Bruce Hurst
| Bruce Hurst | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: March 24, 1958 St. George, Utah |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 12, 1980, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 18, 1994, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 145–113 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.92 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,689 | ||
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Bruce Vee Hurst (born March 24, 1958) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher. He is best remembered for his performance for the Boston Red Sox in the 1986 postseason, named 1986 World Series M.V.P. prior to the New York Mets' miraculous comeback in Game Six of the World Series.
Hurst was selected by the Bosox with the 22nd overall pick in the 1976 Major League Baseball draft out of Dixie High School in St. George, Utah. After going 17-6 with a 2.88 earned run average for the Winter Haven & Bristol Red Sox in 1979, Hurst was put on Boston's opening day roster for 1980. He made his major league debut in relief in the second game of the season, giving up five earned runs in an inning of work in an 18-1 blowout at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers. He made six more appearances, all starts, before being optioned back to Pawtucket with a 10.57 ERA. He returned to the majors in August, ending the season with a 2-2 record and 9.10 ERA at the major league level.
Hurst went 12-7 with a 2.87 ERA for Pawtucket in 1981, and had actually retired from the game briefly before receiving a September call-up to Boston. In five major league starts, Hurst went 2-0 with a 4.30 ERA.
Hurst had gone 42-46 with a 4.59 ERA with the Bosox before his breakthrough 1986 season. Hurst posted a 2.99 ERA with 13 victories despite spending six midsummer weeks on the disabled list with a pulled groin. The Red Sox won the American League East by 5.5 games over the New York Yankees to head to the 1986 American League Championship Series against the California Angels. He went 1-0 with a 2.40 ERA in two starts in the American League Championship Series won by the Sox in seven games.
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