Willard Hunter

Willard Mitchell Hunter

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Mets/Dodgers 1962-1964

Final Game: October 4, 1964
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Standard Pitching

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
1955	21	LAD-min	D	16	10	.615	2.77	30	29					234.0	182	101	72	2	148								1.410	7.0	0.1	5.7			SHW · SOSL
1956	22	LAD-min	B	13	8	.619	4.79	38	30					199.0	204	129	106	9	125								1.653	9.2	0.4	5.7			WFL · BSTL
1957	23	LAD-min	B	5	6	.455	3.54	15	12					89.0	89	43	35	3	50								1.562	9.0	0.3	5.1			VCT · BSTL
1959	25	LAD-min	B	11	5	.688	4.34	28	22					164.0	162	93	79	10	80								1.476	8.9	0.5	4.4			GBY · IIIL
1960	26	LAD-min	AAA	6	6	.500	3.39	70	2		0	0		109.0	84	44	41	7	88	5	97	0	0	8			1.578	6.9	0.6	7.3	8.0	1.10	MTL · IL
1961	27	LAD-min	AAA	6	8	.429	3.65	66	0					101.0	92	54	41	2	57								1.475	8.2	0.2	5.1			OMA · AA
1962	28	LAD-min	AAA	0	0		6.00	8	0		0	0		12.0	14	8	8	2	3	1	10	0	0	1			1.417	10.5	1.5	2.2	7.5	3.33	OMA · AA
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	63	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	11	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	75	1.603	9.6	1.3	4.9	5.7	1.18

1963	29	NYM-min	AAA	10	5	.667	4.21	29	0					47.0	44	25	22	9	22		35						1.404	8.4	1.7	4.2	6.7	1.59	BFL · IL
1964	30	NYM-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.10	22	0		0	0		29.0	22	11	10	4	12	6	24	0	0	1			1.172	6.8	1.2	3.7	7.4	2.00	BFL · IL
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	81	1.286	9.9	0.7	1.7	4.0	2.44
1965	31	NYM-min	AAA	0	2	.000	6.19	26	0		0	0		32.0	44	28	22	2	16	5	30	2	0	1			1.875	12.4	0.6	4.5	8.4	1.88	BFL · IL
2 Yrs				4	9	.308	5.68	69	6	32	1	0	5	114.0	127	76	72	14	47	1	63	3	0	5	508	69	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	69	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	11	5.000	27.0	4.5	18.0	4.5	0.25

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1962	28	LAD	NL	2.0	1	0	10	45.00	5.54	-0.15	-0.23	94.0	5.13	-9	-0.4	.0	0.2	-0.2	-9	.078	.497	$
1962	28	NYM	NL	63.0	27	6	41	5.86	4.60	-0.47	-0.08	106.7	5.33	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.1	0.1	4	.484	.497	$

1964	30	NYM	NL	49.0	41	0	25	4.59	4.26	-0.29	-0.18	99.2	4.33	-2	-0.2	1.2	-0.1	0.1	4	.495	.499	$
2 Seasons				114.0	69	6	76	6.00	4.47	-0.39	-0.13	103.2	4.90	-15	-1.1	1.1	0.0	0.0	-1	.485	.498	$

NYM (2 yrs)				112.0	68	6	66	5.30	4.45	-0.39	-0.13	103.4	4.89	-6	-0.6	1.1	-0.2	0.2	7	.491	.498	$
LAD (1 yr)				2.0	1	0	10	45.00	5.54	-0.15	-0.23	94.0	5.13	-9	-0.4	.0	0.2	-0.2	-9	.078	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	1
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	5
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	6

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	1
2 Yrs				69	508	449	76	127	15	6	14	9	4	47	63	.283	.353	.437	.790	.302	196	7	3	7	2	1	7
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	6
MLB Averages																.251	.316	.381	.697	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1962	28	TOT	NL	-16.5	-1.4	314	-1.5	3.1	-4.6	.66	-1.1	-1.2	-20.9	-1.8	0.66	-15.5	6	3	13
1962	28	LAD	NL	-8.7	-0.6	18	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.00	-0.3	-1.2	-9.0	-0.6	0.00	-5.2	0	0	1
1962	28	NYM	NL	-7.8	-0.8	296	-1.5	3.1	-4.6	.70	-0.8	-1.3	-11.9	-1.1	0.70	-10.3	6	3	12

1964	30	NYM	NL	-3.5	-0.4	214	0.4	3.4	-3.0	.91	-0.1	0.6	-3.0	-0.3	0.91	-1.2	14	4	22
2 Yrs				-20.0	-1.8	528	-1.1	6.5	-7.6	.76	-1.2	-0.2	-23.9	-2.1	0.76	-16.7	20	7	35

Starting Pitching*

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
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%	38.7	57	25	16	4	1	5	3.4	2.6	4.3
1 Yr				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													.500						53%	53	116	-14					4.2	4.1	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1962	28	TOT	NL	28	22	6	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	10	4	40%		.663	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	.002	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	.702	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	.911	14	4	22	10	6	25	16	25	16	11	17	13	3.6
2 Yrs				69	63	32	4	3	6	5	1	83%	12	2	42	13	31%		.763	20	7	35	12	8	43	21	42	29	17	30	16	4.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1962	28	TOT	NL	304	31%	3.3%	13.5%	12.5%	6.3%	26%	1.19	69%	74	4	5%
1962	28	LAD	NL	17	24%	5.9%	5.9%	23.5%	11.8%	33%	1.50	59%	9	0	0%
1962	28	NYM	NL	287	31%	3.1%	13.9%	11.9%	5.9%	25%	1.18	69%	65	4	6%

1964	30	NYM	NL	204	37%	2.0%	10.8%	4.4%	7.8%	30%	0.82	81%	46	3	7%
2 Yrs				508	33%	2.8%	12.4%	9.3%	6.9%	28%	1.01	74%	120	7	6%
MLB Averages					48%	2.3%	15.1%	8.2%	6.4%	28%	1.07	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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 Yrs				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																		51%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

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

Neutralized Pitching

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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	71	50	45	10	37	41	1	1.662	9.8	5.1	5.7	1.11	1.4	28

1964	30	2	3	.400	5.40	45.0	57	30	27	4	10	20	2	1.489	11.4	2.0	4.0	2.00	0.8	41
2 Yrs		4	8	.333	5.89	110.0	128	80	72	14	47	61	3	1.591	10.5		5.0	1.30	1.1	69

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