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Brian Hunter
Brian Lee Hunter
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 5, 1971 in Portland, OR
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 1989 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1994
Final Game: July 24, 2003
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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
1994 23 HOU NL 6 26 24 2 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 6 .250 .280 .292 .572 53 7 0 0 1 0 0 /8
1995 24 HOU NL 78 349 321 52 97 14 5 2 28 24 7 21 52 .302 .346 .396 .741 102 127 2 2 2 3 0 8 RoY-7
1996 25 HOU NL 132 553 526 74 145 27 2 5 35 35 9 17 92 .276 .297 .363 .660 80 191 6 2 1 7 0 *8
1997 26 DET AL 162 738 658 112 177 29 7 4 45 74 18 66 121 .269 .334 .353 .687 81 232 13 1 8 5 1 *8
1998 27 DET AL 142 636 595 67 151 29 3 4 36 42 12 36 94 .254 .298 .333 .631 65 198 8 2 2 1 0 *8
1999 28 TOT AL 139 589 539 79 125 13 6 4 34 44 8 37 91 .232 .280 .301 .581 48 162 8 2 4 7 0 *78
1999 28 DET AL 18 62 55 8 13 2 1 0 0 0 3 5 11 .236 .311 .309 .621 60 17 0 1 1 0 0 8
1999 28 SEA AL 121 527 484 71 112 11 5 4 34 44 5 32 80 .231 .277 .300 .576 46 145 8 1 3 7 0 *78
2000 29 TOT NL 104 274 240 47 64 5 1 1 14 20 3 27 40 .267 .342 .308 .650 54 74 2 1 5 1 0 879
2000 29 COL NL 72 226 200 36 55 4 1 1 13 15 3 21 31 .275 .347 .320 .667 56 64 2 1 4 0 0 879
2000 29 CIN NL 32 48 40 11 9 1 0 0 1 5 0 6 9 .225 .319 .250 .569 46 10 0 0 1 1 0 8/7
2001 30 PHI NL 83 166 145 22 40 6 0 2 16 14 3 16 25 .276 .344 .359 .702 84 52 3 0 3 2 0 78/9D
2002 31 HOU NL 98 220 201 32 54 16 3 3 20 5 0 16 39 .269 .329 .423 .752 92 85 3 2 1 0 0 8
2003 32 HOU NL 56 108 98 13 23 6 1 0 13 0 0 6 21 .235 .278 .316 .594 53 31 1 1 0 3 0 98/7
10 Seasons 1000 3659 3347 500 882 146 28 25 241 260 61 243 581 .264 .313 .346 .660 72 1159 46 13 27 29 1
162 Game Avg. 162 593 542 81 143 24 5 4 39 42 10 39 94 .264 .313 .346 .660 72 188 7 2 4 5 0
HOU (5 yrs) 370 1256 1170 173 325 64 11 10 96 66 17 61 210 .278 .314 .377 .691 85 441 12 7 5 13 0
DET (3 yrs) 322 1436 1308 187 341 60 11 8 81 116 33 107 226 .261 .317 .342 .659 73 447 21 4 11 6 1
COL (1 yr) 72 226 200 36 55 4 1 1 13 15 3 21 31 .275 .347 .320 .667 56 64 2 1 4 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 83 166 145 22 40 6 0 2 16 14 3 16 25 .276 .344 .359 .702 84 52 3 0 3 2 0
CIN (1 yr) 32 48 40 11 9 1 0 0 1 5 0 6 9 .225 .319 .250 .569 46 10 0 0 1 1 0
SEA (1 yr) 121 527 484 71 112 11 5 4 34 44 5 32 80 .231 .277 .300 .576 46 145 8 1 3 7 0
NL (7 yrs) 557 1696 1555 242 429 75 12 13 126 100 23 104 275 .276 .321 .365 .686 80 567 17 8 13 16 0
AL (3 yrs) 443 1963 1792 258 453 71 16 12 115 160 38 139 306 .253 .306 .330 .637 66 592 29 5 14 13 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 Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1994 HOU NL 23 CF 6 6 54.0 16 14 1 1 1 .938 1.2 26.7 1.2 0.0 1.2 0 2.50 2.50 .981 2.63 2.40
1994 HOU NL 23 OF 6 6 54.0 16 14 1 1 1 .938 1.2 26.7 1.2 0.0 1.2 0 2.50 2.50 .981 2.23 1.90
1995 HOU NL 24 CF 74 71 642.2 199 182 8 9 2 .955 -0.2 -0.4 -2.2 0.0 -2.2 2 2.66 2.57 .984 2.48 2.16 RoY-7
1995 HOU NL 24 OF 74 71 642.2 199 182 8 9 2 .955 -0.2 -0.4 -2.2 0.0 -2.2 2 2.66 2.57 .979 2.15 1.82 RoY-7
1996 HOU NL 25 CF 127 117 1046.2 302 279 11 12 0 .960 5.0 5.7 -3.0 -2.8 -0.2 8 2.49 2.28 .983 2.48 2.13
1996 HOU NL 25 OF 127 117 1046.2 300 277 11 12 1 .960 5.0 5.7 -3.0 -2.8 -0.2 8 2.48 2.27 .978 2.13 1.80
1997 DET AL 26 CF 162 162 1422.2 420 408 8 4 0 .990 -13.4 -11.3 -14.4 -7.2 -7.2 1 2.63 2.57 .988 2.71 2.31
1997 DET AL 26 OF 162 162 1422.2 419 407 8 4 0 .990 -13.4 -11.3 -14.4 -7.2 -7.2 1 2.63 2.56 .982 2.32 2.02
1998 DET AL 27 CF 139 137 1212.1 402 386 11 5 0 .988 17.1 16.9 15.1 0.8 14.3 2 2.95 2.86 .987 2.69 2.36
