Ken Hunt
Kenneth Lawrence Hunt
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
Final Game: October 4, 1964
Died: June 8, 1997
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Standard Batting

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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
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 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 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 WSA AL 51 113 96 9 13 4 0 1 4 0 1 14 35 .135 .243 .208 .452 28 20 3 0 2 1 0 8/7
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

Advanced Batting

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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 1.8 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 .735 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 .699 73 .280 -6.0 -0.6 .522 .259 .160 .0
1963 28 LAA AL 159 122 12 2.7 89 .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 28 .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 4.7 107 .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 .255 .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*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0
1960 25 NYY AL 29 34% 6 1 0 0 0 2.34 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 2 2 100% 19 1 5% 1 0 0% 1 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% 28 5 18% 13
1962 27 LAA AL 12 42% 2 4 0 0 0 1.22 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 1.56 6 0 1 2 4 1 5 0 2 2 100% 37 5 14% 23 6 26% 114 16 14% 4 2 50% 13 2 15% 0
1963 28 LAA AL 159 52% 26 10 1 0 0 1.23 5 0 1 2 3 1 4 0 2 2 100% 28 3 11% 18 5 28% 90 13 14% 3 2 67% 11 2 18% 0
1963 28 WSA AL 22 32% 4 1 0 0 0 4.80 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 2 22% 5 1 20% 24 3 13% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1964 29 WSA AL 113 71% 13 14 3 0 0 1.32 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 1.62 33 0 23 20 13 19 14 0 11 9 82% 168 21 13% 90 29 32% 594 81 14% 50 23 46% 47 8 17% 13
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 6
1960 25 26 30 24 4 7 2 0 0 1 0 5 4 .292 .433 .375 .808 4 25
1961 26 149 527 471 62 114 27 3 23 74 7 46 120 .242 .311 .459 .770 67 149
1962 27 13 12 11 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 .182 .250 .455 .705 1 13
1963 28 66 181 163 21 31 6 1 6 23 0 18 55 .190 .271 .350 .620 16 66
1964 29 51 112 96 10 14 4 0 1 5 0 15 35 .146 .259 .219 .478 6 51
6 Seasons 311 876 778 103 168 39 4 31 105 8 85 222 .216 .295 .396 .690 96 310
162 Game Avg. 162 456 405 54 88 20 2 16 55 4 44 116 .216 .295 .396 .690 50 310

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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