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Bruce Hurst
Bruce Vee Hurst
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 24, 1958 in St. George, UT
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1980
Final Game: June 18, 1994
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1980 22 BOS AL 2 2 .500 9.10 12 7 2 0 0 0 30.2 39 33 31 4 16 0 16 2 2 4 147 47 1.793 11.4 1.2 4.7 4.7 1.00
1981 23 BOS AL 2 0 1.000 4.30 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.0 23 11 11 1 12 2 11 1 0 2 104 90 1.522 9.0 0.4 4.7 4.3 0.92
1982 24 BOS AL 3 7 .300 5.77 28 19 3 0 0 0 117.0 161 87 75 16 40 2 53 3 0 5 535 75 1.718 12.4 1.2 3.1 4.1 1.33
1983 25 BOS AL 12 12 .500 4.09 33 32 0 6 2 0 211.1 241 102 96 22 62 5 115 3 2 1 903 107 1.434 10.3 0.9 2.6 4.9 1.85
1984 26 BOS AL 12 12 .500 3.92 33 33 0 9 2 0 218.0 232 106 95 25 88 3 136 6 1 1 958 107 1.468 9.6 1.0 3.6 5.6 1.55
1985 27 BOS AL 11 13 .458 4.51 35 31 0 6 1 0 229.1 243 123 115 31 70 4 189 3 4 3 973 96 1.365 9.5 1.2 2.7 7.4 2.70
1986 28 BOS AL 13 8 .619 2.99 25 25 0 11 4 0 174.1 169 63 58 18 50 2 167 3 0 6 721 140 1.256 8.7 0.9 2.6 8.6 3.34
1987 29 BOS AL 15 13 .536 4.41 33 33 0 15 3 0 238.2 239 124 117 35 76 5 190 1 1 3 1001 103 1.320 9.0 1.3 2.9 7.2 2.50 AS
1988 30 BOS AL 18 6 .750 3.66 33 32 0 7 1 0 216.2 222 98 88 21 65 1 166 2 3 5 922 113 1.325 9.2 0.9 2.7 6.9 2.55 CYA-5,MVP-14
1989 31 SDP NL 15 11 .577 2.69 33 33 0 10 2 0 244.2 214 84 73 16 66 7 179 0 0 8 990 132 1.144 7.9 0.6 2.4 6.6 2.71
1990 32 SDP NL 11 9 .550 3.14 33 33 0 9 4 0 223.2 188 85 78 21 63 5 162 1 1 7 903 122 1.122 7.6 0.8 2.5 6.5 2.57
1991 33 SDP NL 15 8 .652 3.29 31 31 0 4 0 0 221.2 201 89 81 17 59 3 141 3 1 5 909 115 1.173 8.2 0.7 2.4 5.7 2.39
1992 34 SDP NL 14 9 .609 3.85 32 32 0 6 4 0 217.1 223 96 93 22 51 3 131 0 3 4 902 93 1.261 9.2 0.9 2.1 5.4 2.57
1993 35 TOT NL 0 2 .000 7.62 5 5 0 0 0 0 13.0 15 12 11 1 6 0 9 0 1 1 60 60 1.615 10.4 0.7 4.2 6.2 1.50
1993 35 SDP NL 0 1 .000 12.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.1 9 7 6 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 26 33 2.769 18.7 0.0 6.2 6.2 1.00
1993 35 COL NL 0 1 .000 5.19 3 3 0 0 0 0 8.2 6 5 5 1 3 0 6 0 1 1 34 92 1.038 6.2 1.0 3.1 6.2 2.00
1994 36 TEX AL 2 1 .667 7.11 8 8 0 0 0 0 38.0 53 30 30 8 16 0 24 0 0 1 176 68 1.816 12.6 1.9 3.8 5.7 1.50
15 Seasons 145 113 .562 3.92 379 359 5 83 23 0 2417.1 2463 1143 1052 258 740 42 1689 28 19 56 10204 104 1.325 9.2 1.0 2.8 6.3 2.28
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .562 3.92 35 33 0 8 2 0 223 227 105 97 24 68 4 156 3 2 5 940 104 1.325 9.2 1.0 2.8 6.3 2.28
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
BOS (9 yrs) 88 73 .547 4.23 237 217 5 54 13 0 1459.0 1569 747 686 173 479 24 1043 24 13 30 6264 101 1.404 9.7 1.1 3.0 6.4 2.18
SDP (5 yrs) 55 38 .591 3.27 131 131 0 29 10 0 911.2 835 361 331 76 242 18 616 4 5 24 3730 113 1.181 8.2 0.8 2.4 6.1 2.55
COL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.19 3 3 0 0 0 0 8.2 6 5 5 1 3 0 6 0 1 1 34 92 1.038 6.2 1.0 3.1 6.2 2.00
TEX (1 yr) 2 1 .667 7.11 8 8 0 0 0 0 38.0 53 30 30 8 16 0 24 0 0 1 176 68 1.816 12.6 1.9 3.8 5.7 1.50
AL (10 yrs) 90 74 .549 4.30 245 225 5 54 13 0 1497.0 1622 777 716 181 495 24 1067 24 13 31 6440 100 1.414 9.8 1.1 3.0 6.4 2.16
NL (5 yrs) 55 39 .585 3.29 134 134 0 29 10 0 920.1 841 366 336 77 245 18 622 4 6 25 3764 113 1.180 8.2 0.8 2.4 6.1 2.54

