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: 12-10 / in Starts: 12-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 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	439	1	Apr 7	NYY		MIL	W,3-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0.00	1.31	24	7	9	0	0	3	76			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.390	1.29	0.33%	3.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
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
2	440	23	May 5	NYY		OAK	L,2-5	CG	L(1-1)	27	9.0	8	5	5	3	4	1	0	2.81	2.99	36	13	8	0	0	8	52			4	1	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	.44	-0.208	.73	-0.21%	-0.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
3	441	28	May 12	NYY	@	SEA	L,6-8	GS-3	L(1-2)	6	2.1	8	7	2	3	0	2	0	3.44	4.87	19	5	3	0	0	8	20			3	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	.86	-0.406	1.59	-0.45%	-4.41	1b start a 1	3b 12- 1 out d3
4	442	37	May 22(1)	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	GS-6	L(1-3)	9	5.1	5	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.18	4.89	22	6	8	1	1	5	43			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.21	-0.152	2.64	-0.20%	-0.91	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d2
5	443	43	May 27	NYY		CHW	W,8-6	GS-2		4	1.0	5	5	5	1	0	1	0	5.84	5.46	9	2	1	0	0	5	22			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.336	1.56	-0.36%	-4.49	1t start tie	2t 12- 0 out d4
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
6	444	53	Jun 6	NYY	@	TEX	W,9-2	CG	W(2-3)	9	9.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.81	4.64	33	6	17	2	0	6	69			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.370	1.41	0.47%	2.61	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
7	445	58	Jun 11	NYY		MIN	W,6-5	GS-6	W(3-3)	4	5.0	10	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.12	4.42	25	3	10	0	4	10	31			1	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.116	2.25	-0.17%	-0.88	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a3
8	446	63	Jun 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-9	GS-1		5	0.2	4	4	4	0	1	4	0	5.95	5.66	6	0	1	0	1	4	29			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.283	1.86	-0.57%	-3.55	1b start tie	1b --- 2 out d4
9	447	69	Jun 24	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	GS-9		6	8.2	5	5	5	6	5	3	1	5.81	6.18	37	11	9	3	5	5	53			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	1	.76	-0.221	2.02	-0.35%	-1.09	1t start tie	9t -23 2 out d2
10	448	75	Jun 30	NYY	@	TOR	W,11-5	CG	W(4-3)	5	9.0	7	5	3	2	2	1	1	5.37	5.95	36	7	17	0	0	7	57			0	2	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.74	0.364	1.80	0.53%	-0.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
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
11	449	82	Jul 7	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	W(5-3)	6	9.0	4	2	2	2	3	1	0	4.91	5.71	33	7	17	1	0	4	72			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.217	1.67	0.37%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
12	450	88	Jul 13	NYY	@	MIL	L,8-9	GS-5	L(5-4)	5	5.0	8	6	6	2	4	3	0	5.32	6.02	24	3	7	0	0	8	29			1	1	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.319	1.81	-0.52%	-3.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
13	451	93	Jul 21(1)	NYY		MIL	W,7-0	SHO	W(6-4)	7	9.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.73	5.65	34	7	17	0	0	5	78			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.69	0.286	1.38	0.34%	4.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
14	452	99	Jul 27	NYY		BAL	L,4-6	GS-8	L(6-5)	5	7.0	6	3	3	6	3	3	0	4.66	6.00	33	4	14	0	0	6	50			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.190	4.57	-0.44%	0.51	1t start tie	8t --- 0 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
15	453	104	Aug 1	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(6-6)	4	8.0	6	4	3	2	6	0	0	4.55	5.67	33	9	10	0	4	6	60			2	1	0	28	1	1	0	0	2	2	.81	-0.132	2.19	-0.22%	-0.11	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
16	454	108	Aug 6	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-9	GS-7	L(6-7)	4	6.2	9	8	8	3	3	3	0	4.96	5.89	31	5	11	2	3	9	24			2	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	.36	-0.321	.68	-0.37%	-4.60	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out d7
17	455	112	Aug 12(1)	NYY		CAL	W,10-1	CG	W(7-7)	5	9.0	6	1	1	1	2	1	0	4.64	5.74	33	9	15	0	6	6	72			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.288	1.54	0.32%	3.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
18	456	119	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-8	W(8-7)	5	7.0	6	4	4	2	1	1	0	4.67	5.71	29	5	15	2	0	6	48			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.156	3.06	-0.23%	0.10	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a2
19	457	125	Aug 24	NYY		MIN	W,11-1	CG	W(9-7)	5	9.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.41	5.53	34	9	16	1	8	4	74			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	1	1	.56	0.177	2.23	0.42%	3.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
20	458	130	Aug 29	NYY		KCR	W,5-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	2	0	2	0	4.38	5.63	28	5	16	3	5	5	51			3	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.056	4.07	-0.14%	0.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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
21	459	136	Sep 5(1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-7	L(9-8)	6	6.1	9	4	4	3	1	0	1	4.44	5.57	31	9	8	2	0	9	37			0	0	0	25	2	1	1	1	1	0	1.29	-0.164	3.76	-0.29%	-0.53	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d1
22	460	142	Sep 10	NYY		TOR	L,3-19	GS-4	L(9-9)	4	3.1	7	6	6	1	1	2	0	4.71	5.69	18	1	8	0	0	7	22			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.302	2.56	-0.71%	-3.52	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d4
							12-10		W-L:9-9	5.4	143.1	137	83	75	47	52	29	3	4.71	5.69	608	0.56		5%	10%	136	49		---%	21	5	0	548	23	6	3	9	5	7	.80	-1.270	2.13	-2.43%	-7.20

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