:Hy Gunning

{{Short description|American baseball player (1888–1975)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Hy Gunning

|position=First baseman

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1888|8|6|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Maplewood, New Jersey

|death_date={{death date and age|1975|3|28|1888|8|6}}

|death_place=Togus, Maine

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 8

|debutyear=1911

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 23

|finalyear=1911

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.111

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=2

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1911}})

}}

Hyland Gunning (August 6, 1888 – March 28, 1975) was a professional baseball player. He appeared in Major League Baseball (MLB) briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1911 season. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. A native of Maplewood, New Jersey, he was signed by Boston out of the Princeton University.[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/princeton_university_baseball_players.shtml Princeton University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues], Baseball Almanac. Accessed June 18, 2009.

In a four-game major-league career, Gunning had a .111 batting average (1-for-9) with two runs batted in (RBIs). Defensively as a first baseman, he recorded 25 put-outs and no assists, without any errors, for a 1.000 fielding percentage.

Gunning died in Togus, Maine, at age 86.