What years did Tommy Hunter play?

Tommy Hunter played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2023.

Was Tommy Hunter a pitcher?

Yes. Tommy Hunter pitched in the major leagues, recording 56 wins and 639 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Tommy Hunter hit?

Tommy Hunter hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.

What was Tommy Hunter's career batting average?

Tommy Hunter batted .200 over his career, with 1 hits in 5 at bats.

What was Tommy Hunter's career ERA?

Tommy Hunter finished with a 4.07 career ERA, going 56-47 with 639 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Tommy Hunter have?

Tommy Hunter recorded 639 career strikeouts.

Tommy Hunter

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2008-2023)

Tommy Hunter was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2023 for 7 teams, including the Texas Rangers, a span of 16 seasons. Across 508 career appearances, he went 56-47 with a 4.07 ERA, 639 strikeouts, and 22 saves.

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 October 12, 2026

W–L 56–47

ERA 4.07

WHIP 1.24

SO 639

Pitcher PIV -5977.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 250 lb
Born: 7/3/1986 in Indianapolis, IN, USA
MLB Debut: 2008-08-01
Last Game: 2023-06-09

Full name: Raymond Thomas Hunter

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Career Pitching Statistics

Tommy Hunter — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
56	47	508	76	2	0	22	917.1	930	415	129	208	639	4.07	-5977.6

Career ERA 4.07 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Tommy Hunter Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2008	TEX	AL	0	2	3	3	0	0	11.0	23	20	3	9	16.36	4.32 (-278%)	-822.3
2009	TEX	AL	9	6	19	19	1	0	112.0	113	51	33	64	4.10	4.32 (+5%)	-220.9
2010	TEX	AL	13	4	23	22	1	0	128.0	126	53	33	68	3.73	4.08 (+9%)	-2922.6
2011	TEX	AL	1	1	8	0	0	0	15.1	12	5	5	10	2.93	3.94 (+26%)	152.0
2011	BAL	AL	3	3	12	11	0	0	69.1	88	39	10	35	5.06	3.94 (-28%)	-1285.5
2012	BAL	AL	7	8	33	20	0	0	133.2	161	81	27	77	5.45	4.01 (-36%)	-5801.0
2013	BAL	AL	6	5	68	0	0	4	86.1	71	27	14	68	2.81	3.87 (+27%)	396.6
2014	BAL	AL	3	2	60	0	0	11	60.2	55	20	12	45	2.97	3.74 (+21%)	908.9
2015	BAL	AL	2	2	39	0	0	0	44.2	41	18	11	32	3.63	3.96 (+8%)	655.5
2015	CHN	NL	2	0	19	0	0	1	15.2	20	10	3	15	5.74	3.96 (-45%)	-450.7
2016	CLE	AL	2	2	21	0	0	0	21.2	21	9	5	17	3.74	4.19 (+11%)	567.7
2016	BAL	AL	0	0	12	0	0	0	12.1	14	3	3	6	2.19	4.19 (+48%)	397.7
2017	TBA	AL	3	5	61	0	0	1	58.2	43	17	14	64	2.61	4.36 (+40%)	1908.3
2018	PHI	NL	5	4	65	0	0	4	64.0	65	27	15	51	3.80	4.15 (+8%)	842.1
2019	PHI	NL	0	0	5	0	0	0	5.1	2	0	0	5	0.00	—	0.0
2020	PHI	NL	0	1	24	0	0	1	24.2	22	11	6	25	4.01	4.45 (+10%)	706.7
2021	NYN	NL	0	0	4	1	0	0	8.0	4	0	3	6	0.00	—	0.0
2022	NYN	NL	0	1	18	0	0	0	22.1	21	6	6	22	2.42	3.97 (+39%)	-172.1
2023	NYN	NL	0	1	14	0	0	0	23.2	28	18	5	20	6.85	4.33 (-58%)	-838.0
Career · 19 seasons			56	47	508	76	2	22	917.1	930	415	208	639	4.07	—	-5,978

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

Tommy Hunter — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
508	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	0

Career AVG .200 vs. league average .253 across their career seasons — 21.0% below league average.

Career OBP .200 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 37.7% below league average.

Career SLG .200 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 51.1% below league average.

