Catfish Hunter
James Augustus Hunter (Jim)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 8, 1946 in Hertford, NC
High School: Perquimans (Perquimans, NC)
Signed
by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1965
Final Game: September 17, 1979
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1987 (315/413 ballots).
Died: September 9, 1999 in Hertford, NC
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1965 19 KCA AL 32 46 40 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .150 .150 .175 .325 -7 7 0 0 6 0 0 1
1966 20 KCA AL 30 65 59 5 9 1 1 0 4 1 0 3 21 .153 .194 .203 .397 16 12 0 0 3 0 0 1 AS
1967 21 KCA AL 37 94 92 9 18 4 0 2 6 0 0 0 32 .196 .196 .304 .500 48 28 1 0 2 0 0 1/3 AS
1968 22 OAK AL 39 90 82 9 19 3 0 1 8 0 0 0 19 .232 .232 .305 .537 66 25 0 0 8 0 0 1
1969 23 OAK AL 42 89 85 5 19 2 0 1 9 0 0 1 24 .224 .227 .282 .510 45 24 5 0 1 2 0 1
1970 24 OAK AL 43 99 90 10 18 4 1 1 6 0 0 2 23 .200 .215 .300 .515 43 27 1 0 6 1 0 1 AS
1971 25 OAK AL 38 109 103 14 36 1 1 1 12 1 0 2 11 .350 .362 .408 .770 120 42 3 0 4 0 0 1 MVP-28
1972 26 OAK AL 39 116 105 5 23 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 16 .219 .215 .219 .434 33 23 0 0 9 2 0 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-11
1973 27 OAK AL 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 479 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1974 28 OAK AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1976 30 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
15 Seasons 304 710 658 60 149 16 3 6 51 2 0 8 160 .226 .234 .287 .521 52 189 10 0 39 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 378 351 32 79 9 2 3 27 1 0 4 85 .226 .234 .287 .521 52 101 5 0 21 3 0
OAK (10 yrs) 303 709 657 60 149 16 3 6 51 2 0 8 160 .227 .234 .288 .522 53 189 10 0 39 5 0
NYY (5 yrs) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1965 19 KCA AL 46 40 1 0.7 91 .231 .150 .250 .150 .319 .175 .382 .325 .702 -7 .036 -5.7 -0.6 .206 .025 .025
1966 20 KCA AL 65 53 3 1.5 87 .237 .153 .245 .194 .311 .203 .378 .397 .689 16 .152 -6.5 -0.7 .320 .119 .051 .0
1967 21 KCA AL 94 77 5 1.8 82 .276 .196 .240 .196 .308 .304 .360 .500 .668 48 .201 -6.3 -0.7 .373 .109 .109 .0
1968 22 OAK AL 90 71 6 2.3 75 .290 .232 .231 .232 .300 .305 .342 .537 .642 66 .311 -3.6 -0.4 .397 .073 .073 .0
1969 23 OAK AL 89 74 4 1.5 91 .290 .224 .248 .227 .324 .282 .375 .510 .699 45 .125 -6.3 -0.7 .352 .071 .059 .0
1970 24 OAK AL 99 80 6 2.0 95 .254 .200 .254 .215 .328 .300 .388 .515 .716 43 .201 -7.3 -0.8 .397 .122 .100 .0
1971 25 OAK AL 109 74 14 5.1 91 .385 .350 .253 .362 .324 .408 .375 .770 .699 120 .605 2.0 0.2 .643 .087 .058 1.0
1972 26 OAK AL 116 93 6 1.7 79 .253 .219 .241 .215 .309 .219 .348 .434 .657 33 .205 -8.8 -1.0 .280 .000 .000
1973 27 OAK AL 1 0 1 89 1.000 1.000 .254 1.000 .322 1.000 .373 2.000 .695 479 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
1976 30 NYY AL 1 1 0 0.0 86 .000 .000 .256 .000 .320 .000 .361 .000 .681 -100 .000 -0.2 0.0 .000 .000 .000
15 Seasons 710 563 46 2.2 86 .288 .226 .245 .234 .316 .287 .367 .521 .683 52 .259 -42.3 -4.7 .383 .076 .061 3.0
162 Game Avg. 378 300 25 2.2 86 .288 .226 .245 .234 .316 .287 .367 .521 .683 52 .259 -42.3 -4.7 .383 .076 .061 2
OAK (10 yrs) 709 562 46 2.2 86 .288 .227 .245 .234 .316 .288 .367 .522 .683 53 .259 -42.1 -4.7 .384 .076 .061 3.0
NYY (5 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 86 .000 .000 .256 .000 .320 .000 .361 .000 .681 -100 .000 -0.2 0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 25 OAK AL ALCS BAL L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 26 OAK AL ALCS DET W 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 26 OAK AL WS CIN W 3 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .200 .429 .200 .629 1 0 0 0 0 0
