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	22-21 / in Starts: 20-20
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	22 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 99 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	57 (33-15-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 99 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	61 (31-19-10)

Most Driven In
D Duncan	1
G Tenace	1
F Alou	1
D Mincher	1
D Green	1
Self	1
J Rudi	0

Most Driven In By
R Jackson	2
B Campaneris	2
S Bando	1
Self	1
T Davis	1
R Monday	1
F Alou	1

1970 Batting Game Log

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1970 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	181	2 (1)	Apr 8	OAK	@	KCR	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.92	-0.096	3.42	-0.10%	-0.83	P
2	182	5 (2)	Apr 13	OAK		MIL	W,2-1	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.70	0.060	2.32	0.05%	0.38	P
3	183	9 (3)	Apr 17	OAK		MIN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.44	0.000	.73	0.00%	-0.30	P
4	184	13 (3)	Apr 21	OAK		KCR	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	9	.51	0.021	.68	0.02%	0.14	P
5	185	17 (3)	Apr 27	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	9	1.03	-0.079	1.29	-0.06%	-0.58	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
6	186	21 (3)	May 1	OAK	@	WSA	W,12-5	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.333	.583	9	1.26	0.144	1.25	0.09%	2.10	P
7	187	25 (3)	May 5	OAK		NYY	W,11-3	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.222	.286	.333	.619	9	.49	0.005	.57	0.00%	-0.24	P
8	188	29 (3)	May 9	OAK		BOS	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.261	.300	.561	9	.69	-0.034	.70	-0.02%	-0.24	P
9	189	33 (3)	May 15	OAK		CAL	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.240	.273	.513	9	.67	-0.035	.97	-0.03%	-0.30	P
10	190	37 (3)	May 19	OAK	@	MIL	L,3-6	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.240	.273	.513	9	1.40	0.052	1.27	0.03%	0.60	P
11	191	39 (1)	May 22	OAK	@	CHW	W,9-8	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.240	.273	.513	9						PR
12	192	40	May 23	OAK	@	CHW	W,12-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.200	.222	.422	9	.20	-0.024	.15	-0.01%	-1.48	P
13	193	44 (3)	May 27	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.212	.233	.445	9	.93	-0.030	1.09	-0.02%	-0.18	P
14	194	48 (3)	May 31	OAK		CLE	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.194	.212	.407	9	1.96	-0.144	2.06	-0.09%	-1.09	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
15	195	51 (2)	Jun 4	OAK		BAL	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.205	.222	.427	9	1.50	-0.084	1.34	-0.05%	-0.62	P
16	196	55 (3)	Jun 9	OAK	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.209	.225	.434	9	.59	-0.055	.54	-0.03%	-0.59	P
17	197	59 (3)	Jun 13	OAK	@	BAL	W,10-7	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.196	.209	.405	9	.23	-0.017	.28	-0.01%	-0.54	P
18	198	63 (3)	Jun 17	OAK	@	DET	L,7-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.196	.209	.405	9						P
19	199	66 (2)	Jun 21 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,6-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.204	.217	.421	9	.45	-0.018	.60	-0.01%	-0.18	P
20	200	71 (4)	Jun 26	OAK	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.196	.208	.404	9	.90	-0.045	1.31	-0.04%	-0.32	P
21	201	75 (3)	Jun 30	OAK	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.185	.196	.381	9	1.03	-0.082	1.40	-0.07%	-0.87	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
22	202	79 (3)	Jul 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-4	GS-8	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.170	.196	.226	.423	9	.94	0.167	1.64	0.18%	1.16	P
23	203	83 (3)	Jul 8	OAK		MIN	L,6-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.190	.218	.408	9	1.36	-0.062	1.97	-0.05%	-0.48	P
24	204	87 (3)	Jul 12 (2)	OAK		MIL	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.183	.211	.394	9	.97	-0.045	.64	-0.02%	-0.43	P
25	205	90 (2)	Jul 17	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.197	.224	.421	9	.85	0.034	.59	0.01%	0.37	P
26	206	95 (4)	Jul 22	OAK	@	WSA	W,4-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.194	.220	.414	9	.65	-0.016	.30	0.00%	-0.14	P
27	207	98 (2)	Jul 26	OAK		NYY	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.185	.210	.394	9	1.31	-0.095	.85	-0.04%	-0.82	P
28	208	101 (2)	Jul 30	OAK		BOS	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.194	.234	.428	9	.66	0.044	.48	0.02%	0.40	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
29	209	104 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	OAK		WSA	L,2-6	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.194	.234	.428	9						PR
30	210	106 (1)	Aug 3	OAK		CAL	L,0-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.191	.231	.422	9	.99	-0.024	1.18	-0.02%	-0.21	P
31	211	107	Aug 4	OAK		CAL	W,4-3	5-6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.191	.231	.422	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
32	212	110 (2)	Aug 7	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.186	.224	.410	9	.78	-0.039	1.36	-0.04%	-0.33	P
33	213	115 (4)	Aug 11	OAK		CLE	W,6-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.183	.221	.404	9	.70	-0.017	.79	-0.01%	-0.14	P
34	214	120 (4)	Aug 16	OAK		BAL	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.192	.229	.420	9	.81	0.025	1.86	0.04%	0.28	P
35	215	124 (3)	Aug 21	OAK	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.211	.288	.498	9	.77	0.099	1.11	0.09%	1.16	P
36	216	128 (3)	Aug 26	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-5	GS-4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.221	.311	.532	9	.71	0.047	.67	0.03%	0.41	P
37	217	132 (3)	Aug 30	OAK	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.215	.303	.518	9	1.30	-0.084	1.03	-0.04%	-0.83	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
38	218	136 (3)	Sep 4	OAK		KCR	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.190	.207	.291	.498	9	.64	-0.057	.58	-0.03%	-1.52	P
39	219	142 (5)	Sep 10 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.205	.288	.492	9	.84	-0.024	1.29	-0.02%	-0.22	P
40	220	147 (4)	Sep 13 (2)	OAK	@	KCR	L,7-8	GS-7	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.181	.198	.277	.475	9	.55	0.015	.12	0.00%	-0.10	P
41	221	152 (4)	Sep 19	OAK		CAL	W,2-1	CG	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.205	.294	.499	9	1.01	-0.003	.13	0.00%	0.08	P
42	222	156 (3)	Sep 23	OAK		MIN	L,4-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.200	.287	.487	9	.72	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.55	P
43	223	160 (3)	Sep 29	OAK		MIL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.215	.300	.515	9	.65	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.22	P
							22-21		99	90	10	18	4	1	1	6	2	0	23	0	6	1	3	1	0	0	.200	.215	.300	.515		.85	-0.528	.92	-0.28%	-6.85

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