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Ron Hunt

Contact Information (where autograph requests should be mailed to):

Contact Person and/or Name of Organization Ron Hunt

Address: 2806 Jackson Road

City: Wentzville State: MO Zip Code: 63385

Charity Information:

Name of charity or charities the donations go to  Ron Hunt Eagle Baseball Association

Signing Habits:

1) If you sign items for free, what are the maximum number of items you will sign for free?  ___________

2) Do you answer questions sent by fans?  ______________

3) Do you prefer when fans send you their own pens/markers? ______________

4) What can fans do to make it easier for you to sign their items? __________________________________________________________________
 

Donation Charges:

 Re-writing to Mr. Hunt to clarify the below fees

Who should the check/money order be made out to: Ron Hunt Eagle Baseball Association

Payment can be made by: Cash,  Personal Checks,  Money Orders,  Cashier’s Checks

Ron Hunt's Message to the Fans

Biography

Ronald Kenneth Hunt (born February 23, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former Major League Baseball player.

A second baseman who also played third base sparingly, Hunt played for the New York Mets (1963-1966), Los Angeles Dodgers (1967), San Francisco Giants (1968-1970), Montreal Expos (1971-1974) and St. Louis Cardinals (1974).

Hunt broke into the major leagues in 1963 as the Mets’ regular second baseman, batting .272 with 10 home runs, which would be his career high, and 42 runs batted in, which would tie him with another. That year, he also finished runner-up to Pete Rose for the National League Rookie of the Year honors. In 1964 he batted .303 and became the Mets’ first-ever All-Star representative, an honor made all the more special because the game was played in the Mets’ newly opened Shea Stadium. He was also an All-Star representative in 1966.

In November 1966 Hunt and Jim Hickman were traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tommy Davis. After batting .263 in 1967 Hunt, heartbroken over the deal, was traded again, this time to the San Francisco Giants in the same deal that sent Tom Haller to Los Angeles. The deal was the first between the two teams since they moved to the West Coast, and also the first since the one that would have sent Jackie Robinson to the Giants; he retired rather than report with his new team.

After three seasons in San Francisco Hunt was traded to the Montreal Expos. In nearly four seasons in Montreal he batted .277, including a career high .309 in 1973. Late in the 1974 season he was traded to his hometown St. Louis Cardinals, with whom he closed out his career after playing 12 games.

In his 12-year career Hunt batted .273 with 39 home runs and 370 RBIs in 1483 games played. He was also one of the most difficult batters to strike out, fanning 382 times in 5235 at-bats, or once in every 13.70 at-bats. In 1973 he set an Expo record by only striking out 19 times in 401 at-bats, the fewest ever in franchise history by a player who had at least 400 at-bats on the season.

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Second Baseman

Born: February 23, 1941 (1941-02-23) (age 67)
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 16, 1963
for the New York Mets
Final game
September 28, 1974
for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics
AVG .273
Hits 1429
HBP 243
Teams
New York Mets (1963-1966)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1967)
San Francisco Giants (1968-1970)
Montreal Expos (1971-1974)
St. Louis Cardinals (1974)

Career highlights and awards
All-star in 1964, 1966
Led Major Leagues in HBP 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
His 50 HBP in 1971 is a modern-day record
Led National League in HBP: 1974

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The Hit by Pitch
Hunt, whose motto was, “Some people give their bodies to science; I give mine to baseball,” had been hit by pitches more often than anyone during his playing days. He led the National League in getting hit by pitches in each of his final seven Major League seasons; in all but his final season (1974), he was the Major League HBP leader, his 16 “plunks” outdone only by Bobby Grich’s 20. He was hit by 25 pitches in 1968, 25 in 1969, 26 in 1970, 50 in 1971, 26 in 1972 and 24 in 1973.

On September 29, 1971, against the Chicago Cubs at Jarry Park, Hunt was hit by a Milt Pappas pitch to give him 50 on the season, obliterating the post-1900 record of 31 by Steve Evans, although Hughie Jennings still holds the all-time record for 51 HPBs in 1896.[1] Pappas argued to home plate umpire Ken Burkhart that the pitch was directly over the plate, that Hunt got hit by the ball without even trying to get out of the way. Earlier in the year, Pappas had also contributed #27 in the Hunt collection, prompting Cub manager Leo Durocher to cry foul after home plate umpire Augie Donatelli awarded Hunt first base on that pitch. Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson had a similar complaint after Hunt was hit by a Jim McGlothlin pitch on August 7 of that year; the HBP was Hunt’s 32nd of the season, which broke the National League record set by Steve Evans of the 1910 St. Louis Cardinals.

On April 29, 1969, Hunt tied a Major League record with three HBPs in a game against the Cincinnati Reds.

Hunt always insisted that he never deliberately got hit by a pitch, that he always stood straight up at the plate and simply leaned into the pitch.

Upon his retirement, his 243 HBPs were a career record. Don Baylor would break that record in 1987 and retire with 267 HBPs. Craig Biggio would break Baylor’s career record in 2005 and retire at the end of the 2007 season with 285 HBPs.

On occasion, Hunt wore a wetsuit underneath his uniform to deaden the pain from being hit by a pitch.

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Source: Wikipedia.org at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Hunt

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