Clint Hurdle

Full Name: Clinton Merrick Hurdle	Primary Position: OF,RF,LF,1B
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/195	First Game: September 18, 1977
Birthdate: July 30, 1957	Final Game: June 26, 1987
Birthplace: Big Rapids, Michigan	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Clint Hurdle (Clinton Merrick Hurdle) was born on July 30, 1957 in Big Rapids, Michigan. He made his Major League debut on September 18, 1977 for the Kansas City Royals. In 1978, his rookie year, he hit .264 with 7 home runs and 56 RBI. Hurdle played for the Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Clint Hurdle's best season was 1980, when he hit for a .294 average and knocked in 60 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1977	KC	A	9	26	5	8	2	7	.308	.357	.538	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0
1978	KC	A	133	417	48	110	7	56	.264	.348	.398	25	5	56	84	1	1	1	1	6
1979	KC	A	59	171	16	41	3	30	.240	.343	.386	10	3	28	24	1	0	0	4	4
1980	KC	A	130	395	50	116	10	60	.294	.349	.458	31	2	34	61	2	2	0	5	11
1981	KC	A	28	76	12	25	4	15	.329	.427	.553	3	1	13	10	0	0	0	3	2
1982	CIN	N	19	34	2	7	0	1	.206	.270	.235	1	0	2	6	1	0	0	2	1
1983	NY	N	13	33	3	6	0	2	.182	.229	.242	2	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	1
1985	NY	N	43	82	7	16	3	7	.195	.313	.354	4	0	13	20	1	1	0	3	1
1986	STL	N	78	154	18	30	3	15	.195	.311	.299	5	1	26	38	1	1	0	0	2
1987	NY	N	3	3	1	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		156	306	31	60	6	25	.196	.299	.301	12	1	43	75	3	2	0	5	5
Total	AL		359	1085	131	300	26	168	.276	.353	.432	69	11	133	186	4	3	1	13	23
Total			515	1391	162	360	32	193	.259	.341	.403	81	12	176	261	7	5	1	18	28

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1977	KC	A	RF	9	6	61.2	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1977	KC	A	OF	9	6	61.2	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1978	KC	A	RF	42	33	303.1	75	3	4	0	0	0	0	.951
1978	KC	A	3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	KC	A	OF	78	68	584.1	132	5	6	1	0	0	0	.958
1978	KC	A	LF	41	35	281	59	2	2	1	0	0	0	.968
1978	KC	A	1B	52	49	396.1	412	25	6	47	0	0	0	.986
1978	KC	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	KC	A	3B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1979	KC	A	RF	20	19	169	47	0	2	0	0	0	0	.959
1979	KC	A	OF	50	47	371	88	2	3	0	0	0	0	.968
1979	KC	A	DH	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	KC	A	LF	30	28	202	40	3	1	0	0	0	0	.977
1980	KC	A	LF	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	KC	A	OF	126	109	977	233	8	10	1	0	0	0	.960
1980	KC	A	RF	125	109	972	236	8	9	1	0	0	0	.964
1981	KC	A	OF	28	26	200	59	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1981	KC	A	RF	28	26	200	59	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1982	CIN	N	OF	17	9	86	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	.950
1982	CIN	N	LF	17	9	85	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	.947
1982	CIN	N	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	NY	N	3B	9	8	58	1	15	4	2	0	0	0	.800
1983	NY	N	RF	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	NY	N	OF	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1985	NY	N	C	17	12	114.2	79	6	0	0	3	13	5	1.000
1985	NY	N	LF	2	1	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1985	NY	N	OF	10	7	74	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	.917
1985	NY	N	RF	8	6	56	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.900
1986	STL	N	RF	5	4	29	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1986	STL	N	3B	4	1	17.2	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	.909
1986	STL	N	1B	39	30	271.1	301	22	2	31	0	0	0	.994
1986	STL	N	LF	5	2	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1986	STL	N	OF	10	6	52	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1986	STL	N	C	5	3	25.2	19	1	0	0	2	3	0	1.000
1987	NY	N	1B	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	15	9	77.2	4	23	5	2	0	0	0	.844
Total			LF	96	75	614	119	8	4	1	0	0	0	.969
Total			C	22	15	140.1	98	7	0	0	5	16	5	1.000
Total			OF	329	279	2415	568	19	21	2	0	0	0	.965
Total			1B	92	79	669.2	714	47	8	78	0	0	0	.990
Total			DH	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	239	204	1801	451	12	16	1	0	0	0	.967

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Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (9th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1975).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Scott Brown (December 11, 1981).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (November 15, 1982).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (February, 1983).
Released by Seattle Mariners (April 4, 1983).
Signed by New York Mets (April 7, 1983).
Selected by St. Louis Cardinals from New York Mets in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 10, 1985).
Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
Signed by New York Mets (February 9, 1987).