Bruce Hurst
[edit] Biography
Born on March 24, 1958 in St. George, Utah, Bruce Hurst (Bruce Vee Hurst) played for the Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies and Texas Rangers over the course of his 15 year career. Hurst broke into the bigs on April 12, 1980 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 5.77 ERA in 117 innings pitched in 1982, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bruce Hurst's best season was 1989, when he posted a 2.69 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 179 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1980
| BOS
| A
| 12
| 7
| 2
| 2
| 9.10
| 16
| 33
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 30.2
| 39
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1981
| BOS
| A
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 4.30
| 11
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 23
| 1
| 12
| 2
| 2
| 1
|
| 1982
| BOS
| A
| 28
| 19
| 3
| 7
| 5.77
| 53
| 87
| 75
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 117
| 161
| 16
| 40
| 2
| 5
| 3
|
| 1983
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 32
| 12
| 12
| 4.09
| 115
| 102
| 96
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 211.1
| 241
| 22
| 62
| 5
| 1
| 3
|
| 1984
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 33
| 12
| 12
| 3.92
| 136
| 106
| 95
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 218
| 232
| 25
| 88
| 3
| 1
| 6
|
| 1985
| BOS
| A
| 35
| 31
| 11
| 13
| 4.51
| 189
| 123
| 115
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 229.1
| 243
| 31
| 70
| 4
| 3
| 3
|
| 1986
| BOS
| A
| 25
| 25
| 13
| 8
| 2.99
| 167
| 63
| 58
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 174.1
| 169
| 18
| 50
| 2
| 6
| 3
|
| 1987
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 33
| 15
| 13
| 4.41
| 190
| 124
| 117
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 238.2
| 239
| 35
| 76
| 5
| 3
| 1
|
| 1988
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 32
| 18
| 6
| 3.66
| 166
| 98
| 88
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 216.2
| 222
| 21
| 65
| 1
| 5
| 2
|
| 1989
| SD
| N
| 33
| 33
| 15
| 11
| 2.69
| 179
| 84
| 73
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 244.2
| 214
| 16
| 66
| 7
| 8
| 0
|
| 1990
| SD
| N
| 33
| 33
| 11
| 9
| 3.14
| 162
| 85
| 78
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 223.2
| 188
| 21
| 63
| 5
| 7
| 1
|
| 1991
| SD
| N
| 31
| 31
| 15
| 8
| 3.29
| 141
| 89
| 81
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 221.2
| 201
| 17
| 59
| 3
| 5
| 3
|
| 1992
| SD
| N
| 32
| 32
| 14
| 9
| 3.85
| 131
| 96
| 93
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 217.1
| 223
| 22
| 51
| 3
| 4
| 0
|
| 1993
| SD
| N
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 12.46
| 3
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.1
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| COL
| N
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 5.19
| 6
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.2
| 6
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1993
| TOT
| N
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 7.62
| 9
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 15
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1994
| TEX
| A
| 8
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 7.11
| 24
| 30
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 38
| 53
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 134
| 134
| 55
| 39
| 3.29
| 622
| 366
| 336
| 29
| 10
| 0
| 920.1
| 841
| 77
| 245
| 18
| 25
| 4
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 245
| 225
| 90
| 74
| 4.30
| 1067
| 777
| 716
| 54
| 13
| 0
| 1497
| 1622
| 181
| 495
| 24
| 31
| 24
|
| Total
|
|
| 379
| 359
| 145
| 113
| 3.92
| 1689
| 1143
| 1052
| 83
| 23
| 0
| 2417.1
| 2463
| 258
| 740
| 42
| 56
| 28
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1980
| BOS
| A
| P
| 12
| 7
| 30.2
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| BOS
| A
| P
| 5
| 5
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| BOS
| A
| P
| 28
| 19
| 117
| 6
| 22
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 5
| 3
| .966
|
| 1983
| BOS
| A
| P
| 33
| 32
| 211.1
| 12
| 34
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 8
| 7
| .958
|
| 1984
| BOS
| A
| P
| 33
| 33
| 218
| 10
| 30
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 15
| 7
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| BOS
| A
| P
| 35
| 31
| 229.1
| 11
| 32
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 11
| 7
| .935
|
| 1986
| BOS
| A
| P
| 25
| 25
| 174.1
| 7
| 18
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 10
| 1
| .926
|
| 1987
| BOS
| A
| P
| 33
| 33
| 238.2
| 12
| 34
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 18
| 10
| 4
| .939
|
| 1988
| BOS
| A
| P
| 33
| 32
| 216.2
| 7
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 4
| 4
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| SD
| N
| P
| 33
| 33
| 244.2
| 8
| 42
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 14
| 9
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| SD
| N
| P
| 33
| 33
| 223.2
| 7
| 34
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 7
| 2
| .976
|
| 1991
| SD
| N
| P
| 31
| 31
| 221.2
| 7
| 33
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 6
| 4
| .952
|
| 1992
| SD
| N
| P
| 32
| 32
| 217.1
| 10
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 10
| 2
| .977
|
| 1993
| SD
| N
| P
| 2
| 2
| 4.1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| COL
| N
| P
| 3
| 3
| 8.2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| TOT
| N
| P
| 5
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| TEX
| A
| P
| 8
| 8
| 38
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 379
| 359
| 2417.1
| 98
| 355
| 15
| 15
| 0
| 14
| 153
| 102
| 51
| .968
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1980
| BOS
| A
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| BOS
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| BOS
| A
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| BOS
| A
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| BOS
| A
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| SD
| N
| 33
| 70
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .071
| .177
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 47
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1990
| SD
| N
| 33
| 67
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .090
| .141
| .090
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 43
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| SD
| N
| 31
| 67
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 6
| .134
| .183
| .149
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 23
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| SD
| N
| 33
| 69
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 1
| .159
| .194
| .217
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 27
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| SD
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| COL
| N
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| TOT
| N
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1994
| TEX
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 135
| 274
| 11
| 31
| 0
| 8
| .113
| .173
| .131
| 5
| 0
| 20
| 141
| 0
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 245
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 380
| 274
| 11
| 31
| 0
| 8
| .113
| .173
| .131
| 5
| 0
| 20
| 141
| 0
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (22nd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1976).
- Granted free agency (November 4, 1988).
- Signed by San Diego Padres (December 8, 1988).
- Traded by San Diego Padres with Greg Harris to Colorado Rockies in exchange for Brad Ausmus, Doug Bochtler and a player to be named later (July 26, 1993); San Diego Padres received Andy Ashby (July 27, 1993).
- Granted free agency (October 26, 1993).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (December 20, 1993).
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