Buddy Hunter

Harold James Hunter

Positions: Pinch Runner, Second Baseman and Designated Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 9, 1947 in Omaha, NE
High School: South HS (Omaha, NE)
School: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1971
Team: RedSox 1971-1975

Final Game: June 1, 1975
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Standard Batting

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
1969	21	BOS-min	AA	74	259	217	31	53	10	1	3	22	2	0	33	38	.244	.348	.341	.689		74		2	6	1			PFD · EL
1970	22	BOS-min	AA	133	536	444	81	130	18	1	13	71	2	3	80	67	.293	.407	.426	.833		189		7	3	2			PAW · EL
1971	23	BOS-min	AAA	99	421	334	58	93	9	2	8	35	2	5	75	51	.278	.414	.389	.804		130		4	6	2			LOU · IL
1971	23	BOS	AL	8	11	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.222	.364	.333	.697	93	3	0	0	0	0	0	/4

1972	24	BOS-min	AAA	138	522	431	53	102	15	3	6	62	0	0	66	62	.237	.348	.327	.675		141		10	10	5			LOU · IL
1973	25	BOS-min	AAA	87	317	252	23	52	10	1	2	21	0	3	52	33	.206	.344	.278	.622		70		2	9	2			PAW · IL
1973	25	BOS	AL	13	12	7	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	.429	.636	.571	1.208	235	4	0	1	1	0	0	/D54

1974	26	KCR-min	AAA	24	432	352	40	76	13	0	3	20	2	0	57	41	.216	.329	.278	.608		98		5	13	5			OMA · AA
1975	27	BOS-min	AAA	70	248	222	18	52	9	2	2	27	0	0	24	27	.234	.309	.320	.629		71		0	2	0			PAW · IL
1975	27	BOS	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4
1976	28	BOS-min	AAA	127	490	424	46	123	16	0	3	51	0	0	49	50	.290	.368	.349	.717		148		7	3	7			PAW · IL
1977	29	BOS-min	AAA	131	528	434	64	119	28	1	8	67	2	1	76	47	.274	.380	.399	.778		173		5	1	12			PAW · IL
1978	30	BOS-min	AAA	111	418	356	42	80	16	1	5	31	0	2	52	50	.225	.329	.317	.646		113		4	4	2			PAW · IL
1979	31	BOS-min	AAA	76	260	227	18	50	9	1	0	23	0	1	26	25	.220	.301	.269	.570		61		1	4	2			PAW · IL
3 Yrs				22	24	17	5	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	2	.294	.478	.412	.890	147	7	0	1	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	177	125	37	37	15	0	0	15	0	0	37	15	.294	.478	.412	.890	147	52	0	7	7	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1971	23	BOS	AL	8	11	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	/4

1973	25	BOS	AL	13	12	2	0	0	-0	-1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.501	0.2	-0.1	2	$11,000	/D54

1975	27	BOS	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.337	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/4
3 Seasons				22	24	1	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.2	-0.2	2	$11,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1971	23	BOS	AL	11	7	1	3.8	99	.250	.222	.264	.364	.337	.333	.392	.697	.729	93	.479	0.0	0.0	.714	.333	.111

1973	25	BOS	AL	12	5	3	16.1	98	.500	.429	.266	.636	.336	.571	.391	1.208	.727	235	.917	2.0	0.2	2.000	.571	.143

1975	27	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.268	.000	.339	.000	.394	.000	.733	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
3 Yrs				24	13	4	8.3	98	.333	.294	.265	.478	.337	.412	.392	.890	.728	147	.776	1.7	0.2	1.083	.412	.118
162 Game Avg.				177	96	29	8.3	98	.333	.294	.265	.478	.337	.412	.392	.890	.728	147	.776	13	1	1.083	.412	.118

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1971	23	BOS	AL	11	0.0%	9.1%	18.2%	9.1%	50%	0.50	9.0			0.50	73%

1973	25	BOS	AL	12	0.0%	8.3%	25.0%	8.3%	33%	0.33	7.0		3.5	1.00	50%

1975	27	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
3 Yrs				24	0.0%	8.3%	20.8%	8.3%	40%	0.40	8.5		8.5	0.83	63%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.8%	8.7%	5.9%	26%	1.58	6.5	47.1	9.0	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1971	23	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	11	0.0	0.2	-0.1	.81	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.80	-0.1	0.98	1

1973	25	BOS	AL	2.0	0.2	12	0.3	0.3	-0.1	.88	0.2	0.1	2.0	0.2	0.92	2.5		0

1975	27	BOS	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.38	-0.3		0
3 Yrs				1.7	0.2	24	0.3	0.5	-0.2	.81	0.1	0.2	1.6	0.2	0.84	2.2	0.98	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1971	23	BOS	AL	0	0	50%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1973	25	BOS	AL	0	0	43%	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	38%	4	4	0	1	1	0	3	0	3

1975	27	BOS	AL	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 Yrs				0	0	46%	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	5	5	0	1	1	0	3	0	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1971	23	BOS	AL	11	9%	2			1	0	0	0	0.98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1973	25	BOS	AL	12	33%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	7	2	29%	0	0		1	1	100%	0

1975	27	BOS	AL	1	100%	0			0	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 Yrs				24	25%	5			1	0	0	0	0.98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	10	2	20%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			74%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1971	23	8	11	9	2	2	1	0	2	1	.222	.364	.333	.697	93	3	0	0
1972	24	8	11	9	2	2	1	0	2	1	.222	.364	.333	.697	93	3	0	0
1973	25	21	23	16	5	5	2	2	5	2	.313	.500	.438	.938	160	7	1	1
1974	26	21	23	16	5	5	2	2	5	2	.313	.500	.438	.938	160	7	1	1
1975	27	22	24	17	5	5	2	2	5	2	.294	.478	.412	.890	147	7	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1971	23	8	11	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.222	.364	.333	.697	1	8

1973	25	13	12	7	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	.429	.636	.571	1.208	2	13

1975	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
3 Yrs		22	24	17	4	5	2	0	0	2	0	5	2	.294	.478	.412	.890	3	22
162 Game Avg.		162	177	125	29	37	15	0	0	15	0	37	15	.294	.478	.412	.890	22	22

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