Billy Hunter
[edit] Biography
Billy Hunter (Gordon William Hunter) was born on June 4, 1928 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1953 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1953, his rookie year, he hit .219 with 1 home run and 37 RBI. Hunter played for the St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 6 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1953
| STL
| A
| 154
| 567
| 50
| 124
| 1
| 37
| .219
| .253
| .259
| 18
| 1
| 24
| 45
| 2
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 12
|
| 1954
| BAL
| A
| 125
| 411
| 28
| 100
| 2
| 27
| .243
| .281
| .304
| 9
| 5
| 21
| 38
| 2
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 14
|
| 1955
| NY
| A
| 98
| 255
| 14
| 58
| 3
| 20
| .227
| .269
| .298
| 7
| 1
| 15
| 18
| 0
| 8
| 9
| 2
| 7
|
| 1956
| NY
| A
| 39
| 75
| 8
| 21
| 0
| 11
| .280
| .299
| .427
| 3
| 4
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1957
| KC
| A
| 116
| 319
| 39
| 61
| 8
| 29
| .191
| .259
| .323
| 10
| 4
| 27
| 43
| 3
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 5
|
| 1958
| KC
| A
| 22
| 58
| 6
| 9
| 2
| 11
| .155
| .222
| .310
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1958
| CLE
| A
| 76
| 190
| 21
| 37
| 0
| 9
| .195
| .263
| .268
| 10
| 2
| 17
| 37
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 3
|
| 1958
| TOT
| A
| 98
| 248
| 27
| 46
| 2
| 20
| .185
| .254
| .278
| 11
| 3
| 22
| 44
| 1
| 8
| 5
| 1
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 630
| 1875
| 166
| 410
| 16
| 144
| .219
| .264
| .294
| 58
| 18
| 111
| 192
| 8
| 49
| 23
| 5
| 45
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1953
| STL
| A
| SS
| 152
| 0
| 0
| 284
| 512
| 25
| 99
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1954
| BAL
| A
| SS
| 124
| 0
| 0
| 249
| 333
| 32
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1955
| NY
| A
| SS
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 115
| 249
| 16
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1956
| NY
| A
| SS
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 49
| 58
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| KC
| A
| 2B
| 64
| 58
| 508.2
| 111
| 152
| 7
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1957
| KC
| A
| SS
| 36
| 23
| 230.2
| 46
| 89
| 9
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1957
| KC
| A
| 3B
| 17
| 10
| 96
| 18
| 22
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1958
| KC
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1958
| KC
| A
| SS
| 12
| 9
| 89.1
| 10
| 32
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1958
| KC
| A
| 2B
| 8
| 8
| 66
| 14
| 18
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 75
| 56
| 519.2
| 124
| 165
| 16
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1958
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| TOT
| A
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| TOT
| A
| SS
| 87
| 65
| 609
| 134
| 197
| 19
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 72
| 66
| 574.2
| 125
| 170
| 7
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 24
| 10
| 100
| 20
| 29
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 529
| 88
| 839.2
| 877
| 1438
| 101
| 325
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1948).
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Ray Coleman, Stan Rojek, Bob Mahoney and $95000 (October 14, 1952).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Bob Turley, Don Larsen and 4 players to be named later to New York Yankees in exchange for Gene Woodling, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, Willie Miranda and 4 players to be named later (November 17, 1954); Baltimore Orioles received Bill Miller, Kal Segrist, Don Leppert and Ted Del Guercio (December 1, 1954) and New York Yankees received Mike Blyzka, Darrell Johnson, Jim Fridley and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman and a player to be named later to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, Wayne Belardi and 2 players to be named later (February 19, 1957); New York Yankees received Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Kansas City Athletics received Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) and New York Yankees received Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Chico Carrasquel (June 12, 1958).
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