Rich Hunter

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1974)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Rich Hunter

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1974|9|25}}

|birth_place=Pasadena, California

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 6

|debutyear=1996

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 29

|finalyear=1996

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=3–7

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=6.49

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=32

|teams=

• Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1996}})

|highlights=

• Paul Owens Award (1995)

}}

Richard Thomas Hunter (born September 25, 1974) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in {{By|1996}} with the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1995, Hunter went a combined 19–2 with a 2.73 ERA between the Piedmont Boll Weevils, Clearwater Phillies, and Reading Phillies. As a result, he was a winner of the Paul Owens Award, given annually to the top pitcher and position player in the Phillies' farm system (David Doster and Wendell Magee were co-winners among position players).