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: 18-20 / in Starts: 16-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 2

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 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	134	3	Apr 11	OAK		KCR	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	0	0	3	6	0	0	0.00	2.18	35	9	11	4	0	6	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	.46	0.214	.75	0.21%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
2	135	7	Apr 15	OAK		MIN	L,4-5	GS-8	L(1-1)	3	7.0	8	4	4	2	4	3	0	2.25	4.63	31	6	11	3	1	8	47			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.331	1.93	-0.30%	-0.98	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out d2
3	136	11	Apr 20(2)	OAK	@	KCR	L,5-7	GS-3		4	2.2	5	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.86	5.13	14	2	3	0	0	5	32			1	1	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.260	1.16	-0.28%	-2.94	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d4
4	137	14	Apr 23	OAK	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS-6	L(1-2)	2	5.2	9	6	6	2	6	2	0	5.18	5.34	28	3	8	2	4	9	31			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.19	-0.507	2.09	-0.53%	-3.48	1b start a 2	6b -2- 2 out d1
5	138	17	Apr 26	OAK	@	SEP	L,3-6	6-7		2	2.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	5.47	5.40	10	1	3	2	0	2		0	0	1	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.010	.17	-0.01%	-1.12	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d6
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
6	139	20	May 1	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	8	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.86	5.09	29	11	6	0	0	8	55			0	1	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.017	1.33	-0.02%	0.99	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
7	140	25	May 6	OAK		WSA	W,4-1	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	8	1	1	3	6	0	0	4.04	4.47	35	8	10	3	1	8	70			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.312	1.22	0.31%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	141	29	May 11	OAK		NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.33	3.99	30	12	9	0	0	3	85			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.564	1.83	0.63%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
9	142	33	May 17	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(3-3)	5	8.0	6	5	5	4	4	1	0	3.64	4.08	32	4	14	2	0	6	50			1	0	0	27	3	0	0	2	1	0	.80	-0.237	1.70	-0.30%	-1.26	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
10	143	37	May 24	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(3-4)	6	7.0	5	2	1	2	3	0	0	3.39	3.91	25	11	4	0	1	5	62			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.39	-0.012	3.01	-0.02%	1.21	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
11	144	41	May 29	OAK		DET	L,4-8	GS-4	L(3-5)	4	4.0	3	4	4	2	3	3	0	3.71	4.39	17	3	6	0	0	3	41			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.315	1.38	-0.36%	-2.27	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
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
12	145	47	Jun 4	OAK		BAL	L,1-6	GS-4	L(3-6)	5	4.0	6	4	4	3	1	3	0	4.00	4.90	20	2	8	0	4	6	32			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	1	0	.76	-0.244	1.32	-0.26%	-2.27	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
13	146	51	Jun 11	OAK	@	WSA	W,6-4	GS-7		6	6.1	3	3	3	4	2	1	0	4.02	4.98	25	8	8	1	0	3	53			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.019	1.80	-0.02%	-0.48	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out a1
14	147	56	Jun 16(1)	OAK	@	KCR	W,7-5	GS-6		4	5.2	4	3	2	2	4	1	0	3.96	4.94	21	5	7	0	2	3	53			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.013	2.45	-0.02%	-0.49	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 2 out a1
15	148	61	Jun 21	OAK		MIN	L,4-14	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	0	4.00	4.76	25	1	12	3	0	6	50			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	-0.153	6.46	-0.37%	-0.41	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
16	149	65	Jun 25	OAK		KCR	W,3-1	GS-8	W(4-6)	3	7.1	4	1	1	2	0	0	1	3.79	4.69	28	13	8	2	3	4	64			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.04	0.213	2.65	0.32%	1.62	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a2
17	150	69	Jun 29(1)	OAK		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(5-6)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.64	4.50	33	13	10	0	0	7	66			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.31	0.458	3.79	0.79%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	151	74	Jul 4	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-10	GS-4	L(5-7)	4	3.2	8	7	7	1	4	3	0	4.09	4.73	20	1	6	0	1	8	20			0	0	0	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.320	2.28	-0.89%	-5.21	1b start tie	4b --- 2 out d7
19	152	78	Jul 8(1)	OAK	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(6-7)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	10	1	0	3.86	4.56	34	8	7	0	0	7	77			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.69	0.669	3.74	0.89%	3.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
