[5] He was traded to the St. Louis Browns of the American League (AL) on October 14, 1952, for three players (Ray Coleman, Stan Rojek, and Bob Mahoney), along with a $95,000 payment to the Dodgers.

[1][2] Hunter was the starting shortstop for the last Browns club in 1953 (and hit the team's final home run).

His lone Browns all-star teammate was the legendary Satchel Paige, and while he did not play the field or bat in the game, he was a pinch-runner for another legend, Mickey Mantle.

[8] Hunter was promoted to third base coach for Baltimore on November 20, 1963, by former Yankees teammate Hank Bauer, who had become the team's manager one day earlier.

[12] Hunter departed from the Orioles on June 27, 1977, to become the Texas Rangers' fourth manager that season, succeeding Connie Ryan, who had served in the interim for six games.

His appointment ended the Rangers' bizarre search for a new manager, which had begun five day prior with Frank Lucchesi's dismissal, followed by Eddie Stanky's one-game stint.

"[16] After turning down a five-year contract extension in midseason,[17] offered by Rangers' young owner, Brad Corbett, Hunter was fired with one day left in the campaign due to his poor relationship with his team.

'"[1] Hunter's record over his one-and-a-half seasons was 146–108 (.575),[19] but he never returned to the Major Leagues as a coach or manager, though he claimed to have received a half dozen job offers in the winter of 1978.

[7] He was a 1996 honoree into the Orioles Hall of Fame,[7] inducted with Jerry Hoffberger and Cal Ripken, Sr.[21] These three men were so well thought of in Baltimore that a crowd of 400 showed up at the luncheon at the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel.