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Ron Hunt was born in [[St. Louis]] on February 23, 1941.<ref name="Davidoff">{{cite news |last=Davidoff |first=Ken |date=November 15, 2018 |title=Beloved Met’s hard-nosed play has turned into a hard life: from beanings to Parkinson’s |url=https://nypost.com/2018/11/15/beloved-mets-hard-nosed-play-has-turned-into-a-hard-life-from-beanings-to-parkinsons/ |work=[[New York Post]] |location=New York, NY}}</ref> He graduated from [[Ritenour High School]] in [[Breckenridge Hills, Missouri]], where he played football and baseball.<ref name="Davidoff"/> After graduating, he signed with the [[Milwaukee Braves]], with whom he spent four years in the minor leagues.<ref name="Davidoff"/> The Mets purchased his contract in October 1962 and added him to the major league roster.<ref name="Davidoff"/>
Hunt broke into the major leagues in {{Baseball year|1963}} as the Mets' regular second baseman, [[batting average (baseball)|batting]] .272 with 10 [[home run]]s, which would be his career high, and 42 [[runs batted in]], which he would tie in 1964.<ref>{{Cite
That year, he also finished runner-up to [[Pete Rose]] for the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] [[MLB Rookie of the Year|Rookie of the Year]] honors.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=1963 National League Rookie of the Year Award - BR Bullpen |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/1963_National_League_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=www.baseball-reference.com}}</ref> In {{Baseball year|1964}} he batted .303 and became the Mets' first-ever starting All-Star representative, the game being played in Hunt's home ballpark, the newly opened [[Shea Stadium]]. He was also an All-Star representative in {{Baseball year|1966}}.
In November 1966 Hunt and [[Jim Hickman (1960s outfielder)|Jim Hickman]] were traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for [[Tommy Davis (outfielder)|Tommy Davis]] and [[Derrell Griffith]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1966/11/30/archives/mets-trade-hunt-hickman-to-dodgers-for-tommy-davis-griffith-local.html Mets Trade Hunt, Hickman to Dodgers for Tommy Davis, Griffith; Local team gets a clean-up hitter Davis Will Play Left Field-- Hunt's Arrival to Bring Shifts at Los Angeles]</ref> After batting .263 during the {{Baseball year|1967}} season, Hunt was traded again, this time to the San Francisco Giants in the same deal that sent [[Tom Haller]] to Los Angeles.
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