Eric William Hurley (born September 17, 1985) is an American former professional

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

. He played in

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

(MLB) for the Texas Rangers in 2008.

Career

High school

Hurley attended Samuel W. Wolfson High School in

Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the List of United States cities by area, largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the co ...

, where he was teammates with fellow first round draft pick Billy Butler who was selected by the Kansas City Royals.

Texas Rangers

Hurley was drafted in 2004 by the Texas Rangers and was their Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2006. He made his major league debut on June 12, , against the Kansas City Royals, pitching 6 innings but earning a no decision. Hurley earned his first major league

victory The term victory (from Latin ''victoria'') originally applied to warfare, and denotes success achieved in personal combat, after military operations in general or, by extension, in any competition. Success in a military campaign constitutes ...

on June 29, 2008, against the Philadelphia Phillies, giving up only one

earned run In baseball, an earned run is any run that was fully enabled by the offensive team's production in the face of competent play from the defensive team. Conversely, an unearned run is a run that would not have been scored without the aid of an erro ...

over 5.2 innings. Hurley missed the 2009 season after undergoing surgery for a torn rotator cuff before the season. In 2011, he missed starts due to a viral infection, and while he was out, fellow pitcher

Neil Ramirez Neil is a masculine name of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish ''Niall'' which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion".. ...

took his place.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Hurley signed a minor league contract with the

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. Since 1966, the team h ...

on December 23. On July 6, 2012, he had his contract purchased by the Angels. Before appearing in any games, he was sent back to Triple-A and removed from the 40-man roster. After clearing waivers on July 20, he elected free agency.

Minnesota Twins

On July 24, 2012, Hurley signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hurley, Eric 1985 births Living people Baseball players from Jacksonville, Florida People from Sikeston, Missouri Baseball players from Missouri Major League Baseball pitchers Texas Rangers players Arizona League Rangers players Spokane Indians players Clinton LumberKings players Bakersfield Blaze players Frisco RoughRiders players Oklahoma RedHawks players Round Rock Express players Salt Lake Bees players Rochester Red Wings players Surprise Rafters players