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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.9

224

166

ERA

3.26

500

476

3449.1

2012

WHIP

1.134

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 16	OAK		MIN	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	5 (2)	Apr 19 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,3-1	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
3	7 (1)	Apr 25	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
4	10 (2)	Apr 29	OAK	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS	31	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	13 (2)	May 6	OAK		NYY	W,4-1	GS	33	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	P
6	17 (3)	May 10	OAK		MIL	L,0-4	GS	31	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	P
7	20 (2)	May 14	OAK		BOS	W,6-5	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	24 (3)	May 18	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
9	28 (3)	May 22	OAK		CAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	32 (3)	May 27	OAK		CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
11	37 (4)	May 31	OAK	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	40 (2)	Jun 4 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
13	45 (4)	Jun 9	OAK	@	DET	W,10-5	GS	32	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	50 (4)	Jun 14	OAK		BAL	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
15	55 (4)	Jun 20	OAK		DET	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
16	59 (3)	Jun 25 (1)	OAK		CAL	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	64 (4)	Jun 29 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	69 (4)	Jul 3	OAK	@	CAL	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	74 (4)	Jul 8	OAK		MIL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
20	79 (4)	Jul 14 (1)	OAK	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	83 (3)	Jul 18 (1)	OAK	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
22	89 (5)	Jul 22 (1)	OAK	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	29	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	94 (4)	Jul 29	OAK		MIN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	99 (4)	Aug 2	OAK		KCR	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	104 (4)	Aug 7	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-4	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
26	107 (2)	Aug 10 susp	OAK		CHW	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	108	Aug 11	OAK		CHW	L,0-1	GS	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
28	112 (3)	Aug 16	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	28	6.1	1	2	0	3	0	P
29	116 (3)	Aug 21	OAK	@	DET	W,5-1	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	119 (2)	Aug 25	OAK		BAL	L,3-5	GS	37	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	P
31	123 (3)	Aug 29	OAK		CLE	W,1-0	GS	30	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	127 (3)	Sep 3	OAK		DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	132 (4)	Sep 8	OAK	@	TEX	W,6-3	GS	28	6.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
34	137 (4)	Sep 12	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-4	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	141 (3)	Sep 17	OAK		TEX	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
36	145 (3)	Sep 23	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
37	149 (3)	Sep 27 (2)	OAK		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
38	154 (4)	Oct 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							38gm		295.1	23	30	2	55	1