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Bruce Hurst
Bruce Vee Hurst

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 215 lb.

Debut April 12, 1980
  vs. MIL 1.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER
Final Game June 18, 1994
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)

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        The Sox would have never won the AL East without him in 1986, much less gotten to Game Six.

Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1980 22 BOS AL   2   2  12   7   0   0   2  0   30.7   39   33   31   4   16   16   2   4   147   0   2  9.10  4.24   47 1.793
 1981 23 BOS AL   2   0   5   5   0   0   0  0   23.0   23   11   11   1   12   11   1   2   104   2   0  4.30  3.88   90 1.522
 1982 24 BOS AL   3   7  28  19   0   0   3  0  117.0  161   87   75  16   40   53   3   5   535   2   0  5.77  4.33   75 1.718
 1983 25 BOS AL  12  12  33  32   6   2   0  0  211.3  241  102   96  22   62  115   3   1   903   5   2  4.09  4.36  107 1.434
 1984 26 BOS AL  12  12  33  33   9   2   0  0  218.0  232  106   95  25   88  136   6   1   958   3   1  3.92  4.20  107 1.468
 1985 27 BOS AL  11  13  35  31   6   1   0  0  229.3  243  123  115  31   70  189   3   3   973   4   4  4.51  4.32   96 1.365
 1986 28 BOS AL  13   8  25  25  11   4   0  0  174.3  169   63   58  18   50  167   3   6   721   2   0  2.99  4.19  140 1.256
 1987 29 BOS AL  15  13  33  33  15   3   0  0  238.7  239  124  117  35   76  190   1   3  1001   5   1  4.41  4.56  103 1.320 AS
 1988 30 BOS AL  18   6  33  32   7   1   0  0  216.7  222   98   88  21   65  166   2   5   922   1   3  3.66  4.13  113 1.325 MVP-14,CYA-5
 1989 31 SDP NL  15  11  33  33  10   2   0  0  244.7  214   84   73  16   66  179   0   8   990   7   0  2.69  3.54  132 1.144
 1990 32 SDP NL  11   9  33  33   9   4   0  0  223.7  188   85   78  21   63  162   1   7   903   5   1  3.14  3.83  122 1.122
 1991 33 SDP NL  15   8  31  31   4   0   0  0  221.7  201   89   81  17   59  141   3   5   909   3   1  3.29  3.80  115 1.173
 1992 34 SDP NL  14   9  32  32   6   4   0  0  217.3  223   96   93  22   51  131   0   4   902   3   3  3.85  3.58   93 1.261
 1993 35 TOT NL   0   2   5   5   0   0   0  0   13.0   15   12   11   1    6    9   0   1    60   0   1  7.62  4.56   60 1.615
         SDP NL   0   1   2   2   0   0   0  0    4.3    9    7    6   0    3    3   0   0    26   0   0 12.46  4.13   33 2.769
         COL NL   0   1   3   3   0   0   0  0    8.7    6    5    5   1    3    6   0   1    34   0   1  5.19  4.77   92 1.038
 1994 36 TEX AL   2   1   8   8   0   0   0  0   38.0   53   30   30   8   16   24   0   1   176   0   0  7.11  4.86   68 1.816
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 15 Yr WL% .562 145 113 379 359  83  23   5  0 2417.3 2463 1143 1052 258  740 1689  28  56 10204  42  19  3.92  4.08  104 1.325
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  10  34  33   7   2   0  0  222.7  226  105   96  23   68  155   2   5   940   3   1  3.92  4.08  104 1.325
 Career High     18  13  35  33  15   4   3  0  244.7  243  124  117  35   88  190   6   8  1001   7   4  2.69  4.56  140 1.122
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1989 31 SDP NL  33   70    4    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   9  47  .071  .177  .071  -26    5   8   0   0   0   1
 1990 32 SDP NL  33   67    2    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   4  43  .090  .141  .090  -35    6   7   0   0   0   0
 1991 33 SDP NL  31   67    3    9   1  0   0    6   0  0   4  23  .134  .183  .149   -6   10  12   0   0   0   0
 1992 34 SDP NL  33   69    2   11   4  0   0    1   0  0   3  27  .159  .194  .217   16   15   9   0   0   0   0
 1993 35 TOT NL   5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL   2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   1   0   0   0   0
         COL NL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     135  274   11   31   5  0   0    8   0  0  20 141  .113  .173  .131  -13   36  37   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        329   13   37   6  0   0   10   0  0  24 169  .113  .173  .131  -13   43  44   0   0   0   1
 Career High     33   70    4   11   4  0   0    6   0  0   9  47                          15  12   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1989 31 SDP NL   87   74    2   0.7    91| .071  .255| .177  .323| .071  .380| .248  .702| -26  .041 -11.7  -1.3   0%
 1990 32 SDP NL   78   68    1   0.4    99| .090  .266| .141  .332| .090  .399| .231  .731| -35  .012 -12.7  -1.3   0%
