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	14-16 / in Starts: 11-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 65 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	39 (15-14-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 65 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	38 (19-12-6)

Most Driven In
K Suarez	1
L Stahl	1
P Roof	1
E Fazio	1
M Hershberger	0

Most Driven In By
D Cater	1
J Tartabull	1
B Campaneris	1
J Gosger	1

1966 Batting Game Log

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1966 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	33	1	Apr 12	KCA	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.85	-0.098	4.05	-0.13%	-0.62	P
2	34	4 (2)	Apr 16	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-10	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	1.95	-0.088	3.33	-0.09%	-0.24	P
3	35	7 (2)	Apr 23	KCA		CHW	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	9	1.05	-0.031	1.56	-0.03%	-0.33	P
4	36	11 (3)	Apr 28	KCA	@	DET	L,5-13	GS-5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	9	1.30	0.084	1.32	0.05%	0.59	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
5	37	15 (3)	May 3	KCA	@	CAL	L,2-6	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.500	.885	9	1.65	-0.024	1.22	-0.01%	0.25	P
6	38	19 (3)	May 7	KCA		WSA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.375	.669	9	.90	-0.140	.39	-0.04%	-2.31	P
7	39	23 (3)	May 11	KCA		BOS	W,6-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.263	.333	.596	9	.78	-0.038	.49	-0.01%	-0.40	P
8	40	28 (4)	May 18 (1)	KCA		CAL	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.217	.273	.490	9	.29	-0.028	.14	-0.01%	-0.57	P
9	41	33 (4)	May 23	KCA	@	WSA	W,5-3	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.192	.240	.432	9	1.16	-0.107	.66	-0.04%	-0.97	P
10	42	38 (4)	May 29	KCA		BAL	W,6-3	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.185	.231	.416	9	1.07	-0.033	.44	-0.01%	-0.46	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
11	43	43 (4)	Jun 3	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.172	.214	.387	9	.59	-0.029	.43	-0.01%	-0.29	P
12	44	46 (2)	Jun 5	KCA	@	BAL	W,9-4	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.172	.214	.387	9						P
13	45	49 (2)	Jun 9	KCA	@	MIN	L,4-9	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.156	.194	.350	9	.67	-0.047	.20	-0.01%	-0.66	P
14	46	53 (3)	Jun 13 (1)	KCA		MIN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.194	.257	.452	9	.75	0.163	.14	0.02%	1.95	P
15	47	59 (5)	Jun 17	KCA		CAL	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.184	.243	.427	9	.81	-0.065	.10	-0.01%	-0.90	P
16	48	65 (5)	Jun 22 (1)	KCA		CHW	L,4-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.171	.225	.396	9	.43	-0.032	.02	0.00%	-0.37	P
17	49	69 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.186	.238	.424	9	.60	0.007	.03	0.00%	0.12	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
18	50	75 (5)	Jul 1 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,6-4	GS-6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.196	.227	.423	9	1.17	-0.045	.02	0.00%	-0.51	P
19	51	79 (3)	Jul 4	KCA	@	BAL	W,9-6	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.204	.234	.438	9	1.60	0.093	.04	0.00%	0.50	P
20	52	83 (3)	Jul 9	KCA		CLE	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.200	.229	.429	9	.87	-0.021	.03	0.00%	-0.20	P
21	53	86 (2)	Jul 14	KCA		NYY	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.189	.216	.404	9	.53	-0.040	.02	0.00%	-0.42	P
22	54	91 (4)	Jul 20	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.200	.226	.426	9	1.08	0.030	.02	0.00%	0.16	P
23	55	95 (3)	Jul 24 (1)	KCA	@	WSA	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.193	.218	.411	9	1.62	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-0.83	P
Sep/Oct		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
24	56	138 (42)	Sep 3	KCA		BOS	L,0-7	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.164	.193	.218	.411	9						P
25	57	142 (3)	Sep 6	KCA		CAL	L,3-4	3-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.164	.193	.218	.411	9						P
26	58	147 (4)	Sep 13	KCA	@	CLE	W,3-1	11-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.164	.193	.218	.411	9						P
27	59	149 (1)	Sep 15	KCA	@	CLE	W,1-0	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.164	.193	.218	.411	9						P
28	60	152 (2)	Sep 20	KCA		BAL	L,0-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.190	.214	.404	9	.48	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
29	61	154 (1)	Sep 22	KCA		BAL	L,1-6	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.190	.214	.404	8						P
30	62	160 (5)	Oct 2	KCA	@	DET	W,7-5	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.194	.203	.397	9	.49	0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.08	P
							14-16		65	59	5	9	1	1	0	4	3	0	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	.153	.194	.203	.397		1.03	-0.547	.80	-0.32%	-6.68

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