Billy Hunter

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: June 4, 1928 in Punxsutawney, PA us

High School: Indiana HS (Indiana, PA)

School: Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, PA)

Debut: April 14, 1953 (Age 24-314d, 10,978th in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1958 (Age 30-115d)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: Gordon William Hunter

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.9

1875

410

.219

166

RBI

144

OBP

.264

SLG

.294

OPS

.559

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 2)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	SLB		DET	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
2	2	Apr 16	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 17	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	SS
4	4	Apr 18 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-7	GS	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
5	5	Apr 18 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	24	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
6	6	Apr 19	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3	GS	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
7	7	Apr 21	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
8	8	Apr 24	SLB		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
9	9	Apr 25	SLB		CHW	L,4-6	GS	33	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
10	10	Apr 26 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
11	11	Apr 26 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
12	12	Apr 28	SLB		NYY	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 30	SLB		WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	SLB		WSH	L,5-6	CG	46	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
15	15	May 2	SLB		WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
16	16	May 3 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-14	CG	53	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
17	17	May 3 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
18	18	May 5	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
19	19	May 6	SLB		PHA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
20	20	May 8	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
21	21	May 9	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
22	22	May 10	SLB		CLE	L,3-12	CG	49	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
23	23	May 12	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
24	24	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
25	25	May 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
26	26	May 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
27	27	May 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
28	28	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	46	9.1	2	4	0	6	1	SS
29	29	May 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
30	30	May 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
31	31	May 23	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS	23	5.0	1	0	1	2	1	SS
32	34 (2)	May 25	SLB		CHW	L,5-7	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
33	35	May 26	SLB		CHW	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	SS
34	36	May 27	SLB		CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
35	37	May 28	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
36	38	May 29	SLB	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	48	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
37	39	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
38	40	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,13-1	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
39	41	May 31 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
40	42	May 31 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	1	9	4	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	43	Jun 2	SLB		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
42	44	Jun 3	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
43	45	Jun 4	SLB		WSH	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
44	46	Jun 5	SLB		NYY	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	3	4	2	9	2
45	47	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
46	48	Jun 7 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
47	49	Jun 7 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
48	50	Jun 9	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	CG	47	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
49	51	Jun 10 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
50	52	Jun 10 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
51	53	Jun 11	SLB		BOS	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
52	54	Jun 12	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
53	55	Jun 13	SLB		PHA	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
54	56	Jun 14 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
55	57	Jun 14 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
56	58	Jun 16	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
57	59	Jun 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
58	60	Jun 18 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
59	61	Jun 18 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
60	62	Jun 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
61	63	Jun 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
62	64	Jun 21 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
63	65	Jun 21 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
64	66	Jun 23	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
65	67	Jun 24	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
66	68	Jun 25	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	6	0	11	2	SS
67	69	Jun 26	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	2	6	0	8	2	SS
68	70	Jun 27	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
69	71	Jun 28 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
70	72	Jun 28 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	1	4	0	5	0	SS
71	73	Jun 30	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	74	Jul 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
73	75	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,0-13	CG	48	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
74	76	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
75	77	Jul 5 (1)	SLB		DET	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
76	78	Jul 5 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
77	79	Jul 6	SLB		DET	L,7-8	CG	50	11.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
78	80	Jul 7	SLB		CLE	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
79	81	Jul 8	SLB		CLE	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
80	82	Jul 9	SLB		CLE	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
81	83	Jul 10	SLB	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
82	84	Jul 11	SLB	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
83	85	Jul 12 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	44	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
84	86	Jul 12 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
85	87	Jul 16 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
86	88	Jul 16 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	2	SS
87	89	Jul 17	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
88	90	Jul 18	SLB		NYY	L,2-13	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
89	91	Jul 19 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
90	92	Jul 19 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,4-13	CG	51	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
91	93	Jul 22	SLB		PHA	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
92	94	Jul 23	SLB		PHA	L,4-7	CG	61	14.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
93	95	Jul 24 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
94	96	Jul 24 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
95	97	Jul 25	SLB		BOS	L,6-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
96	98	Jul 26 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
97	99	Jul 26 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
98	100	Jul 28	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
99	101	Jul 29	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
100	102	Jul 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
101	103	Jul 31	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-11	CG	45	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	104	Aug 1	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
103	105	Aug 3	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
104	106	Aug 4	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
105	107	Aug 5	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
106	108	Aug 6	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS	31	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
107	109	Aug 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-12	CG	41	8.0	0	6	1	7	0	SS
108	110	Aug 9 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
109	111	Aug 9 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-12	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
110	112	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
111	113	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-9	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
112	114	Aug 12	SLB		DET	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
113	115	Aug 13	SLB		DET	W,1-0	CG	44	11.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
114	116	Aug 14	SLB		CLE	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
115	117	Aug 16 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
116	118	Aug 16 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
117	119	Aug 18 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
118	120	Aug 18 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
119	121	Aug 19	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
120	122	Aug 21 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
121	123	Aug 21 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	47	11.2	4	8	0	12	0	SS
122	124	Aug 22	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
123	125	Aug 23 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS	28	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
124	126	Aug 23 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
125	127	Aug 27 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
126	128	Aug 27 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
127	129	Aug 28	SLB		PHA	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
128	130	Aug 30 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
129	131	Aug 30 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
130	132	Aug 31	SLB		WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	133	Sep 2	SLB		NYY	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	6	3	1	10	0	SS
132	134	Sep 3	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
133	135	Sep 4	SLB		DET	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
134	136	Sep 5	SLB		DET	W,1-0	CG	45	12.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
135	137	Sep 6	SLB		DET	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
136	138	Sep 7 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
137	139	Sep 7 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
138	140	Sep 9 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
139	141	Sep 9 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	48	11.1	2	5	0	7	0	SS
140	142	Sep 11	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
141	143	Sep 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	55	11.1	1	3	0	4	2	SS
142	144	Sep 13 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
143	145	Sep 13 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
144	146	Sep 16 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
145	147	Sep 16 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
146	148	Sep 17	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
147	149	Sep 20 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
148	150	Sep 20 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
149	151	Sep 22	SLB	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
150	152	Sep 25	SLB		CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
151	153	Sep 26	SLB		CHW	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
152	154	Sep 27	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
							152gm		1326.0	284	512	25	821	99