1998 DET AL 27 OF 139 137 1212.1 399 383 11 5 0 .987 17.1 16.9 15.1 0.8 14.3 2 2.92 2.83 .985 2.31 2.02
1999 TOT AL 28 OF 139 129 1146.1 319 300 15 4 3 .987 2.4 2.5 -0.6 -4.1 3.5 3 2.47 2.27 .984 2.30 2.03
1999 TOT AL 28 CF 37 21 216.2 67 66 1 0 0 1.000 3.3 18.3 2.3 -3.2 5.5 1 2.78 1.81 .984 2.72 2.36
1999 DET AL 28 CF 18 15 140.0 50 49 1 0 0 1.000 6.7 57.4 5.7 -0.6 6.3 1 3.21 2.78 .984 2.72 2.36
1999 DET AL 28 OF 18 15 140.0 50 49 1 0 0 1.000 6.7 57.4 5.7 -0.6 6.3 1 3.21 2.78 .984 2.30 2.03
1999 SEA AL 28 OF 121 114 1006.1 269 251 14 4 3 .985 -4.3 -5.1 -6.3 -3.5 -2.8 2 2.37 2.19 .984 2.30 2.03
1999 SEA AL 28 LF 119 108 929.2 253 235 14 4 3 .984 -0.9 -1.2 -2.9 -0.9 -2.0 2 2.41 2.09 .985 2.08 1.73
1999 SEA AL 28 CF 19 6 76.2 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 -3.4 -53.2 -3.4 -2.6 -0.8 0 2.00 0.89 .982 2.72 2.36
2000 TOT NL 29 OF 88 53 510.1 143 133 7 3 0 .979 7.2 16.9 6.2 4.0 2.2 1 2.47 1.59 .980 2.25 1.86
2000 TOT NL 29 CF 50 38 324.1 94 89 3 2 0 .979 4.3 15.9 3.3 3.8 -0.6 1 2.55 1.84 .987 2.64 2.24
2000 TOT NL 29 LF 36 8 117.0 34 30 4 0 0 1.000 3.7 37.9 2.7 0.1 2.6 1 2.62 0.94 .976 1.91 1.41
2000 COL NL 29 OF 63 44 410.1 108 103 3 2 0 .981 2.7 7.9 3.7 3.8 -0.1 -1 2.32 1.68 .981 2.25 1.86
2000 COL NL 29 CF 34 33 264.1 77 74 2 1 0 .987 3.5 15.9 3.5 3.8 -0.4 0 2.59 2.24 .987 2.64 2.24
2000 COL NL 29 LF 27 4 77.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 1.87 0.59 .975 1.91 1.41
2000 COL NL 29 RF 13 7 69.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -0.8 -13.9 0.2 0.1 0.2 -1 1.83 1.08 .980 2.18 1.75
2000 CIN NL 29 OF 25 9 100.0 35 30 4 1 0 .971 4.5 54.0 2.5 0.2 2.3 2 3.06 1.36 .980 2.25 1.86
2000 CIN NL 29 CF 16 5 60.0 17 15 1 1 0 .941 0.8 16.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1 2.40 1.00 .988 2.64 2.24
2000 CIN NL 29 LF 9 4 40.0 18 15 3 0 0 1.000 3.7 111.0 2.7 0.2 2.5 1 4.05 2.00 .978 1.91 1.41
2001 PHI NL 30 OF 41 27 260.1 72 69 3 0 2 1.000 4.7 21.7 2.7 2.8 -0.1 2 2.49 1.76 .982 2.20 1.86
2001 PHI NL 30 LF 22 11 122.2 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 15.7 0.6 -0.4 1.0 1 1.54 0.95 .976 1.91 1.48
2001 PHI NL 30 CF 18 13 111.2 38 36 2 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 1.8 -1.9 0 3.06 2.11 .987 2.59 2.18
2001 PHI NL 30 RF 5 3 26.0 13 12 1 0 1 1.000 3.2 147.7 2.2 1.4 0.8 1 4.50 2.60 .977 2.11 1.72
2001 PHI NL 30 DH 1
2002 HOU NL 31 CF 88 40 440.0 125 121 4 0 1 1.000 0.5 1.4 0.5 -1.0 1.6 0 2.56 1.42 .988 2.57 2.13
2002 HOU NL 31 OF 88 40 440.0 125 121 4 0 1 1.000 0.5 1.4 0.5 -1.0 1.6 0 2.56 1.42 .982 2.19 1.84
2003 HOU NL 32 OF 32 16 174.0 36 33 1 2 0 .944 4.2 29.0 3.2 1.3 1.9 1 1.76 1.06 .983 2.17 1.85
2003 HOU NL 32 RF 15 7 71.2 20 18 0 2 0 .900 1.3 21.8 1.3 -0.5 1.8 0 2.26 1.20 .985 2.10 1.72
2003 HOU NL 32 CF 14 7 77.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.3 35.8 1.3 1.4 -0.1 1 1.40 0.86 .992 2.50 2.14
2003 HOU NL 32 LF 5 2 25.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 28.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 1.42 0.80 .975 1.92 1.54
10 Seasons OF 896 758 6909.1 2028 1919 69 40 10 .980 28.7 5.0 8.7 -6.2 15.0 20 2.59 2.22 .982 2.25 1.93
10 Seasons CF 715 612 5548.0 1675 1592 50 33 5 .980 20.0 4.3 4.0 -6.4 10.4 16 2.66 2.30 .986 2.61 2.24
4 Seasons LF 182 129 1194.2 312 290 18 4 3 .987 5.0 5.0 1.0 -0.8 1.8 4 2.32 1.69 .983 2.04 1.63
3 Seasons RF 33 17 166.2 48 44 1 3 1 .938 3.7 26.6 3.7 1.0 2.8 0 2.43 1.36 .981 2.13 1.73
1 Season DH 1
10 Seasons TOT 930 758 6909.1 2035 1926 69 40 9 .980 28.7 5.0 8.7 -6.2 15.0 20 2.60 2.15 .966 2.50 2.10
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1997 AL--162--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1997 AL--658--2nd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1997 AL--738--2nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1997 AL--112--5th

