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Don Hurst

Frank O'Donnell Hurst

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 12, 1905 in Maysville, KY
School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1928
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cubs 1928-1934

Final Game: September 20, 1934
Died: December 6, 1952 in Los Angeles, CA
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Standard Batting

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
1928 22 PHI NL 107 475 396 73 113 23 4 19 64 3 68 40 .285 .391 .508 .899 128 201 1 10 *3
1929 23 PHI NL 154 692 589 100 179 29 4 31 125 10 80 36 .304 .390 .525 .914 119 309 3 20 *3
1930 24 PHI NL 119 451 391 78 128 19 3 17 78 6 46 22 .327 .401 .522 .923 115 204 2 12 3/8O
1931 25 PHI NL 137 567 489 63 149 37 5 11 91 8 64 28 .305 .386 .468 .855 121 229 1 13 *3
1932 26 PHI NL 150 665 579 109 196 41 4 24 143 10 65 27 .339 .412 .547 .959 144 317 7 14 *3 MVP-7
1933 27 PHI NL 147 610 550 58 147 27 8 8 76 3 48 32 .267 .327 .389 .716 94 214 12 1 11 *3
1934 28 TOT NL 91 302 281 29 64 14 0 5 33 1 20 25 .228 .279 .331 .610 59 93 4 0 1 3
1934 28 PHI NL 40 143 130 16 34 9 0 2 21 1 12 7 .262 .324 .377 .701 78 49 1 0 1 3
1934 28 CHC NL 51 159 151 13 30 5 0 3 12 0 8 18 .199 .239 .291 .530 42 44 3 0 0 3
7 Yrs 905 3762 3275 510 976 190 28 115 610 41 391 210 .298 .375 .478 .854 116 1567 16 15 81
162 Game Avg. 162 673 586 91 175 34 5 21 109 7 70 38 .298 .375 .478 .854 116 281 3 14
PHI (7 yrs) 854 3603 3124 497 946 185 28 112 598 41 383 192 .303 .382 .488 .869 119 1523 13 15 81
CHC (1 yr) 51 159 151 13 30 5 0 3 12 0 8 18 .199 .239 .291 .530 42 44 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1928 22 PHI NL 107 475 17 -0 0 -5 -5 7 0.6 14 20 2.0 .507 .504 2.6 -1.0 26 $ *3
1929 23 PHI NL 154 692 19 -1 0 -6 -7 5 0.4 19 24 2.3 .503 .503 2.9 -1.2 30 $ *3
1930 24 PHI NL 119 451 11 -1 0 -13 -5 -7 -0.6 13 6 0.6 .495 .496 1.8 -1.5 19 $ 3/8O
1931 25 PHI NL 137 567 17 -1 0 0 -6 10 0.9 16 26 2.6 .507 .506 2.6 -0.7 26 $ *3
1932 26 PHI NL 150 665 40 -1 0 -5 -7 27 2.6 19 46 4.5 .518 .517 5.0 -1.2 51 $ *3 MVP-7
1933 27 PHI NL 147 610 -4 -0 0 0 -7 -10 -1.3 18 8 0.5 .492 .493 0.6 -0.8 8 $ *3
1934 28 PHI NL 40 143 -4 -0 0 -1 -2 -7 -0.7 4 -2 -0.3 .483 .496 -0.2 -0.3 -2 $ 3
1934 28 CHC NL 51 159 -12 0 0 0 -2 -14 -1.4 5 -9 -0.9 .472 .491 -1.0 -0.2 -9 $ 3
7 Seasons 905 3762 84 -3 0 -30 -40 11 0.6 107 118 11.3 .501 .501 14.3 -7.0 148 $
PHI (7 yrs) 854 3603 96 -3 0 -30 -38 24 2.0 103 127 12.2 .503 .502 15.3 -6.8 157 $
CHC (1 yr) 51 159 -12 0 0 0 -2 -14 -1.4 5 -9 -0.9 .472 .491 -1.0 -0.2 -9 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1928 22 PHI NL 475 293 78 7.2 114 .279 .285 .297 .391 .363 .508 .423 .899 .786 128 .673 17.3 1.6 .965 .402 .222 5.2
