Bill Hunnefield
Bill Hunnefield | |
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Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S. | |
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 17, 1926, for the Chicago White Sox | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 27, 1931, for the New York Giants | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .272 |
Home runs | 9 |
Runs batted in | 144 |
Teams | |
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William Fenton Hunnefield (January 5, 1899 – August 28, 1976) was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He was a switch hitter, threw with his right hand, was 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) tall, and weighed 165 pounds (75 kg).
Baseball career
Hunnefield was a member of the Massachusetts state champion baseball team from Framingham High School in 1916 (as reported in the Middlesex News on February 14, 1993), and graduated from Framingham High in 1918.
Hunnefield attended
.Playing in a total of 511 games, his
There is a vintage "exhibit" card issued in 1927 that pictures Chicago White Sox pitcher Tommy Thomas, and was mislabeled as "Wm. Hunnefield". Bill Hunnefield does appear in a 1993 baseball card set created from photo archives of the Sporting News on card #696.
After his major league career, he was a player and manager in the summer
In the off-season, Hunnefield was an accountant and often reported late to spring training because it coincided with tax season.
In the late 1940s he moved to New York City with his wife, Jean Nathan, where they founded the Jean Nate company. They operated this company successfully until its sale in 1963 to Lanvin.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Sports Illustrated Bill Hunnefield
- Bill Hunnefield MLB Baseball Player
- Baseball library
- Bill Hunnefield baseball card