Monday, February 23, 2009

Happy Birthday Ron Hunt

Today is Ron Hunt's 68th birthday. Hopefully all the bruises have healed by now from the 50 HBPs he recorded between his 30th and 31st birthdays, and the 243 total plunks he got between his 22nd and 34th birthdays. If you were also born today, February 23rd, you and every other person who shares your birthday who isn't Ron Hunt have not been hit by as many major league pitches as Ron Hunt. He was hit 243 times, and everyone else born on February 23rd has been hit 225 times. He's one of 18 players who have (at the moment) been hit by more pitches than everyone else who shares their birthday, which probably isn't quite as important as his being 5th on the all time list, but still interesting. To someone.

Here's the full list of players who have more HBPs than everyone else who gets a birthday cake on the same day as them, including 4 active players (assuming someone signs Manny):

HBPEveryone else's HBPs
John Titus, February 21st9489
Ron Hunt, February 23rd243225
Al Rosen, February 29th2723
Hughie Jennings, April 2nd287185
Fernando Vina, April 16th157140
Barry Larkin, April 28th5540
Manny Ramirez, May 30th9689
Andres Galarraga, June 18th178132
Billy Gilbert, June 21st7242
Jason Kendall, June 26th231230
Dan McGann, July 15th230201
Joe Jackson, July 16th5948
Grady Sizemore, August 2nd5325
Gary Gaetti, August 19th9673
Tommy Tucker, October 28th272154
Craig Biggio, December 14th285213
Mo Vaughn, December 15th108101
A.J. Pierzynski, December 30th8569

posted by pbr @ 2/23/2009 12:38:00 PM   0 comments links to this post
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