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: 25-12 / in Starts: 25-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	212	2	Apr 7(1)	OAK		CHW	L,5-6	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.2	6	6	5	2	2	2	0	6.75	6.65	26	5	11	0	0	6	40			0	2	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.087	1.49	-0.08%	-1.43	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a1
2	213	6	Apr 11	OAK		KCR	L,5-10	GS-2	L(0-2)	3	1.1	7	5	5	1	1	0	0	11.25	6.08	12	0	3	0	0	7	20			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.383	1.31	-0.33%	-4.61	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out d5
3	214	10	Apr 15	OAK	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS-5		3	5.0	6	3	3	4	3	0	0	9.00	5.14	25	3	9	2	0	6	42			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.114	1.70	-0.12%	-0.78	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
4	215	15	Apr 20	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	5	6	0	0	5.32	4.18	35	9	12	1	1	3	82			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.340	1.55	0.46%	3.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
5	216	19	Apr 24	OAK		DET	W,5-4	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	5	4	3	1	9	1	0	4.65	3.61	34	7	12	2	0	5	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.085	2.11	0.11%	-0.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	217	23	Apr 28	OAK		BAL	W,5-4	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	6	4	1	2	6	0	0	3.83	3.20	36	8	14	0	4	6	69			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	1	2	1.15	0.043	2.39	0.05%	-0.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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
7	218	27	May 2(1)	OAK		CLE	W,8-5	GS-8	W(4-2)	3	7.1	9	5	4	2	4	1	2	3.99	3.44	36	7	12	0	3	9	44			1	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	2	.78	-0.147	1.66	-0.19%	-2.44	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
8	219	31	May 9(1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	W(5-2)	6	9.0	4	2	2	4	2	2	0	3.67	3.89	35	8	17	0	6	4	69			1	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	0	.91	0.291	2.04	0.39%	1.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
9	220	35	May 13	OAK	@	KCR	W,6-3	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	6	3	1	0	4	0	0	3.31	3.57	34	11	13	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	1	.77	0.025	2.23	0.04%	0.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
10	221	40	May 18	OAK		MIL	W,5-2	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	3	2	2	3	9	0	0	3.15	3.31	33	9	9	1	0	3	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.260	2.14	0.43%	1.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	222	44	May 22	OAK		MIN	W,5-1	CG	W(8-2)	3	9.0	2	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.92	3.23	29	9	12	3	0	2	85			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.297	1.74	0.55%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	223	47	May 26	OAK		CAL	L,5-7	GS-9		3	9.0	12	5	5	2	5	2	0	3.12	3.39	40	13	8	0	2	12	46			1	0	0	37	2	0	1	2	0	1	1.27	-0.132	3.38	-0.21%	-1.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
13	224	50	May 31(1)	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS-5	L(8-3)	4	5.0	6	5	5	3	3	1	0	3.42	3.51	24	7	5	1	0	6	35			0	0	0	21	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.08	-0.390	2.45	-0.53%	-2.97	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
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
14	225	54	Jun 5	OAK	@	WSA	W,6-1	CG	W(9-3)	4	9.0	7	1	0	4	3	0	0	3.13	3.48	35	10	11	0	2	7	70			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.38	0.338	2.94	0.43%	2.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
15	226	58	Jun 11	OAK		NYY	L,4-6	GS-8	L(9-4)	5	7.1	7	5	5	4	9	0	0	3.33	3.36	31	7	4	1	0	7	49			1	0	0	27	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.04	-0.077	1.97	-0.09%	-0.44	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
16	227	63	Jun 18	OAK	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	W(10-4)	6	9.0	10	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.23	3.42	38	9	14	0	3	9	59			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	1	0	.99	0.244	2.04	0.30%	1.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
17	228	68	Jun 22	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-10	GS-4	L(10-5)	3	3.1	7	5	5	1	3	1	0	3.50	3.47	18	1	6	0	0	7	28			1	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.201	1.57	-0.23%	-2.07	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d3
18	229	71	Jun 26	OAK		KCR	W,4-2	GS-8	W(11-5)	3	7.0	8	2	2	5	10	0	0	3.45	3.38	33	3	7	0	0	8	58			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.089	2.49	0.10%	0.63	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a3
19	230	76	Jun 30	OAK		MIN	L,4-10	GS-2	L(11-6)	3	1.2	5	5	2	0	0	1	0	3.54	3.47	11	4	2	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.93	-0.367	1.22	-0.29%	-4.44	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d5
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
