Billy Hunter

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Full Name: Gordon William Hunter	Primary Position: SS,2B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: April 14, 1953
Birthdate: June 4, 1928	Final Game: September 27, 1958
Birthplace: Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
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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.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
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

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
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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