Willard Hunter
Willard Mitchell Hunter
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 8, 1934 in Newark, NJ
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1962
Final Game: October 4, 1964
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1962 28 TOT NL 1 6 .143 6.65 28 6 6 1 0 0 65.0 73 51 48 10 38 0 41 1 0 3 304 62 1.708 10.1 1.4 5.3 5.7 1.08
1962 28 LAD NL 0 0 40.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 10 9 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 17 9 5.000 27.0 4.5 18.0 4.5 0.25
1962 28 NYM NL 1 6 .143 5.57 27 6 6 1 0 0 63.0 67 41 39 9 34 0 40 1 0 3 287 74 1.603 9.6 1.3 4.9 5.7 1.18
1964 30 NYM NL 3 3 .500 4.41 41 0 26 0 0 5 49.0 54 25 24 4 9 1 22 2 0 2 204 80 1.286 9.9 0.7 1.7 4.0 2.44
2 Seasons 4 9 .308 5.68 69 6 32 1 0 5 114.0 127 76 72 14 47 1 63 3 0 5 508 68 1.526 10.0 1.1 3.7 5.0 1.34
162 Game Avg. 4 8 .308 5.68 63 5 29 1 0 5 103 115 69 65 13 43 1 57 3 0 5 461 68 1.526 10.0 1.1 3.7 5.0 1.34
NYM (2 yrs) 4 9 .308 5.06 68 6 32 1 0 5 112.0 121 66 63 13 43 1 62 3 0 5 491 77 1.464 9.7 1.0 3.5 5.0 1.44
LAD (1 yr) 0 0 40.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 10 9 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 17 9 5.000 27.0 4.5 18.0 4.5 0.25

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 28 TOT NL 28 304 259 51 73 6 3 10 5 1 38 41 .282 .375 .444 .819 .301 115 4 1 5 1 0
1962 28 LAD NL 1 17 11 10 6 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 .545 .625 .909 1.534 .500 10 0 0 1 1 0
1962 28 NYM NL 27 287 248 41 67 5 3 9 4 1 34 40 .270 .360 .423 .784 .291 105 4 1 4 0 0
1964 30 NYM NL 41 204 190 25 54 9 3 4 4 3 9 22 .284 .322 .426 .748 .303 81 3 2 2 1 1
2 Seasons 69 508 449 76 127 15 6 14 9 4 47 63 .283 .353 .437 .790 .302 196 7 3 7 2 1
162 Game Avg. 63 461 407 69 115 14 5 13 8 4 43 57 .283 .353 .437 .790 .302 178 6 3 6 2 1
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1962 28 TOT NL 28 6 0 6 0 0 1 0 6 .000 0 0 1 0 1 17% 57 25 16 4 1 5 3.4 2.6 4.3
1962 28 NYM NL 27 6 0 6 0 0 1 0 6 .000 0 0 1 0 1 17% 39 57 25 16 4 1 5 3.4 2.6 4.3
1 Season 27 6 0 6 0 0 1 0 6 .000 0 0 1 0 1 17% 39 57 25 16 4 1 5 3.4 2.6 4.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1962 28 TOT NL 28 22 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 4 40% 0.680 6 3 13 2 2 18 5 17 13 6 13 3 5.4
1962 28 LAD NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.003 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1962 28 NYM NL 27 21 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 4 40% 8 0.720 6 3 12 2 2 17 5 16 12 6 12 3 5.3
1964 30 NYM NL 41 41 26 3 3 6 5 1 83% 10 2 32 9 28% 8 0.984 16 4 20 10 6 25 16 25 16 11 17 13 3.6
2 Seasons 69 63 32 4 3 6 5 1 83% 12 2 42 13 31% 0.802 22 7 33 12 8 43 21 42 29 17 30 16 4.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1962 28 TOT NL 304 69% 3.3% 13.5% 12.5% 6.3% 26% 1.19 69% 74 4 5%
1962 28 LAD NL 17 76% 5.9% 5.9% 23.5% 11.8% 33% 1.50 59% 9 0 0%
1962 28 NYM NL 287 69% 3.1% 13.9% 11.9% 5.9% 25% 1.18 69% 65 4 6%
1964 30 NYM NL 204 63% 2.0% 10.8% 4.4% 7.8% 30% 0.82 81% 46 3 7%
2 Seasons 508 67% 2.8% 12.4% 9.3% 6.9% 28% 1.01 74% 120 7 6%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1962 28 TOT NL 304 73 10 1 7 9 1 6 4 19 13 2 68% 6 3 0 131 5 1 83% 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0
1962 28 LAD NL 17 6 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 4 5 0 125% 1 0 0 8 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
1962 28 NYM NL 287 67 9 1 4 8 1 6 3 15 8 2 53% 5 3 0 123 4 1 80% 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0
1964 30 NYM NL 204 54 4 0 8 3 1 1 3 18 10 4 56% 1 2 1 78 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 0
2 Seasons 508 127 14 1 15 12 2 7 7 37 23 6 62% 7 5 1 209 9 4 69% 7 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 9 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1962 28 1 6 .143 6.65 28 6 6 1 0 0 65.0 73 51 48 10 38 0 41 1 0 3 304 62 1.708 10.1 1.4 5.3 5.7 1.08 62
1963 29 1 6 .143 6.65 28 6 6 1 0 0 65.0 73 51 48 10 38 0 41 1 0 3 304 62 1.708 10.1 1.4 5.3 5.7 1.08 62
1964 30 4 9 .308 5.68 69 6 32 1 0 5 114.0 127 76 72 14 47 1 63 3 0 5 508 68 1.526 10.0 1.1 3.7 5.0 1.34 68

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1962 28 2 5 .286 6.23 65.0 72 50 45 10 37 41 1 1.677 10.0 5.1 5.7 1.11 1.4 28
1964 30 2 3 .400 5.09 46.0 56 29 26 4 9 21 2 1.413 11.0 1.8 4.1 2.33 0.8 41
2 Seasons 4 8 .333 5.76 111.0 128 79 71 14 46 62 3 1.568 10.4 5.0 1.35 1.1 69

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