Don
Hurst
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: August 12, 1905 in Usa, KY, MAYSVILLE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   61 61 54 47 55 53 51 67 62 44 60 55 69 74 73
1931 25 NYA AL $ 2,692,857   7 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 7 6 8 8 8
1932 26 NYA AL $ 2,692,857   7 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 4 6 6 7 8 8
1933 27 NYA AL $ 2,692,857   7 7 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 4 6 5 7 8 8
1934 28 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 5 4 6 5 7 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7
1935 29 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 5 4 6 5 7 9 8 4 5 5 7 7 7
1936 30 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 5 5 6 5 7 8 8 4 5 5 7 8 7
1937 31 BSN NL $ 5,000,000   6 6 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 4 5 5 7 8 7
1938 32 DET AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 4 5 5 6 7 7
1939 33 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5
1940 34 CIN NL $ 4,275,334   6 6 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 4 5 5 4 5 5
1941 35 BSN NL $ 4,275,334   6 6 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 4 5 5 4 5 5
1942 36 CIN NL     5 5 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 4 6 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   61 61 54 47 55 53 51 67 62 44 60 55 69 74 73
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
1930 24 NYA AL 157 577 109 177 33 2 18 88 0 0 59 41 .307 .371 .464 .835 90.1 18.5
1931 25 NYA AL 156 573 81 162 40 4 14 113 0 1 67 33 .283 .356 .440 .795 84.6 14.3
1932 26 NYA AL 138 499 78 155 35 3 24 123 0 1 60 39 .311 .382 .537 .919 93.2 17.6
1933 27 NYA AL 147 560 89 166 25 2 23 113 3 0 58 51 .296 .360 .471 .831 89.3 13.8
1934 28 NYA AL 87 281 44 82 27 1 7 62 0 0 26 29 .292 .349 .470 .819 41.8 6.6
1935 29 NYA AL 101 377 46 98 29 0 7 74 0 0 27 38 .260 .306 .393 .698 43.8 5.0
    AAA   31 122 20 32 8 0 9 24 1 0 9 13 .262 .313 .549 .862 20.8  
1936 30 NYA AL 73 248 34 62 15 3 8 46 0 1 24 34 .250 .313 .431 .744 32.8 4.7
    AAA   57 219 39 64 14 2 13 47 2 0 30 31 .292 .378 .553 .930 44.1  
1937 31 AAA   107 110 28 39 8 0 11 27 1 1 14 7 .355 .427 .727 1.155 29.4  
1938 32 DET AL 153 544 66 146 28 2 15 70 0 0 51 55 .268 .332 .410 .742 71.1 8.2
1939 33 NYA AL 101 125 18 35 2 2 7 38 0 0 15 22 .280 .352 .496 .848 21.4 4.2
1940 34 CIN NL 145 461 67 128 32 1 21 83 0 0 49 112 .278 .346 .488 .834 72.9 12.1
1941 35 BSN NL 137 432 58 105 25 3 19 60 0 0 34 101 .243 .301 .447 .747 55.2 8.4
1942 36 CIN NL 45 151 17 40 6 2 7 25 0 0 9 38 .265 .306 .470 .776 20.3 3.7
    AAA   83 322 61 96 23 3 23 77 0 2 26 71 .298 .351 .602 .953 62.8  
12 Years Sim 1440 4828 707 1356 297 25 170 895 3 3 479 593 .281 .344 .458 .803 716.5 117.1
4 Years AAA 278 773 148 231 53 5 56 175 4 3 79 122 .299 .364 .598 .962 157.1  
162 Game Average 543 79 152 33 2 19 100 0 0 53 66 .281 .344 .458 .803 80.6  
Career Highs 157 577 109 177 40 4 24 123 3 1 67 112 .311 .382 .537 .919 93.2  
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   3797 583 1093 242 20 145 734 0 2 386 483 .288 .352 .477 .828 617.9
vs LH   1031 124 263 55 5 25 161 3 1 93 110 .255 .317 .391 .708 127.9
Home 685 2261 340 642 133 9 81 395 1 1 245 260 .284 .353 .458 .812 359.0
Away 755 2567 367 714 164 16 89 500 2 2 234 333 .278 .336 .459 .795 386.8
RISP   1424 0 406 82 9 50 677 0 0 154 176 .285 .349 .461 .809 227.5
Pinch Hitting   208 29 52 10 2 4 44 0 0 19 42 .250 .310 .375 .685 24.5
Close/Late   616 64 184 41 4 15 113 0 0 56 85 .299 .354 .451 .805 94.8
Mar/Apr 254 865 110 245 62 4 20 146 0 0 84 122 .283 .343 .434 .777 126.1
May 293 997 140 280 57 10 33 192 0 0 85 130 .281 .335 .457 .793 149.0
June 246 822 126 211 55 4 26 154 0 1 99 106 .257 .338 .428 .766 118.9
July 222 766 104 227 50 2 33 133 3 1 71 81 .296 .353 .496 .850 129.2
August 224 742 120 199 42 2 33 143 0 1 86 94 .268 .345 .464 .809 117.6
Sep/Oct 201 636 107 194 31 3 25 127 0 0 54 60 .305 .358 .481 .839 104.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 24 NYA AL 1B 151 145 1269.7 1741 130 13 177 .993 13.26   2.8
