Bert Hunter

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

Bert Hunter was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for 8 teams, including the St. Louis Stars. Across 91 career appearances, he went 44-22 with a 3.98 ERA and 350 strikeouts. He also batted .203 with 2 home runs. Bert Hunter was an All-Star. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 8922.2.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 44–22
ERA 3.98
WHIP 1.37
SO 350
Pitcher PIV 8922.2
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
5'9" / 175 lb
Born
10/20/1910 in Phoenix, AZ, USA
Died
4/25/1948 in Villahermosa, Tabasco, México
Awards
All-Star

Full name: Birthum Hunter

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Bert Hunter — Batting
PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
52.0 45.0 5.0 10.0 1.0 0 1.0 2.0 5.0 0 0 .222 .300 .311 .611

Pitching

Bert Hunter — Pitching
W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
7 9 18 9 10 2 143.1 139 92 48 13 51 48 3.01 1.33

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Bert Hunter — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting
Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1930 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Listed seasons · 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — —

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Bert Hunter — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching
Season W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
1930 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 5 1 0.00 2.25
Listed seasons · 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 5 1 0.00 2.25

Career Pitching Statistics

Bert Hunter — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
44 22 91 65 45 4 5 570.0 596 252 29 184 350 3.98 8922.2

Career ERA 3.98 vs. league average 4.22 across their career seasons — 5.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Bert Hunter Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1931 SLS NNL 5 2 8 6 4 0 0 56.0 51 23 21 34 3.70 4.10 (+10%) -304.8
1932 DW EWL 6 2 10 7 7 1 1 69.2 64 23 18 48 2.97 4.13 (+28%) 2604.7
1932 HG EWL 4 0 4 3 3 0 0 31.2 25 11 10 24 3.13 4.13 (+24%) 922.6
1932 KCM IND 2 1 3 3 2 0 0 23.0 23 6 5 18 2.35 4.13 (+43%) 1029.9
1933 PC NN2 8 2 14 11 6 0 0 76.1 100 41 25 50 4.83 3.86 (-25%) 333.7
1933 ACG NN2 3 1 4 4 4 2 0 31.1 26 7 9 30 2.01 3.86 (+48%) 1500.3
1934 PC NN2 4 5 15 11 8 1 1 97.1 105 39 36 41 3.61 4.29 (+16%) 1256.7
1935 PC NN2 7 4 15 10 5 0 2 87.0 101 48 26 45 4.97 4.35 (-14%) 653.1
1936 PS NN2 5 4 17 10 6 0 1 93.0 89 46 31 56 4.45 4.59 (+3%) 926.0
1936 NYC NN2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 12 8 3 4 15.43 — 0.0
Career · 10 seasons 44 22 91 65 45 4 5 570.0 596 252 184 350 3.98 — 8,922

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Bert Hunter — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
100 236 24 48 7 2 2 24 0 12 0 .203 .245 .275 .520 0

Career AVG .203 vs. league average .277 across their career seasons — 26.6% below league average.

Career OBP .245 vs. league average .339 across their career seasons — 27.8% below league average.

Career SLG .275 vs. league average .392 across their career seasons — 29.8% below league average.

Career OPS .520 vs. league average .732 across their career seasons — 28.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Bert Hunter Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1931 SLS NNL 10 24 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .125 — — — — 0.0
1932 DW EWL 13 34 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .147 — — — — 0.0
1932 HG EWL 4 14 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .286 — — — — 0.0
1932 KCM IND 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 — — — — 0.0
1933 PC NN2 16 29 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .138 — — — — 0.0
1933 ACG NN2 4 13 2 7 2 1 1 5 0 0 0 .538 — — — — 0.0
1934 PC NN2 16 39 3 10 3 0 0 4 0 2 0 .256 — — — — 0.0
1935 PC NN2 15 36 5 6 0 0 1 5 0 3 0 .167 — — — — 0.0
1936 PS NN2 18 38 4 8 1 0 0 5 0 3 0 .211 — — — — 0.0
1936 NYC NN2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 10 seasons 100 236 24 48 7 2 2 24 0 12 0 .203 — — — — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Bert Hunter — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Bert Hunter — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1935 NLC PC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

Bert Hunter — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 0 1 1 0 6.1 7 5 3 7 7.11

