Clint Hurdle Biography
Clint Hurdle is an American former professional baseball outfielder and current manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. Hurdle played in MLB for the Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals, and has also managed for the Colorado Rockies.
Labeled a “phenom” by Sports Illustrated at age twenty, Hurdle played 515 games at the major league level. After retiring from playing baseball, Hurdle became a manager. His eight seasons with the Colorado Rockies included leading the 2007 club to the franchise’s first National League (NL) pennant. On November 14, 2010, the Pirates hired him to be their manager. In 2013, Hurdle led them to their first winning season and playoff appearance since 1992. He was named the NL Manager of the Year that season.
Clint Hurdle is named for his father, Clinton, who played collegiate baseball for Ferris State University. When Hurdle was four years old, the family moved from Michigan to Florida so his father could take a job at the Kennedy Space Center. Hurdle graduated from Merritt Island High School in Merritt Island, Florida. He received a scholarship from the University of Miami to play college baseball and college football as a quarterback, and was accepted to Harvard University as well, but declined both to play professional baseball instead.
Hurdle has been divorced twice; in addition to daughter Ashley (born 1985) from a previous marriage, Clint and third wife Karla (married 1999) have two children together, daughter Madison (who was born in 2002 with Prader-Willi Syndrome) and son Christian (born 2004). Hurdle is a recovering alcoholic and an advocate of Alcoholics Anonymous and other addiction treatment programs as well as for the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association. Janalee Heinemann, director of research and medical affairs for Prader-Willi Syndrome Association USA, told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “For a lot of people, it takes time to regroup and think through things, but from the time Madison was a newborn, he was willing to be honest and say what she had and spread awareness. A lot of people in his position would just say, ‘I’m going to the best doctors and am doing this all privately,’ because they can, but it wasn’t enough to just help his kid. He wanted to help all kids.
Clint Hurdle Salary
Clint Hurdle’s salary for Pittsburgh Pirates in the MLB 2018 season was $1,125,000.
Clint Hurdle Networth
Clint Hurdle’s Networth is estimated at $23 Million dollars.
Clint Hurdle Age
Clint Hurdle was Born on 30 July 1957 which makes him 62 years old as of 2019.
Clint Hurdle Daughter
Clint Hurdle has two daughters Madison Hurdle and Ashley Hurdle.
Clint Hurdle Contract
Hurdle signed his four-year extension after two losing seasons in 2016 and 2017, is the seventh highest-paid manager in baseball, pulling down $3 million per season Hurdle is also the third highest-paid manager in the National League and has the longest contract of any manager currently in the National League Central.
Clint Hurdle Wife
Hurdle has been divorced twice, Clint and third wife Karla Hurdle married in 1999.
Clint Hurdle Managerial Record
Clint Hurdle achieved a profession level last month, involved by just 32 other managers in baseball history.
He Managed with his 2,500th game.
Hurdle who will turn 62 on July 30, is third among Active Managers with 1,224 triumphs, trailing the San Francisco Giants’ Bruce Bochy (1,947) and the Cleveland Indians’ Terry Francona, a New Brighton local, (1,599). Obstacle additionally lost 1,274 games.
Pittsburgh Pirates
After interviewing with both the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets for their vacant managerial positions, Hurdle was hired by the Pirates on November 14, 2010, six weeks after John Russell had been fired, though much of the delay was attributed to the rule that the Pirates could not interview him until after the Rangers’ World Series run.
At the 2011 All-Star break, Hurdle had led the Pirates to a 47–43 record, one game out of first place in the NL Central. It was the first time the Pirates had been over .500 going into the All-Star break since winning the 1992 National League East. At the 2012 All-Star break, Hurdle had led the Pirates to a 48–37 record, leading the NL Central division by 1 game over the Cincinnati Reds. However, both seasons ended with collapses that led to the Pirates 19th and 20th straight losing seasons.
During parts of the 2013 season, the Pirates led the National League Central, with the best record in the major leagues, again aiming to snap the franchise’s long losing streak. On September 9, 2013 with a 1–0 win over the Texas Rangers Clint Hurdle’s Pittsburgh Pirates attained win number 82. On September 23, 2013, with a 2–1 win over the Chicago Cubs and a win by the St. Louis Cardinals over the Washington Nationals, the Pittsburgh Pirates secured their first playoff berth since 1992 as well as their 90th win. Under Hurdle, the Pirates would finish the 2013 season with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses, 3 games behind the NL Central division-winning Cardinals. In the playoffs, the Pirates won the 2013 National League Wild Card Game against the Reds but would lose the deciding game 5 against the Cardinals in the 2013 National League Division Series. Hurdle won the National League Sporting News Manager of the Year Award in 2013.
In 2014, the Pirates would again clinch a playoff berth with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses to make a second straight appearance in the Wild Card game. The Pirates lost the 2014 National League Wild Card Game to the eventual World Series champion San Francisco Giants.
In 2015 the Pirates again made the postseason as one of the National League wild-card teams with a 98–64 record, the second-best record of any team that season. The Pirates lost the 2015 National League Wild Card Game to the Chicago Cubs.
In 2016 the Pirates missed the postseason for the first time since 2012 with a 78–83 record.
In 2017 the Pirates missed the postseason for the second season in a row with a 75–87 record.
In 2018 the Pirates missed the postseason for the third season in a row but finished for the first time since 2015 with a winning record of 82–79.