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: 29-9 / in Starts: 28-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	249	2	Apr 16	OAK		MIN	L,2-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	4	3	3	3	4	1	1	3.38	4.52	32	9	11	0	0	4	63			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.163	2.09	-0.17%	-0.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
2	250	5	Apr 19(2)	OAK		KCR	W,3-1	GS-5		2	5.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.77	3.48	21	7	6	0	0	4	55			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.091	1.96	0.11%	0.84	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
3	251	7	Apr 25	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	6	3	3	0	5	1	0	3.15	3.25	27	9	8	0	0	5	58			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	.75	-0.017	1.14	-0.02%	-0.37	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
4	252	10	Apr 29	OAK	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS-9	W(1-1)	3	8.1	5	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.54	3.46	31	8	13	0	0	5	70			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.165	1.67	0.14%	1.53	1b start a 2	9b --3 1 out a1
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	253	13	May 6	OAK		NYY	W,4-1	GS-9	W(2-1)	6	8.2	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.19	3.18	33	9	16	1	0	5	71			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.72	0.310	1.18	0.30%	1.95	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a3
6	254	17	May 10	OAK		MIL	L,0-4	GS-8	L(2-2)	3	8.0	4	4	3	2	7	1	0	2.40	3.15	31	11	7	0	0	4	65			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.56	-0.154	1.11	-0.18%	-1.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
7	255	20	May 14	OAK		BOS	W,6-5	GS-8		3	7.0	5	3	3	1	4	2	0	2.60	3.46	27	10	9	2	0	3	58			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.147	1.36	0.14%	-0.43	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a2
8	256	24	May 18	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS-8		3	8.0	6	3	2	0	3	0	0	2.55	3.22	31	7	15	0	0	6	63			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	-0.103	2.82	-0.12%	-0.09	1b start a 2	8b 3 out tie
9	257	28	May 22	OAK		CAL	W,6-3	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	7	3	3	1	8	1	1	2.61	3.15	36	7	12	0	2	7	68			3	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.270	1.82	0.33%	0.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
10	258	32	May 27	OAK		CHW	W,6-3	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	8	3	3	3	6	1	0	2.65	3.19	38	5	16	1	1	8	62			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.051	2.77	0.09%	0.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	259	37	May 31	OAK	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	9	1	1	5	4	0	0	2.48	3.19	42	8	17	2	0	8	64			0	0	0	37	4	0	1	0	0	1	1.26	0.165	3.03	0.24%	2.34	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
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	260	40	Jun 4(1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-2)	3	9.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.25	3.03	28	11	12	0	0	1	87			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.521	2.31	0.74%	3.58	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
13	261	45	Jun 9	OAK	@	DET	W,10-5	GS-7		4	6.1	7	5	5	6	8	2	0	2.55	3.27	32	4	7	0	1	7	41			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	-0.174	2.75	-0.24%	-2.02	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out tie
14	262	50	Jun 14	OAK		BAL	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(6-3)	4	10.0	6	2	1	3	9	1	0	2.40	3.23	38	4	16	0	0	6	80			1	0	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.60	0.074	3.90	0.11%	1.68	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
15	263	55	Jun 20	OAK		DET	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(7-3)	5	11.0	5	2	2	3	9	2	1	2.34	3.32	42	12	13	0	0	4	85			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.342	3.01	0.47%	2.05	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
16	264	59	Jun 25(1)	OAK		CAL	W,6-1	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	3	1	0	1	9	0	0	2.18	3.14	31	6	12	0	0	3	87			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	2	.92	0.217	2.46	0.35%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
17	265	64	Jun 29(1)	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS-5	L(8-4)	3	5.0	9	4	4	1	2	1	0	2.36	3.20	24	6	6	1	0	9	34			1	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.190	3.27	-0.43%	-2.01	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
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	266	69	Jul 3	OAK	@	CAL	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-4)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.21	3.13	30	7	17	0	0	2	85			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	.89	0.414	2.26	0.63%	3.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
19	267	74	Jul 8	OAK		MIL	W,7-0	SHO	W(10-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	10	0	0	2.09	2.98	32	9	7	0	0	5	86			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.317	1.83	0.45%	3.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
