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James Hurst

James Lavon Hurst

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: June 1, 1967 in Plantation, FL
Schools: Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL), South Florida Community College (Avon Park, FL)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 32nd round of the 1989 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 1994 (Age 26)
Team: Rangers 1994

Final Game: May 22, 1994 (Age 26)
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Standard Pitching

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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
1990	23	REN	A+	4	11	.267	5.47	25	21	1	1	0	1	131.2	165	102	80	19	68	0	90	4	2	8			1.770	11.3	1.3	4.6	6.2	1.32	REN · CALL
1991	24	TEX-min	A	3	3	.500	2.26	11	8	1	0	0	0	51.2	41	18	13	0	14	1	44	2	2	0	207		1.065	7.1	0.0	2.4	7.7	3.14	GST · SALL
1992	25	TEX-min	A+,AA	4	2	.667	3.09	40	1	13	0	0	1	70.0	70	31	24	2	15	0	61	2	0	3	288		1.214	9.0	0.3	1.9	7.8	4.07	CHT,TUL · FLOR,TL
1993	26	TEX-min	AAA,AA	6	9	.400	4.09	27	21	2	2	0	1	141.0	147	71	64	19	41	1	104	3	0	1	600		1.333	9.4	1.2	2.6	6.6	2.54	OKC,TUL · AA,TL
1994	27	TEX-min	AA,AAA	5	8	.385	5.94	28	14	6	2	1	0	106.0	124	79	70	12	43	3	73	3	0	13	472		1.575	10.5	1.0	3.7	6.2	1.70	TUL,OKC · TL,AA
1994	27	TEX	AL	0	0		10.13	8	0	0	0	0	0	10.2	17	12	12	1	8	1	5	0	0	1	56	49	2.344	14.3	0.8	6.8	4.2	0.63
1995	28	CIN-TEX-BAL-min	AAA,AA	2	6	.250	6.14	42	7	15	0	0	5	70.1	92	53	48	9	31	1	61	3	0	8	331		1.749	11.8	1.2	4.0	7.8	1.97	INA,OKC,ROC,BOW · AA,IL,EL
1 Yr				0	0		10.13	8	0	0	0	0	0	10.2	17	12	12	1	8	1	5	0	0	1	56	49	2.344	14.3	0.8	6.8	4.2	0.63
162 Game Avg.				0	0		10.13	68	0	0	0	0	0	91	145	102	102	9	68	9	43	0	0	9	476	49	2.344	14.3	0.8	6.8	4.2	0.63

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1994	27	TEX	AL	10.2	8	0	12	10.13	5.44	-0.45	-0.42	102.4	5.61	-5	-0.5	.6	0.1	-0.3	-4	.440	.497	$109,000
1 Season				10.2	8	0	12	10.13	5.44	-0.45	-0.42	102.4	5.61	-5	-0.5	.6	0.1	-0.3	-4	.440	.497	$109,000

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP	Pos	Awards
1990	23	REN	A+	25	0	0	0	0							REN · CALL
1991	24	TEX-min	A	11	0	0	0	0					0		GST · SALL
1992	25	TEX-min	AA,A+	40	0	0	0	0					0		TUL,CHT · TL,FLOR
1993	26	TEX-min	AAA,AA	30	1	1	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		OKC,TUL · AA,TL
1994	27	TEX-min	AA,AAA	30	0	0	0	0					0		TUL,OKC · TL,AA
1994	27	TEX	AL	8	0	0	0	0					0	/1
1995	28	BAL-TEX-CIN-min	AA,AAA	42	0	0	0	0					0		ROC,BOW,OKC,INA · IL,EL,AA
1 Yr				8	0	0	0	0					0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0					0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1994	27	TEX	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$109,000	/1
1 Season				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$109,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1994	TEX	AL	27	P	8	10.2	2	2	1.000	1.69	0.25	.955	1.69	1.71
	1 Season			P	8	10.2	2	2	1.000	1.69	0.25	.955	1.69	1.71
	1 Season			TOT	8	10.2	2	2	1.000	1.69	0.25	.955	1.69	1.71

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Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 52nd round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 5, 1989: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 32nd round of the 1989 amateur draft.
March 26, 1991: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
July 4, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1994	27	Texas Rangers	$109,000	4/5/94 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$109,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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