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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). In Hunt set a single-season record for being hit by more pitches (50) than any player since 1900.〔 ==Career== Hunt broke into the major leagues in as the Mets’ regular second baseman, batting .272 with 10 home runs, which would be his career high, and 42 runs batted in, which he would tie in 1964. That year, he also finished runner-up to Pete Rose for the National League Rookie of the Year honors. In he batted .303 and became the Mets’ first-ever starting 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 . In November 1966 Hunt and Jim Hickman were traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tommy Davis. Hunt, heartbroken over the deal, batted .263 in . After the season he 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 reportedly retired rather than report with his new team. In his first season with the Giants , Hunt batted .250 with two home runs. The second came off Bob Gibson the first inning of the Giants' September 17 game against the St. Louis Cardinals and accounted for the only run in Gaylord Perry's no-hitter. () After two more 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 . Late in the season, he was waived to his hometown St. Louis Cardinals, with whom he closed out his career after playing 12 games. The Cardinals brought Hunt to Spring training in 1975, but released him in March. He retired forthwith. 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 Expos 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ron Hunt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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