Billy Hunter

Gordon William Hunter

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 4, 1928 in Punxsutawney, PA
School: Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, PA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1953
Teams (by GP): Browns/Athletics/Yankees/Orioles/Indians 1953-1958

Final Game: September 27, 1958
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1953	SLB	AL	25	SS	152	150	140	1325.0	821	284	512	25	99	.970	18	16	5.41	5.24	.966	5.11	5.08	AS
1954	BAL	AL	26	SS	124	121	101	1037.2	614	249	333	32	76	.948	-11	-13	5.05	4.69	.960	5.00	4.97
1955	NYY	AL	27	SS	98	91	54	712.0	380	115	249	16	60	.958	10	17	4.60	3.71	.959	4.93	4.89
1956	NYY	AL	28	SS	32	19	14	175.0	107	49	58	0	20	1.000	2	12	5.50	3.34	.960	4.98	4.94
1956	NYY	AL	28	3B	4	2	2	21.0	8	2	6	0	2	1.000	-0	-23	3.43	2.00	.949	3.21	3.20
1957	KCA	AL	29	2B	64	58	44	508.2	270	111	152	7	40	.974	-0	-0	4.65	4.11	.980	5.39	5.41
1957	KCA	AL	29	SS	35	23	18	230.2	144	46	89	9	19	.938	-5	-24	5.27	3.86	.963	5.11	5.13
1957	KCA	AL	29	3B	17	10	6	96.0	42	18	22	2	2	.952	-0	-1	3.75	2.35	.951	3.23	3.24
1958	TOT	AL	30	SS	87	65	47	609.0	350	134	197	19	51	.946	-2	-5	4.89	3.80	.964	4.96	4.91
1958	TOT	AL	30	3B	3	0	0	4.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-150	2.25	0.33	.950	2.92	3.10
1958	KCA	AL	30	SS	12	9	9	89.1	45	10	32	3	4	.933	-1	-13	4.23	3.50	.964	4.96	4.91
1958	KCA	AL	30	2B	8	8	7	66.0	32	14	18	0	6	1.000	1	18	4.36	4.00	.978	5.26	5.21
1958	KCA	AL	30	3B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	3.10
1958	CLE	AL	30	SS	75	56	38	519.2	305	124	165	16	47	.948	-1	-3	5.01	3.85	.964	4.96	4.91
1958	CLE	AL	30	3B	2	0	0	3.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-200	3.00	0.50	.950	3.00	3.10
	6 Seasons			SS	528	469	374	4089.1	2416	877	1438	101	325	.958	11	3	5.09	4.38	.963	5.02	4.99
	2 Seasons			2B	72	66	51	574.2	302	125	170	7	46	.977	1	2	4.62	4.10	.980	5.38	5.39
	3 Seasons			3B	24	12	8	121.0	51	20	29	2	4	.961	-1	-10	3.64	2.04	.951	3.22	3.22
	6 Seasons			TOT	624	547	433	4785.0	2769	1022	1637	110	375	.960	11	3	5.00	4.26	.964	5.02	4.96

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1953	SLB	AL	25	SS	18	16	16	1	15	2
1954	BAL	AL	26	SS	-11	-13	-10	-10	-0	-1
1955	NYY	AL	27	SS	10	17	8	4	4	2
1956	NYY	AL	28	SS	2	12	1	-0	1	1
1956	NYY	AL	28	3B	-0	-23	-0	0	-0	0
1957	KCA	AL	29	2B	-0	-0	-0	-0	0	0
1957	KCA	AL	29	SS	-5	-24	-4	1	-5	-1
1957	KCA	AL	29	3B	-0	-1	-0	0	-1	0
1958	KCA	AL	30	SS	-1	-13	-1	-1	-0	0
1958	KCA	AL	30	2B	1	18	0	0	0	1
1958	KCA	AL	30	3B	0	0	0	0	0
1958	CLE	AL	30	SS	-1	-3	-1	4	-5	0
1958	CLE	AL	30	3B	-0	-200	-0	-0	0
	6 Seasons			SS	11	3	8	-2	10	3
	2 Seasons			2B	1	2	-0	-0	0	1
	3 Seasons			3B	-1	-10	-1	0	-1	0
	6 Seasons			TOT	11	3	7	-2	9	4

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1953	SLB	AL	25	154	150	154	152	0	0	152	0	2
1954	BAL	AL	26	125	121	125	124	0	0	124	2	0
1955	NYY	AL	27	98	91	98	98	0	0	98	1	1
1956	NYY	AL	28	39	21	39	36	0	4	32	1	3
1957	KCA	AL	29	116	91	116	107	64	17	36	4	8
1958	CLE	AL	30	76	56	76	76	0	2	75	1	5
1958	KCA	AL	30	22	17	22	21	8	1	12	0	3
	6 Seasons			630	547	630	614	72	24	529	9	22

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											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
1953	SLB	AL	25	5334	65%	81%	24%	593	92%	7	251	131	98	21	468	352	93	2	9	21	1	18	2	15	88	40	4	23	4	7	82	44	35	5	2	3
1954	BAL	AL	26	4475	61%	79%	24%	494	85%	3	252	137	74	41	328	225	86	0	11	32	0	28	4	26	74	33	2	11	7	8	67	35	27	3	0	2
1955	NYY	AL	27	2973	70%	78%	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	748	64%	80%	28%	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	983	67%	83%	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	2213	61%	79%	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	301	63%	80%	21%	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
	6 Seasons			17027	64%	80%	25%	1847	89%	12	852	431	324	98	1376	1005	312	3	32	97	4	83	10	75	310	135	13	65	20	25	279	148	116	18	6	11
	MLB Averages				64%	81%	26%		90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											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	1982	59%	83%	26%	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	279	58%	85%	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			2261	59%	84%	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				64%	81%	26%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											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	98	59%	79%	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	428	62%	78%	23%	44	82%	0	19	15	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	18	78%	78%	22%	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			547	62%	78%	22%	52	81%	0	21	17	1	3	28	20	5	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	4	2	0	3	1	1	0	2	50%
	MLB Averages				64%	81%	26%		89%																								63%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1953 *	Assists† s c a p y 1953 AL 512 (1st)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1953 AL 25 (2nd) 1954 AL 32 (2nd)	Total Zone Runs† s c a p y 1953 AL 18 (4th)
Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1953 AL 152 (2nd) 1954 AL 124 (5th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1953 AL 284 (2nd) 1954 AL 249 (4th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1953 AL 512 (1st) 1954 AL 333 (5th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1953 AL 25 (1st) 1954 AL 32 (1st) 1958 AL 19 (4th)
Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y 1953 AL 18 (1st) 1955 AL 10 (1st)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1953 AL 5.41 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1953 AL 5.24 (1st) 1954 AL 4.69 (5th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1953 AL .970 (4th) 1955 AL .958 (5th)

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