Ronald Kenneth Hunt is a former Major League Baseball player. A second baseman who also played third base sparingly, Hunt played for the New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Montreal Expos and St. Louis Cardinals. Hunt broke into the major leagues in 1963 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 1964 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 1966. 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 1967. 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. [More at Wikipedia]

February 23rd, 1941 in St. Louis (Age 83)