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1986 28 BOS AL ALCS W CAL 1 0 1.000 2.40 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.0 18 5 4 3 1 0 8 0 0 0 61 1.267 10.8 1.8 0.6 4.8 8.00
1986 28 BOS AL WS L NYM 2 0 1.000 1.96 3 3 0 1 0 0 23.0 18 5 5 1 6 0 17 0 0 0 91 1.043 7.0 0.4 2.3 6.7 2.83
1988 30 BOS AL ALCS L OAK 0 2 .000 2.77 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.0 10 4 4 2 5 1 12 0 0 0 53 1.154 6.9 1.4 3.5 8.3 2.40
2 Seasons (3 Series) 3 2 .600 2.29 7 7 0 3 0 0 51.0 46 14 13 6 12 1 37 0 0 0 205 1.137 8.1 1.1 2.1 6.5 3.08
2 ALCS 1 2 .333 2.57 4 4 0 2 0 0 28.0 28 9 8 5 6 1 20 0 0 0 114 1.214 9.0 1.6 1.9 6.4 3.33
1 WS 2 0 1.000 1.96 3 3 0 1 0 0 23.0 18 5 5 1 6 0 17 0 0 0 91 1.043 7.0 0.4 2.3 6.7 2.83

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1989 31 SDP NL 33 87 70 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 47 .071 .177 .071 .249 -26 5 1 0 8 0 0 1
1990 32 SDP NL 33 78 67 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 43 .090 .141 .090 .230 -35 6 0 0 7 0 0 1
1991 33 SDP NL 31 83 67 3 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 23 .134 .183 .149 .332 -6 10 0 0 12 0 0 1
1992 34 SDP NL 33 81 69 2 11 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 27 .159 .194 .217 .412 16 15 0 0 9 0 0 1
1993 35 TOT NL 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1993 35 SDP NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1993 35 COL NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Seasons 135 331 274 11 31 5 0 0 8 0 0 20 141 .113 .173 .131 .305 -13 36 1 0 37 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 397 329 13 37 6 0 0 10 0 0 24 169 .113 .173 .131 .305 -13 43 1 0 44 0 0
SDP (5 yrs) 132 330 273 11 31 5 0 0 8 0 0 20 140 .114 .174 .132 .306 -13 36 1 0 37 0 0
COL (1 yr) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 28 BOS AL WS NYM L 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
1 WS 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 BOS AL 22 P 12 7 30.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.47 0.42 .960 1.85 0.77
1981 BOS AL 23 P 5 5 23.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.78 0.40 .950 2.00 0.82
1982 BOS AL 24 P 28 19 117.0 29 6 22 1 1 .966 2.15 1.00 .959 1.80 0.73
1983 BOS AL 25 P 33 32 211.1 48 12 34 2 2 .958 1.96 1.39 .958 1.80 0.73
1984 BOS AL 26 P 33 33 218.0 40 10 30 0 1 1.000 1.65 1.21 .955 1.79 0.70
1985 BOS AL 27 P 35 31 229.1 46 11 32 3 0 .935 1.69 1.23 .954 1.86 0.70
1986 BOS AL 28 P 25 25 174.1 27 7 18 2 2 .926 1.29 1.00 .959 1.83 0.68
1987 BOS AL 29 P 33 33 238.2 49 12 34 3 2 .939 1.73 1.39 .955 1.84 0.67 AS
1988 BOS AL 30 P 33 32 216.2 38 7 31 0 0 1.000 1.58 1.15 .961 1.78 0.67 CYA-5,MVP-14
1989 SDP NL 31 P 33 33 244.2 50 8 42 0 2 1.000 1.84 1.52 .944 1.87 0.63
1990 SDP NL 32 P 33 33 223.2 42 7 34 1 3 .976 1.65 1.24 .957 1.80 0.58
1991 SDP NL 33 P 31 31 221.2 42 7 33 2 2 .952 1.62 1.29 .955 1.86 0.59
1992 SDP NL 34 P 32 32 217.1 43 10 32 1 0 .977 1.74 1.31 .953 1.94 0.60
1993 TOT NL 35 P 5 5 13.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.77 0.80 .975 1.87 0.54
1993 SDP NL 35 P 2 2 4.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.50 1.000 1.87 0.55
1993 COL NL 35 P 3 3 8.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.12 1.00 .967 1.87 0.53
1994 TEX AL 36 P 8 8 38.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.71 0.38 .967 1.73 0.52
15 Seasons P 379 359 2417.1 468 98 355 15 15 .968 1.69 1.20 .955 1.84 0.66
15 Seasons TOT 379 359 2417.1 468 98 355 15 15 .968 1.69 1.20 .923 1.84 0.66
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1987

