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Ken Hunt

Kenneth Lawrence Hunt

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 13, 1934 in Grand Forks, ND
High School: St. James (Grand Forks, ND)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1959
Teams (by GP): Angels/Senators/Yankees 1959-1964

Final Game: October 4, 1964
Died: June 8, 1997 in Gardena, CA
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Fargo, ND
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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
1952	17	NYY-min	C,D	79	226	226		77	11	4	6						.341	.341	.504	.845		114						JOP,OLE · WA,PONY
1953	18	NYY-min	C	130	484	484		130	25	9	16						.269	.269	.457	.725		221						BOI · PION
1954	19	NYY-min	B	124	441	441		141	22	5	16						.320	.320	.501	.821		221						QUI · IIIL
1957	22	NYY-min	AA,AAA	118	362	362		84	21	3	12						.232	.232	.395	.627		143						NOR,RMD · SOUA,IL
1958	23	NYY-min	AA	142	497	497		140	27	0	29						.282	.282	.511	.793		254						NOR · SOUA
1959	24	OAK-CLE-min	AA,AAA	125	506	440	77	131	17	1	22	79	4	3	56	108	.298	.377	.491	.868		216		3	2	5	9	SHV,SDG · SOUA,PCL
1959	24	NYY	AL	6	13	12	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.333	.308	.417	.724	101	5	0	0	0	1	0	/9
1960	25	NYY-min	AAA	113	443	404	68	110	13	5	23	60	6	3	34	109	.272	.334	.500	.834		202		4	0	1		RMD · IL
1960	25	NYY	AL	25	29	22	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.273	.407	.364	.771	117	8	0	1	2	0	0	7/89
1961	26	LAA	AL	149	541	479	70	122	29	3	25	84	8	2	49	120	.255	.325	.484	.810	105	232	12	4	3	6	1	*89/74
1962	27	LAA	AL	13	12	11	4	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	5	.182	.250	.455	.705	88	5	1	0	0	0	0	/3
1963	28	ANA-min	AAA	55	221	198	35	52	4	2	7	26	1	0	23	43	.263	.339	.409	.748		81						HAW · PCL
1963	28	TOT	AL	66	181	162	18	30	6	1	6	20	0	1	17	55	.185	.263	.346	.608	73	56	5	0	2	0	3	97/8
1963	28	LAA	AL	59	159	142	17	26	6	1	5	16	0	1	15	49	.183	.261	.345	.606	73	49	3	0	2	0	2	97/8
1963	28	WSA	AL	7	22	20	1	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	6	.200	.273	.350	.623	74	7	2	0	0	0	1	/879
1964	29	TEX/ATL-min	AAA	15	42	34	4	7	1	0	0	2	2	1	8	8	.206	.357	.235	.592		8		0	0	0		TTO · IL
1964	29	WSA	AL	51	113	96	9	13	4	0	1	4	0	1	14	35	.135	.243	.208	.452	27	20	3	0	2	1	0	8/7
1966	31	CHC-min	AAA	122	422	371	46	87	22	1	8	40	1	5	48	113	.235	.325	.364	.689		135		2	0	1		TAC · PCL
6 Seasons				310	889	782	107	177	42	4	33	111	9	4	85	222	.226	.303	.417	.720	90	326	21	5	9	8	4
162 Game Avg.				162	465	409	56	92	22	2	17	58	5	2	44	116	.226	.303	.417	.720	90	170	11	3	5	4	2

LAA (3 yrs)				221	712	632	91	150	35	4	31	101	9	3	65	174	.237	.310	.453	.762	98	286	16	4	5	6	3
WSA (2 yrs)				58	135	116	10	17	4	0	2	8	0	1	16	41	.147	.248	.233	.481	35	27	5	0	2	1	1
NYY (2 yrs)				31	42	34	6	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	7	.294	.375	.382	.757	112	13	0	1	2	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1959	24	NYY	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	/9
1960	25	NYY	AL	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	7/89
1961	26	LAA	AL	540	1	2	-1	-1	-2	-1	15	12	1.2	15	1.5	-0.3	$	*89/74
1962	27	LAA	AL	12	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/3
1963	28	LAA	AL	159	-6	-1	-1	-1	-0	-2	5	-6	-0.8	-6	-0.6	-0.2	$	97/8
1963	28	WSA	AL	22	-1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	/879
1964	29	WSA	AL	113	-9	0	0	-1	-0	0	3	-7	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$	8/7
6 Seasons				888	-14	1	-2	-3	-2	-3	25	2	-0.1	4	0.4	-0.5	$

LAA (3 yrs)				711	-5	1	-2	-2	-4	-3	20	5	0.3	9	0.9	-0.6	$
WSA (2 yrs)				135	-10	0	0	-1	1	0	4	-6	-0.7	-7	-0.7	-0.0	$
NYY (2 yrs)				42	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$

