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: 9-23 / in Starts: 8-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 4

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	1	24	May 13	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-6	6-7		99	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.02	7	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.007	.02	0.00%	0.82	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d4
2	2	29	May 17	KCA		CHW	L,2-13	4-7		3	3.1	7	6	6	0	3	1	0	10.13	3.64	17	3	4	0	0	7		0	0	1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.016	.03	0.00%	-3.73	4t --- 0 out d4	7t 1-- 1 out d9
3	3	32	May 21	KCA	@	MIN	L,4-6	2-5		3	2.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	7.88	3.77	11	3	3	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.04	0.192	.26	0.02%	2.07	2b 123 1 out d1	5b 1-- 0 out a1
4	4	34	May 25	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-6	4-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.00	3.41	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.02	0.00%	0.45	4b --- 0 out d4	4b 3 out d4
5	5	38	May 31(1)	KCA	@	WSA	L,2-5	5-7		5	3.0	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	5.25	3.52	14	2	4	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	.19	0.023	.02	0.00%	1.62	5b 1-3 0 out d4	7b 3 out d3
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
6	6	40	Jun 2	KCA		BAL	L,4-6	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.50	3.59	8	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.096	.04	0.00%	0.87	6t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d1
7	7	42	Jun 6(1)	KCA		BOS	L,4-9	8-GF		3	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.70	3.56	7	0	3	1	0	2		2	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-2.11	8t 1-3 2 out d4	9t end d 6
8	8	50	Jun 13(2)	KCA		CLE	L,2-5	2-5		6	2.2	2	1	1	2	5	0	0	4.50	3.18	13	1	3	0	0	2		2	1	3	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.132	.02	0.00%	-1.73	2t 1-3 2 out d3	5t 123 1 out d3
9	9	56	Jun 20(1)	KCA	@	DET	L,8-12	GS-3		6	2.0	3	4	4	3	0	2	0	5.85	4.87	11	3	2	0	0	3	31			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-2.45	1b start a 6	3b 1-3 0 out a6
10	10	62	Jun 25	KCA	@	CLE	L,0-2	GS-4	L(0-1)	4	4.0	5	2	2	1	3	2	0	5.63	5.43	17	1	7	3	0	5	46			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.23	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
11	11	65	Jun 27(2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,7-11	6-6	H(1)	1	0.2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.47	5.35	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.04	6b --- 0 out a2	6b 12- 2 out a2
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
12	12	69	Jul 3	KCA		MIN	L,2-3	6-7		5	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.26	5.24	5	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.07	6t --- 0 out tie	7t 1-- 0 out tie
13	13	72	Jul 6	KCA		BAL	L,1-4	GS-5	L(0-2)	2	5.0	7	3	3	3	2	1	0	5.28	5.39	24	3	9	1	0	7	40			1	0	0	20	2	0	1	0	1	0	.92	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-0.83	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
14	14	82	Jul 18(1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-7		11	6.1	2	2	2	6	2	1	0	4.86	5.63	27	10	7	1	0	2	57			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	0.106	.00	0.00%	1.25	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
15	15	88	Jul 23	KCA	@	WSA	L,3-5	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	1	4	2	0	4.81	5.68	24	6	9	1	0	4	53			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-0.42	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
16	16	93	Jul 27(2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,10-8	GS-5	W(1-2)	3	5.0	7	5	5	1	3	1	1	5.25	5.62	23	5	6	3	0	7	35			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-2.67	1b start a 6	5b 3 out a3
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
17	17	99	Aug 1(2)	KCA		WSA	W,3-2	GS-6	W(2-2)	4	6.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	0	5.00	5.42	24	4	10	2	0	5	55			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.61	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
18	18	104	Aug 7	KCA		BAL	W,7-4	GS-7	W(3-2)	5	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	4.72	4.94	28	5	10	1	0	6	62			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.090	.00	0.00%	1.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
19	19	108	Aug 11(1)	KCA	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-4	L(3-3)	3	3.0	7	6	5	2	4	1	0	5.20	5.00	19	3	3	0	0	7	25			0	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.38	-0.295	.00	0.00%	-4.04	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d5
20	20	113	Aug 15(1)	KCA	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	4.68	4.87	33	13	11	0	0	4	76			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.383	.00	0.00%	2.91	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
21	21	118	Aug 20	KCA		CHW	L,1-3	GS-5	L(4-4)	4	5.0	7	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.73	4.94	24	8	6	0	0	7	40			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.161	.00	0.00%	-0.83	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
22	22	119	Aug 21	KCA		CHW	L,6-7	10-10		0	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.67	4.96	6	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.46	0.124	.00	0.00%	0.43	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
23	23	124	Aug 25	KCA		DET	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-4)	3	9.0	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	4.19	4.70	35	5	16	2	0	6	77			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.235	.00	0.00%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
24	24	129	Aug 31(1)	KCA		CLE	L,1-8	GS-6	L(5-5)	5	6.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	1	4.12	4.71	23	10	6	0	0	5	55			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.61	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
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
25	25	135	Sep 4	KCA	@	CAL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(5-6)	3	6.1	6	4	3	1	7	0	0	4.13	4.46	27	7	6	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-0.85	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d2
26	26	138	Sep 6(2)	KCA		MIN	W,4-3	9-GF	W(6-6)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.09	4.42	3	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.124	.00	0.00%	0.43	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
27	27	142	Sep 10(2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,10-5	GS-2		3	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	4.31	4.53	7	2	1	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.318	.00	0.00%	-2.89	1b start a 2	2b 1-3 0 out a1
28	28	145	Sep 15	KCA	@	MIN	L,5-7	GS-5		4	4.0	6	5	4	2	2	0	0	4.49	4.47	21	6	5	0	1	6	32			0	1	0	17	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.15	-0.293	.00	0.00%	-4.13	1b start a 1	5b 12- 0 out d4
29	29	149	Sep 20	KCA	@	MIN	W,8-2	GS-8	W(7-6)	4	7.0	4	2	2	1	3	2	0	4.37	4.56	26	10	8	1	4	4	63			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.133	.00	0.00%	0.85	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
30	30	153	Sep 24	KCA		BOS	W,8-0	SHO	W(8-6)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	4.05	4.36	31	7	14	1	0	2	87			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.199	.00	0.00%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
31	31	157	Sep 28(1)	KCA	@	WSA	L,1-6	GS-5	L(8-7)	3	4.2	7	5	5	1	3	2	0	4.25	4.47	21	6	4	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	1	0	.62	-0.196	.00	0.00%	-2.31	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d4
32	32	162	Oct 3	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-6	L(8-8)	4	6.0	6	3	3	0	5	1	0	4.26	4.40	24	4	9	0	0	6	53			1	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.147	.00	0.00%	-0.55	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
							9-23		W-L:8-8,Hld:1	3.4	133.0	124	68	63	46	83	21	2	4.26	4.40	567	0.75		5%	2%	120	50	9	44%	11	1	0	505	20	1	5	6	3	7	.86	-0.382	.01	0.02%	-7.90

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