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Ron Hunt
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 80 of 1252 players

Ronald Kenneth Hunt
Born: February 23, 1941 at St. Louis, Mo.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.00 Weight: 186

Ron Hunt has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 15 times, most recently on May 13, 2023.

First Mets game: April 16, 1963
Last Mets game: October 2, 1966

Uniform Number:

Ron Hunt also played for the following teams:

Los Angeles Dodgers 1967; San Francisco Giants 1968 - 1970; Montreal Expos 1971 - 1974; St. Louis Cardinals 1974

Purchased by the New York Mets from the Milwaukee Braves on October 11, 1962.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jim Hickman in exchange for Tommy Davis and Derrell Griffith on November 29, 1966.

On disabled list:

from May 12, 1965 to August 4, 1965 (separated shoulder)

Established a Mets season record for Doubles in 1963 with 28. Tied by Ken Boyer in 1966. Broken by Tommy Davis in 1967 with 32.
Established a Mets season record for Caught Stealing in 1966 with 10. Broken by Bud Harrelson in 1967 with 13.
Established a Mets season record for Hit by Pitch in 1963 with 13. Tied by John Olerud in 1997.

Click the icon to see a graph of Ron Hunt's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1963 143 533 64 145 28 4 10 42 40 0 50 13 5 4 8 6 211 .272 .396 .334

1964 127 475 59 144 19 6 6 42 29 4 30 11 6 2 5 1 193 .303 .406 .357

1965 57 196 21 47 12 1 1 10 14 2 19 6 2 7 6 1 64 .240 .327 .309

1966 132 479 63 138 19 2 3 33 41 2 34 11 8 10 10 2 170 .288 .355 .356

4 years 459 1683 207 474 78 13 20 127 124 8 133 41 21 23 29 10 638 .282 .379 .344

All-Star Game Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1964 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333

1966 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000

2 years 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .250 .250

Led Mets in at bats with 533 in 1963.
Led Mets in runs with 64 in 1963.
Led Mets in hits with 145 in 1963 and with 138 in 1966.
Led Mets in singles with 103 in 1963 and with 114 in 1966. Tied for Mets lead in singles with 113 in 1964.
Led Mets in doubles with 28 in 1963.
Tied for Mets lead in stolen bases with 6 in 1964.
Led Mets in caught stealing with 10 in 1966. Tied for Mets lead in caught stealing with 7 in 1965.
Led Mets in batting average with .272 in 1963, with .303 in 1964 and with .288 in 1966.
Led Mets in on base percentage with .334 in 1963 and with .356 in 1966.
Led Mets in on base plus slugging with .730 in 1963.
Led Mets in hit by pitch with 13 in 1963, with 11 in 1964 and with 11 in 1966. Tied for Mets lead in hit by pitch with 6 in 1965.
Led Mets in total bases with 211 in 1963.
Led Mets in sacrifice flies with 6 in 1963.
Led Mets in sacrifice hits with 8 in 1963 and with 10 in 1966.

Games where Ron Hunt had 4 or more Hits
At Cincinnati (NL) 06/14/63. At Chicago (NL) 05/26/64. At Milwaukee (NL) 06/28/64.

Games played by position
1963: Second Base 142, Third Base 1
1964: Second Base 109, Third Base 12
1965: Second Base 46, Third Base 6
1966: Second Base 123, Shortstop 1, Third Base 1

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Ron Hunt was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1963 5 56 76 0 3 1 0 0 0
1964 7 75 37 1 0 0 0 0 0
1965 31 14 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
1966 69 44 2 0 0 4 1 0 0
Totals 112 189 119 1 3 5 2 0 0