Ron Hunt Positions: Second Baseman and Third BasemanBats: Right • Throws: Right6-0, 186lb (183cm, 84kg)Born: February 23, 1941 in St. Louis, MOHigh School: Ritenour HS (St. Louis, MO)Debut: April 16, 1963 ( 9,707th in MLB history)vs. CIN 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: September 28, 1974vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBFull Name: Ronald Kenneth Hunt Nine…
1986 – Boston’s Don Baylor sets an American League record when he is hit by a pitch for the 25th time‚ breaking the season record he held with Bill Freehan (1968) and Kid Elberfeld (1911). The Royals’ Bud Black does the plunking in a 5 – 1 win. Baylor will end the season being hit 35 times: the modern major league record is 50 by Ron Hunt.
Expos second baseman Ron Hunt is plunked by a pitch for the 50th time of the season, establishing a big league record. By comparison, the runner-up in the league, teammate Rusty Staub, will be hit by a pitch only nine times.
1970 – The San Francisco Giants trade popular second baseman Ron Hunt to the Montreal Expos for first baseman Dave McDonald. Hunt will be a solid starter for three seasons in Montreal, while McDonald will be sold back to the Expos less than a year later.
Consecutive home runs in the 5th by Dave Marshall, Ron Hunt, and Bobby Bonds highlight the first of two San Francisco wins at Philadelphia. SF wins the first, 6 – 2, and then the second game, 5 – 3, to regain first place in the National League West by one-half game.
On September 17, 1968, At Candlestick, Giants’ hurler Gaylord Perry (14-14) no-hits the Cardinals and Bob Gibson, 1-0, with the only run of the game being tallied on Ron Hunt’s first-inning home run. Tomorrow, Redbird hurler Ray Washburn will return the favor by no-hitting San Francisco, 2-0, marking the first time in major league history…
In the top of the seventeenth inning at Shea Stadium, Ron Hunt’s two out single scores Hal Lanier for the game’s only run as the Giants beat New York, 1-0. Bobby Bolin throws the first 11 shutout innings, with reliever Frank Linzy getting the victory and Mike McCormick picking up a save.
Los Angeles Dodgers trade infielders Ron Hunt and Nate Oliver
On November 29, 1966 — The Dodgers trade two-time batting champ Tommy Davis and outfielder Derrell Griffith to the Mets for outfielder Jim Hickman and infielder Ron Hunt. Hickman leaves New York as the franchise’s all-time home run leader with 60. Davis, who missed most of 1965 due to severely breaking his ankle…