Ron Hunt

Full Name: Ronald Kenneth Hunt	Primary Position: 2B,3B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/186	First Game: April 16, 1963
Birthdate: February 23, 1941	Final Game: September 28, 1974
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
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- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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[edit] Biography

Ron Hunt (Ronald Kenneth Hunt) was born on February 23, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1963 for the New York Mets. In 1963, his rookie year, he hit .272 with 10 home runs and 42 RBI. Hunt played for the New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Montreal Expos and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Ron Hunt's best season was 1971, when he hit for a .279 average.

Ron Hunt was a star of the young New York Mets franchise. As a rookie in 1963, he finished second behind Pete Rose in the Rookie of the Year contest. In 1964, he became the first Met to be elected as a starter to the All Star team. He was a real fan favorite as he played "old-style" baseball, always getting his uniform dirty and doing whatever it took to help his team. In that vein, he once held the record for the most Hits by Pitch in a career.

In leaving the Mets, he became two degrees of separation with the 1969 Mets. He was traded after the 1966 season for Tommy Davis of the Dodgers. After the 1967 season, Davis was traded to the White Sox for Tommie Agee! The rest is Mets history.

Hunt also became a real star in his post-baseball career, running a school or camp in Missouri so that young players could learn the game.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1963	NY	N	143	533	64	145	10	42	.272	.334	.396	28	4	40	50	13	8	5	0	13
1964	NY	N	127	475	59	144	6	42	.303	.357	.406	19	6	29	30	11	5	6	4	16
1965	NY	N	57	196	21	47	1	10	.240	.309	.327	12	1	14	19	6	6	2	2	5
1966	NY	N	132	479	63	138	3	33	.288	.356	.355	19	2	41	34	11	10	8	2	10
1967	LA	N	110	388	44	102	3	33	.263	.344	.345	17	3	39	24	10	3	2	3	9
1968	SF	N	148	529	79	132	2	28	.250	.371	.297	19	0	78	41	25	16	6	2	9
1969	SF	N	128	478	72	125	3	41	.262	.361	.341	23	3	51	47	25	12	9	0	8
1970	SF	N	117	367	70	103	6	41	.281	.394	.381	17	1	44	29	26	3	1	1	9
1971	MON	N	152	520	89	145	5	38	.279	.402	.358	20	3	58	41	50	8	5	1	1
1972	MON	N	129	443	56	112	0	18	.253	.363	.298	20	0	51	29	26	11	9	4	6
1973	MON	N	113	401	61	124	0	18	.309	.418	.344	14	0	52	19	24	8	10	3	9
1974	STL	N	12	23	1	4	0	0	.174	.321	.174	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0
1974	MON	N	115	403	66	108	0	26	.268	.375	.305	15	0	55	17	14	13	2	0	5
1974	TOT	N	127	426	67	112	0	26	.263	.372	.298	15	0	58	19	16	13	2	0	5
Total			1483	5235	745	1429	39	370	.273	.368	.347	223	23	555	382	243	103	65	22	100

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1963	NY	N	2B	142	140	1206.2	350	416	26	85	0	.967
1963	NY	N	3B	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	NY	N	3B	12	12	102	14	26	4	3	0	.909
1964	NY	N	2B	109	108	925.2	244	317	12	73	0	.979
1965	NY	N	2B	46	44	384.1	106	128	5	17	0	.979
1965	NY	N	3B	6	6	49	2	16	3	2	0	.857
1966	NY	N	2B	123	120	1045.2	295	384	21	81	0	.970
1966	NY	N	SS	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1966	NY	N	3B	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1967	LA	N	2B	90	89	770.1	211	224	9	50	0	.980
1967	LA	N	3B	8	8	71	4	11	3	1	0	.833
1968	SF	N	2B	147	146	1280.1	289	410	20	66	0	.972
1969	SF	N	2B	125	121	1065.2	254	356	13	67	0	.979
1969	SF	N	3B	1	1	8.2	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1970	SF	N	2B	85	73	644	162	173	11	38	0	.968
1970	SF	N	3B	16	16	134.2	10	33	4	1	0	.915
1971	MON	N	3B	19	18	142.2	10	30	2	5	0	.952
1971	MON	N	2B	132	127	1063.2	270	370	14	72	0	.979
1972	MON	N	2B	122	115	982.2	257	353	11	61	0	.982
1972	MON	N	3B	5	4	36	4	13	0	0	0	1.000
1973	MON	N	2B	101	98	847	219	280	9	54	1	.982
1973	MON	N	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	MON	N	3B	14	6	58.1	6	21	2	2	0	.931
1973	MON	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1974	STL	N	2B	5	4	39	10	13	0	3	0	1.000
1974	MON	N	SS	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1974	MON	N	3B	75	73	617	37	140	11	14	0	.941
1974	MON	N	2B	31	29	254	67	88	5	18	0	.969
1974	TOT	N	2B	36	33	293	77	101	5	21	0	.973
Total			3B	158	145	1226.1	88	293	29	28	0	.929
Total			SS	2	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	1258	1214	10509	2734	3512	156	685	1	.976
Total			RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by the Milwaukee Braves (1959).
Sold by the Milwaukee Braves to the New York Mets (October 11, 1962) for $50,000.
Traded by the New York Mets with Jim Hickman to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Tommy Davis and Derrell Griffith (November 29, 1966).
Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Nate Oliver to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Tom Haller and Frank Kasheta (February 13, 1968).
Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Montreal Expos in exchange for Dave McDonald (December 30, 1970).
Claimed on waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Montreal Expos (September 5, 1974).
Released by the St. Louis Cardinals (March 26, 1975).

[edit] Trivia

Was the first New York Mets player elected to an All-Star Game, and was also the first to start an All-Star Game, in 1964. Richie Ashburn and Duke Snider made earlier All-Star Games, but they were managerial selections.