1958
Born March 24, 1958
St. George, UT, USA
Bruce Hurst Marquee
b. March 24, 1958 · Boston Red Sox 1980–1988, San Diego Padres 1989–1993, Colorado Rockies 1993, Texas Rangers 1994
He won the first and fifth games of the 1986 World Series and was warming up in the clubhouse — the award ballots had been collected with his name on most of them — when the Mets scored three in the tenth inning of the sixth game. He started the seventh on three days' rest, left with a lead, and Boston lost that too.
Fifteen seasons gave him 145 wins against 113, a 3.92 earned run average, 2,417 innings, 83 complete games and 23 shutouts. He won 18 games in 1988 and had a 2.69 earned run average for San Diego in 1989, and led the National League in shutouts in 1990.
He is a Mormon from St. George, Utah, and pitched for nine years in Boston, where he was the club's best left-hander between Mel Parnell and Jon Lester. Rotator cuff surgery ended it at thirty-six. The 2000 ballot gave him one vote of 499.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 1 | 1987 |
| Player of the Week | 3 | 1984, 1986, 1987 |
| Pitcher of the Month | 2 | 1986, 1988 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | BOS | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1981 | BOS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1982 | BOS | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1983 | BOS | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1984 | BOS | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1985 | BOS | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1986 | BOS | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1987 | BOS | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1988 | BOS | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1989 | SDP | 33 | 70 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 47 | 0 | .071 |
| 1990 | SDP | 33 | 67 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 0 | .090 |
| 1991 | SDP | 31 | 67 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 0 | .134 |
| 1992 | SDP | 33 | 69 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 0 | .159 |
| 1993 | COL/SDP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 1994 | TEX | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | — | 380 | 274 | 11 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 141 | 0 | .113 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | BOS | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 30.2 | 39 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 9.10 |
| 1981 | BOS | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 23.0 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 4.30 |
| 1982 | BOS | 3 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 0 | 117.0 | 161 | 75 | 40 | 53 | 5.77 |
| 1983 | BOS | 12 | 12 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 211.1 | 241 | 96 | 62 | 115 | 4.09 |
| 1984 | BOS | 12 | 12 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 218.0 | 232 | 95 | 88 | 136 | 3.92 |
| 1985 | BOS | 11 | 13 | 35 | 31 | 0 | 229.1 | 243 | 115 | 70 | 189 | 4.51 |
| 1986 | BOS | 13 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 174.1 | 169 | 58 | 50 | 167 | 2.99 |
| 1987 | BOS | 15 | 13 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 238.2 | 239 | 117 | 76 | 190 | 4.41 |
| 1988 | BOS | 18 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 216.2 | 222 | 88 | 65 | 166 | 3.66 |
| 1989 | SDP | 15 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 244.2 | 214 | 73 | 66 | 179 | 2.69 |
| 1990 | SDP | 11 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 223.2 | 188 | 78 | 63 | 162 | 3.14 |
| 1991 | SDP | 15 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 221.2 | 201 | 81 | 59 | 141 | 3.29 |
| 1992 | SDP | 14 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 217.1 | 223 | 93 | 51 | 131 | 3.85 |
| 1993 | COL/SDP | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 7.62 |
| 1994 | TEX | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 38.0 | 53 | 30 | 16 | 24 | 7.11 |
| Career | — | 145 | 113 | 379 | 359 | 0 | 2417.1 | 2463 | 1052 | 740 | 1689 | 3.92 |
On this day & linked events
1980
Major-league debut: Bruce Hurst
Bruce Hurst made a major-league debut on April 12, 1980.
1994
Final major-league game: Bruce Hurst
Bruce Hurst played a final major-league game on June 18, 1994.
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