1973 27 OAK AL WS NYM W 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 28 OAK AL WS LAD W 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1977 31 NYY AL WS LAD W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (6 Series) 12 24 21 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .095 .174 .095 .269 2 0 0 1 0 0
2 ALCS 3 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 WS 9 15 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .083 .214 .083 .298 1 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 KCA AL 20 DNP
1967 KCA AL 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 OAK AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 OAK AL 26 DNP
1973 OAK AL 27 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons (6 Appearances) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1965 19 KCA AL 46 0.0% 30.4% 0.0% 2.2% 17% 2.9 40.0 5.25 57%
1966 20 KCA AL 65 0.0% 32.3% 4.6% 3.1% 22% 7.00 2.8 14.8 1.20 58%
1967 21 KCA AL 94 2.1% 34.0% 0.0% 6.4% 33% 2.9 46.0 15.3 1.50 62%
1968 22 OAK AL 90 1.1% 21.1% 0.0% 4.4% 21% 4.3 82.0 10.3 1.88 69%
1969 23 OAK AL 89 1.1% 27.0% 1.1% 3.4% 16% 24.00 3.5 85.0 9.4 1.50 70%
1970 24 OAK AL 99 1.0% 23.2% 2.0% 6.1% 33% 11.50 3.9 90.0 15.0 1.12 68%
1971 25 OAK AL 109 0.9% 10.1% 1.8% 2.8% 8% 5.50 9.4 103.0 8.6 1.18 83%
1972 26 OAK AL 116 0.0% 13.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.6 21.0 1.34 78%
1973 27 OAK AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1976 30 NYY AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
15 Seasons 710 0.9% 22.5% 1.1% 3.5% 17% 20.00 4.1 109.7 12.9 1.46 70%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1965 19 KCA AL 1 0 50% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1966 20 KCA AL 0 0 42% 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 50% 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 3
1967 21 KCA AL 3 0 44% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 50% 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1
1968 22 OAK AL 5 0 44% 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 44% 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 4
1969 23 OAK AL 0 0 21% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 1
1970 24 OAK AL 3 0 47% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 57% 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
1971 25 OAK AL 1 0 35% 52 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 38% 10 8 2 2 0 2 4 2 2
1972 26 OAK AL 1 0 22% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 25% 7 6 1 1 1 0 4 0 2
1973 27 OAK AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 30 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 14 0 36% 267 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 18 39% 30 26 4 7 3 4 27 8 17
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1965 19 KCA AL 46 26% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 7 0 0% 8 2 25% 28 1 4% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1966 20 KCA AL 65 32% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 9 0 0% 14 2 14% 39 4 10% 6 1 17% 6 2 33% 0
1967 21 KCA AL 94 34% 18 1 1 0 0 2.38 2 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 100% 13 1 8% 16 2 13% 52 4 8% 4 1 25% 7 2 29% 0
1968 22 OAK AL 90 43% 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 11 8 73% 19 0 0% 18 4 22% 63 7 11% 5 2 40% 4 2 50% 0
1969 23 OAK AL 89 39% 19 2 0 0 0 2.46 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 15 5 33% 20 5 25% 58 9 16% 6 4 67% 10 5 50% 0
