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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
Schools: 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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1953 25 SLB AL 154 604 567 50 124 18 1 1 37 3 1 24 45 .219 .253 .259 .512 37 147 12 2 11 *6 AS
1954 26 BAL AL 125 451 411 28 100 9 5 2 27 5 4 21 38 .243 .281 .304 .585 66 125 14 2 13 4 *6
1955 27 NYY AL 98 279 255 14 58 7 1 3 20 9 2 15 18 .227 .269 .298 .567 54 76 7 0 8 1 2 6
1956 28 NYY AL 39 79 75 8 21 3 4 0 11 0 1 2 4 .280 .299 .427 .725 93 32 3 0 2 0 0 6/5
1957 29 KCA AL 116 359 319 39 61 10 4 8 29 1 2 27 43 .191 .259 .323 .581 58 103 5 3 7 3 2 465
1958 30 TOT AL 98 280 248 27 46 11 3 2 20 5 2 22 44 .185 .254 .278 .532 47 69 4 1 8 1 1 6/45
1958 30 KCA AL 22 66 58 6 9 1 1 2 11 1 1 5 7 .155 .222 .310 .533 44 18 1 0 3 0 0 6/45
1958 30 CLE AL 76 214 190 21 37 10 2 0 9 4 1 17 37 .195 .263 .268 .532 48 51 3 1 5 1 1 6/5
6 Seasons 630 2052 1875 166 410 58 18 16 144 23 12 111 192 .219 .264 .294 .559 53 552 45 8 49 9 5
162 Game Avg. 162 528 482 43 105 15 5 4 37 6 3 29 49 .219 .264 .294 .559 53 142 12 2 13
KCA (2 yrs) 138 425 377 45 70 11 5 10 40 2 3 32 50 .186 .253 .321 .574 56 121 6 3 10 3 2
NYY (2 yrs) 137 358 330 22 79 10 5 3 31 9 3 17 22 .239 .276 .327 .603 63 108 10 0 10 1 2
BAL (2 yrs) 279 1055 978 78 224 27 6 3 64 8 5 45 83 .229 .265 .278 .543 49 272 26 4 24 4
CLE (1 yr) 76 214 190 21 37 10 2 0 9 4 1 17 37 .195 .263 .268 .532 48 51 3 1 5 1 1

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1953 *

Games Played s c a p y
1953 AL--154--6th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1955 AL--9--6th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1954 AL--13--4th
1958 AL--8--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1953 AL--467--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 3 (2044), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1229), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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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, Bob Mahoney, Stan Rojek 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, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Willy Miranda, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos and Gene Woodling. 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 a player to be named later, Wayne Belardi, Art Ditmar, Jack McMahan and Bobby Shantz. 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.

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