Catfish Hunter

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: April 8, 1946 in Hertford, NC us

Died: September 9, 1999 in Hertford, NC

Buried: Cedarwood Cemetery, Hertford, NC

High School: Perquimans HS (Perquimans, NC)

Debut: May 13, 1965 (Age 19-035d, 12,362nd in major league history)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 17, 1979 (Age 33-162d)
vs. CLE 6.1 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1987. (Voted by BBWAA on 315/413 ballots)
View Catfish Hunter's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Agents: J. Carlton Cherry

Full Name: James Augustus Hunter

Nicknames: Jim

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.9

224

166

ERA

3.26

500

476

3449.1

2012

WHIP

1.134

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-18 / in Starts: 17-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 90 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	63 (36-16-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 90 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (26-16-8)

Most Driven In
R Monday	4
J Pagliaroni	1
J Donaldson	1
R Lachemann	1
Self	1
J Gosger	0

Most Driven In By
B Campaneris	2
J Donaldson	1
Self	1
R Webster	1
R Lachemann	1
T Kubiak	1
S Bando	1
D Cater	0

1968 Batting Game Log

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1968 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	100	1	Apr 10	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.60	-0.033	3.47	-0.04%	-0.20	P
2	101	5 (3)	Apr 16	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.09	-0.050	2.30	-0.06%	-0.47	P
3	102	10 (4)	Apr 21	OAK		WSA	L,0-2	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.92	-0.013	3.75	-0.02%	-0.10	P
4	103	15 (4)	Apr 27	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-3	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.43	-0.039	.69	-0.04%	-1.06	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	104	20 (4)	May 3	OAK	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.357	.429	.786	9	.94	0.281	1.39	0.25%	2.32	P
6	105	25 (4)	May 8	OAK		MIN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.444	.556	1.000	9	1.35	0.190	2.97	0.25%	2.56	P
7	106	30 (4)	May 14	OAK	@	MIN	W,13-8	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.524	.952	9	.60	0.007	1.20	0.01%	-0.08	P
8	107	34 (3)	May 19 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.435	.435	.522	.957	9	1.04	0.026	1.69	0.03%	0.17	P
9	108	39 (4)	May 24	OAK		DET	T,2-2	CG(7)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.480	.880	9	.75	-0.037	1.09	-0.03%	-0.24	P
10	109	41 (1)	May 26	OAK		DET	W,7-6	10-GF(10)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.480	.880	6		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
11	110	44 (2)	May 29	OAK		BOS	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.379	.379	.483	.862	9	.44	0.008	.48	0.01%	-0.07	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	111	49 (4)	Jun 4	OAK	@	WSA	L,2-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.355	.355	.452	.806	9	.77	-0.035	1.08	-0.03%	-0.25	P
13	112	52 (2)	Jun 7 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,6-1	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.355	.355	.452	.806	8	.05	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.16	PR
14	113	54 (1)	Jun 8	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-8	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.545	.909	9	.47	0.035	.59	0.03%	0.92	P
15	114	59 (4)	Jun 14	OAK		NYY	L,4-5	GS-8	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	.382	.382	.559	.941	9	2.38	0.255	2.79	0.18%	1.85	P
16	115	62 (2)	Jun 16 (2)	OAK		BAL	W,6-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.371	.371	.543	.914	9	.14	-0.004	.16	0.00%	-0.18	P
17	116	65 (2)	Jun 19	OAK		BAL	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.342	.342	.500	.842	9	1.83	-0.136	2.18	-0.10%	-1.53	P
18	117	70 (4)	Jun 25	OAK	@	CAL	L,6-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.487	.821	9	2.01	0.077	3.14	0.07%	0.59	P
19	118	75 (4)	Jun 30	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.317	.463	.780	9	.77	-0.037	1.17	-0.03%	-0.35	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	119	78 (2)	Jul 3	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.317	.463	.780	6						PR
21	120	80 (1)	Jul 5	OAK	@	DET	L,5-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.310	.452	.762	9	.50	-0.011	.41	-0.01%	-0.12	P
22	121	85 (4)	Jul 12	OAK		CLE	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.295	.432	.727	9	3.04	-0.113	.98	-0.02%	-0.63	P
23	122	90 (4)	Jul 17	OAK		DET	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.298	.298	.426	.723	9	1.09	-0.024	.29	0.00%	-0.11	P
24	123	96 (5)	Jul 22	OAK	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.275	.392	.667	9	.26	-0.024	.04	0.00%	-0.87	P
25	124	100 (3)	Jul 27	OAK		MIN	W,8-7	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.389	.667	9	.79	0.077	.19	0.01%	0.71	P
26	125	104 (3)	Jul 31 (1)	OAK		CAL	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.368	.632	9	1.79	-0.152	.62	-0.03%	-0.98	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	126	109 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.368	.632	9	1.46	-0.019	.85	-0.01%	-0.15	P
28	127	113 (3)	Aug 9 (1)	OAK	@	WSA	W,4-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.254	.356	.610	9	.77	-0.036	.17	-0.01%	-0.25	P
29	128	118 (4)	Aug 13	OAK		BAL	L,5-6	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.367	.633	9	1.00	0.030	.09	0.00%	0.35	P
30	129	122 (3)	Aug 17	OAK		NYY	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.254	.349	.603	9	.80	-0.057	.04	0.00%	-0.58	P
31	130	127 (4)	Aug 22	OAK		CAL	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.246	.338	.585	9	1.45	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
32	131	132 (4)	Aug 26 (2)	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.338	.588	9	1.25	-0.042	.01	0.00%	-0.13	P
33	132	137 (4)	Aug 30	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.338	.588	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	133	142 (4)	Sep 3	OAK		DET	L,3-6	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.246	.333	.580	9	1.51	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
35	134	146 (3)	Sep 8	OAK		CLE	W,10-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.230	.311	.541	9	.12	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-1.49	P
36	135	150 (3)	Sep 13	OAK	@	DET	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.237	.316	.553	9	1.08	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.24	P
37	136	155 (4)	Sep 20	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.313	.550	9	.27	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.29	P
38	137	160 (4)	Sep 25	OAK		CHW	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.232	.232	.305	.537	9	1.25	0.060	.00	0.00%	0.29	P
39	138	163 (2)	Sep 29	OAK		MIN	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.232	.305	.537	2						P
							20-18		90	82	9	19	3	0	1	8	0	0	19	0	8	0	5	0	0	0	.232	.232	.305	.537		1.01	0.123	.95	0.40%	-0.59

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