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: 13-9 / in Starts: 11-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1971	ALCS g2	Oct 4	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(0-1)	5	8.0	7	5	5	2	6	4	0	5.63	8.20	32					3	14	0	6	7	52			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.103	19.74	-1.92%	-1.58	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
1972 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
2	1972	ALCS g1	Oct 7	OAK		DET	W,3-2	GS-9		3	8.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	1.13	3.77	30					8	12	0	3	4	72			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.151	37.64	2.08%	1.34	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out tie
3	1972	ALCS g4	Oct 11	OAK	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.1	6	1	1	3	5	1	0	1.17	3.90	30					7	10	0	4	5	64			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.06	0.029	47.42	0.73%	1.09	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out tie
4	1972	WS g2	Oct 15	OAK	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS-9	W(1-0)	3	8.2	6	1	1	3	6	0	0	1.13	3.23	35					7	14	2	2	5	71			1	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.58	0.449	81.21	14.65%	2.47	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a1
5	1972	WS g5	Oct 20	OAK		CIN	L,4-5	GS-5		4	4.2	5	3	3	2	2	2	0	1.88	4.07	21					5	7	0	3	5	42			0	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	.95	-0.159	45.11	-4.41%	-1.34	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out a1
6	1972	WS g7	Oct 22	OAK	@	CIN	W,3-2	5-8	W(2-0)	1	2.2	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.01	3.84	11					1	5	0	1	1		3	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.73	0.103	288.61	10.35%	0.91	5b 123 1 out a1	8b 1-- 0 out a2
1973 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
7	1973	ALCS g2	Oct 7	OAK	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS-8	W(1-0)	6	7.1	7	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.68	2.43	32					7	10	0	5	7	54			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.53	0.161	51.13	2.82%	0.90	1b start a 1	8b 12- 1 out a3
8	1973	ALCS g5	Oct 11	OAK		BAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-0)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	1	0	1	1.65	2.93	34					10	15	0	2	5	76			1	1	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.403	67.92	18.66%	4.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
9	1973	WS g3	Oct 16	OAK	@	NYM	W,3-2	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	3	5	1	0	2.01	3.37	29					7	9	3	0	5	52			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	1	.79	-0.002	49.74	-0.07%	0.71	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
10	1973	WS g6	Oct 20	OAK		NYM	W,3-1	GS-8	W(3-0)	3	7.1	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.82	3.21	27					7	14	1	3	4	66			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.379	95.87	18.87%	3.15	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
1974 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
11	1974	ALCS g1	Oct 5	OAK		BAL	L,3-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	3	4.2	8	6	6	0	3	3	0	11.57	9.65	21					6	4	0	3	8	27			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.367	26.15	-7.42%	-3.94	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d5
12	1974	ALCS g4	Oct 9	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS-8	W(1-1)	3	7.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.63	5.41	24					5	11	1	3	3	72			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.357	50.81	9.50%	2.73	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
13	1974	WS g1	Oct 12	OAK	@	LAD	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	5.16	1	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.29	0.089	171.97	3.00%	0.21	9b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
14	1974	WS g3	Oct 15	OAK		LAD	W,3-2	GS-8	W(2-1)	2	7.1	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.26	4.75	29	96	62	13	6	6	13	3	2	4	66			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.290	62.14	10.10%	2.21	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a2
1976 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
15	1976	ALCS g1	Oct 9	NYY	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	9	9.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	1.00	1.52	30					7	13	2	4	5	78			0	2	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.446	32.02	8.99%	3.07	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
16	1976	ALCS g4	Oct 13	NYY		KCR	L,4-7	GS-4	L(1-1)	3	3.0	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	4.50	2.05	15					2	7	1	0	5	28			0	0	0	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.374	35.00	-9.44%	-3.59	1t start tie	4t --3 0 out d2
17	1976	WS g2	Oct 17	NYY	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	L(1-2)	3	8.2	10	4	3	4	5	0	0	3.92	2.39	40	135	79	11	16	4	20	4	3	7	51			2	1	0	35	2	1	1	0	1	1	1.10	-0.299	58.44	-8.83%	-0.34	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
1977 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1977	WS g2	Oct 12	NYY		LAD	L,1-6	GS-3	L(0-1)	31	2.1	5	5	5	0	0	3	0	19.29	19.45	12	49	33	11	3	5	4	4	0	3	27			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.306	29.47	-10.50%	-3.76	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d5
19	1977	WS g5	Oct 16	NYY	@	LAD	L,4-10	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.38	11.28	7	25	16	1	1	2	3	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.15	0.02%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 6
1978 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
20	1978	ALCS g3	Oct 6	NYY		KCR	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	3	3	5	3	0	4.50	8.92	26	103	66	12	12	4	7	1	1	7	48			1	1	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.062	47.34	-1.61%	-0.26	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
21	1978	WS g2	Oct 11	NYY	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	6.0	7	4	4	0	2	1	0	5.25	6.50	24	95	64	6	9	8	9	1	2	5	44			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	-0.306	74.03	-9.30%	-1.35	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
22	1978	WS g6	Oct 17	NYY	@	LAD	W,7-2	GS-8	W(1-1)	5	7.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.26	5.59	26	89	58	6	7	9	7	0	2	6	59			1	1	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.102	80.36	6.53%	0.49	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a5
											132.1	114	49	48	35	70	21	1	3.26		536																			6

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