Ken Hunt

Who was Ken Hunt?

Kenneth Lawrence Hunt was a professional baseball player who played six seasons for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, and Washington Senators of Major League Baseball. The native of Grand Forks, North Dakota, threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 1 inch and weighed 205 pounds.

After two trials with the 1959–1960 Yankees, Hunt was selected by the new Los Angeles Angels franchise in the 1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft. Playing at the Angels' cozy Wrigley Field home park in 1961, Hunt bashed 25 home runs and knocked in 84 RBI in 149 games played — one of five Angels to crack the 20 home run mark in their maiden American League season. However, surgery to repair an aneurysm near his throwing shoulder ruined his 1962 season, and Hunt never regained his productive stroke.

All told, he appeared in 310 MLB games, and batted .226 with 177 hits.

He was the stepfather of child actor Butch Patrick and appeared in one episode in 1965 titled "Herman the Rookie".

Hunt is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Fargo, North Dakota several feet away from fellow major league player Roger Maris.