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	PwrSpd
1959	24	NYY	AL	13	9	2	6.0	95	.400	.333	.256	.308	.326	.417	.391	.724	.717	101	.636	0.1	0.0	.625	.083	.083
1960	25	NYY	AL	29	18	4	6.0	96	.333	.273	.256	.407	.329	.364	.392	.771	.721	117	.629	0.9	0.1	.813	.273	.091
1961	26	LAA	AL	541	380	76	5.3	113	.285	.255	.276	.325	.353	.484	.430	.810	.783	105	.563	1.9	0.2	.784	.344	.230	12.1
1962	27	LAA	AL	12	10	1	2.7	100	.200	.182	.260	.250	.331	.455	.404	.705	.736	88	.276	-0.3	-0.0	.700	.455	.273	1.0
1963	28	TOT	AL	181	140	13	2.5	90	.238	.185	.249	.263	.315	.346	.385	.608	.700	73	.280	-6.0	-0.6	.522	.259	.160	.0
1963	28	LAA	AL	159	122	12	2.7	90	.239	.183	.248	.261	.314	.345	.384	.606	.697	73	.302	-5.2	-0.5	.525	.261	.162	.0
1963	28	WSA	AL	22	18	1	1.5	95	.231	.200	.255	.273	.322	.350	.394	.623	.716	74	.132	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.250	.150	.0
1964	29	WSA	AL	113	90	5	1.5	96	.197	.135	.256	.243	.324	.208	.397	.452	.721	27	.130	-9.2	-1.0	.379	.208	.073	.0
6 Seasons				889	647	101	4.2	105	.269	.226	.267	.303	.340	.417	.415	.720	.755	90	.466	-12.6	-1.3	.668	.306	.191	14.1
162 Game Avg.				465	338	53	4.2	105	.269	.226	.267	.303	.340	.417	.415	.720	.755	90	.466	-12.6	-1.3	.668	.306	.191	7

LAA (3 yrs)				712	512	89	4.7	108	.275	.237	.270	.310	.344	.453	.419	.762	.763	98	.510	-3.6	-0.4	.721	.328	.215	14.0
WSA (2 yrs)				135	108	6	1.5	96	.203	.147	.256	.248	.324	.233	.397	.481	.720	35	.130	-10.0	-1.0	.400	.216	.086	.0
NYY (2 yrs)				42	27	6	6.0	96	.357	.294	.256	.375	.328	.382	.392	.757	.720	112	.631	1.0	0.1	.750	.206	.088

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	24	NYY	AL	13	0.0%	23.1%	0.0%	7.7%	25%		4.0		12.0	0.50	77%
1960	25	NYY	AL	29	0.0%	13.8%	13.8%	6.9%	33%	1.00	5.5		22.0	1.00	62%
1961	26	LAA	AL	541	4.6%	22.2%	9.1%	10.5%	47%	2.45	4.0	19.2	5.7	0.73	63%
1962	27	LAA	AL	12	8.3%	41.7%	8.3%	8.3%	50%	5.00	2.2	11.0	11.0	2.00	42%
1963	28	TOT	AL	181	3.3%	30.4%	9.4%	7.2%	43%	3.24	2.9	27.0	8.1	0.89	56%
1963	28	LAA	AL	159	3.1%	30.8%	9.4%	7.6%	46%	3.27	2.9	28.4	8.9	0.87	55%
1963	28	WSA	AL	22	4.6%	27.3%	9.1%	4.6%	25%	3.00	3.3	20.0	5.0	1.00	59%
1964	29	WSA	AL	113	0.9%	31.0%	12.4%	4.4%	39%	2.50	2.7	96.0	24.0	1.50	54%
6 Seasons				889	3.7%	25.0%	9.6%	8.9%	45%	2.61	3.5	23.7	7.0	0.85	60%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.3%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.69	6.2	38.3	8.5	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	24	NYY	AL	0.1	0.0	13	0.1	0.3	-0.1	.80	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.81	-0.1	0.15	1
1960	25	NYY	AL	0.9	0.1	29	-0.0	0.3	-0.4	.84	0.1	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	1.00	0.3	2.46	1
1961	26	LAA	AL	1.8	0.2	561	0.1	11.3	-11.2	1.11	1.2	-1.1	3.2	0.3	0.98	14.6	1.98	20
1962	27	LAA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	14	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.36	-0.0	-0.1	-0.5	-0.0	0.93	-0.3	1.11	4
1963	28	TOT	AL	-6.0	-0.6	182	-0.3	3.1	-3.5	1.00	-0.5	0.2	-3.5	-0.4	0.94	-5.2	1.57	11
1963	28	LAA	AL	-5.2	-0.5	160	0.1	2.9	-2.8	.96	-0.4	0.5	-1.7	-0.2	0.91	-3.7	1.24	10
1963	28	WSA	AL	-0.8	-0.1	22	-0.4	0.2	-0.7	1.34	-0.1	-0.2	-1.8	-0.2	1.17	-1.6	4.93	1
1964	29	WSA	AL	-9.2	-1.0	114	-1.5	1.2	-2.7	1.10	-0.9	-0.5	-14.6	-1.5	0.94	-8.7	1.29	14
6 Seasons				-12.6	-1.3	913	-1.8	16.5	-18.3	1.08	-0.2	-1.5	-16.3	-1.8	0.97	0.4	1.61	51

