Career
He bats and throws right-handed. While attending Gwangju Jaeil High School, Hur was considered one of the Big 4 shortstops in the Korean high school baseball league along with future KBO stars An Chi-Hong, Kim Sang-Su and Oh Ji-Hwan. In 2008, Hur was selected for the South of Korea national junior baseball team again to compete at the World Junior Baseball Championship, where they claimed their fifth tournament title.
In the tourney, he batted.200 (6-for-30) with 2 RBIs and 5 runs, playing in all 8 games as a starting shortstop.
Notable international careers
Hur was selected by the Doosan Bears with the 15th overall pick of the 2009 KBO Draft. However, Hur spent his entire 2009 season in the Bears" second-tier team
After the 2009 season, Hur temporarily left the Bears to serve a two-year mandatory military commitment. He has been playing for the of Korea Police Baseball Team during the military duty.