Ron Hunt

Second Base

1963—1974

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Second Base RANK
#54

Player Detail

Ronald Kenneth
GIVEN NAME
Hunt
SURNAME
February 23, 1941, in St. Louis, MO
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1963—1974
Playing Career
Played from 22-33
PLAYING AGE
New York Mets
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
Montreal Expos
Teams Played For
Second Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Montreal Expos
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
33
UNIFORM NUMBER
#1 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-0 / 186
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 16, 1963
Major League Debut
September 28, 1974
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Ron Hunt?

Decided to become a pin cushion, being hit by as many as 50 pitches in a season.
Hunt said, “Some people give their bodies to science; I give mine to baseball,” in reference to his proclivity for being hit by pitches.
  • Ron Hunt Scouting Report

40

HITTING

40

POWER

40

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1483
1429
39
370
.273
2 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
29.2
58.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.715
.650
110.1

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.273
.368
.347

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Joe Morgan
Jim Lefebvre
Tommy Helms

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
John Roseboro
Willie McCovey
Ted Sizemore
Roy McMillan
Jim Ray Hart
Ken SIngleton
Willie Mays
Bobby Bonds
Juan Marichal
Don Drysdale
Casey Stengel

Ron Hunt Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Hunt
510
139
73
22
2
4
36
54
37
6
177
217
.273
.368
.347
715
AVG 2B
540
137
63
20
4
6
45
62
9
182
185
.253
.313
.337
.650

Ron Hunt Rankings

AT Second Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
54
66
48
54
95
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Second Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
56
56
63
60
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Ron Hunt PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
32.8
25.6
18.5
13.8
3.58
70.8
45.6
33.2
22.8
5.19
BLUE = Ron Hunt
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
187.2
131.9
92.0
64.3
20.4
352.5
203.1
147.5
97.5
26.2
BLUE = Ron Hunt
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B