Torii Hunter

  • 5x All-Star ( 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013)
  • 9x Gold Glove Award ( 2001-2009 )
  • Silver Slugger Award 2009

Torii Kedar Hunter ( born July 18, 1975 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas) is an American baseball player in the major leagues. After several years as a player of the Minnesota Twins, he has been active since 2008 at the LA Angels. Since 2001 he has been continuously awarded the Gold Glove Award.

Biography

Torii Hunter was selected by the Minnesota Twins as Erstrundendraftpick ( 20th position) in 1993 after graduating from high school. His first try for the Twins, he played on 22 August 1997. His first full season he graduated in 1999. He ended after 135 games with just one error in 293 chances in the outfield. In April 2000, Hunter was temporarily demoted to the minor league baseball. End of July 2000, he was brought back into the team the Twins, since he there developed into a leading player. At the end of the season he was voted the Best Defensive Outfielder and Most Exciting Player of the Pacific Coast League.

In 2001, Hunter has designed the team of Twins one of the best players and led them for the first time since 1992 to a positive win - Loss ratio. Hunter was voted Best defensive outfielder of the American League and received his first Gold Glove Award. After convincing performances in the 2002 season, Hunter was elected to the All-Star Game. There, the first starter of the Twins after Kirby Puckett 1995. Highlight of this game was in the first inning was a spectacular caught ball, which he tied a homerun of Barry Bonds.

In the 2005 season, Hunter has been set by a fracture of the ankle and a ligament long out of action, so that he missed part of the season. Nevertheless, he was awarded the fifth Gold Glove award in a row. After the end of the 2006 season, who completed the Twins to the fourth division title the last five years, there was a scandal: Hunter and team manager Terry Ryan gave the Kansas City Royals that helped the Twins to the division title with a win against the Detroit Tigers had previously promised champagne. Since this is forbidden according to MLB rules, arrived already in Kansas champagne had to be reclaimed immediately.

Hunter is married and has three children.

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