Don Hurst Frank O'Donnell Hurst Bats Left Throws Left Height 6' Weight 215 Born August 12, 1905 Maysville, KY Died December 6, 1952 Los Angeles, CA

Batting  

 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 23 HAR       413  101  25   3   8   69   55                     7      .245  .278  .378  .376  156 
 1929 24 HAR       514  119  10   8  13   64   55                     8      .232  .265  .358  .391  184 
 1930 25 HAR       372  107  18   1  13   63   59                    21      .288  .280  .446  .430  166 
 1931 26 HAR  142  496  151  30   2  16   94   72                    13   5  .304  .263  .470  .388  233 
 1932 27 HAR  154  603  150  32   3  19   88   61                     7   5  .249  .244  .406  .366  245 
 1933 28 HAR   64  220   56  10   3   4   37   31   20   10   0   0   2   1  .255  .286  .382  .411   84 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
  6 Seasons   360 2618  684 125  20  73  415  333   20   10   0   0  58  11  .261  .266  .408  .390 1068
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  154  564  153  31   3  17   94   70   48   24   0   0   9   5  .261  ----  .408  ----  240
 Career High  154  603  151  32   8  19   94   72   20   10   0   0  21   5  .304  ----  .470  ----  245
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 

Postseason Batting

 Year Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA   SLG   TB 
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
 1930 HAR STL   L    4   15    2   0   0   1    1    1    1    0   0   0   0   0  .133  .333    5
 1931 HAR MON   W    7   29   10   1   0   2    4    7    3    2   0   0   1   0  .345  .586   17
 1933 HAR NDA   L    2    3    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0  .000  .000    0
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
               1-2  13   47   12   1   0   3    5    8    4    2   0   0   1   0  .255  .468   22
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank

All-Star 1931

Batt. Avg. 1931-.304-7

Runs Scored 1931-94-5 1932-88-4

Doubles 1932-32-2

Triples 1929-8-6

At Bats 1932-603-10

Transactions January 1, 1928: Drafted 14th round (110th overall) by Harlem.

Biography Frank O'Donnell “Don” Hurst was born in rural Kentucky in 1905. When he joined the Philadelphia Phillies in 1928, Hurst found the Baker Bowl particularly to his liking. He hit .285 in his rookie season, and found himself the Phillies' full-time first baseman. He batted over .300 in the next four seasons for the abysmal Phillies, including a career high .339 in 1932. His 143 runs batted in that season were tops in Senior Circuit, and he finished 5th in batting and 4th in home runs with 24. Hurst was known as a loner, a quiet and friendly man who has known to be quite selfish. He was consistently accused by teammates as being self serving. One morning at breakfast, Hurst ate too much and claimed he couldn't play. Manager Burt Shotten said if he didn't play, he wouldn't be paid. So, he went out that afternoon and got a couple of hits. Hurst was also known to refuse to pinch hit if he couldn't hit the pitcher. Hurst slumped to .267 in 1933, and halfway into 1934, he found himself dealt to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for future National League MVP Dolf Camilli. Hurst struggled outside of the Baker Bowl, failing to hit .200 in Chicago. Hurst was released and never played in the major leagues again. In 3275 at bats, he batted .298 with 115 home runs and 610 runs batted in. Hurst died in 1952, at the young age of 47.