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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 KCA AL 19 P 32 20 133.0 22 4 16 2 1 .909 1.35 0.63 .955 2.04 0.75
1966 KCA AL 20 P 30 25 176.2 27 10 14 3 1 .889 1.22 0.80 .956 1.99 0.75 AS
1967 KCA AL 21 P 35 35 259.2 32 15 16 1 1 .969 1.07 0.89 .956 1.96 0.74 AS
1967 KCA AL 21 1B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 8.10 8.30 AS
1968 OAK AL 22 P 36 34 234.0 40 16 20 4 0 .900 1.38 1.00 .960 1.89 0.73
1969 OAK AL 23 P 38 35 247.0 49 17 32 0 4 1.000 1.79 1.29 .949 1.88 0.69
1970 OAK AL 24 P 40 40 262.1 42 17 24 1 3 .976 1.41 1.03 .950 1.86 0.67 AS
1971 OAK AL 25 P 37 37 273.2 41 15 26 0 1 1.000 1.35 1.11 .956 1.98 0.77 MVP-28
1972 OAK AL 26 P 38 37 295.1 55 23 30 2 1 .964 1.62 1.39 .949 1.86 0.75 AS,CYA-4,MVP-11
1973 OAK AL 27 P 36 36 256.1 36 11 24 1 0 .972 1.23 0.97 .950 1.86 0.86 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1974 OAK AL 28 P 41 41 318.1 55 25 27 3 1 .945 1.47 1.27 .947 1.81 0.83 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1975 NYY AL 29 P 39 39 328.0 52 23 26 3 0 .942 1.34 1.26 .940 1.87 0.85 AS,CYA-2,MVP-12
1976 NYY AL 30 P 36 36 298.2 56 24 30 2 2 .964 1.63 1.50 .950 1.87 0.85 AS
1977 NYY AL 31 P 22 22 143.1 15 4 11 0 1 1.000 0.94 0.68 .947 1.95 0.84
1978 NYY AL 32 P 21 20 118.0 24 11 13 0 0 1.000 1.83 1.14 .950 1.90 0.85
1979 NYY AL 33 P 19 19 105.0 21 10 10 1 0 .952 1.71 1.05 .948 1.92 0.81
15 Seasons P 500 476 3449.1 567 225 319 23 16 .959 1.42 1.09 .950 1.90 0.78
1 Season 1B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 8.10 8.30
15 Seasons TOT 501 476 3449.2 567 225 319 23 16 .959 1.42 1.09 .910 1.90 0.79

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 KCA AL 19 32 20 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 KCA AL 20 30 25 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 KCA AL 21 37 35 37 37 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1968 OAK AL 22 39 34 39 39 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1969 OAK AL 23 42 35 42 42 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1970 OAK AL 24 43 40 43 43 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1971 OAK AL 25 38 37 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 OAK AL 26 39 37 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 OAK AL 27 37 0 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 OAK AL 28 41 0 2 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYY AL 29 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 NYY AL 30 36 0 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 NYY AL 31 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 NYY AL 32 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 NYY AL 33 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 515 263 304 514 500 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1965 KCA AL 19 582 77% 21% 19 79% 0 6 0 6 15 13 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1966 KCA AL 20 765 78% 22% 19 84% 0 9 1 7 14 11 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1967 KCA AL 21 1076 74% 17% 25 84% 0 15 1 10 17 14 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 83%
1968 OAK AL 22 990 75% 23% 26 81% 1 16 0 10 20 16 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1969 OAK AL 23 1041 77% 25% 35 100% 1 17 1 10 32 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 7 100%
1970 OAK AL 24 1150 77% 20% 32 91% 0 16 1 9 27 20 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 7 100%
1971 OAK AL 25 1138 77% 21% 29 97% 1 15 1 13 28 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 86%
1972 OAK AL 26 1174 77% 22% 40 93% 1 23 3 14 31 25 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 9 78%
1973 OAK AL 27 1066 82% 19% 23 100% 0 10 0 9 25 21 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 OAK AL 28 1279 85% 23% 40 98% 0 24 8 11 28 24 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 8 100%
1975 NYY AL 29 1332 80% 22% 32 91% 0 25 1 20 28 23 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 75%
1976 NYY AL 30 1256 81% 23% 40 90% 2 23 3 13 31 20 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 6 100%
1977 NYY AL 31 637 84% 20% 11 100% 0 4 0 4 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1978 NYY AL 32 493 81% 20% 16 94% 0 11 2 8 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1979 NYY AL 33 474 85% 21% 11 91% 0 11 0 8 10 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
15 Seasons 14453 79% 21% 398 92% 6 225 22 152 330 261 28 23 1 13 9 8 16 9 12 4 77 90%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1967 KCA AL 21 1 0% 0% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 1 0% 0% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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