Ken
Hunt
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: July 13, 1934 in Usa, ND, GRAND FORKS
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 24 PIT NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
1960 25 CIN NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1961 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
1962 27 COL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 4 4 4
1963 28 COL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
1964 29 COL NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1965 30 COL NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1966 31 COL NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1967 32 OAK AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1959 24 AAA   111 458 77 108 20 0 37 72 11 3 47 137 .236 .307 .522 .829 76.6  
    AA   26 103 16 37 3 1 10 31 4 3 11 20 .359 .421 .699 1.120 26.3  
1960 25 AAA   83 312 55 81 16 0 26 62 7 2 43 79 .260 .349 .561 .910 61.5  
    AA   45 160 26 44 11 1 13 33 1 3 17 43 .275 .345 .600 .945 31.0  
1961 26 CIN NL 123 301 29 63 16 0 9 35 1 0 25 88 .209 .268 .352 .620 27.9 3.5
1962 27 COL NL 138 403 51 102 25 5 20 63 1 2 34 117 .253 .311 .489 .800 58.1 13.3
1963 28 COL NL 112 245 31 49 11 0 6 26 3 1 32 68 .200 .293 .318 .611 25.2 3.0
1964 29 COL NL 68 122 9 25 7 0 3 14 4 0 8 33 .205 .254 .336 .590 9.8 0.7
1965 30 COL NL 84 133 20 33 6 0 7 23 1 1 8 34 .248 .290 .451 .741 18.8 3.4
1966 31 COL NL 71 139 19 29 7 0 4 16 2 0 6 31 .209 .240 .345 .585 10.2 0.3
1967 32 AAA   120 355 47 89 17 1 14 43 5 0 31 88 .251 .311 .423 .733 47.8  
6 Years Sim 596 1343 159 301 72 5 49 177 12 4 113 371 .224 .284 .395 .678 150.1 24.0
3 Years AAA 314 1125 179 278 53 1 77 177 23 5 121 304 .247 .322 .501 .823 185.9  
2 Years AA 71 263 42 81 14 2 23 64 5 6 28 63 .308 .371 .639 1.010 57.3  
5 Years Minors 385 1388 221 359 67 3 100 241 28 11 149 367 .259 .331 .527 .859 243.3  
162 Game Average 365 43 81 19 1 13 48 3 1 30 100 .224 .284 .395 .678 40.8  
Career Highs 138 403 51 102 25 5 20 63 4 2 34 117 .253 .311 .489 .800 58.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   830 84 188 41 4 29 115 3 4 58 230 .227 .275 .390 .666 89.8
vs LH   513 75 113 31 1 20 62 9 0 55 141 .220 .297 .402 .699 64.6
Home 310 691 81 162 37 3 30 100 5 2 56 183 .234 .292 .427 .719 87.5
Away 286 652 78 139 35 2 19 77 7 2 57 188 .213 .276 .360 .636 66.9
RISP   312 0 75 19 1 10 125 0 0 28 76 .240 .298 .404 .702 38.4
Pinch Hitting   249 33 70 19 1 7 42 0 1 18 67 .281 .326 .450 .776 34.9
Close/Late   243 32 69 21 0 10 35 0 0 13 61 .284 .319 .494 .813 36.2
Mar/Apr 78 152 11 29 9 1 4 18 0 1 9 53 .191 .235 .342 .577 11.7
May 105 228 29 54 11 0 12 39 2 1 22 44 .237 .304 .443 .747 31.5
June 115 291 37 66 12 2 11 35 3 0 23 74 .227 .282 .395 .677 33.8
July 99 207 19 47 12 1 7 23 4 1 18 58 .227 .289 .396 .685 24.4
August 107 275 33 57 9 0 10 36 3 1 27 84 .207 .279 .349 .628 28.4
Sep/Oct 92 190 30 48 19 1 5 26 0 0 14 58 .253 .302 .442 .745 24.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1961 26 CIN NL LF 38 27 253.0 36 1 0 1 1.000 1.32   1.1
    RF 28 25 218.0 39 0 0 0 1.000 1.61    
    CF 17 13 129.3 30 0 1 0 .968 2.09    
1962 27 COL NL RF 92 82 695.0 166 1 1 0 .994 2.16   1.9
    LF 24 19 173.7 47 0 0 0 1.000 2.44    
    CF 13 2 54.0 16 0 1 0 .941 2.67    
1963 28 COL NL CF 35 28 248.3 88 0 3 0 .967 3.19   1.4
    LF 17 15 128.7 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.59    
    RF 18 12 109.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.90    
1964 29 COL NL LF 13 11 92.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.5
    RF 8 7 53.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.02    
    CF 8 4 45.0 13 0 2 0 .867 2.60    
1965 30 COL NL LF 12 10 85.7 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.9
    CF 15 7 83.7 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.90    
    RF 5 4 36.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75    
1966 31 COL NL CF 18 16 143.0 39 1 0 0 1.000 2.52   0.6
    RF 8 6 51.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.76    
    LF 8 5 47.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.53    
  RF 159 136 1162.0 251 1 1 0 .996 1.95   1.9
  LF 112 87 780.0 172 2 0 1 1.000 2.01   2.5
  CF 106 70 703.3 213 1 7 0 .968 2.74   2.1
Career Totals   377 293 2645.3 636 4 8 1 .988 2.18   6.5
Career Highs   129 103 922.7 229 1 3 1 1.000 2.74    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1964 29 COL NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1962-10-5
Strikeouts
1962-10-117
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Ken McMullen (958)
  2. Howard Johnson (954)
  3. Kevin Elster (935)
  4. Tony Fernandez (930)
  5. Frank Malzone (921)
  6. Dale Berra (919)
  7. Don Zimmer (916)
  8. Tony Bernazard (916)
  9. Von Hayes (915)
  10. Nellie Fox (914)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1959
Traded from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati on 4/2/1960 (Going to PIT: LF Willie Mays. Going to CIN: LF Ken Hunt, RF Lou Clinton, 1B Deron Johnson, 1B Gordy Coleman)
Injured on 5/15/1960 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 4/10/1961, off Jim O'toole (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/20/1961, off Howie Nunn (PIT)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1962, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1967 to a minor league deal