    RF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1931 25 NYA AL 1B 153 148 1307.7 1631 142 11 170 .994 12.20   3.4
1932 26 NYA AL 1B 135 133 1155.3 1389 106 19 139 .987 11.65   2.1
1933 27 NYA AL 1B 145 141 1241.7 1509 116 9 129 .994 11.78   2.5
1934 28 NYA AL 1B 74 70 597.0 707 55 6 60 .992 11.49   1.3
1935 29 NYA AL 1B 101 97 867.0 1060 82 8 116 .993 11.85   1.5
1936 30 NYA AL 1B 63 58 511.7 635 59 2 76 .997 12.21   1.1
1938 32 DET AL 1B 149 138 1233.3 1428 103 17 168 .989 11.17   3.1
1939 33 NYA AL 1B 22 13 128.0 152 16 2 14 .988 11.81   0.3
1940 34 CIN NL 1B 140 113 1027.7 1284 83 6 106 .996 11.97   2.6
1941 35 BSN NL 1B 124 101 916.7 1129 97 10 128 .992 12.04   1.7
1942 36 CIN NL 1B 41 40 343.0 427 31 6 47 .987 12.02   0.7
  1B 1298 1197 10598.6 13092 1020 109 1330 .992 11.98   23.1
  RF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1299 1197 10601.3 13092 1020 109 1330 .992 11.98   23.1
Career Highs   153 148 1307.7 1741 142 19 177 .997 13.23    
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
1930 24 NYA AL 5 21 2 7 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 .333 .364 .571 .935
1932 26 NYA AL 5 22 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .273 .304 .318 .623
1939 33 NYA AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 13 45 7 13 3 0 1 7 0 0 3 3 .289 .333 .422 .756
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.
Slugging Pct
1932-6-.537
1940-4-.488
OPS
1932-7-.919
1940-8-.834
Games
1930-1-157
1931-3-156
Runs
1930-9-109
Doubles
1940-8-32
Homeruns
1930-10-18
1932-5-24
1933-6-23
1940-5-21
1941-6-19
RBIs
1931-9-113
1932-3-123
1933-5-113
1940-7-83
Strikeouts
1940-3-112
1941-4-101
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 49    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1930, off Roy Moore (SLC)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1930, off Wilcy Moore (CHA)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/19/1930
Won Player of the Week award on 6/8/1930, hitting .600 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (G) on 7/7/1930
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,692,857 through salary arbitration
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,692,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against New York (G) on 4/10/1932
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cincinnati on 5/5/1932
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1932, hitting .542 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 5/27/1932 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/8/1932 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1932, hitting .417 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,692,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 9/5/1933
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1933, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
10/15/1933: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $5,000,000 per year, for 6 years
Had 25-game hitting streak snapped on 5/20/1934
Injured on 5/26/1934 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/10/1936 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Traded from New York (A) to Boston (N) on 2/21/1937 (Going to BSN: 1B Don Hurst. Going to NYA: P Ed Fallenstein)
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 2/7/1938 (Going to DET: 1B Don Hurst. Going to BSN: 1B Ripper Collins)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1938, hitting .542 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Traded from Detroit to New York (A) on 2/1/1939 (Going to NYA: 1B Don Hurst. Going to DET: P George Blaeholder)
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/2/1940 to a 2-year deal worth $4,275,334 per year
Traded from Cincinnati to Boston (N) on 2/13/1941 (Going to BSN: 1B Don Hurst, 2B Leo Norris. Going to CIN: 2B Roy Schalk)
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/10/1942 to a 1-year deal worth $2,048,897 per year
Released by Cincinnati on 10/22/1942