Billy Hunter stats
Age 98
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- Age
- 98 yearsJun 4, 1928
Billy Hunter played 6 MLB seasons, 1953 to 1958.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 630
- AB
- 1,875
- R
- 166
- H
- 410
- HR
- 16
- RBI
- 144
- SB
- 23
- AVG
- .219
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | BAL | 154 | 567 | 50 | 124 | 1 | 37 | 3 | .219 |
| 1954 | BAL | 125 | 411 | 28 | 100 | 2 | 27 | 5 | .243 |
| 1955 | NYY | 98 | 255 | 14 | 58 | 3 | 20 | 9 | .227 |
| 1956 | NYY | 39 | 75 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .280 |
| 1957 | ATH | 116 | 319 | 39 | 61 | 8 | 29 | 1 | .191 |
| 1958 |  ATH/CLE | 98 | 248 | 27 | 46 | 2 | 20 | 5 | .185 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,052
- TB
- 552
- XBH
- 92
- HBP
- 8
- IBB
- 5
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | BAL | 604 | 147 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | BAL | 451 | 125 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | NYY | 279 | 76 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | NYY | 79 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATH | 359 | 103 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | ATH/CLE | 280 | 69 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -2.8
- RC
- 150.6
- RC/27
- 2.60
- ISOP
- .076
- SECA
- .141
- BB/K
- 0.58
- AB/HR
- 117.2
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | BAL | -0.7 | 36.4 | 2.2 | .041 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 567 | 0 |
| 1954 | BAL | -1.2 | 36.6 | 3 | .061 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 205.5 | 0 |
| 1955 | NYY | 0.7 | 22.3 | 2.9 | .071 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 85 | 0 |
| 1956 | NYY | 0.1 | 9.4 | 4.4 | .147 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATH | -1.2 | 27.7 | 2.8 | .132 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 39.9 | 0 |
| 1958 | ATH/CLE | -0.5 | 18.3 | 2.3 | .093 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 124 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO
Bio
- Age
- 98 yearsJun 4, 1928
- Debut
- 1953
What were Billy Hunter's career stats?
Billy Hunter played 6 seasons for the Orioles, the Yankees and the Athletics. He was a career .219 hitter with 410 hits, 16 home runs and 144 RBI. His best season was 1956: a .280 batting average, 0 home runs and 11 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
6 seasons, 1953 to 1958
Championships
- 1956 World Series with the New York Yankees