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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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 20	KCA	@	CHW	L,7-11	GF	27	5.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
2	5	Apr 21	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	36	9.2	4	3	0	7	2	SS
3	6	Apr 22	KCA	@	DET	W,11-7	GS	37	7.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
4	7	Apr 23	KCA	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
5	8	Apr 24	KCA		CLE	W,17-6	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
6	10 (1)	Apr 26	KCA		CHW	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
7	12 (1)	Apr 28	KCA		CHW	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	14 (1)	May 1	KCA		BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
9	21 (6)	May 8	KCA		BAL	L,2-11	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
10	23 (1)	May 11	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
11	24	May 12 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,9-2	GF	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
12	25	May 12 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-7	GF	16	4.0	1	1	0	2	2	2B
13	28 (2)	May 17	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	2	3	0	5	1	2B
14	29	May 18	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	2	2B
15	30	May 19 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-10	GS	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B 3B
16	31	May 19 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	T,0-0	CG	20	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
17	32	May 20	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	3B
18	33	May 21	KCA	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
19	34	May 22	KCA	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	2	5	1	3B
20	35	May 25	KCA		DET	W,5-3	GS	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B 3B
21	36	May 26	KCA		DET	W,3-1	GS	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B 3B
22	37	May 27	KCA	@	CHW	W,7-1	GS	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B 3B
23	38	May 28	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
24	39	May 29	KCA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	2B
25	40	May 30 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B 3B
26	41	May 30 (2)	KCA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
27	42	May 31	KCA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	43	Jun 1	KCA		CLE	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
29	44	Jun 2	KCA		CLE	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
30	45	Jun 4	KCA		BAL	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
31	46	Jun 5	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
32	47	Jun 6	KCA		BAL	L,3-8	GS	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B 3B
33	50 (2)	Jun 9 (2)	KCA		BOS	L,5-9		11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	51	Jun 10	KCA		BOS	L,4-11	GF	19	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
35	62 (10)	Jun 22	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS	29	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
36	63	Jun 23 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
37	65 (1)	Jun 25	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
38	66	Jun 26	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
39	67	Jun 28	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
40	70 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	71	Jul 1	KCA	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
42	72	Jul 3	KCA		CHW	W,5-0	GS	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS 2B
43	73	Jul 4 (1)	KCA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
44	74	Jul 4 (2)	KCA		CHW	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
45	75	Jul 5	KCA	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
46	76	Jul 6	KCA	@	DET	W,3-1	GS	22	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
47	77	Jul 7	KCA	@	DET	L,2-5	GS	35	7.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
48	78	Jul 11	KCA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	11.0	1	8	0	9	3	2B
49	79	Jul 12	KCA		NYY	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
50	80	Jul 13	KCA		NYY	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
51	81	Jul 14 (1)	KCA		WSH	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
52	82	Jul 14 (2)	KCA		WSH	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
53	83	Jul 15	KCA		WSH	L,3-10	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
54	87 (3)	Jul 19	KCA		BAL	L,2-4	GS	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
55	88	Jul 20	KCA		BAL	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	89	Jul 21 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,2-7	GS	23	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
57	99 (9)	Jul 31 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-2	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
58	100	Jul 31 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	101	Aug 2 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	52	12.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
60	102	Aug 2 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
61	103	Aug 3	KCA	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
62	104	Aug 4	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
63	105	Aug 6	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
64	106	Aug 7	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-7	GS	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B 2B
65	107	Aug 8	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
66	108	Aug 9	KCA	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
67	109	Aug 10	KCA	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
68	110	Aug 11 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
69	111	Aug 11 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	W,9-8	GS	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B SS
70	112	Aug 13 (1)	KCA		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
71	113	Aug 13 (2)	KCA		DET	W,3-2	CG	54	14.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
72	114	Aug 14	KCA		DET	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
73	115	Aug 15	KCA		DET	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	8	1	11	1	SS
74	116	Aug 16	KCA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
75	117	Aug 17	KCA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	1	8	0	SS
76	118	Aug 18	KCA		CLE	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
77	119	Aug 19	KCA		CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
78	120	Aug 20	KCA		NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
79	121	Aug 21	KCA		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
80	122	Aug 22	KCA		NYY	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
81	123	Aug 23	KCA		BAL	L,1-2	CG	45	12.0	3	3	1	7	2	2B
82	124	Aug 24	KCA		BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
83	125	Aug 25	KCA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
84	126	Aug 26	KCA		BOS	L,0-16	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
85	127	Aug 27	KCA		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
86	128	Aug 28	KCA		WSH	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
87	130 (1)	Aug 31	KCA		CHW	L,3-8	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	131	Sep 1	KCA		CHW	L,0-5	GS	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B SS
89	132	Sep 2 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	34	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
90	134 (1)	Sep 6	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
91	135	Sep 7	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
92	136	Sep 8	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	45	13.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
93	137	Sep 11 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
94	138	Sep 11 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
95	139	Sep 13	KCA	@	WSH	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
96	140	Sep 14	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
97	141	Sep 15 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
98	142	Sep 15 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	2	2B
99	143	Sep 17	KCA	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
100	144	Sep 18	KCA	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
101	145	Sep 21	KCA		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
102	146	Sep 22 (1)	KCA		DET	W,4-3	GS	31	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
103	148 (1)	Sep 23	KCA		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
104	149	Sep 24	KCA		CHW	L,6-7	GF	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
105	151 (1)	Sep 26	KCA		CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
106	152	Sep 27	KCA	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	1	8	2	11	0	SS
107	153	Sep 28	KCA	@	DET	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
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