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1959	24	NYY	AL	0	50%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1960	25	NYY	AL	0	36%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1961	26	LAA	AL	3	30%	144	8	2	80%	5	2	3	0	1	3	10	15	63%	19	10	9	4	1	3	9	1	8
1962	27	LAA	AL	0	150%	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1963	28	TOT	AL	0	29%	50	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	27%	7	6	1	1	1	0	3	1	2
1963	28	LAA	AL	0	33%	49	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	27%	7	6	1	1	1	0	3	1	2
1963	28	WSA	AL	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	29	WSA	AL	1	31%	44	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	50%	6	4	2	0	0	0	4	1	3
6 Seasons				4	32%	275	9	4	69%	6	3	3	1	1	3	15	21	55%	32	20	12	6	2	4	20	4	16

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
1959	24	NYY	AL	13	54%	4			1	1	0	0	0.15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1960	25	NYY	AL	29	34%	6			1	0	0	0	2.46	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	2	2	100%	19	1	5%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1961	26	LAA	AL	527	32%	122			20	2	1	2	1.98	25	0	16	17	8	17	8	0	5	3	60%	107	12	11%	51	16	31%	385	60	16%	38	18	47%	14	4	29%	13
1962	27	LAA	AL	12	42%	2			4	0	0	0	1.11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	28	TOT	AL	181	49%	30			11	1	0	0	1.57	6	0	1	2	4	1	5	0	2	2	100%	37	5	14%	23	6	26%	114	16	14%	4	2	50%	10	3	30%	0
1963	28	LAA	AL	159	52%	26			10	1	0	0	1.24	5	0	1	2	3	1	4	0	2	2	100%	28	3	11%	18	5	28%	90	13	14%	3	2	67%	7	3	43%	0
1963	28	WSA	AL	22	32%	4			1	0	0	0	4.93	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		9	2	22%	5	1	20%	24	3	13%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0
1964	29	WSA	AL	113	71%	13			14	3	0	0	1.29	1	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	19	3	16%	12	4	33%	65	3	5%	6	2	33%	3	1	33%	0
6 Seasons				875	41%	177			51	7	1	2	1.61	33	0	23	20	13	19	14	0	11	9	82%	168	21	13%	90	29	32%	594	81	14%	50	23	46%	28	8	29%	13
MLB Averages					51%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1959	24	6	13	12	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.333	.308	.417	.724	101	5	0	0	0	1	0
1960	25	31	42	34	6	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	7	.294	.375	.382	.757	112	13	0	1	2	1	0
1961	26	180	583	513	76	132	32	3	25	86	8	2	53	127	.257	.329	.478	.806	105	245	12	5	5	7	1
1962	27	193	595	524	80	134	32	3	26	87	9	2	54	132	.256	.327	.477	.804	105	250	13	5	5	7	1
1963	28	259	776	686	98	164	38	4	32	107	9	3	71	187	.239	.312	.446	.758	98	306	18	5	7	7	4
1964	29	310	889	782	107	177	42	4	33	111	9	4	85	222	.226	.303	.417	.720	90	326	21	5	9	8	4

Neutralized Batting

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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
1959	24	6	14	13	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	.385	.357	.462	.819	2	6
1960	25	26	28	23	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	4	4	.261	.393	.348	.741	3	25
1961	26	149	525	470	61	113	27	3	23	74	7	45	120	.240	.309	.457	.766	66	149
1962	27	13	12	11	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	5	.182	.250	.455	.705	1	13
1963	28	66	184	165	21	33	7	1	7	23	0	19	55	.200	.283	.382	.664	17	66
1964	29	51	110	95	9	13	4	0	1	4	0	14	35	.137	.245	.211	.456	5	51
6 Seasons		311	873	777	101	172	41	4	32	104	8	83	222	.221	.298	.408	.706	94	310
162 Game Avg.		162	455	405	53	90	21	2	17	54	4	43	116	.221	.298	.408	.706	49	310

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Doubles s c a p y 1961 AL 29 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1961 AL 120 (2nd)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1961 AL 12.1 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1961 AL 29 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1961 AL 120 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1961 AL 12.1 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Batting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

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