MLB / Players

Bruce Hurst

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 200 lb

BornMarch 24, 1958 · St. George, UT, USA

MLB debutApril 12, 1980

Final gameJune 18, 1994

Seasons15 (1980–1994)

Boston Red Sox 1980–1988; San Diego Padres 1989–1992; Colorado Rockies 1993; San Diego Padres 1993; Texas Rangers 1994

Percentile snapshot

1992 season — qualified pitchers

27.5

57.5

73.8

68.8

SHO

223

17.5

77.5

131

12.5

217.3

57.5

ERA

3.85

WHIP

1.261

48.8

K/9

5.42

FIP

3.59

FIP-

100.3

32.5

ERA+

92.9

sWAR

1.6

36.3

of 81 qualified 1992 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

103.2

50.2

sWAR

27.4

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1980	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.4
1981	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1
1982	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.9
1983	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.6
1984	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.7
1985	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
1986	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.1
1987	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.7
1988	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.3
1989	33	87	70	4	5	0	0	9	47	.071	.177	.071	.249	-24.6	-25.9	.144	4.7
1990	33	78	67	2	6	0	1	4	43	.090	.141	.090	.230	-44.1	-35.0	.120	3.8
1991	31	83	67	3	9	1	6	4	23	.134	.183	.149	.332	-13.3	-6.1	.165	3.4
1992	33	81	69	2	11	4	1	3	27	.159	.194	.217	.412	4.3	15.8	.195	1.6
1993	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-134.9	-100.0	.000	-0.4
1994	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1980	12	7	2	2	0	0	39	31	16	16	4	30.7	9.10	1.793	4.70	5.17	123.3	46.1	-1.4
1981	5	5	2	0	0	0	23	11	12	11	1	23.0	4.30	1.522	4.30	3.84	100.3	89.0	0.1
1982	28	19	3	7	0	0	161	75	40	53	16	117.0	5.77	1.718	4.08	4.66	109.4	73.9	-0.9
1983	33	32	12	12	6	2	241	96	62	115	22	211.3	4.09	1.434	4.90	4.01	93.1	105.5	2.6
1984	33	33	12	12	9	2	232	95	88	136	25	218.0	3.92	1.468	5.61	4.28	103.3	105.7	2.7
1985	35	31	11	13	6	1	243	115	70	189	31	229.3	4.51	1.365	7.42	3.81	89.1	94.6	1.6
1986	25	25	13	8	11	4	169	58	50	167	18	174.3	2.99	1.256	8.62	3.13	74.8	139.7	4.1
1987	33	33	15	13	15	3	239	117	76	190	35	238.7	4.41	1.320	7.16	4.16	91.5	102.9	2.7
1988	33	32	18	6	7	1	222	88	65	166	21	216.7	3.66	1.325	6.90	3.48	84.7	112.3	3.3
1989	33	33	15	11	10	2	214	73	66	179	16	244.7	2.69	1.144	6.58	2.86	81.8	130.1	4.7
1990	33	33	11	9	9	4	188	78	63	162	21	223.7	3.14	1.122	6.52	3.44	90.2	121.5	3.8
1991	31	31	15	8	4	0	201	81	59	141	17	221.7	3.29	1.173	5.72	3.36	89.0	114.6	3.4
1992	32	32	14	9	6	4	223	93	51	131	22	217.3	3.85	1.261	5.42	3.59	100.3	92.9	1.6
1993	5	5	0	2	0	0	15	11	6	9	1	13.0	7.62	1.615	6.23	3.98	89.9	58.0	-0.4
1994	8	8	2	1	0	0	53	30	16	24	8	38.0	7.11	1.816	5.68	5.93	124.7	67.0	-0.5

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

380

331

274

RBI

141

.1131

OBP

.1735

SLG

.1314

OPS

.3049

Pitching

G (P)

379

359

204th-most career GS

145

281st-most career W

113

408th-most career L

SHO

207th-most career SHO

2,417

276th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,689

167th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

740

317th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.917

WHIP

1.3250

K/9

6.29

320th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	H	2B	RBI	TB
1991-08-23	SD @ CHC Gameday	4	2	1	1	3
1992-04-11	LAD @ SD Gameday	2	1	1	0	2
1992-05-23	CHC @ SD Gameday	2	1	1	0	2
1992-08-05	SF @ SD Gameday	2	1	1	0	2
1992-09-12	CIN @ SD Gameday	2	1	1	0	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1986-05-16	TEX @ BOS Gameday	9.0	8	4	3	0	14	3
1987-05-05	ATH @ BOS Gameday	9.0	5	0	0	2	14	0
1989-04-10	ATL @ SD Gameday	9.0	1	2	2	1	13	1
1986-05-10	BOS @ ATH Gameday	10.0	10	2	2	1	11	0
1985-07-23	ATH @ BOS Gameday	9.0	7	2	2	1	11	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.