Clint
Hurdle
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: July 30, 1957 in Usa, MI, BIG RAPIDS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1979    1985   
All-Star Selections 1982    1986   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1977 19 SEM AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6
1978 20 SEM AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 7
1979 21 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 6 7 7 6 7 7
1980 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 8 8 8 6 7 7 6 7 6
1981 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 7 7 6 7 6
1982 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 7 7 6 7 6
1983 25 SEM AL $ 3,542,857   9 9 8 5 5 5 8 9 9 6 7 7 6 7 7
1984 26 SEM AL $ 3,542,857   9 9 8 5 5 5 8 9 9 7 7 7 6 7 7
1985 27 CLE AL $ 3,735,714   9 9 9 5 5 5 8 9 8 7 7 7 6 7 6
1986 28 CLN NL $ 10,010,010   9 9 9 5 5 5 8 9 8 7 7 7 6 7 6
1987 29 CLN NL $ 10,010,010   9 9 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 7 7
1988 30 CLN NL $ 10,010,010   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 7 7 6 7 6
1989 31 CLE AL $ 10,010,010   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 7 7 6 7 7
1990 32 CLE AL $ 5,000,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 8 9 8 6 7 7 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,010,010   9 9 9 5 5 5 8 9 9 7 7 7 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 19 AAA   112 390 48 96 28 2 14 59 3 3 46 50 .246 .326 .436 .762 55.4  
    AA   25 92 10 23 7 0 2 12 1 1 19 14 .250 .378 .391 .770 14.6  
1978 20 AAA   136 510 72 137 32 3 16 90 5 8 75 67 .269 .362 .437 .800 80.2  
1979 21 SEM AL 25 80 13 19 2 0 3 6 0 0 12 15 .238 .337 .375 .712 10.1 1.4
    AAA   133 515 69 161 37 4 22 74 7 4 72 68 .313 .397 .528 .925 102.0  
1980 22 SEM AL 121 409 59 126 26 5 9 63 1 0 47 49 .308 .377 .462 .840 69.0 16.4
    AAA   25 100 17 33 12 1 1 13 2 1 12 12 .330 .402 .500 .902 18.3  
1981 23 SEM AL 153 581 61 165 40 6 7 77 1 1 51 74 .284 .341 .410 .750 78.9 14.7
1982 24 SEM AL 155 563 73 179 30 1 14 79 5 5 72 58 .318 .393 .449 .843 95.7 23.0
1983 25 SEM AL 150 559 80 163 30 1 11 83 1 1 63 70 .292 .361 .408 .769 77.5 18.0
1984 26 SEM AL 157 606 72 190 42 4 8 71 3 2 61 70 .314 .376 .436 .812 92.3 21.0
1985 27 CLE AL 154 587 91 198 51 6 8 99 1 0 61 80 .337 .398 .486 .883 102.6 27.7
1986 28 NYG NL 102 371 49 107 31 3 7 42 2 0 41 51 .288 .357 .445 .801 58.1 14.1
  CLN NL 53 204 36 64 11 1 4 25 1 0 28 27 .314 .393 .436 .829 35.5 8.0
  TOT   155 575 85 171 42 4 11 67 3 0 69 78 .297 .370 .442 .812 93.6 22.2
1987 29 CLN NL 154 621 102 193 48 8 11 73 1 0 64 91 .311 .374 .467 .841 99.9 22.2
1988 30 CLN NL 155 616 75 174 40 1 14 65 1 2 63 93 .282 .345 .419 .764 87.8 17.1
1989 31 CLE AL 149 559 82 164 32 2 9 80 1 0 61 91 .293 .360 .406 .766 80.8 16.2
1990 32 CLE AL 155 567 72 154 33 4 20 89 1 2 67 91 .272 .347 .450 .797 84.9 13.5
12 Years Sim 1683 6323 865 1896 416 42 125 852 19 13 691 860 .300 .367 .438 .805 973.1 213.3
4 Years AAA 406 1515 206 427 109 10 53 236 17 16 205 197 .282 .368 .472 .840 255.9  
1 Years AA 25 92 10 23 7 0 2 12 1 1 19 14 .250 .378 .391 .770 14.6  
5 Years Minors 431 1607 216 450 116 10 55 248 18 17 224 211 .280 .369 .467 .836 270.5  
162 Game Average 608 83 182 40 4 12 82 1 1 66 82 .300 .367 .438 .805 93.7  
Career Highs 157 621 102 198 51 8 20 99 5 5 72 93 .337 .398 .486 .883 102.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4451 626 1386 303 31 91 623 11 10 528 569 .311 .382 .455 .837 746.0
vs LH   1872 239 510 113 11 34 229 8 3 163 291 .272 .329 .399 .728 242.9
Home 842 3101 434 937 207 23 64 404 5 8 339 424 .302 .370 .446 .816 492.5
Away 841 3222 431 959 209 19 61 448 14 5 352 436 .298 .364 .431 .795 496.4
RISP   1594 0 497 101 9 31 673 0 0 212 220 .312 .383 .445 .828 271.5
Pinch Hitting   65 9 16 3 0 1 11 1 0 9 5 .246 .338 .338 .676 8.1
Close/Late   777 87 239 51 8 10 114 0 0 107 110 .308 .388 .432 .821 129.2
Mar/Apr 245 965 132 294 67 8 19 141 7 0 84 150 .305 .357 .450 .807 149.3
May 293 1098 153 340 83 4 22 156 2 5 121 143 .310 .375 .453 .828 178.2
June 275 1015 145 300 70 8 21 149 2 2 131 130 .296 .374 .442 .816 165.1
July 261 973 119 274 54 6 18 114 3 1 110 136 .282 .353 .405 .758 139.6
August 296 1105 160 352 77 8 22 139 2 3 124 128 .319 .387 .462 .849 187.2
Sep/Oct 313 1167 156 336 65 8 23 153 3 2 121 173 .288 .353 .416 .770 169.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1979 21 SEM AL LF 24 24 191.0 47 1 4 0 .923 2.26 0 0 .000 0 0.6
1980 22 SEM AL LF 110 101 926.3 189 4 27 0 .877 1.88 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    CF 3 3 25.0 10 1 0 1 1.000 3.96 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 2 19.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 4.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 23 SEM AL 1B 152 152 1354.0 1624 115 10 172 .994 11.56 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 24 SEM AL 1B 149 148 1307.3 1586 105 16 147 .991 11.64 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    LF 4 0 7.3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1983 25 SEM AL 1B 127 124 1120.3 1303 70 5 129 .996 11.03 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    LF 19 19 164.7 33 2 4 1 .897 1.91 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 4 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1984 26 SEM AL 1B 143 142 1292.7 1484 108 11 132 .993 11.08 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    C 3 2 27.0 9 2 0 0 1.000 3.67 3 1 .333 3 0.0
