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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Team Record in Appearances: 14-16 / in Starts: 11-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 1

1966 Pitching Game Log

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1966 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	33	1	Apr 12	KCA	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	L(0-1)	99	8.0	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.25	2.80	29	11	10	2	0	4	66			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.028	2.69	0.04%	1.33	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out d1
2	34	4	Apr 16	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-9		3	9.0	3	1	0	3	2	0	1	1.06	3.14	32	12	11	2	0	3	78			4	1	0	27	1	0	1	1	1	2	1.12	0.436	1.91	0.45%	2.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
3	35	7	Apr 23	KCA		CHW	W,2-1	GS-9	W(1-1)	6	8.1	6	1	1	3	6	0	0	1.07	2.83	31	6	10	1	0	6	70			0	1	0	27	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.39	0.379	2.07	0.34%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
4	36	11	Apr 28	KCA	@	DET	L,5-13	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.0	5	7	7	3	0	2	0	3.07	3.99	20	6	6	0	0	5	21			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.647	1.09	-0.40%	-5.22	1b start a 1	5b --- 0 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	37	15	May 3	KCA	@	CAL	L,2-6	GS-6	L(1-3)	4	5.1	5	5	5	5	4	0	0	3.89	3.97	25	4	7	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.369	.64	-0.16%	-3.80	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out d3
6	38	19	May 7	KCA		WSA	W,5-2	CG	W(2-3)	3	9.0	6	2	2	5	7	0	0	3.50	3.70	35	8	9	0	0	6	69			0	3	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.291	.39	0.08%	1.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	39	23	May 11	KCA		BOS	W,6-5	GS-6		3	5.1	5	4	2	2	4	0	0	3.49	3.53	23	4	8	0	0	5	48			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.140	.80	-0.05%	-0.59	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out tie
8	40	28	May 18(1)	KCA		CAL	W,7-1	CG	W(3-3)	6	9.0	4	1	1	4	10	0	0	3.10	3.24	35	3	14	0	0	4	81			1	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	.89	0.151	.43	0.04%	2.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
9	41	33	May 23	KCA	@	WSA	W,5-3	GS-9		4	9.0	3	3	3	4	4	2	0	3.09	3.60	35	6	18	1	4	3	69			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.211	.79	0.07%	0.86	1b start a 2	9b 3 out tie
10	42	38	May 29	KCA		BAL	W,6-3	GS-6	W(4-3)	5	6.0	5	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.21	3.50	26	5	8	0	2	5	52			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.010	.49	0.00%	-0.48	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	43	43	Jun 3	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	7.0	9	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.26	3.62	32	7	11	1	0	8	47			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.27	-0.109	.91	-0.05%	0.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
12	44	46	Jun 5	KCA	@	BAL	W,9-4	7-8	H(1)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	3.59	8	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	0.229	.80	0.05%	0.86	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
13	45	49	Jun 9	KCA	@	MIN	L,4-9	GS-7	L(4-5)	3	6.1	9	6	6	3	0	3	0	3.57	4.06	28	7	9	2	0	9	28			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.01	-0.564	.30	-0.10%	-3.00	1b start a 4	7b --- 1 out d2
14	46	53	Jun 13(1)	KCA		MIN	W,5-2	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.42	3.89	36	13	12	0	0	7	67			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.221	.13	0.03%	1.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	47	59	Jun 17	KCA		CAL	L,2-4	GS-8	L(5-6)	3	7.1	7	4	4	2	5	0	0	3.53	3.76	31	8	9	1	0	7	51			0	0	0	28	0	3	0	1	1	2	1.17	-0.295	.14	-0.02%	-1.10	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d2
16	48	65	Jun 22(1)	KCA		CHW	L,4-7	GS-8		4	7.1	8	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.62	3.71	29	7	8	0	0	8	46			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.205	.05	-0.01%	-1.10	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
17	49	69	Jun 26(1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS-8	W(6-6)	3	7.1	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.47	3.64	30	8	11	0	0	6	63			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.253	.04	0.01%	1.84	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	50	75	Jul 1(2)	KCA	@	DET	W,6-4	GS-6	W(7-6)	4	5.0	6	4	4	4	4	1	0	3.62	3.73	25	5	6	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.282	.02	0.00%	-2.14	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a1
19	51	79	Jul 4	KCA	@	BAL	W,9-6	GS-6	W(8-6)	2	6.0	4	3	1	0	4	1	0	3.52	3.71	24	9	8	0	0	3	60			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	3	.78	-0.058	.02	0.00%	-0.43	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
20	52	83	Jul 9	KCA		CLE	L,3-6	GS-5	L(8-7)	4	4.1	7	5	5	4	2	0	0	3.74	3.73	23	6	4	0	0	7	27			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.324	.04	-0.01%	-3.73	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d4
21	53	86	Jul 14	KCA		NYY	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.1	9	3	2	0	2	1	0	3.68	3.74	30	7	12	2	0	9	52			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.185	.05	0.01%	0.90	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
22	54	91	Jul 20	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-7	L(8-8)	5	7.0	4	3	3	4	2	1	0	3.68	3.82	29	8	11	1	0	4	55			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.105	.01	0.00%	-0.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
23	55	95	Jul 24(1)	KCA	@	WSA	L,2-6	GS-6	L(8-9)	3	6.0	8	4	4	1	5	2	0	3.77	3.90	27	6	7	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.229	.00	0.00%	-1.43	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	56	138	Sep 3	KCA		BOS	L,0-7	GS-2	L(8-10)	40	1.0	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.04	3.89	10	1	1	0	0	6	21			0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.30	-0.310	.00	0.00%	-3.54	1t start tie	2t 12- 0 out d3
25	57	142	Sep 6	KCA		CAL	L,3-4	3-5		2	3.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.96	3.81	10	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.134	.00	0.00%	1.26	3t --- 0 out d1	5t 3 out d1
26	58	147	Sep 13	KCA	@	CLE	W,3-1	11-12		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.93	3.77	4	0	2	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	0.181	.00	0.00%	0.64	11b 1-- 2 out tie	12b 3 out tie
27	59	149	Sep 15	KCA	@	CLE	W,1-0	6-7		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.88	3.73	8	1	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.152	.00	0.00%	0.87	6b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
28	60	152	Sep 20	KCA		BAL	L,0-4	GS-5	L(8-11)	4	5.0	5	4	2	1	3	1	0	3.87	3.76	22	9	4	0	0	5	47			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.203	.00	0.00%	-1.90	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
29	61	154	Sep 22	KCA		BAL	L,1-6	6-6		1	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.96	3.72	6	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-1.58	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d5
30	62	160	Oct 2	KCA	@	DET	W,7-5	GS-9	W(9-11)	9	8.1	9	5	5	1	7	2	1	4.02	3.77	36	3	15	0	0	9	51			0	1	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	1	.43	0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.33	1b start a 1	9b -23 1 out a4
							14-16		W-L:9-11,Hld:1	3.7	176.2	158	87	79	64	102	17	2	4.02	3.77	739	0.74		4%	1%	156	52	1	0%	9	8	0	661	35	6	4	9	4	11	1.03	-1.061	.53	0.30%	-10.62

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