Billy Hunter
Gordon William Hunter
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 4, 1928 in Punxsutawney, PA
School: Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1953
Final Game: September 27, 1958
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1953 SLB AL 25 SS 152 821 284 512 25 99 .970 5.24 .966 4.52 AS
1954 BAL AL 26 SS 124 121 1037.2 614 249 333 32 76 .948 -11.1 -12.8 -10.1 -0.1 -10.0 -1 5.05 4.69 .961 5.00 4.31
1955 NYY AL 27 SS 98 91 712.0 380 115 249 16 60 .958 9.8 16.5 7.8 3.9 3.9 2 4.60 3.71 .959 4.93 4.04
1956 NYY AL 28 SS 32 19 175.0 107 49 58 0 20 1.000 1.7 11.7 0.7 1.1 -0.4 1 5.50 3.34 .958 4.98 4.10
1956 NYY AL 28 3B 4 2 21.0 8 2 6 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -22.9 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 3.43 2.00 .950 3.21 2.78
1957 KCA AL 29 2B 64 58 508.2 270 111 152 7 40 .974 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 4.65 4.11 .980 5.39 4.84
1957 KCA AL 29 SS 35 23 230.2 144 46 89 9 19 .938 -4.7 -24.5 -3.7 -4.7 1.0 -1 5.27 3.86 .964 5.11 4.43
1957 KCA AL 29 3B 17 10 96.0 42 18 22 2 2 .952 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1 -0.6 0.5 0 3.75 2.35 .950 3.23 2.77
1958 TOT AL 30 SS 87 65 609.0 350 134 197 19 51 .946 -2.3 -4.5 -2.3 -5.1 2.8 0 4.89 3.80 .965 4.96 4.17
1958 TOT AL 30 3B 3 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -150.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 2.25 0.33 .900 2.92 2.60
1958 KCA AL 30 SS 12 9 89.1 45 10 32 3 4 .933 -1.0 -13.4 -1.0 -0.1 -0.9 0 4.23 3.50 .964 4.96 4.17
1958 KCA AL 30 2B 8 8 66.0 32 14 18 0 6 1.000 1.0 18.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 4.36 4.00 .978 5.26 4.68
1958 KCA AL 30 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1958 CLE AL 30 SS 75 56 519.2 305 124 165 16 47 .948 -1.3 -3.0 -1.3 -5.0 3.7 0 5.01 3.85 .965 4.96 4.17
1958 CLE AL 30 3B 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -200.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 3.00 0.50 .900 3.00 2.60
6 Seasons SS 528 319 2764.1 2416 877 1438 101 325 .958 -6.6 -2.9 -7.6 -4.9 -2.7 1 7.54 4.38 .963 4.98 4.29
2 Seasons 2B 72 66 574.2 302 125 170 7 46 .977 0.9 1.9 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1 4.62 4.10 .980 5.38 4.82
3 Seasons 3B 24 12 121.0 51 20 29 2 4 .961 -1.0 -9.9 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 0 3.64 2.04 .949 3.22 2.75
6 Seasons TOT 624 397 3460.0 2769 1022 1637 110 375 .960 -6.7 -2.3 -8.7 -5.8 -2.9 2 6.92 4.26 .925 4.99 4.29

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 SLB AL 25 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0
1954 BAL AL 26 125 121 125 125 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 2 0
1955 NYY AL 27 98 91 98 98 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 1 1
1956 NYY AL 28 39 21 39 39 0 0 0 0 4 32 0 0 0 0 1 3
1957 KCA AL 29 116 91 116 116 0 0 0 64 17 35 0 0 0 0 4 7
1958 CLE AL 30 76 56 76 76 0 0 0 0 2 75 0 0 0 0 1 5
1958 KCA AL 30 22 17 22 22 0 0 0 8 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 3
6 Seasons 630 397 630 630 0 0 0 72 24 528 0 0 0 0 9 19
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 BAL AL 26 4418 60% 77% 24% 479 85% 3 240 131 72 37 318 216 85 0 10 31 0 27 4 25 72 33 2 9 7 8 65 35 25 3 0 2
1955 NYY AL 27 3032 69% 76% 26% 304 91% 1 116 53 52 12 251 185 58 1 6 16 1 14 1 9 60 32 1 17 2 3 56 33 22 0 0 0
1956 NYY AL 28 767 62% 78% 27% 78 88% 1 50 21 26 3 58 46 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 5 2 5 2 1 19 7 9 1 0 1
1957 KCA AL 29 1007 65% 81% 27% 104 85% 0 44 18 19 7 82 62 19 0 1 9 1 7 1 8 19 5 1 3 2 3 15 6 9 2 1 1
1958 CLE AL 30 2266 60% 77% 27% 242 87% 0 124 60 54 11 172 122 41 0 5 16 1 13 2 14 47 18 3 6 3 3 38 21 14 7 3 4
1958 KCA AL 30 311 61% 77% 20% 32 88% 0 15 11 1 3 17 13 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 11801 63% 77% 25% 1239 87% 5 589 294 224 73 898 644 218 1 22 75 3 64 8 59 220 95 9 40 16 18 195 104 79 13 4 8
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1957 KCA AL 29 2045 57% 81% 25% 166 95% 0 108 39 55 14 145 118 21 0 2 6 0 5 1 5 38 11 7 12 0 35 13 21 2 1 1
1958 KCA AL 30 283 57% 83% 29% 21 95% 0 14 4 8 2 18 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 3 0 6 3 2 0 0 0
2 Seasons 2328 57% 81% 26% 187 95% 0 122 43 63 16 163 131 25 0 2 6 0 5 1 5 44 13 7 15 0 41 16 23 2 1 1
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1956 NYY AL 28 100 58% 77% 19% 8 75% 0 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
1957 KCA AL 29 426 60% 76% 23% 42 81% 0 17 13 1 3 22 17 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 50%
1958 CLE AL 30 19 74% 74% 21% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 KCA AL 30 3 33% 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 548 60% 76% 22% 50 80% 0 19 15 1 3 28 20 5 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 61%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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