20	231	80	Jul 5	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-2	GS-6	L(11-7)	4	6.0	3	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.52	3.43	24	6	8	1	2	3	59			1	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	1	0	.85	-0.041	.75	-0.02%	0.39	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
21	232	85	Jul 10	OAK		CAL	L,0-3	GS-7	L(11-8)	4	7.0	9	3	3	2	6	0	0	3.53	3.34	31	7	7	1	3	9	51			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.128	.57	-0.06%	-0.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
22	233	90	Jul 17	OAK		DET	L,1-2	GS-7	L(11-9)	6	7.0	6	2	2	1	9	2	0	3.49	3.38	27	4	7	3	1	6	65			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.067	.47	0.02%	0.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
23	234	95	Jul 23	OAK	@	DET	W,9-7	GS-7	W(12-9)	5	6.1	8	6	6	2	4	3	0	3.69	3.57	27	1	12	2	1	8	35			0	0	1	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.295	.53	-0.12%	-3.07	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a2
24	235	99	Jul 27(1)	OAK	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS-7	L(12-10)	3	7.0	4	1	1	8	8	0	0	3.59	3.57	33	2	11	1	3	4	65			3	0	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.41	0.158	.79	0.05%	1.99	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
Aug				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
25	236	104	Aug 1(1)	OAK	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(13-10)	4	9.0	5	3	3	1	6	1	1	3.56	3.55	34	9	12	0	4	5	70			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.54	0.093	.24	0.02%	1.24	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
26	237	109	Aug 5	OAK		MIL	W,2-1	CG	W(14-10)	3	9.0	9	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.44	3.55	34	9	12	3	5	9	67			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.537	.15	0.04%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
27	238	114	Aug 10(1)	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	10	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.54	3.58	32	9	13	4	0	7	38			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.44	-0.227	.13	-0.01%	-1.74	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
28	239	119	Aug 14	OAK	@	NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(15-10)	3	9.0	6	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.39	3.55	35	9	17	5	2	4	74			1	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.55	0.666	.07	0.02%	3.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
29	240	124	Aug 21	OAK		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(16-10)	6	9.0	4	1	1	1	8	0	0	3.28	3.44	33	7	16	5	0	1	82			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.356	.01	0.00%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
30	241	129	Aug 25	OAK		NYY	L,2-4	CG	L(16-11)	3	9.0	8	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.31	3.51	35	9	16	3	2	7	56			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-0.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
31	242	133	Aug 29(2)	OAK		WSA	W,9-0	SHO	W(17-11)	3	9.0	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.18	3.42	33	7	13	1	2	7	79			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.341	.00	0.00%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
Sept				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
32	243	138	Sep 4	OAK	@	MIN	W,5-4	GS-9	W(18-11)	5	8.2	7	4	4	2	6	1	0	3.22	3.41	33	9	9	3	0	7	58			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	.80	0.293	.00	0.00%	-0.09	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out a1
33	244	142	Sep 8	OAK		CAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(19-11)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	1	3.10	3.38	35	8	13	1	1	4	82			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.680	.00	0.00%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	245	146	Sep 13	OAK	@	KCR	W,2-1	GS-11	W(20-11)	4	10.0	4	1	1	3	9	1	0	3.02	3.36	34	11	8	1	0	3	86			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.44	0.467	.00	0.00%	2.87	1b start tie	11b 1-- 0 out a1
35	246	151	Sep 18	OAK	@	MIL	W,4-2	GS-5		4	5.0	3	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.99	3.30	18	6	4	1	0	3	62			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.147	.00	0.00%	1.12	1b start a 1	5b 3 out tie
36	247	156	Sep 23	OAK		MIL	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	6	3	2	1	2	1	0	3.00	3.33	21	4	8	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	1	0	.95	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-0.89	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
37	248	160	Sep 28	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	GS-7	W(21-11)	4	7.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	0	2.96	3.33	25	3	13	3	0	3	71			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.234	.00	0.00%	1.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
							25-12		W-L:21-11	3.8	273.2	225	103	90	80	181	27	4	2.96	3.33	1109	0.66		8%	7%	214	59		---%	20	4	1	1010	39	5	7	20	6	10	1.01	3.116	1.18	0.76%	16.57

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