Career OPS .400 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 45.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Tommy Hunter Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2008	TEX	AL	3	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	TEX	AL	19	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	TEX	AL	23	1	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	TEX	AL	8	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	BAL	AL	12	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	BAL	AL	33	2	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	BAL	AL	68	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	BAL	AL	60	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	BAL	AL	39	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	CHN	NL	19	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	CLE	AL	21	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	BAL	AL	12	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	TBA	AL	61	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	PHI	NL	65	1	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	PHI	NL	5	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	PHI	NL	24	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	NYN	NL	4	1	1	1	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	NYN	NL	18	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	NYN	NL	14	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 19 seasons			508	5	1	1	2	.200	—	—	—	—	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

Tommy Hunter — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Tommy Hunter — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2014	ALCS	BAL	1	.000
2014	ALDS2	BAL	1	.000
2012	ALDS1	BAL	2	.000
2010	ALCS	TEX	1	.000
2010	ALDS1	TEX	1	.000
2010	WS	TEX	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Tommy Hunter — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	2	7	3	0	14.1	19	7	2	15	4.40

Playoff Pitching by Year

Tommy Hunter — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2014	ALCS	BAL	0	1	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0.00
2014	ALDS2	BAL	0	1	0	1.0	2	0	1	1	0.00
2012	ALDS1	BAL	0	2	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	0.00
2010	ALCS	TEX	0	1	1	3.1	5	3	0	5	8.10
2010	ALDS1	TEX	1	1	1	4.0	6	2	0	7	4.50
2010	WS	TEX	1	1	1	4.0	5	2	1	1	4.50

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Tommy Hunter — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	261	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	247	5	1	1	0	0	.200

Pitching — Home / Away

Tommy Hunter — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	261	480.2	472	200	100	349	3.74
Away	247	436.2	458	215	108	290	4.43

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Tommy Hunter — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2023-06-09	NYN	PIT	—	2.0	3	2	2	0	2	2
2023-06-08	NYN	ATL	L	0.2	1	3	2	1	0	1
2023-05-28	NYN	COL	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0
2023-05-25	NYN	CHC	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0
2023-05-19	NYN	CLE	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-05-15	NYN	WAS	—	3.0	6	4	4	0	2	1
2023-05-11	NYN	CIN	—	2.1	2	0	0	0	2	0
2023-05-07	NYN	COL	—	2.2	4	3	3	1	2	1
2023-05-01	NYN	ATL	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2023-04-27	NYN	WAS	—	1.2	2	3	2	0	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Tommy Hunter — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	508	76	55	116	11	11

Season-by-Season Fielding

Tommy Hunter — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2008	TEX	P	3	3	0	1	1	0
2009	TEX	P	19	19	3	14	1	1
2010	TEX	P	23	22	9	16	1	1
2011	TEX	P	8	0	2	3	0	0
2011	BAL	P	12	11	5	8	1	2
2012	BAL	P	33	20	8	29	0	4
2013	BAL	P	68	0	3	10	1	0
2014	BAL	P	60	0	5	7	2	1
2015	BAL	P	39	0	7	5	0	1
2015	CHN	P	19	0	2	2	0	0
2016	CLE	P	21	0	0	1	0	0
2016	BAL	P	12	0	0	0	0	0
2017	TBA	P	61	0	2	2	2	0
2018	PHI	P	65	0	2	7	2	0
2019	PHI	P	5	0	2	0	0	0
2020	PHI	P	24	0	1	5	0	1
2021	NYN	P	4	1	0	0	0	0
2022	NYN	P	18	0	1	4	0	0
2023	NYN	P	14	0	3	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Tommy Hunter Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	508

Salary History

Tommy Hunter — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	CLE	AL	$2,000,000
2015	BAL	AL	$4,650,000
2014	BAL	AL	$3,000,000
2013	BAL	AL	$1,820,000
2012	BAL	AL	$493,500
2011	TEX	AL	$442,160
2010	TEX	AL	$409,850
Total Career Earnings			$12,815,510

College History

Tommy Hunter — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa	AL	2006, 2007

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Tommy Hunter: the record in brief

August 1, 2008 and June 9, 2023 bracket Tommy Hunter's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Hunter played for the Texas Rangers (2008 to 2011), the Baltimore Orioles (2011 through 2016), the Chicago Cubs (2015), the Cleveland Indians (2016), the Tampa Bay Rays (2017), the Philadelphia Phillies (2018 through 2020), and the New York Mets (2021 to 2023). Hunter played primarily as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. Born on July 3, 1986, in Indianapolis, IN, USA, Hunter was listed at 250 pounds on a 6-foot-3 frame. The bio lists the given name Raymond Thomas.

Hunter's career pitching line is 56 wins, 47 losses and a 4.07 ERA over 508 appearances. The same table counts 639 strikeouts and 22 saves. Hunter's 4.07 ERA was close to the 4.14 league figure for those seasons. No season topped the 13 wins of 2010. Hunter struck out 77 batters in 2012, a career high. Hunter saved 11 games in 2014, the season high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Tommy Hunter

What years did Tommy Hunter play?: Tommy Hunter played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2023.
Was Tommy Hunter a pitcher?: Yes. Tommy Hunter pitched in the major leagues, recording 56 wins and 639 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Tommy Hunter hit?: Tommy Hunter hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.
What was Tommy Hunter's career batting average?: Tommy Hunter batted .200 over his career, with 1 hits in 5 at bats.
What was Tommy Hunter's career ERA?: Tommy Hunter finished with a 4.07 career ERA, going 56-47 with 639 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Tommy Hunter have?: Tommy Hunter recorded 639 career strikeouts.