Billy Hunter (baseball)
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| Shortstop | |||
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Born: June 4, 1928 Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 14, 1953, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 27, 1958, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .219 | ||
| Hits | 410 | ||
| Runs batted in | 144 | ||
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Gordon William Hunter (born June 4, 1928) is a retired American shortstop, coach and manager in Major League Baseball.
A slick-fielding, light-hitting shortstop from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the right-handed-batting Hunter was originally signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers. With his path to the Majors blocked by Pee Wee Reese, he was sold to the St. Louis Browns of the American League on October 14, 1952, for $150,000 after leading the Texas League in fielding and stolen bases. Hunter was the starting shortstop for the last Browns club in 1953 and the first modern MLB Orioles team when the Brownies transferred to Baltimore in 1954. For the remainder of his career, however, he was a second-string infielder for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and Cleveland Indians. Hunter batted .219 in 630 games over his six-year (1953–58) AL career.
When Hunter's playing career ended, he scouted for the Indians, managed in the Baltimore farm system and was appointed on November 20, 1963 as the Orioles' third-base coach by former Yankees teammate Hank Bauer who had become the team's manager one day earlier. He performed that role for almost 14 seasons for four AL champions and two World Series winners. In late 1971, Hunter declined a chance to become manager of the California Angels.
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