    CF 3 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1985 27 CLE AL 1B 147 147 1314.7 1521 115 6 122 .996 11.20 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    CF 7 1 20.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.15 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1986 28 NYG NL RF 62 62 530.8 114 1 6 1 .950 1.95 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 37 35 300.3 342 32 3 43 .992 11.21 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  CLN NL RF 32 32 298.6 64 1 3 1 .956 1.96 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 19 18 168.9 192 18 1 24 .995 11.19 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   RF 94 94 829.4 178 2 9 2 .952 1.95   1.2
      1B 56 53 469.2 534 50 4 67 .993 11.20   0.8
1987 29 CLN NL 1B 154 151 1339.7 1601 102 10 147 .994 11.44 0 0 .000 0 2.4
1988 30 CLN NL 1B 153 151 1321.7 1538 115 10 137 .994 11.26 0 0 .000 0 2.7
1989 31 CLE AL 1B 39 37 328.3 395 29 3 37 .993 11.62 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    CF 4 0 9.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1990 32 CLE AL LF 106 105 938.0 166 5 16 1 .914 1.64 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    1B 38 38 321.7 366 30 5 26 .988 11.08 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    CF 15 0 31.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 5 0 16.3 5 0 1 0 .833 2.76 0 0 .000 0  
  1B 1160 1143 10173.5 11959 839 80 1116 .994 11.32 0 0 .000 0 21.2
  LF 267 250 2241.3 438 12 53 2 .895 1.81 0 0 .000 0 4.1
  RF 108 97 884.1 189 2 10 2 .950 1.94 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  CF 36 4 99.7 29 1 0 1 1.000 2.71 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 3 2 27.0 9 2 0 0 1.000 3.67 3 1 .333 3 0.0
Career Totals   1574 1496 13425.5 12624 856 143 1121 .990 9.04 3 1 .333 3 26.8
Career Highs   164 152 1355.0 1625 115 27 172 .996 11.57 3 1 .333 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 21 SEM AL 5 10 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .700 1.200
1980 22 SEM AL 9 29 5 10 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 3 .345 .441 .345 .786
1985 27 CLE AL 16 56 8 16 4 0 1 9 0 0 6 15 .286 .344 .411 .754
1986 28 CLN NL 4 18 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .278 .444
1989 31 CLE AL 5 18 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222 .263 .278 .541
Career Post-Season Batting 39 131 18 38 7 1 1 11 1 1 12 27 .290 .345 .382 .727
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1982-3-.318
1984-10-.314
1985-1-.337
1987-10-.311
On-Base Pct
1982-2-.393
1984-10-.376
1985-2-.398
1986-10-.370
Slugging Pct
1985-10-.486
OPS
1982-5-.843
1985-5-.883
1986-10-.812
1987-10-.841
XR
1982-6-95.7
1984-9-92.3
1985-5-102.6
1986-5-93.6
1987-10-99.9
Games
1982-8-155
1984-4-157
1986-4-155
1990-7-155
At-Bats
1984-10-606
1987-5-621
1988-7-616
Runs
1987-6-102
Hits
1982-9-179
1984-2-190
1985-2-198
1986-7-171
1987-4-193
1988-10-174
Total Bases
1984-10-264
1985-7-285
1987-9-290
Singles
1982-7-134
1984-5-136
1985-5-133
1989-8-121
Doubles
1981-4-40
1984-4-42
1985-1-51
1986-3-42
1987-4-48
Triples
1987-8-8
RBIs
1985-8-99
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 62    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 23rd overall pick, by Seattle in 1977
Had first career hit on 9/2/1979, off Ken Forsch (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/15/1979, off Rick Wise (TOR)
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1979
Injured on 3/21/1982 with a Bruised Wrist, out for one week
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/10/1983 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,735,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle to Cleveland (A) on 2/2/1985 (Going to SEM: SS Todd Cruz. Going to CLE: 1B Clint Hurdle)
Won World Championship with Cleveland (A) in 1985
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/16/1986 to a 4-year deal worth $10,010,010 per year
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (N) on 7/31/1986 (Going to CLN: 1B Clint Hurdle. Going to NYG: 1B Mike Hargrove, P Mike Mcqueen, LF Mike Vail)
Hit for the cycle against New York (N) on 4/14/1987
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against New York (N) on 4/14/1987
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1987, hitting .552 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Kansas City on 6/21/1988
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/8/1989 (Going to CLE: P Rich Bordi, P Mike Boddicker, P Dave Smith, 1B Clint Hurdle, 1B Jerry Turner. Going to CLN: P Wilson Alvarez)
Injured on 7/8/1989 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
10/27/1989: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $5,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1990, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 0 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Cleveland (N) on 7/27/1990