Brian Hunter

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 180lb (193cm, 81kg)

Born: March 5, 1971 in Portland, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Fort Vancouver HS (Vancouver, WA).

High School: Fort Vancouver HS (Vancouver, WA)

Debut: June 27, 1994 (Age 23-114d, 14,144th in MLB history)
vs. CIN 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: July 24, 2003 (Age 32-141d)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: Brian Lee Hunter

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.5

AB

3347

H

882

HR

BA

.264

R

500

RBI

241

SB

260

OBP

.313

SLG

.346

OPS

.660

OPS+

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Games by Position

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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
1989	18	HOU-min	Rk	51	214	206	15	35	2	0	0	13	12	6	7	42	.170	.201	.180	.381		37		1	0	0	0		AST · GULF
1990	19	HOU-min	A	127	514	444	84	111	14	6	0	16	45	13	60	72	.250	.349	.309	.657		137		8	1	1	1		AVL · SALL
1991	20	HOU-min	A+	118	448	392	51	94	15	3	1	30	32	9	45	75	.240	.316	.301	.617		118	6	1	5	5	2		OSC · FLOR
1992	21	HOU-min	A+	131	535	489	62	146	18	9	1	62	39	19	31	76	.299	.344	.378	.722		185	7	5	6	4	0		OSC · FLOR
1993	22	HOU-min	AA	133	565	523	84	154	22	5	10	52	35	18	34	85	.294	.338	.413	.751		216	11	1	5	2	4		JAC · TL
1994	23	HOU-min	AAA	128	577	513	113	191	28	9	10	51	49	14	52	52	.372	.432	.520	.953		267	11	5	3	4	5		TUC · PCL
1994	23	HOU	NL	6	26	24	2	6	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	6	.250	.280	.292	.572	53	7	0	0	1	0	0	/8
1995	24	HOU-min	AAA,AA	40	179	161	29	54	5	1	1	16	11	3	18	13	.335	.402	.398	.800		64	2	0	0	0	0		TUC,JAC · PCL,TL
1995	24	HOU	NL	78	349	321	52	97	14	5	2	28	24	7	21	52	.302	.346	.396	.741	103	127	2	2	2	3	0	8	RoY-7
1996	25	HOU-min	AAA	3	15	14	3	5	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	.357	.333	.500	.833		7	0	0	0	1	0		TUC · PCL
1996	25	HOU	NL	132	553	526	74	145	27	2	5	35	35	9	17	92	.276	.297	.363	.660	80	191	6	2	1	7	0	*8
1997	26	DET	AL	*162*	738	658	112	177	29	7	4	45	74	18	66	121	.269	.334	.353	.687	81	232	13	1	8	5	1	*8
1998	27	DET	AL	142	636	595	67	151	29	3	4	36	42	12	36	94	.254	.298	.333	.631	65	198	8	2	2	1	0	*8
1999	28	TOT	AL	139	589	539	79	125	13	6	4	34	44	8	37	91	.232	.280	.301	.581	48	162	8	2	4	7	0	*78
1999	28	DET	AL	18	62	55	8	13	2	1	0	0	0	3	5	11	.236	.311	.309	.621	60	17	0	1	1	0	0	8
1999	28	SEA	AL	121	527	484	71	112	11	5	4	34	44	5	32	80	.231	.277	.300	.576	46	145	8	1	3	7	0	*78
2000	29	TOT	NL	104	274	240	47	64	5	1	1	14	20	3	27	40	.267	.342	.308	.650	54	74	2	1	5	1	0	879
2000	29	COL	NL	72	226	200	36	55	4	1	1	13	15	3	21	31	.275	.347	.320	.667	56	64	2	1	4	0	0	879
2000	29	CIN	NL	32	48	40	11	9	1	0	0	1	5	0	6	9	.225	.319	.250	.569	46	10	0	0	1	1	0	8/7
2001	30	PHI-min	AAA	2	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311		1	0	0	0	0	0		SWB · IL
2001	30	PHI	NL	83	166	145	22	40	6	0	2	16	14	3	16	25	.276	.344	.359	.702	85	52	3	0	3	2	0	78/9D
2002	31	HOU-min	AAA	5	21	19	4	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	7	.158	.238	.263	.501		5	1	0	0	0	0		NOR · PCL
2002	31	HOU	NL	98	220	201	32	54	16	3	3	20	5	0	16	39	.269	.329	.423	.752	92	85	3	2	1	0	0	8
2003	32	HOU	NL	56	108	98	13	23	6	1	0	13	0	0	6	21	.235	.278	.316	.594	53	31	1	1	0	3	0	98/7
2004	33	STL-min	AAA,A+	20	72	65	6	13	0	0	0	6	2	2	6	10	.200	.268	.200	.468		13	0	0	1	0	0		MEM,PLM · PCL,FLOR
10 Yrs				1000	3659	3347	500	882	146	28	25	241	260	61	243	581	.264	.313	.346	.660	72	1159	46	13	27	29	1
162 Game Avg.				162	593	542	81	143	24	5	4	39	42	10	39	94	.264	.313	.346	.660	72	188	7	2	4	5	0

HOU (5 yrs)				370	1256	1170	173	325	64	11	10	96	66	17	61	210	.278	.314	.377	.691	85	441	12	7	5	13	0
DET (3 yrs)				322	1436	1308	187	341	60	11	8	81	116	33	107	226	.261	.317	.342	.659	73	447	21	4	11	6	1
COL (1 yr)				72	226	200	36	55	4	1	1	13	15	3	21	31	.275	.347	.320	.667	56	64	2	1	4	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				83	166	145	22	40	6	0	2	16	14	3	16	25	.276	.344	.359	.702	85	52	3	0	3	2	0
CIN (1 yr)				32	48	40	11	9	1	0	0	1	5	0	6	9	.225	.319	.250	.569	46	10	0	0	1	1	0
SEA (1 yr)				121	527	484	71	112	11	5	4	34	44	5	32	80	.231	.277	.300	.576	46	145	8	1	3	7	0

NL (7 yrs)				557	1696	1555	242	429	75	12	13	126	100	23	104	275	.276	.321	.365	.686	80	567	17	8	13	16	0
AL (3 yrs)				443	1963	1792	258	453	71	16	12	115	160	38	139	306	.253	.306	.330	.637	65	592	29	5	14	13	1

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