Taking one for the team

Ron Hunt is probably a major league baseball player who is unknown to students in our class.  When you learn about him, it might give you a different sense of what teamwork is about.  In the table below, HBP stands for hit by pitch.  When you are hit be a major league fastball, it hurts, a lot.  Think of the mental resolve it takes for somebody to have such a record.

The Year Ron Hunt Got Hit By 50 Pitches | FiveThirtyEight via kwout