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	29-10 / in Starts: 28-9
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 116 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	70 (40-20-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 116 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	69 (35-22-11)

Most Driven In
G Tenace	1
S Bando	1
B Voss	1
Ã Mangual	1
D Duncan	1
M Epstein	0

Most Driven In By
J Rudi	2
M Alou	1
R Jackson	1
B Campaneris	1

1972 Batting Game Log

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1972 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	262	2 (1)	Apr 16	OAK		MIN	L,2-3	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.91	0.002	3.27	0.00%	-0.10	P
2	263	5 (2)	Apr 19 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,3-1	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.64	-0.029	1.23	-0.03%	-0.19	P
3	264	7 (1)	Apr 25	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.93	-0.043	1.42	-0.04%	-0.30	P
4	265	10 (2)	Apr 29	OAK	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.46	-0.016	.66	-0.01%	-0.19	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	266	13 (2)	May 6	OAK		NYY	W,4-1	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	1.08	-0.042	1.76	-0.04%	-0.51	P
6	267	17 (3)	May 10	OAK		MIL	L,0-4	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	1.85	0.057	3.68	0.07%	0.65	P
7	268	20 (2)	May 14	OAK		BOS	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	.59	-0.009	.97	-0.01%	-0.11	P
8	269	24 (3)	May 18	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.92	-0.059	1.75	-0.07%	-0.63	P
9	270	28 (3)	May 22	OAK		CAL	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.93	0.037	1.90	0.05%	-0.22	P
10	271	32 (3)	May 27	OAK		CHW	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	9	.73	0.040	2.01	0.07%	0.22	P
11	272	37 (4)	May 31	OAK	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.49	-0.048	1.18	-0.07%	-0.90	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
12	273	40 (2)	Jun 4 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	9	.59	-0.032	1.40	-0.05%	-0.54	P
13	274	45 (4)	Jun 9	OAK	@	DET	W,10-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.171	.171	.343	9	.93	-0.069	2.17	-0.10%	-0.44	P
14	275	50 (4)	Jun 14	OAK		BAL	L,1-2	CG(10)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.158	.316	9	1.49	-0.098	3.61	-0.14%	-0.53	P
15	276	55 (4)	Jun 20	OAK		DET	W,3-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.97	0.184	4.53	0.25%	0.54	P
16	277	59 (3)	Jun 25 (1)	OAK		CAL	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.174	.174	.348	9	.61	0.018	1.63	0.03%	0.71	P
17	278	64 (4)	Jun 29 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.170	.170	.340	9	.71	-0.017	2.69	-0.04%	-0.13	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	279	69 (4)	Jul 3	OAK	@	CAL	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.196	.196	.392	9	.85	0.031	2.15	0.05%	-0.27	P
19	280	74 (4)	Jul 8	OAK		MIL	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.40	-0.037	.96	-0.05%	-0.74	P
20	281	79 (4)	Jul 14 (1)	OAK	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.175	.172	.175	.348	9	.44	-0.020	1.19	-0.03%	-0.38	P
21	282	83 (3)	Jul 18 (1)	OAK	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.164	.167	.331	9	.78	0.091	1.45	0.10%	0.66	P
22	283	89 (5)	Jul 22 (1)	OAK	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.159	.161	.320	9	1.44	-0.077	2.56	-0.08%	-0.69	P
23	284	94 (4)	Jul 29	OAK		MIN	W,7-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.152	.154	.305	9	.57	-0.042	1.50	-0.07%	-0.68	P
Aug		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	285	99 (4)	Aug 2	OAK		KCR	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.171	.174	.345	9	.47	0.060	.99	0.08%	0.81	P
25	286	104 (4)	Aug 7	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.181	.183	.364	9	.35	-0.001	.91	0.00%	-0.01	P
26	287	107 (2)	Aug 10 susp	OAK		CHW	W,5-3	18-GF(19)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.178	.181	.359	9	2.02	-0.051	12.20	-0.19%	-0.18	P
27	288	108	Aug 11	OAK		CHW	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.173	.176	.349	9	2.79	-0.128	16.08	-0.44%	-0.76	P
28	289	112 (3)	Aug 16	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.167	.169	.335	9	1.29	-0.094	4.48	-0.20%	-0.76	P
29	290	116 (3)	Aug 21	OAK	@	DET	W,5-1	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.163	.159	.163	.321	9	.40	-0.014	1.50	-0.03%	-0.70	P
30	291	119 (2)	Aug 25	OAK		BAL	L,3-5	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.167	.171	.337	9	.85	-0.027	3.15	-0.06%	-0.22	P
31	292	123 (3)	Aug 29	OAK		CLE	W,1-0	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.172	.176	.349	9	.68	0.015	2.64	0.04%	0.05	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
32	293	127 (3)	Sep 3	OAK		DET	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.178	.182	.360	9	.92	-0.011	3.21	-0.02%	-0.19	P
33	294	132 (4)	Sep 8	OAK	@	TEX	W,6-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.172	.176	.348	9	1.45	-0.100	4.70	-0.20%	-0.99	P
34	295	137 (4)	Sep 12	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-4	GS-5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.181	.185	.366	9	.69	0.028	2.66	0.07%	0.23	P
35	296	141 (3)	Sep 17	OAK		TEX	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.184	.188	.371	9	.88	-0.083	1.72	-0.10%	-0.77	P
36	297	142	Sep 19	OAK		CHW	L,7-8	14-15	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.192	.196	.388	5	3.34	0.109	6.35	0.12%	0.59	PH
37	298	145 (2)	Sep 23	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.198	.202	.400	9	.74	0.010	1.08	0.01%	0.11	P
38	299	149 (3)	Sep 27 (2)	OAK		MIN	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.210	.214	.423	9	1.29	0.017	.49	0.00%	0.10	P
39	300	154 (4)	Oct 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.215	.219	.434	9	1.54	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.01	P
							29-10		116	105	5	23	0	0	0	5	0	0	16	0	9	2	1	0	0	0	.219	.215	.219	.434		.96	-0.441	2.36	-1.14%	-7.45

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