Playoff Pitching by Year

Bert Hunter — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1935 NLC PC 0 0 1 1 0 6.1 7 5 3 7 7.11

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Bert Hunter — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home20352802.229
Away17346601.176

Pitching — Home / Away

Bert Hunter — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home19100.0882217321.98
Away1797.0983933463.62

Last 10 Games — Batting

Bert Hunter — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1936-09-19 PH5PTCL 000000000
1936-09-05 PH5WEGW 301000000
1936-08-31 PH5HOML 000000000
1936-08-20 PH5HOML 000000000
1936-08-16 PH5NW2W 210000000
1936-08-08 PH5HOMW 301000000
1936-08-01 PH5NY6L 000000000
1936-07-26 PH5NY6W 210000010
1936-07-22 PH5PTCW 000000000
1936-07-19 PH5NY6L 000000010

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Bert Hunter — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1936-09-19 PH5PTC — 0.0000000
1936-09-05 PH5WEG W 7.0840000
1936-08-31 PH5HOM — 2.0311030
1936-08-20 PH5HOM L 0.0000000
1936-08-16 PH5NW2 SV 3.0000010
1936-08-08 PH5HOM W 9.02110120
1936-08-01 PH5NY6 L 9.0644101
1936-07-26 PH5NY6 W 9.0944271
1936-07-22 PH5PTC W 9.0200000
1936-07-19 PH5NY6 — 2.2300100

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Bert Hunter — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 1 0 3 0 0 0
OF 3 2 4 0 0 0
P 91 65 14 162 6 7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Bert Hunter — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1931 SLS P 8 6 1 17 0 1
1932 DW 1B 1 0 3 0 0 0
1932 DW OF 2 2 3 0 0 0
1932 DW P 10 7 1 32 1 1
1932 HG P 4 3 0 7 0 0
1932 KCM P 3 3 0 5 0 0
1933 PC P 14 11 2 21 1 1
1933 ACG P 4 4 2 4 2 0
1934 PC P 15 11 5 29 1 3
1935 PC P 15 10 2 15 0 0
1936 PS OF 1 0 1 0 0 0
1936 PS P 17 10 1 32 1 1
1936 NYC P 1 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Bert Hunter Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 91
First Base 1
Left Field 2
Right Field 1

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

  1. 98
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  2. 94
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    44-35, 3.86 ERA
  3. 91
    Randy Wells
    28-32, 4.08 ERA
  4. 91
    Andy Porter
    45-33, 4.24 ERA
  5. 83
    Matt Harrison
    50-35, 4.21 ERA
  6. 83
    Hank Fischer
    30-39, 4.23 ERA

Bert Hunter: the record in brief

The season rows for Bert Hunter begin in 1931. The team column moves through the St. Louis Stars (1931), the Detroit Wolves (1932), the Homestead Grays (1932), the Kansas City Monarchs (1932), the Pittsburgh Crawfords (1933 to 1935), the Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants (1933), the Philadelphia Stars (1936), and the New York Cubans (1936). Born on October 20, 1910, in Phoenix, AZ, USA, Hunter is listed as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. Size on record: 5 feet, 9 inches and 175 pounds. Hunter died on April 25, 1948, in Villahermosa, Tabasco, México. The given name on file is Birthum Hunter.

Across 91 games (65 starts), Hunter recorded 44 wins against 22 losses with a 3.98 ERA. The totals include 350 strikeouts and 45 complete games. The leagues Hunter pitched in allowed 4.22 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 5.6% better than average. Hunter won 8 games in 1933, the most of any season listed. 1936 produced Hunter's most strikeouts, 56.

Frequently Asked Questions about Bert Hunter

Was Bert Hunter a pitcher?
Yes. Bert Hunter pitched in the major leagues, recording 44 wins and 350 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Bert Hunter hit?
Bert Hunter hit 2 career home runs with 48 hits.
What was Bert Hunter's career batting average?
Bert Hunter batted .203 over his career, with 48 hits in 236 at bats.
How many RBI did Bert Hunter have?
Bert Hunter drove in 24 runs in his career.
What was Bert Hunter's career ERA?
Bert Hunter finished with a 3.98 career ERA, going 44-22 with 350 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Bert Hunter have?
Bert Hunter recorded 350 career strikeouts.