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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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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
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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
1962 28 TOT NL 28 13 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .231 .231 .231 .462 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 28 LAD NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1962 28 NYM NL 27 13 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .231 .231 .231 .462 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 30 NYM NL 41 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 475 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
2 Seasons 69 16 14 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .286 .286 .286 .571 55 4 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 38 33 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .286 .286 .286 .571 55 9 0 0 5 0 0
NYM (2 yrs) 68 16 14 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .286 .286 .286 .571 55 4 0 0 2 0 0
LAD (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 TOT NL 28 P 28 6 65.0 13 5 7 1 0 .923 0.0 0.0 1.66 0.43 .946 2.08 0.82
1962 LAD NL 28 P 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.50 1.00 .900 2.25 0.80
1962 NYM NL 28 P 27 6 63.0 12 5 6 1 0 .917 0.0 0.0 1.57 0.41 .950 2.07 0.82
1964 NYM NL 30 P 41 0 49.0 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.84 0.24 .950 2.15 0.84
2 Seasons P 69 6 114.0 23 7 15 1 1 .957 0.0 0.0 1.74 0.32 .948 2.11 0.83
2 Seasons TOT 69 6 114.0 23 7 15 1 1 .957 0.0 0.0 1.74 0.32 .904 2.11 0.83

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Transactions

Before 1955 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

May 25, 1962: Sent by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the New York Mets to complete an earlier deal made on December 15, 1961. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent a player to be named later and Charlie Neal to the New York Mets for a player to be named later, Lee Walls and $100,000. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Willard Hunter (May 25, 1962) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

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