Triples s c a p y
1997 AL--7--5th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1996 NL--35--9th
1997 AL--74--1st
1998 AL--42--6th
1999 AL--44--1st
Career--260--204th

Singles s c a p y
1997 AL--137--3rd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1997 AL--8--10th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1997 AL--18--1st
1998 AL--12--6th

Outs Made s c a p y
1997 AL--525--1st
1998 AL--467--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 5 (396), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 14 (1201), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1305), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1776), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Fred Snodgrass (932)
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  9. Jack Rothrock (929)
  10. Ray Powell (929)
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  2. Mickey Rivers (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pete Hotaling (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Max Flack (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Billy North (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tom Goodwin (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tom Goodwin (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 1989 amateur draft.

December 10, 1996: Traded by the Houston Astros with Doug Brocail, Todd Jones, Orlando Miller and cash to the Detroit Tigers for Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, Trever Miller, C.J. Nitkowski and Daryle Ward.

April 28, 1999: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Seattle Mariners for . The Seattle Mariners sent Andy Van Hekken (June 27, 1999) and Jerry Amador (minors) (August 26, 1999) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

March 27, 2000: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

March 31, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

August 6, 2000: Traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Cincinnati Reds for Robert Averette (minors).

November 27, 2000: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

January 10, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

December 3, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

July 28, 2003: Released by the Houston Astros.

November 25, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

March 29, 2004: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Kerry Robinson.

May 29, 2004: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

February 9, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1994Houston Astros$109,000
1995Houston Astros$109,000
1996Houston Astros$180,000
1997Detroit Tigers$310,000
1998Detroit Tigers$562,500
1999Detroit Tigers$1,750,000
2000Colorado Rockies$300,000
2001Philadelphia Phillies$900,000
2002Houston Astros$1,000,000
2003Houston Astros$1,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,420,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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