 1991 33 SDP NL   83   70    3   1.2    96| .134  .261| .183  .329| .149  .391| .332  .720|  -6  .086  -9.8  -1.0   0%
 1992 34 SDP NL   81   67    4   1.6    93| .159  .260| .194  .326| .217  .383| .411  .709|  16  .151  -7.7  -0.8   0%
 1993 35 TOT NL    2    2    0   0.0   117| .000  .290| .000  .358| .000  .442| .000  .800|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         SDP NL    1    1    0   0.0      |           |           |           |           |      .000   0.0   0.0   0%
         COL NL    1    1    0   0.0   117| .000  .290| .000  .358| .000  .442| .000  .800|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons      331  281   10   1.0    95| .113  .260| .173  .327| .131  .388| .304  .716| -13  .063 -42.3  -4.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1980 22 BOS AL P 12 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.42 0.77 1.47 1.85 7 30.7 1981 23 BOS AL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.82 0.78 2.00 5 23.0 1982 24 BOS AL P 28 6 22 1 1 .966 .959 1.00 0.73 2.15 1.80 19 117.0 1983 25 BOS AL P 33 12 34 2 2 .958 .958 1.39 0.73 1.96 1.80 32 211.3 1984 26 BOS AL P 33 10 30 0 1 1.000 .957 1.21 0.70 1.65 1.79 33 218.0 1985 27 BOS AL P 35 11 32 3 0 .935 .953 1.23 0.70 1.69 1.86 31 229.3 1986 28 BOS AL P 25 7 18 2 2 .926 .958 1.00 0.68 1.29 1.83 25 174.3 1987 29 BOS AL P 33 12 34 3 2 .939 .954 1.39 0.67 1.73 1.84 33 238.7 AS 1988 30 BOS AL P 33 7 31 0 0 1.000 .962 1.15 0.67 1.58 1.78 32 216.7 1989 31 SDP NL P 33 8 42 0 2 1.000 .947 1.52 0.63 1.84 1.87 33 244.7 1990 32 SDP NL P 33 7 34 1 3 .976 .958 1.24 0.58 1.65 1.80 33 223.7 1991 33 SDP NL P 31 7 33 2 2 .952 .955 1.29 0.59 1.62 1.86 31 221.7 1992 34 SDP NL P 32 10 32 1 0 .977 .955 1.31 0.60 1.74 1.94 32 217.3 1993 35 TOT NL P 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 0.54 2.77 1.87 5 13.0 SDP NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.55 2.09 1.88 2 4.3 COL NL P 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 0.53 3.10 1.86 3 8.7 1994 36 TEX AL P 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.38 0.53 0.71 1.73 8 38.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1980 22 BOS AL P 12 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.42 0.77 1.47 1.85 7 30.7 1981 23 BOS AL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.82 0.78 2.00 5 23.0 1982 24 BOS AL P 28 6 22 1 1 .966 .959 1.00 0.73 2.15 1.80 19 117.0 1983 25 BOS AL P 33 12 34 2 2 .958 .958 1.39 0.73 1.96 1.80 32 211.3 1984 26 BOS AL P 33 10 30 0 1 1.000 .957 1.21 0.70 1.65 1.79 33 218.0 1985 27 BOS AL P 35 11 32 3 0 .935 .953 1.23 0.70 1.69 1.86 31 229.3 1986 28 BOS AL P 25 7 18 2 2 .926 .958 1.00 0.68 1.29 1.83 25 174.3 1987 29 BOS AL P 33 12 34 3 2 .939 .954 1.39 0.67 1.73 1.84 33 238.7 1988 30 BOS AL P 33 7 31 0 0 1.000 .962 1.15 0.67 1.58 1.78 32 216.7 1989 31 SDP NL P 33 8 42 0 2 1.000 .947 1.52 0.63 1.84 1.87 33 244.7 1990 32 SDP NL P 33 7 34 1 3 .976 .958 1.24 0.58 1.65 1.80 33 223.7 1991 33 SDP NL P 31 7 33 2 2 .952 .955 1.29 0.59 1.62 1.86 31 221.7 1992 34 SDP NL P 32 10 32 1 0 .977 .955 1.31 0.60 1.74 1.94 32 217.3 1993 35 TOT NL P 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 0.54 2.77 1.87 5 13.0 SDP NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.55 2.09 1.88 2 4.3 COL NL P 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 0.53 3.10 1.86 3 8.7 1994 36 TEX AL P 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.38 0.53 0.71 1.73 8 38.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 379 98 355 15 15 .968 .956 1.20 0.66 1.69 1.84 359 2417.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 379 98 355 15 15 .968 .956 1.20 0.66 1.69 1.84 359 2417
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1986   ALCS  BOS CAL     W   2   2   2.40  1  0  0  1  15    18   4   1   8 
        WS    BOS NYM     L   3   3   1.96  2  0  0  1  23    18   5   6  17 
 1988   ALCS  BOS OAK     L   2   2   2.77  0  2  0  1  13    10   4   5  12 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   4   4   2.57  1  2  0  2  28    28   8   6  20 
  3 Postseason Ser      1-2   7   7   2.29  3  2  0  3  51    46  13  12  37 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1986   ALCS  BOS CAL     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BOS NYM     L   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   2   0   0 
 1988   ALCS  BOS OAK     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   1-2   7   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1987   BOS AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1987