1929 23 PHI NL 692 430 120 7.4 126 .284 .304 .312 .390 .377 .525 .454 .914 .831 119 .636 16.9 1.5 .980 .374 .221 15.1
1930 24 PHI NL 451 275 81 7.8 133 .315 .327 .321 .401 .380 .522 .477 .923 .857 115 .629 9.4 0.8 .981 .327 .194 8.9
1931 25 PHI NL 567 353 88 6.6 110 .307 .305 .295 .386 .355 .468 .416 .855 .771 121 .661 16.9 1.6 .888 .311 .164 9.3
1932 26 PHI NL 665 397 128 8.7 113 .326 .339 .298 .412 .353 .547 .432 .959 .784 144 .754 38.9 3.8 1.042 .339 .209 14.1
1933 27 PHI NL 610 426 70 4.4 101 .273 .267 .288 .327 .342 .389 .394 .716 .736 94 .536 -4.5 -0.5 .641 .215 .122 4.4
1934 28 TOT NL 302 222 27 3.2 108 .235 .228 .293 .279 .349 .331 .416 .610 .765 59 .333 -16.8 -1.6 .516 .178 .103 1.7
1934 28 PHI NL 143 98 16 4.4 115 .264 .262 .302 .324 .359 .377 .430 .701 .789 78 .461 -4.2 -0.4 .639 .215 .115 1.3
1934 28 CHC NL 159 124 11 2.4 103 .208 .199 .285 .239 .340 .291 .405 .530 .744 42 .220 -12.6 -1.2 .419 .146 .093 .0
7 Yrs 3762 2396 592 6.6 115 .292 .298 .301 .375 .360 .478 .430 .854 .790 116 .634 78.0 7.3 .870 .312 .180 60.4
162 Game Avg. 673 429 106 6.6 115 .292 .298 .301 .375 .360 .478 .430 .854 .790 116 .634 14 1 .870 .312 .180 11
PHI (7 yrs) 3603 2272 581 6.8 116 .296 .303 .301 .382 .361 .488 .432 .869 .792 119 .649 90.6 8.5 .895 .320 .185 60.0
CHC (1 yr) 159 124 11 2.4 103 .208 .199 .285 .239 .340 .291 .405 .530 .744 42 .219 -12.6 -1.2 .419 .146 .093 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1928 22 PHI NL 475 4.0% 8.4% 14.3% 9.7% 41% 0.59 9.9 20.8 6.2 71%
1929 23 PHI NL 692 4.5% 5.2% 11.6% 9.3% 36% 0.45 16.4 19.0 4.7 75%
1930 24 PHI NL 451 3.8% 4.9% 10.2% 8.7% 31% 0.48 17.8 23.0 5.0 78%
1931 25 PHI NL 567 1.9% 4.9% 11.3% 9.4% 36% 0.44 17.5 44.5 5.4 79%
1932 26 PHI NL 665 3.6% 4.1% 9.8% 10.4% 35% 0.42 21.4 24.1 4.0 79%
1933 27 PHI NL 610 1.3% 5.3% 7.9% 7.1% 29% 0.67 17.2 68.8 7.2 84%
1934 28 TOT NL 302 1.7% 8.3% 6.6% 6.3% 30% 1.25 11.2 56.2 8.5 83%
1934 28 PHI NL 143 1.4% 4.9% 8.4% 7.7% 32% 0.58 18.6 65.0 6.2 85%
1934 28 CHC NL 159 1.9% 11.3% 5.0% 5.0% 27% 2.25 8.4 50.3 12.6 82%
7 Yrs 3762 3.1% 5.6% 10.4% 8.9% 34% 0.54 15.6 28.5 5.4 78%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.0% 8.0% 7.0% 28% 1.00 11.2 68.0 7.6 80%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1928 22 107 475 396 73 113 23 4 19 64 3 68 40 .285 .391 .508 .899 128 201 1 10
1929 23 261 1167 985 173 292 52 8 50 189 13 148 76 .296 .391 .518 .908 122 510 4 30
1930 24 380 1618 1376 251 420 71 11 67 267 19 194 98 .305 .393 .519 .912 120 714 6 42
1931 25 517 2185 1865 314 569 108 16 78 358 27 258 126 .305 .392 .506 .897 120 943 7 55
1932 26 667 2850 2444 423 765 149 20 102 501 37 323 153 .313 .396 .516 .912 126 1260 14 69
1933 27 814 3460 2994 481 912 176 28 110 577 40 371 185 .305 .384 .492 .876 120 1474 12 15 80
1934 28 905 3762 3275 510 976 190 28 115 610 41 391 210 .298 .375 .478 .854 116 1567 16 15 81

