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Name	Team	Age
Hunter Sorensen	Retired (1973, Age 39)	Died (2020, Age 86)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 47 (1952)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ralph Kiner League	0	17 years (131 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B-	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	B	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	10/4/1934
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	3	3
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1952

Minors

38.00

9 / 9

4 / 4

4 / 4

3 / 3

2 / 7

6 / 6

5 / 5

33 / 38

1953

Minors

63.00

12 / 12

12 / 12

3 / 4

8 / 9

0 / 10

7 / 9

7 / 7

49 / 63

1954

Minors

54.00

3 / 3

6 / 8

8 / 14

5 / 9

1 / 4

6 / 6

10 / 10

39 / 54

1955

Minors

49.00

6 / 8

6 / 7

3 / 7

5 / 8

0 / 4

5 / 7

7 / 8

32 / 49

1956

Majors

55.33

4 / 7

2 / 7

4 / 8

4 / 8

0 / 10

1 / 7

4 / 8

19 / 55

1957

Majors

66.02

6 / 7

5 / 8

2 / 7

6 / 10

1 / 12

7 / 10

7 / 12

34 / 66

1958

Majors

62.52

4 / 6

2 / 5

6 / 9

1 / 10

0 / 12

1 / 10

3 / 10

17 / 62

1959

Majors

58.96

1 / 8

3 / 6

3 / 12

0 / 7

0 / 12

0 / 6

1 / 7

8 / 58

1960

Majors

66.76

2 / 12

2 / 8

2 / 9

3 / 8

1 / 10

2 / 7

3 / 12

15 / 66

1961

Majors

66.98

4 / 6

2 / 8

1 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 12

3 / 10

0 / 12

10 / 66

1962

Majors

58.37

0 / 6

0 / 12

2 / 12

1 / 9

1 / 5

0 / 3

1 / 11

5 / 58

1963

Majors

68.19

0 / 12

0 / 11

1 / 13

0 / 11

0 / 5

1 / 7

0 / 9

2 / 68

1964

Majors

58.91

0 / 9

1 / 17

0 / 4

0 / 11

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 7

1 / 58

1965

Majors

60.39

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 60

1966

Majors

66.40

1 / 11

0 / 11

0 / 8

1 / 13

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 7

2 / 66

1967

Majors

63.46

162

148

0

1 / 5

0 / 9

0 / 12

0 / 10

0 / 6

1 / 11

0 / 10

2 / 63

1968

Majors

64.26

162

150

0

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 14

0 / 64

1969

Majors

55.47

145

133

17

0 / 6

0 / 12

0 / 4

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 55

1970

Majors

61.17

162

148

0

-3 / 13

-3 / 12

-2 / 5

-4 / 8

-7 / 5

-1 / 12

-3 / 6

-23 / 61

1971

Majors

61.35

162

148

0

-3 / 5

-3 / 12

-1 / 14

-5 / 10

-7 / 4

-3 / 5

-1 / 11

-23 / 61

1972

Majors

61.00

162

146

0

-1 / 8

-3 / 8

-4 / 7

-4 / 11

-2 / 8

-1 / 8

-2 / 11

-17 / 61

1973

Majors

60.12

162

146

0

-1 / 12

-1 / 6

-1 / 9

-1 / 12

-6 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 12

-10 / 60

Total

1117

1019

17

45 / 179

35 / 197

31 / 189

23 / 205

-16 / 165

35 / 167

42 / 210

195 / 1312

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1973-11-01	Hunter Sorensen has retired from the Washington Pandas
1969-04-15	Hunter Sorensen of the Washington Pandas is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1962-04-21	Hunter Sorensen of the Washington Pandas is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1956-03-03	The Washington Writers have promoted Hunter Sorensen to the major league team. The Washington Writers have designated Jimmie Bennett for assignment.
1953-07-25	A trade has been completed between the Washington Writers and the Pittsburgh Creepy-Crawlers. The Pittsburgh Creepy-Crawlers receive Alex Kim, Kerry Castillo from the Washington Writers in exchange for Hunter Sorensen, Brian Edelen, Tim Geren, Draft Pick - 1955 Round 1 (PIT), Draft Pick - 1955 Round 2 (PIT), Draft Pick - 1956 Round 1 (PIT).