Player

Billy Hunter

Player Info
Full Name
Gordon William
Born
June 4, 1928
Punxsutawney, PA, USA
Died
July 3, 2025
Size
6'0" / 180 lbs
B/T
R / R
Debut
April 14, 1953
Final Game
September 27, 1958
Career
6 years
Teams
Honors
1 x All-Star
1953
Career Batting
630
G
.219
AVG
410
H
16
HR
144
RBI
.557
OPS
57
OPS vs Lg
72% of the career qualification threshold · about these stats
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1958 Kansas City Athletics 22 58 9 1 1 2 6 .155
1958 Cleveland Indians 76 190 37 10 2 0 21 .195
1957 Kansas City Athletics 116 319 61 10 4 8 39 .191
1956 New York Yankees 39 75 21 3 4 0 8 .280
1955 New York Yankees 98 255 58 7 1 3 14 .227
1954 Baltimore Orioles 125 411 100 9 5 2 28 .243
1953 St. Louis Browns 154 567 124 18 1 1 50 .219
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1958 AL 280 .093 .217 7.9 15.7 52 2.1
1957 AL 359 .132 .196 7.5 12.0 64 8.4
1956 AL 79 .147 .296 2.5 5.1 96 0.0
1955 AL 279 .071 .234 5.4 6.5 59 3.2
1954 AL 451 .061 .261 4.7 8.4 67 2.1
1953 AL 604 .041 .236 4.0 7.5 43 1.1 ✓
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
SS 528 877 1,438 101 325 .958
2B 72 125 170 7 46 .977
3B 24 20 29 2 4 .961
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1958 Kansas City Athletics 2B 8 14 18 0 6 1.000
1958 Cleveland Indians 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000
1958 Kansas City Athletics 3B 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1958 Cleveland Indians SS 75 124 165 16 47 .948
1958 Kansas City Athletics SS 12 10 32 3 4 .933
1957 Kansas City Athletics 2B 64 111 152 7 40 .974
1957 Kansas City Athletics 3B 17 18 22 2 2 .952
1957 Kansas City Athletics SS 35 46 89 9 19 .938
1956 New York Yankees 3B 4 2 6 0 2 1.000
1956 New York Yankees SS 32 49 58 0 20 1.000
1955 New York Yankees SS 98 115 249 16 60 .958
1954 Baltimore Orioles SS 124 249 333 32 76 .948
1953 St. Louis Browns SS 152 284 512 25 99 .970
Managerial record: 146-108 (.575) Full Managerial Record
Year Team League G W L PCT Finish
1978 Texas Rangers AL 161 86 75 .534 2
1977 Texas Rangers AL 93 60 33 .645 2