0 0.5 0.1 0.5 0 5.09 2.50 .945 2.70 2.20
1987 NYM NL 29 1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.50 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.50
9 Seasons OF 329 279 2415.0 608 568 19 21 2 .965 -2.7 -1.3 -1.7 -2.8 1.2 -1 2.19 1.78 .980 2.44 2.11
9 Seasons RF 239 204 1801.0 479 451 12 16 1 .967 2.5 1.7 4.5 2.6 2.1 -2 2.31 1.94 .977 2.15 1.78
6 Seasons LF 96 75 614.0 131 119 8 4 1 .969 -5.2 -10.2 -6.2 -5.4 -0.9 1 1.86 1.32 .976 2.18 1.73
3 Seasons 1B 92 79 669.2 769 714 47 8 78 .990 -2.7 -4.8 -2.7 0.1 -2.7 0 10.23 8.27 .992 10.00 8.56
2 Seasons C 22 15 140.1 105 98 7 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -17.1 -2 6.73 4.77 .987 6.52 5.55 5 7 16 5 24%
4 Seasons 3B 15 9 77.2 32 4 23 5 2 .844 -1.2 -18.5 -1.2 -0.8 -0.3 0 3.13 1.80 .953 2.70 2.31
2 Seasons DH 5
10 Seasons TOT 458 382 3302.2 1514 1384 96 34 82 .978 -8.6 -3.1 -5.6 -3.5 -1.8 -1 0 -2 4.03 3.23 .964 4.16 3.58 5 7 16 5 24%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1977 KCR AL 19 9 6 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 1 0
1978 KCR AL 20 133 118 133 123 0 0 52 0 1 0 41 0 42 78 1 11 0
1979 KCR AL 21 59 51 59 51 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 0 20 50 4 7 0
1980 KCR AL 22 130 109 130 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 125 126 0 9 1
1981 KCR AL 23 28 26 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 28 0 2 0
1982 CIN NL 24 19 9 19 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 1 17 0 3 1
1983 NYM NL 25 13 9 13 10 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0
1985 NYM NL 27 43 19 43 27 0 17 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 10 0 18 0
1986 STL NL 28 78 40 78 56 0 5 39 0 4 0 5 0 5 10 0 26 1
1987 NYM NL 29 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Seasons 515 387 515 448 0 22 92 0 15 0 96 0 239 329 5 83 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1977 KCR AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 266 59% 80% 30% 28 57%
1978 KCR AL 20 4 0 4 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 10 5 0 16 6 1 8 5 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 40 18 45.0% 21 1 2.5% 2 1331 61% 82% 33% 151 52%
1979 KCR AL 21 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 1 4 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 7 36.8% 11 1 5.3% -1 736 56% 83% 30% 94 51%
1980 KCR AL 22 9 0 9 0 4 8 0 3 2 3 53 17 2 33 3 2 20 12 0 11 2 1 20 14 0 137 48 35.0% 84 5 3.6% 3 4278 56% 83% 30% 485 50%
1981 KCR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 4 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 4 2 0 23 8 34.8% 15 0 0.0% 1 857 67% 82% 31% 109 55%
1982 CIN NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 75% 50% 0
1983 NYM NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 45 33% 76% 11% 2 0%
1985 NYM NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 274 62% 76% 16% 9 100%
1986 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 125 64% 80% 35% 11 82%
9 Seasons 16 0 16 0 6 12 0 4 4 4 84 34 3 58 10 3 38 22 0 21 4 1 30 19 0 231 89 38.5% 135 7 3.0% 5 7916 58% 82% 30% 889 52%
MLB Averages 43.2% 3.0% 57% 78% 27% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1978 KCR AL 20 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 21 17 1 10 7 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 39 29 74.4% 9 1 2.6% 1 1206 55% 80% 29% 162 37%
1979 KCR AL 21 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 16 13 0 13 3 0 12 8 0 2 1 0 5 5 0 48 30 62.5% 18 0 0.0% 3 910 61% 82% 26% 122 34%
1980 KCR AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 33% 72% 6% 1 0%
1982 CIN NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13 5 38.5% 6 2 15.4% 0 389 53% 75% 25% 42 43%
1985 NYM NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 80 73% 71% 23% 1 100%
1986 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 100 60% 77% 30% 7 43%
6 Seasons 4 0 4 0 1 8 0 2 0 4 41 34 1 29 11 2 20 11 0 3 1 0 11 11 0 104 68 65.4% 33 3 2.9% 5 2703 57% 80% 27% 335 37%
MLB Averages 58.1% 2.7% 57% 78% 27% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1978 KCR AL 20 1748 59% 81% 25% 70 93% 0 412 26 381 5 24 25 12 5 0 5 6 1 5 0 3 47 0 1 2 44 3 3 0 2 2 100%
1986 STL NL 28 1147 64% 82% 31% 71 97% 0 298 23 274 1 30 23 13 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 31 2 0 0 23 2 8 3 5 3 100%
1987 NYM NL 29 6 83% 67% 33% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 2901 61% 81% 28% 141 95% 0 712 49 657 6 54 48 25 8 1 6 8 1 6 1 4 78 2 1 2 67 5 11 3 7 5 100%
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1985 NYM NL 27 513 3.77 3.92 6 100% 0 0 79 5 0 2 72 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 STL NL 28 125 3.86 4.91 0 0 0 19 0 0 1 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 638 3.78 4.10 6 100% 0 0 98 5 0 3 90 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.89 4.36 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1985 NYM NL 27 3 6 176 13 5 3 28% 11 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 28 7 1.13 0.91
1986 STL NL 28 2 1 52 3 0 0 0% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.36
2 Seasons 5 7 228 16 5 3 24% 13 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 35 7 1.18 0.91
MLB Averages 33% 1.29 1.27

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1978 KCR AL 20 3 67% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 KCR AL 21 3 33% 100% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYM NL 25 275 49% 80% 25% 19 79% 0 1 1 0 0 15 11 3 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 STL NL 28 75 68% 84% 29% 12 83% 0 2 2 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
4 Seasons 356 53% 81% 26% 32 81% 0 4 4 0 0 23 19 3 0 0 5 0 5 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 90% 72%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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