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Willard Hunter

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: March 8, 1935 in Newark, NJ us

Died: February 3, 2021 in Omaha, NE

School: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)

Debut: April 16, 1962 (Age 27-039d, 11,964th in major league history)
vs. SFG 2.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 9 ER

Last Game: October 4, 1964 (Age 29-210d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Willard Mitchell Hunter

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

ERA

5.68

114.0

WHIP

1.526

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-25 / in Starts: 0-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 5

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	7	Apr 16	LAD	@	SFG	L,8-19	6-7		99	2.0	6	10	9	4	1	1	0	40.50	14.12	17	4	4	2	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	1	.00	-0.003	.00	-0.01%	-9.01	6b --- 0 out d8	7b 3 out d16
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Los Angeles Dodgers to New York Mets
2	2	43	Jun 1	NYM		SFG	L,6-9	6-8		45	3.0	6	5	5	3	3	1	1	25.20	11.02	19	4	2	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-3.48	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d8
3	3	46	Jun 3	NYM		SFG	L,1-6	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	21.00	9.28	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
4	4	51	Jun 9	NYM	@	CHC	W,11-6	2-8	W(1-0)	5	6.0	8	3	3	3	6	0	0	12.75	5.70	29	13	7	3	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.229	.00	0.00%	0.30	2b -23 2 out d1	8b 12- 2 out a4
5	5	58	Jun 16	NYM		CHC	L,3-6	GS-5	L(1-1)	6	4.2	7	5	5	1	1	1	0	11.88	5.68	21	7	11	5	1	1	30			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.189	.00	0.00%	-1.24	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d1
6	6	64	Jun 20(2)	NYM		MLN	L,2-3	CG(6)	L(1-2)	3	6.0	2	3	3	5	6	2	0	9.93	6.15	25	6	6	0	2	2	57			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.054	.00	0.00%	0.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
7	7	69	Jun 26	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-6	L(1-3)	5	6.0	7	5	5	3	5	1	0	9.42	5.83	28	6	10	3	2	4	40			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.252	.00	0.00%	-1.95	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	8	78	Jul 4(2)	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-10	GS-6	L(1-4)	7	6.0	7	5	4	6	3	2	0	8.83	6.37	29	9	4	0	0	7	37			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	1	.48	-0.246	.00	0.00%	-2.02	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
9	9	82	Jul 8	NYM		STL	L,1-15	5-7		3	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	8.36	6.31	12	1	8	2	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.52	5t --- 0 out d9	7t 3 out d10
10	10	87	Jul 15(2)	NYM		SFG	L,8-9	GS-2	L(1-5)	6	2.0	5	5	5	1	0	1	0	9.08	6.52	11	4	1	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.401	.00	0.00%	-3.98	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
11	11	89	Jul 19(1)	NYM		PIT	L,1-5	8-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.85	6.43	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.51	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
12	12	94	Jul 22(2)	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-4	7-8		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	8.44	6.16	8	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	0.199	.00	0.00%	1.05	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
13	13	95	Jul 24	NYM	@	MLN	L,4-5	10-11		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.06	6.02	8	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.40	0.269	.00	0.00%	0.97	10b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
14	14	100	Jul 28	NYM	@	STL	W,9-8	9-9		3	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8.06	6.09	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-0.40	9b --- 0 out a1	9b 1-- 0 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	15	103	Aug 1	NYM		PHI	L,9-11	8-GF		3	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	7.91	6.00	10	4	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.071	.00	0.00%	0.02	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
16	16	107	Aug 4(2)	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	8-9		2	1.1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	7.69	6.03	7	1	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-0.57	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 123 1 out tie
17	17	118	Aug 15(1)	NYM		PHI	L,3-9	4-7		10	4.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	7.27	5.83	16	5	3	2	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	-0.006	.00	0.00%	1.03	4t 12- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d5
18	18	122	Aug 19	NYM		STL	L,5-10	7-7		3	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.57	5.81	4	0	2	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-2.18	7t --- 0 out d4	7t -2- 1 out d6
19	19	135	Aug 30	NYM	@	PHI	L,7-8	8-8		10	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.69	5.79	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.18	8b --- 0 out d2	8b -2- 1 out d2
20	20	136	Aug 31	NYM	@	STL	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.64	5.77	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.54	8b 1-3 2 out d2	8b end d 2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	21	137	Sep 1	NYM	@	STL	L,5-10	4-7		0	3.2	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	7.31	5.46	14	3	5	0	2	3		3	3	2	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-0.69	4b 123 1 out d2	7b 3 out d6
22	22	140	Sep 3(2)	NYM	@	PIT	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.06	5.33	6	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	.15	0.019	.00	0.00%	1.02	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
23	23	141	Sep 4	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-5	7-7		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.02	5.31	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.23	7b 1-- 2 out d4	7b 3 out d4
24	24	143	Sep 8(1)	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-4	9-9		3	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.17	5.31	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.39	-0.318	.00	0.00%	-0.98	9b --- 0 out a1	9b 12- 0 out a1
25	25	146	Sep 10	NYM		MLN	L,2-5	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.93	5.19	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.024	.00	0.00%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
26	26	151	Sep 18(2)	NYM		HOU	L,6-8	7-8		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.71	5.05	7	2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.14	0.015	.00	0.00%	1.02	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d4
27	27	152	Sep 20(1)	NYM		HOU	L,2-7	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.61	5.01	5	2	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
28	28	161	Sep 30	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-2	L(1-6)	9	1.0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	6.65	5.16	8	3	1	0	0	0	43			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.192	.00	0.00%	-2.32	1b start tie	2b 123 0 out d1
							3-25		W-L:1-6	3.1	65.0	73	51	48	38	41	10	1	6.65	5.16	304	1.11		11%	7%	49	39	10	40%	5	1	0	259	6	3	0	4	1	6	.66	-1.489	.00	-0.01%	-20.71

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