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1988-AL-14-4%
0.04 Career Shares (1148th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1988-AL--5--9%
0.09 Career Shares (176th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1986 AL--2.994--4th
1989 NL--2.685--5th
1990 NL--3.139--10th

Wins s c a p y
1988 AL--18--4th
1989 NL--15--10th
1991 NL--15--7th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1988 AL--.750--2nd
1991 NL--.652--5th
1992 NL--.609--8th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1990 NL--1.122--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 NL--7.565--7th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 AL--7.417--2nd
1986 AL--8.621--2nd
1987 AL--7.165--6th
1988 AL--6.895--6th
1990 NL--6.519--10th
Career--6.288--173rd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1989 NL--244.7--3rd
1990 NL--223.7--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1985 AL--189--4th
1987 AL--190--10th
1989 NL--179--5th
1990 NL--162--8th
Career--1689--111th

Games Started s c a p y
1989 NL--33--7th
1990 NL--33--7th
Career--359--177th

Complete Games s c a p y
1986 AL--11--6th
1987 AL--15--2nd
1989 NL--10--1st
1990 NL--9--2nd
1992 NL--6--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1983 AL--2--9th
1984 AL--2--9th
1986 AL--4--2nd
1987 AL--3--3rd
1990 NL--4--1st
1992 NL--4--3rd
Career--23--204th

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 AL--31--3rd
1987 AL--35--7th
1990 NL--21--5th
1992 NL--22--2nd
Career--258--82nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1984 AL--88--6th

Hits s c a p y
1983 AL--241--9th
1985 AL--243--7th
1987 AL--239--9th
1989 NL--214--8th
1992 NL--223--4th
Career--2463--236th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1985 AL--2.700--5th
1986 AL--3.340--4th
1987 AL--2.500--10th
1988 AL--2.554--10th
1989 NL--2.712--4th
1990 NL--2.571--10th
Career--2.282--145th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1989 NL--.589--8th

Losses s c a p y
1987 AL--13--10th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1985 AL--115--3rd
1987 AL--117--4th
1992 NL--93--3rd
Career--1052--189th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1989 NL--990--5th
Career--10204--219th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1986 AL--140--4th
1989 NL--132--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1991 NL--12--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 3 (548), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 72 (350), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 30 (430), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

July 26, 1993: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Greg Harris to the Colorado Rockies for Brad Ausmus and Doug Bochtler. The Colorado Rockies sent Andy Ashby (July 27, 1993) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

October 26, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

December 20, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Boston Red Sox$300,000
1986Boston Red Sox$495,000
1987Boston Red Sox$700,000
1988Boston Red Sox$900,000
1989San Diego Padres$1,733,333
1990San Diego Padres$1,633,333
1991San Diego Padres$1,883,334
1992San Diego Padres$3,000,000
1993San Diego Padres$3,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$13,645,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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