# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dirk-hayhurst
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:58:59.575Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dirk-hayhurst"
name: "Dirk Hayhurst"
slug: "dirk-hayhurst"
description: "Dirk Von Hayhurst is an American author and broadcaster, and formerly a professional baseball pitcher. Hayhurst played in Major League Baseball for the San Diego Padres in 2008 and for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2009. Following the end of his playing career, Hayhurst wrote four books about his experiences in professional baseball."
tagline: "Professional baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dirk_Hayhurst_02.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1981-03-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.65
  momentum:             3.191489361702129
  historical:           4.809072
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TheGarfoose"
    handle:    "TheGarfoose"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://dirkhayhurst.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ديرك هايهورست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Hayhurst"
    title: "Dirk Hayhurst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Hayhurst"
    title: "Dirk Hayhurst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Hayhurst"
    title: "Dirk Hayhurst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88"
    title: "ダーク・ヘイハースト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529398"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump