Billy Hunter
1953–1958 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
630G
.219AVG
.264OBP
.294SLG
More career statistics
410H
16HR
144RBI
23SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 12 | 13 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 630 | 2,052 | 1,875 | 166 | 410 | 58 | 18 | 16 | 144 | 111 | 192 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 552 | .219 | .264 | .294 | .558 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1953-07-26 to 1953-08-04
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1954-04-22 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1953-09-04 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1957-08-17 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 314 | 975 | 192 | 10 | 79 | 46 | 92 | .213 | .244 | .292 |
| Away | 316 | 1077 | 218 | 6 | 65 | 65 | 100 | .224 | .263 | .297 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 52 | 153 | 25 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 17 | .189 | .261 | .265 |
| May | 106 | 342 | 76 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 23 | .238 | .251 | .304 |
| June | 130 | 432 | 89 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 39 | .223 | .243 | .278 |
| July | 125 | 378 | 79 | 5 | 24 | 32 | 34 | .237 | .294 | .338 |
| August | 127 | 451 | 86 | 3 | 29 | 22 | 56 | .207 | .239 | .298 |
| September | 90 | 296 | 55 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 23 | .201 | .240 | .263 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 92 | 317 | 75 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 31 | .259 | .271 | .317 |
| chicago-white-sox | 85 | 273 | 57 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 28 | .237 | .311 | .324 |
| detroit-tigers | 84 | 273 | 48 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 26 | .190 | .209 | .257 |
| boston-red-sox | 84 | 275 | 49 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 24 | .198 | .244 | .258 |
| cleveland-guardians | 77 | 231 | 50 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 24 | .236 | .268 | .321 |
| new-york-yankees | 76 | 266 | 50 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 27 | .211 | .267 | .287 |
| baltimore-orioles | 56 | 161 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 16 | .188 | .211 | .289 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 43 | 159 | 35 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 8 | .230 | .239 | .316 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 |  St. Louis Browns | 154 | 567 | 124 | 1 | 37 | 3 | .219 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Baltimore Orioles | 125 | 411 | 100 | 2 | 27 | 5 | .243 | – | – |
| 1955 |  New York Yankees | 98 | 255 | 58 | 3 | 20 | 9 | .227 | – | – |
| 1956 | New York Yankees | 39 | 75 | 21 | – | 11 | – | .280 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Kansas City Athletics | 116 | 319 | 61 | 8 | 29 | 1 | .191 | – | – |
| 1958 | Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics | 98 | 248 | 46 | 2 | 20 | 5 | .185 | – | – |