20	153	83	Jul 12	OAK		CAL	W,4-2	CG	W(7-7)	3	9.0	3	2	1	1	10	1	1	3.66	4.41	33	9	9	0	0	3	84			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	2	.81	0.415	1.83	0.56%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
21	154	88	Jul 17	OAK	@	SEP	W,8-2	CG	W(8-7)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	3	1	0	3.55	4.43	36	15	8	1	0	6	66			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.196	1.57	0.23%	1.97	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
22	155	92	Jul 20(2)	OAK	@	CAL	W,9-6	6-8		2	2.2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.55	4.49	11	3	4	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.020	1.65	-0.03%	-1.16	6b 12- 0 out a5	8b 12- 2 out a3
23	156	93	Jul 24	OAK		WSA	W,2-1	CG	W(9-7)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.40	4.44	31	15	6	0	0	4	77			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.521	2.76	0.72%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	157	98	Jul 30	OAK		NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	L(9-8)	5	8.0	6	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.40	4.39	31	12	9	0	0	6	56			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.27	-0.223	2.95	-0.31%	0.12	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out tie
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	158	103	Aug 3(2)	OAK		BOS	L,2-3	GS-8	L(9-9)	3	8.0	6	3	3	2	10	1	1	3.40	4.31	31	6	6	0	0	6	66			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.62	-0.083	1.70	-0.14%	0.46	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
26	159	109	Aug 8(2)	OAK	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS-7	L(9-10)	4	6.1	8	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.43	4.29	29	10	5	2	0	8	43			0	2	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.012	3.45	-0.02%	-0.07	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d2
27	160	113	Aug 12	OAK	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-6		3	5.1	7	3	3	4	4	1	0	3.48	4.33	25	5	6	0	0	6	42			0	1	1	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.124	3.99	-0.23%	-0.74	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 1 out d2
28	161	117	Aug 17	OAK		DET	L,4-9	GS-4	L(9-11)	4	3.2	5	5	5	4	3	3	0	3.65	4.54	19	3	4	0	0	5	30			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.412	3.66	-0.79%	-3.36	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d3
29	162	121	Aug 23	OAK		BAL	W,4-2	GS-8		5	7.2	9	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.60	4.52	31	6	8	0	0	9	55			1	1	0	28	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	-0.042	3.49	-0.07%	1.06	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d1
30	163	123	Aug 24(2)	OAK		BAL	W,9-8	14-16		0	2.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.55	4.47	8	1	4	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	0.590	8.69	1.06%	2.35	14t 123 1 out tie	16t 3 out tie
31	164	126	Aug 27	OAK	@	DET	L,0-2	GS-7	L(9-12)	2	7.0	4	2	2	4	6	0	0	3.52	4.40	27	5	8	1	0	4	63			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.030	2.41	0.06%	1.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
32	165	130	Aug 31	OAK	@	WSA	L,3-8	GS-6	L(9-13)	3	6.0	4	2	2	4	3	2	0	3.50	4.50	27	8	8	0	0	4	55			0	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	1	.73	0.006	2.00	0.01%	0.56	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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
33	166	135	Sep 5	OAK		MIN	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.2	6	4	3	2	1	1	1	3.53	4.54	27	10	7	1	0	6	42			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.30	-0.328	1.76	-0.27%	-1.81	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d2
34	167	139	Sep 9	OAK		KCR	L,1-2	GS-8	L(9-14)	3	8.0	6	2	1	2	5	0	0	3.45	4.45	32	11	11	0	4	3	67			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.088	.23	0.01%	1.46	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
35	168	144	Sep 14(1)	OAK	@	CHW	L,8-12	GS-2	L(9-15)	4	1.1	5	5	5	1	1	1	0	3.63	4.50	10	0	3	2	0	5	24			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.252	.17	-0.04%	-2.93	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out d3
36	169	148	Sep 17	OAK	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS-9	W(10-15)	2	9.0	8	2	2	0	6	0	0	3.57	4.37	35	14	11	4	1	4	69			1	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.87	0.168	.01	0.00%	2.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
37	170	153	Sep 23(1)	OAK		CHW	W,4-3	GS-9	W(11-15)	5	8.1	10	3	1	1	4	0	0	3.48	4.28	35	9	11	0	0	10	58			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	0.081	.00	0.00%	0.77	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a2
38	171	158	Sep 27	OAK		CAL	W,6-0	SHO	W(12-15)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.35	4.19	32	6	14	0	0	3	86			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.300	.00	0.00%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
							18-20		W-L:12-15	3.6	247.0	210	99	92	85	149	34	5	3.35	4.19	1002	0.92		6%	4%	201	56	5	40%	10	13	1	898	38	0	1	25	7	9	1.04	0.891	2.08	0.55%	9.56

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