1970 24 OAK AL 99 35% 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 10 6 60% 18 1 6% 14 3 21% 57 5 9% 5 3 60% 1 0 0% 0
1971 25 OAK AL 109 33% 36 1 0 0 0 4.27 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 4 80% 23 3 13% 13 3 23% 70 12 17% 2 2 100% 5 5 100% 0
1972 26 OAK AL 116 40% 23 1 1 0 0 3.14 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 16 0 0% 15 8 53% 70 6 9% 3 3 100% 3 1 33% 0
1973 27 OAK AL 1 0% 1 1 1 0 0 0.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 30 NYY AL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 1.26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 710 36% 149 7 3 0 0 2.30 6 0 25 0 6 1 5 0 48 39 81% 120 10 8% 118 29 25% 438 48 11% 33 17 52% 36 17 47% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 19 32 46 40 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .150 .150 .175 .325 -7 7 0 0 6 0 0
1966 20 62 111 99 8 15 2 1 0 5 1 0 3 35 .152 .176 .192 .368 7 19 0 0 9 0 0
1967 21 99 205 191 17 33 6 1 2 11 1 0 3 67 .173 .186 .246 .432 26 47 1 0 11 0 0
1968 22 138 295 273 26 52 9 1 3 19 1 0 3 86 .190 .199 .264 .463 38 72 1 0 19 0 0
1969 23 180 384 358 31 71 11 1 4 28 1 0 4 110 .198 .206 .268 .474 40 96 6 0 20 2 0
1970 24 223 483 448 41 89 15 2 5 34 1 0 6 133 .199 .208 .275 .482 40 123 7 0 26 3 0
1971 25 261 592 551 55 125 16 3 6 46 2 0 8 144 .227 .237 .299 .536 55 165 10 0 30 3 0
1972 26 300 708 656 60 148 16 3 6 51 2 0 8 160 .226 .233 .287 .520 52 188 10 0 39 5 0
1973 27 301 709 657 60 149 16 3 6 51 2 0 8 160 .227 .234 .288 .522 53 189 10 0 39 5 0
1974 28 303 709 657 60 149 16 3 6 51 2 0 8 160 .227 .234 .288 .522 53 189 10 0 39 5 0
1975 29 303 709 657 60 149 16 3 6 51 2 0 8 160 .227 .234 .288 .522 53 189 10 0 39 5 0
1976 30 304 710 658 60 149 16 3 6 51 2 0 8 160 .226 .234 .287 .521 52 189 10 0 39 5 0
1977 31 304 710 658 60 149 16 3 6 51 2 0 8 160 .226 .234 .287 .521 52 189 10 0 39 5 0
1978 32 304 710 658 60 149 16 3 6 51 2 0 8 160 .226 .234 .287 .521 52 189 10 0 39 5 0
1979 33 304 710 658 60 149 16 3 6 51 2 0 8 160 .226 .234 .287 .521 52 189 10 0 39 5 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1965 19 32 40 40 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 32
1966 20 30 63 60 6 10 1 1 0 4 1 3 21 .167 .206 .217 .423 3 30
1967 21 37 92 92 10 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 32 .000 .000 .000 .000 6 37
1968 22 39 82 82 12 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 19 .000 .000 .000 .000 8 39
1969 23 42 87 84 6 18 2 0 1 10 0 1 24 .214 .218 .274 .492 5 42
1970 24 43 95 92 12 20 4 1 1 7 0 2 23 .217 .232 .315 .547 7 43
1971 25 38 108 106 17 39 1 1 1 14 1 2 11 .368 .380 .425 .804 17 38
1972 26 41 112 110 7 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 17 .000 .000 .000 .000 8 39
1973 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 1
1976 30 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
10 Seasons 304 681 668 72 87 8 3 3 60 2 8 161 .130 .140 .165 .304 56 302
162 Game Avg. 162 363 356 38 46 4 2 2 32 1 4 86 .130 .140 .165 .304 30 302

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1966
1967 *
1970 *
1972
1973 (P)
1974 *
1975 *
1976 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1974-AL-Cy Young
1974-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1971-AL-28-0%
1972-AL-11-17%
1973-AL-10-14%
1974-AL-6-32%
1975-AL-12-9%
0.72 Career Shares (318th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1972-AL--4--22%
1973-AL--3--43%
1974-AL--1--75%
1975-AL--2--62%
1 Cy Young
2.02 Career Shares (12th)

Youngest s c a p y
1965 AL--born 1946-04-08--9th
1966 AL--born 1946-04-08--5th

                                         
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