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1988-AL-14-0.04
Car-1148-0.04 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1988-AL-5-0.09
Car-176-0.09 shares

Sac. Hits
1991 NL-12-5

ERA
1986 AL-2.99-4
1989 NL-2.69-5
1990 NL-3.14-10

Wins
1988 AL-18-4
1989 NL-15-10
1991 NL-15-7

Won-Loss %
1988 AL-.750-2
1991 NL-.652-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1990 NL-1.122-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1990 NL-7.56-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1985 AL-7.42-2
1986 AL-8.62-2
1987 AL-7.16-6
1988 AL-6.90-6
1990 NL-6.52-10

Innings
1989 NL-244.7-3
1990 NL-223.7-10

Strikeouts
1985 AL-189-4
1987 AL-190-10
1989 NL-179-5
1990 NL-162-8

Games Started
1989 NL-33-7
1990 NL-33-7

Comp. Games
1986 AL-11-6
1987 AL-15-2
1989 NL-10-1
1990 NL-9-2
1992 NL-6-8

Shutouts
1983 AL-2-9
1984 AL-2-9
1986 AL-4-2
1987 AL-3-3
1990 NL-4-1
1992 NL-4-3

Home Runs Allow.
1985 AL-31-3
1987 AL-35-7
1990 NL-21-5
1992 NL-22-2
Car-258-82

Bases On Balls Allow.
1984 AL-88-6

Hits Allowed
1983 AL-241-9
1985 AL-243-7
1987 AL-239-9
1989 NL-214-8
1992 NL-223-4

SO to Walk
1985 AL-2.70-5
1986 AL-3.34-4
1987 AL-2.50-10
1988 AL-2.55-10
1989 NL-2.71-4
1990 NL-2.57-10

Losses
1987 AL-13-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1985 AL-115-3
1987 AL-117-4
1992 NL-93-3

Batters Faced
1989 NL-990-5

Adjusted ERA+
1986 AL-140-4
1989 NL-132-5

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 72 (336) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 19.0 (317) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 30.5 (427) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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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 a player to be named later, 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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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.
Uniforms 
View Bruce Hurst's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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