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Billy Hunter
Gordon William Hunter

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
School Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Debut April 14, 1953
Final Game September 27, 1958
Born June 4, 1928 in Punxsutawney, PA

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 25 SLB AL 154  567   50  124  18  1   1   37   3  1  24  45  .219  .253  .259   37  147  11           2  12 AS
 1954 26 BAL AL 125  411   28  100   9  5   2   27   5  4  21  38  .243  .281  .304   66  125  13   4       2  14
 1955 27 NYY AL  98  255   14   58   7  1   3   20   9  2  15  18  .227  .269  .298   54   76   8   1   2   0   7
 1956 28 NYY AL  39   75    8   21   3  4   0   11   0  1   2   4  .280  .299  .427   93   32   2   0   0   0   3
 1957 29 KCA AL 116  319   39   61  10  4   8   29   1  2  27  43  .191  .259  .323   58  103   7   3   2   3   5
 1958 30 TOT AL  98  248   27   46  11  3   2   20   5  2  22  44  .185  .254  .278   47   69   8   1   1   1   4
         KCA AL  22   58    6    9   1  1   2   11   1  1   5   7  .155  .222  .310   44   18   3   0   0   0   1
         CLE AL  76  190   21   37  10  2   0    9   4  1  17  37  .195  .263  .268   48   51   5   1   1   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      630 1875  166  410  58 18  16  144  23 12 111 192  .219  .264  .294   53  552  49   9   5   8  45
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        482   43  105  15  5   4   37   6  3  29  49  .219  .264  .294   53  142  13   2   1   2  12
 Career High    154  567   50  124  18  5   8   37   9  4  27  45  .243  .281  .323   66  147  13   4   2   3  14
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 25 SLB AL  604  467   37   2.1   104| .219  .272| .253  .348| .259  .400| .512  .749|  37  .205 -51.8  -5.3  75%
 1954 26 BAL AL  451  346   35   2.7    93| .243  .257| .281  .331| .304  .376| .585  .707|  66  .304 -20.0  -2.1  55%
 1955 27 NYY AL  279  215   20   2.5   102| .227  .265| .269  .345| .298  .395| .567  .739|  54  .247 -17.7  -1.8  81%
 1956 28 NYY AL   79   60    8   3.6   104| .280  .264| .299  .345| .427  .402| .726  .748|  93  .367  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1957 29 KCA AL  359  275   27   2.7   100| .191  .264| .259  .336| .323  .399| .582  .735|  58  .285 -20.1  -2.1  33%
 1958 30 TOT AL  280  217   18   2.2    98| .185  .261| .254  .330| .278  .397| .532  .727|  47  .230 -18.4  -1.9  71%
         KCA AL   66   54    4   2.0   100| .155  .264| .222  .333| .310  .401| .532  .734|  44  .195  -4.9  -0.5  50%
         CLE AL  214  163   14   2.3    97| .195  .260| .263  .329| .268  .396| .531  .725|  48  .241 -13.5  -1.4  80%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2052 1580  145   2.5   100| .219  .265| .264  .339| .294  .394| .558  .733|  53  .256 -129.6 -13.4  65%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1953 25 SLB AL SS 152 284 512 25 99 .970 .966 5.24 4.52 AS 1954 26 BAL AL SS 124 249 333 32 76 .948 .960 4.69 4.31 1955 27 NYY AL SS 98 115 249 16 60 .958 .959 3.71 4.04 1956 28 NYY AL SS 32 49 58 0 20 1.000 .960 3.34 4.10 5.50 4.98 19 175.0 3B 4 2 6 0 2 1.000 .952 2.00 2.77 3.43 3.21 2 21.0 1957 29 KCA AL 2B 64 111 152 7 40 .974 .980 4.11 4.84 4.65 5.39 58 508.7 SS 35 46 89 9 19 .938 .963 3.86 4.43 5.27 5.11 23 230.7 3B 17 18 22 2 2 .952 .950 2.35 2.77 3.75 3.23 10 96.0 1958 30 TOT AL SS 87 134 197 19 51 .946 .964 3.80 4.17 4.89 4.96 65 609.0 TOT AL 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 2.60 2.25 2.93 0 4.0 KCA AL SS 12 10 32 3 4 .933 .963 3.50 4.17 4.23 4.96 9 89.3 2B 8 14 18 0 6 1.000 .979 4.00 4.67 4.36 5.26 8 66.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 CLE AL SS 75 124 165 16 47 .948 .964 3.85 4.17 5.00 4.96 56 519.7 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.60 3.00 3.00 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1957 29 KCA AL 2B 64 111 152 7 40 .974 .980 4.11 4.84 4.65 5.39 58 508.7 1958 30 KCA AL 2B 8 14 18 0 6 1.000 .979 4.00 4.67 4.36 5.26 8 66.0 1956 28 NYY AL 3B 4 2 6 0 2 1.000 .952 2.00 2.77 3.43 3.21 2 21.0 1957 29 KCA AL 3B 17 18 22 2 2 .952 .950 2.35 2.77 3.75 3.23 10 96.0 1958 30 TOT AL 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 2.60 2.25 2.93 0 4.0 KCA AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 CLE AL 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.60 3.00 3.00 0 3.0 1953 25 SLB AL SS 152 284 512 25 99 .970 .966 5.24 4.52 1954 26 BAL AL SS 124 249 333 32 76 .948 .960 4.69 4.31 1955 27 NYY AL SS 98 115 249 16 60 .958 .959 3.71 4.04 1956 28 NYY AL SS 32 49 58 0 20 1.000 .960 3.34 4.10 5.50 4.98 19 175.0 1957 29 KCA AL SS 35 46 89 9 19 .938 .963 3.86 4.43 5.27 5.11 23 230.7 1958 30 TOT AL SS 87 134 197 19 51 .946 .964 3.80 4.17 4.89 4.96 65 609.0 KCA AL SS 12 10 32 3 4 .933 .963 3.50 4.17 4.23 4.96 9 89.3 CLE AL SS 75 124 165 16 47 .948 .964 3.85 4.17 5.00 4.96 56 519.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 528 877 1438 101 325 .958 .963 4.38 4.29 107 1014.7 2B* 72 125 170 7 46 .977 .980 4.10 4.82 66 574.7 3B* 24 20 29 2 4 .961 .950 2.04 2.75 12 121.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 624 1022 1637 110 375 .960 .964 4.26 4.29
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1953   SLB AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1953 *

Games
1953 AL-154-6

Stolen Bases
1955 AL-9-6

Sac. Hits
1954 AL-13-4
1958 AL-8-10

Outs
1953 AL-467-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1991) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.0 (1206) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

October 14, 1952: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the St. Louis Browns for Ray Coleman, Stan Rojek, Bob Mahoney, and $95,000.

November 17, 1954: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with players to be named later, Don Larsen, and Bob Turley to the New York Yankees for players to be named later, Gene Woodling, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, and Willy Miranda. The New York Yankees sent Bill Miller (December 1, 1954), Kal Segrist (December 1, 1954), Don Leppert (December 1, 1954), and Ted Del Guercio (minors) (December 1, 1954) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade. The Baltimore Orioles sent Mike Blyzka (December 1, 1954), Darrell Johnson (December 1, 1954), Jim Fridley (December 1, 1954), and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

February 19, 1957: Traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later, Rip Coleman, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, and Irv Noren to the Kansas City Athletics for players to be named later, Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, and Wayne Belardi. The New York Yankees sent Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade. The Kansas City Athletics sent Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

June 12, 1958: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Chico Carrasquel.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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