Billy Hunter

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: June 4, 1928 in Punxsutawney, PA us

High School: Indiana HS (Indiana, PA)

School: Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, PA)

Debut: April 14, 1953 (Age 24-314d, 10,978th in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1958 (Age 30-115d)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: Gordon William Hunter

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.9

1875

410

.219

166

RBI

144

OBP

.264

SLG

.294

OPS

.559

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-22 / in Starts: 12-9
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 79 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	53 (25-19-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 79 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	49 (26-15-8)

Most Driven In
A Carey	2
B Skowron	2
E Howard	2
T Carroll	2
G McDougald	1
H Bauer	1
M Mantle	1
J Collins	0

Most Driven In By
H Bauer	3
B Turley	1
B Martin	1
M Mantle	1
Y Berra	1
G McDougald	1
B Cerv	0

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	378	62 (61)	Jun 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						SS
2	379	63	Jun 24 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-14	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	8	.31	0.114	2.46	0.55%	1.27	SS
3	380	69 (5)	Jun 30	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	8						SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	381	81 (11)	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	7						PR
5	382	86 (4)	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	8						SS
6	383	95 (8)	Jul 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,14-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	1						SS
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	384	99 (3)	Aug 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	1						SS
8	385	100	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2						SS
9	386	101	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.625	.625	1.000	1.625	1	.51	-0.020	1.68	-0.04%	0.13	SS
10	387	102	Aug 4	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.455	.455	.727	1.182	1	1.01	-0.111	3.39	-0.23%	-1.26	SS
11	388	108 (5)	Aug 10	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.417	.667	1.083	7	1.40	-0.035	3.73	-0.06%	-0.16	SS
12	389	109	Aug 11	NYY		BAL	L,5-10	7-GF	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.714	1.143	8	.12	0.008	.33	0.01%	1.00	SS
13	390	111 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.412	.412	.647	1.059	8	.71	0.010	1.95	0.02%	-0.02	SS
14	391	112	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	W,12-2	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.444	.667	1.111	8	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	0.58	SS
15	392	113	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.444	.667	1.111	8						SS
16	393	114	Aug 16	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.444	.667	1.111	8						PR
17	394	115	Aug 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.444	.667	1.111	8						3B
18	395	117 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.455	.619	1.074	8	.50	0.092	.59	0.07%	0.87	3B
19	396	118	Aug 19	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.440	.583	1.023	8	1.03	-0.032	1.03	-0.02%	-0.32	3B
20	397	125 (6)	Aug 26 (1)	NYY		DET	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.393	.414	.536	.950	8	.62	-0.048	1.17	-0.06%	-0.65	SS
21	398	126	Aug 26 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.387	.406	.581	.987	8	1.33	0.087	2.04	0.08%	0.59	SS
22	399	127	Aug 28	NYY		KCA	W,4-0	CG(6)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.371	.529	.901	8	.57	-0.047	1.54	-0.08%	-1.21	SS
23	400	128	Aug 29	NYY		KCA	W,7-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.351	.368	.568	.936	8	1.31	-0.014	2.33	-0.02%	0.23	SS
24	401	129	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.341	.357	.561	.918	8	1.31	-0.074	2.23	-0.08%	-0.57	SS
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	402	130	Sep 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.356	.370	.556	.925	8	2.11	-0.025	2.50	-0.02%	0.57	SS
26	403	131	Sep 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.347	.521	.868	8	.71	-0.054	1.32	-0.06%	-0.45	SS
27	404	132	Sep 3 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.340	.500	.840	8	.35	-0.037	.69	-0.04%	-0.70	SS
28	405	135 (2)	Sep 7	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.340	.500	.840	9						SS
29	406	136	Sep 8	NYY		WSH	W,16-2	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.351	.362	.509	.871	8	.30	-0.011	.14	0.00%	0.43	SS
30	407	137	Sep 9	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.361	.533	.894	8	2.27	0.197	.53	0.03%	0.96	SS
31	408	138	Sep 11	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.344	.508	.852	8	.97	-0.075	.09	0.00%	-0.74	SS
32	409	139	Sep 12	NYY	@	KCA	L,4-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.333	.492	.826	7	1.48	-0.094	.07	0.00%	-0.92	SS
33	410	140	Sep 13	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.319	.471	.789	8	.74	-0.055	.08	0.00%	-0.86	SS
34	411	146 (5)	Sep 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-13	3-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.329	.471	.799	7	2.23	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.17	PR 3B
35	412	147	Sep 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.300	.319	.457	.777	7	1.47	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-1.46	SS
36	413	149 (1)	Sep 24	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.307	.438	.745	8	.79	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.62	SS
37	414	151 (1)	Sep 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.307	.438	.745	7						SS
38	415	153 (1)	Sep 29	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	13-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.303	.432	.735	8	.57	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
39	416	154	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	L,4-7	7-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.299	.427	.725	6	1.26	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.11	SS
							17-22		79	75	8	21	3	4	0	11	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	.280	.299	.427	.725		.91	-0.462	1.25	0.06%	-3.32

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