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1928 22 113 488 409 69 111 23 4 19 60 3 67 42 .271 .375 .487 .862 74 107
1929 23 162 688 592 82 161 26 4 28 102 9 72 38 .272 .354 .471 .825 98 154
1930 24 124 440 385 59 110 16 3 15 59 5 40 23 .286 .356 .460 .816 62 119
1931 25 143 582 503 60 148 37 5 11 87 8 64 29 .294 .375 .453 .828 85 137
1932 26 157 670 586 98 186 39 4 23 128 9 62 28 .317 .389 .515 .905 115 150
1933 27 154 636 574 60 153 28 8 8 79 3 50 33 .267 .326 .385 .711 72 147
1934 28 97 317 296 28 65 14 0 5 32 1 20 27 .220 .269 .318 .587 26 91
7 Yrs 950 3821 3345 456 934 183 28 109 547 38 375 220 .279 .354 .448 .803 532 905
162 Game Avg. 162 652 570 78 159 31 5 19 93 6 64 38 .279 .354 .448 .803 91 905

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1932 NL (7, 30%)
0.30 Career Shares (608th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1932 NL  4.5 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1932 NL  5.0 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1932 NL  .339 (5th)
Career  .298 (236th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1932 NL  .412 (3rd)
Career  .375 (207th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1932 NL  .547 (5th)
Career  .478 (195th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1932 NL  .959 (5th)
Career  .854 (157th)

Games Played s c a p y
1929 NL  154 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1929 NL  692 (9th)
1932 NL  665 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1932 NL  109 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1932 NL  196 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1932 NL  317 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1931 NL  37 (8th)
1932 NL  41 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1928 NL  19 (6th)
1929 NL  31 (6th)
1932 NL  24 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1929 NL  125 (6th)
1931 NL  91 (8th)
1932 NL  143 (1st)
1933 NL  76 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1928 NL  68 (8th)
1929 NL  80 (6th)
1931 NL  64 (6th)
1932 NL  65 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1932 NL  144 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1932 NL  128 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1932 NL  39 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1932 NL  3.8 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1932 NL  69 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1932 NL  268 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1932 NL  .755 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1932 NL  7 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1931 NL  13 (10th)
1932 NL  14 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1929 NL  15.1 (3rd)
1931 NL  9.3 (10th)
1932 NL  14.1 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1928 NL  20.8 (5th)
1929 NL  19.0 (6th)
1930 NL  23.0 (8th)
1932 NL  24.1 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1929 NL  430 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 54 (470), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (607), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (645), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Ripper Collins (921)
  4. Mike Easler (917)
  5. Kevin Youkilis (916)
  6. George Selkirk (909)
  7. Moose Solters (908)
  8. Leon Durham (907)
  9. Andre Ethier (907)
  10. Marty Cordova (906)
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  1. Will Clark (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Will Clark (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Will Clark (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Will Clark (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Will Clark (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ted Kluszewski (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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