20	268	79	Jul 14(1)	OAK	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	W(11-4)	5	9.0	3	3	3	4	4	0	0	2.14	2.97	33	9	13	1	3	3	69			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.075	1.63	-0.12%	0.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
21	269	83	Jul 18(1)	OAK	@	MIL	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-4)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.03	2.89	33	8	13	0	0	5	82			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.451	2.28	0.50%	3.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
22	270	89	Jul 22(1)	OAK	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-7		3	6.1	9	3	3	2	6	2	0	2.10	2.98	29	8	8	3	2	5	47			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.123	2.38	-0.13%	-0.23	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 1 out a1
23	271	94	Jul 29	OAK		MIN	W,7-2	CG	W(13-4)	6	9.0	5	2	2	1	8	1	0	2.10	2.96	33	5	14	1	0	5	76			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.255	1.98	0.40%	1.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
24	272	99	Aug 2	OAK		KCR	W,5-0	SHO	W(14-4)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.00	2.89	31	6	14	1	0	5	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.69	0.346	1.45	0.44%	3.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
25	273	104	Aug 7	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-4	GS-6	L(14-5)	4	6.0	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	2.12	2.90	27	6	11	0	0	7	41			1	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.28	-0.347	3.37	-0.55%	-1.70	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
26	274	107	Aug 10 susp	OAK		CHW	W,5-3	18-GF(19)	W(15-5)	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.10	2.89	7	1	2	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.72	0.217	16.45	0.79%	0.74	18t --- 0 out tie	19t end tie
27	275	108	Aug 11	OAK		CHW	L,0-1	GS-8	L(15-6)	0	8.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.06	2.85	27	5	10	2	0	5	71			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.189	4.56	0.66%	1.94	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
28	276	112	Aug 16	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-7		4	6.1	4	3	1	3	3	0	0	2.05	2.85	28	7	11	1	1	4	57			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	2	1.36	-0.201	4.75	-0.42%	-0.51	1b start a 1	7b -23 1 out a1
29	277	116	Aug 21	OAK	@	DET	W,5-1	GS-9	W(16-6)	4	8.0	8	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.01	2.88	33	8	13	2	0	8	64			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.210	3.53	0.47%	1.23	1b start a 3	9b 12- 0 out a4
30	278	119	Aug 25	OAK		BAL	L,3-5	GS-9	L(16-7)	3	8.1	8	5	5	4	7	1	0	2.13	2.91	37	5	13	0	1	8	50			0	0	0	31	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.50	-0.560	5.54	-1.24%	-1.54	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out d1
31	279	123	Aug 29	OAK		CLE	W,1-0	GS-9	W(17-7)	3	8.1	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.06	2.86	30	12	8	0	0	4	79			1	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.39	0.427	5.37	0.99%	2.74	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out a1
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
32	280	127	Sep 3	OAK		DET	W,3-1	CG	W(18-7)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.02	2.83	31	7	18	0	0	4	77			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.325	3.58	0.68%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	281	132	Sep 8	OAK	@	TEX	W,6-3	GS-7	W(19-7)	4	6.2	7	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.04	2.79	28	9	4	1	0	6	57			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.110	4.14	0.21%	0.42	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a1
34	282	137	Sep 12	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-4	GS-4		3	4.0	4	4	3	1	3	1	0	2.11	2.82	17	4	5	0	0	4	42			2	1	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.373	3.63	-0.86%	-2.38	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
35	283	141	Sep 17	OAK		TEX	W,4-1	CG	W(20-7)	4	9.0	2	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.07	2.78	31	10	12	0	0	2	84			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	.76	0.272	1.47	0.32%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
36	284	145	Sep 23	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	GS-8		5	7.0	4	1	1	5	1	1	0	2.05	2.86	30	9	10	2	0	4	61			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.044	1.87	0.04%	0.64	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out tie
37	285	149	Sep 27(2)	OAK		MIN	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(21-7)	3	10.0	6	1	1	0	11	0	0	2.01	2.77	35	8	10	0	0	6	87			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.442	.49	0.10%	2.68	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
38	286	154	Oct 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-5		5	5.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.04	2.77	23	3	8	0	0	6	47			0	0	0	20	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.30	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.18	1b start a 1	5b 3 out tie
							29-9		W-L:21-7	3.6	295.1	200	74	67	70	191	21	3	2.04	2.77	1149	0.67		3%	2%	188	66	0	---%	18	3	0	1056	42	4	6	8	4	12	1.08	3.846	2.66	5.22%	34.26

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