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: 20-20 / in Starts: 20-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 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	172	2	Apr 8	OAK	@	KCR	L,0-2	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	0	1.50	0.47	25	7	4	0	0	5	65			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.92	0.146	1.64	0.16%	1.76	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
2	173	5	Apr 13	OAK		MIL	W,2-1	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	7.0	2	1	0	2	4	0	0	0.69	1.48	27	11	8	2	0	2	73			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	2	.97	0.213	1.33	0.17%	2.15	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	174	9	Apr 17	OAK		MIN	W,5-2	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	9	1	0	1.23	2.00	35	10	9	0	0	5	76			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.155	1.49	0.15%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
4	175	13	Apr 21	OAK		KCR	W,4-3	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	7	3	1	2	5	0	0	1.16	2.06	34	10	10	1	1	7	68			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.48	0.043	1.98	0.04%	1.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	176	17	Apr 27	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(3-2)	5	8.0	8	4	4	3	3	1	0	1.85	2.59	33	11	8	3	0	8	50			1	0	0	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	.94	-0.297	1.18	-0.22%	0.01	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
May				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	177	21	May 1	OAK	@	WSA	W,12-5	GS-6	W(4-2)	3	5.1	6	4	2	3	5	1	0	2.03	2.86	26	8	5	1	2	5	46			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.38	-0.061	1.37	-0.04%	-1.83	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a4
7	178	25	May 5	OAK		NYY	W,11-3	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	6	3	2	4	4	0	0	2.03	2.90	37	8	15	2	0	6	65			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	1	.83	0.136	.96	0.10%	1.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
8	179	29	May 9	OAK		BOS	L,3-5	GS-7		3	6.2	5	3	2	1	6	2	0	2.10	3.15	29	9	8	1	0	5	59			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	3	.78	-0.093	.80	-0.06%	-0.32	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d1
9	180	33	May 15	OAK		CAL	L,4-5	GS-7	L(5-3)	5	6.0	7	4	4	4	5	2	0	2.45	3.53	30	5	9	0	0	7	43			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.231	1.57	-0.20%	-0.67	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out tie
10	181	37	May 19	OAK	@	MIL	L,3-6	GS-3	L(5-4)	3	2.1	4	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.03	3.53	13	3	2	0	0	4	29			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.234	1.24	-0.13%	-2.14	1b start a 1	3b 123 1 out d1
11	182	40	May 23	OAK	@	CHW	W,12-2	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	6	2	0	2.91	3.69	37	8	13	2	0	8	67			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.039	.14	0.02%	2.22	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a10
12	183	44	May 27	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(7-4)	3	6.1	7	3	1	2	4	0	0	2.80	3.58	29	6	10	0	0	7	53			2	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.26	-0.083	1.48	-0.06%	-0.36	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a1
13	184	48	May 31	OAK		CLE	L,2-3	GS-9	L(7-5)	3	8.1	6	3	3	0	9	1	0	2.84	3.44	30	4	11	0	0	6	68			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.262	1.24	-0.17%	0.57	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out d1
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
14	185	51	Jun 4	OAK		BAL	W,4-2	GS-8	W(8-5)	3	7.1	6	2	2	2	6	0	1	2.81	3.35	31	7	9	0	3	6	62			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.099	1.07	0.05%	1.09	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a3
15	186	55	Jun 9	OAK	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS-9	W(9-5)	4	8.0	3	2	2	3	4	1	0	2.77	3.43	30	9	11	0	0	3	69			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.250	.56	0.14%	1.87	1b start tie	9b --- 0 out a3
16	187	59	Jun 13	OAK	@	BAL	W,10-7	GS-6	W(10-5)	3	5.1	7	5	5	4	1	1	0	3.04	3.60	27	5	10	1	3	7	31			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.011	.63	-0.01%	-3.07	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a4
17	188	63	Jun 17	OAK	@	DET	L,7-9	GS-2		3	1.0	3	5	3	3	0	0	0	3.25	3.67	10	2	2	0	0	3	28			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.380	1.50	-0.28%	-4.36	1b start a 1	2b 123 0 out d2
18	189	66	Jun 21(1)	OAK		CHW	W,6-3	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	8	3	3	1	6	2	0	3.23	3.73	36	8	13	0	0	8	64			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.199	1.33	0.16%	1.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
19	190	71	Jun 26	OAK	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	8	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.19	3.78	29	5	14	0	0	8	53			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.36	0.150	1.98	0.13%	1.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
20	191	75	Jun 30	OAK	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-8	W(12-5)	3	7.2	7	3	3	0	4	1	1	3.21	3.77	30	7	11	1	0	7	57			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	1	0	.88	0.149	1.19	0.12%	0.65	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a1
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
21	192	79	Jul 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-4	GS-8	W(13-5)	3	7.1	6	4	4	2	3	2	0	3.30	3.90	31	5	15	0	3	6	51			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	1	1	.82	-0.091	1.43	-0.10%	-0.07	1b start a 1	8b -2- 1 out a4
22	193	83	Jul 8	OAK		MIN	L,6-8	GS-7	L(13-6)	3	6.2	8	6	6	1	2	2	0	3.51	4.01	29	8	10	0	6	8	35			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.317	1.34	-0.27%	-2.32	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d3
23	194	87	Jul 12(2)	OAK		MIL	L,1-2	GS-8	L(13-7)	3	8.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	1	3.45	3.99	29	10	7	0	0	5	68			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.122	.63	0.05%	1.60	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
24	195	90	Jul 17	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS-5	L(13-8)	4	5.0	6	4	4	0	2	1	1	3.56	4.03	21	7	5	0	1	6	41			2	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.273	.59	-0.11%	-1.80	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
25	196	95	Jul 22	OAK	@	WSA	W,4-3	GS-4		4	4.0	6	3	3	0	3	1	0	3.64	4.03	18	4	6	0	1	5	41			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.161	.34	-0.05%	-1.24	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
26	197	98	Jul 26	OAK		NYY	W,4-3	GS-8	W(14-8)	3	7.0	9	3	3	1	6	2	1	3.64	4.09	32	8	7	1	0	9	52			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	1	1	.85	-0.101	.56	-0.04%	-0.22	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
27	198	101	Jul 30	OAK		BOS	W,2-1	GS-7	W(15-8)	3	6.1	6	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.57	4.05	29	9	10	4	0	1	58			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	0.119	.90	0.05%	1.29	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
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
28	199	106	Aug 3	OAK		CAL	L,0-5	GS-4	L(15-9)	3	3.1	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.70	4.02	16	3	5	0	0	5	35			1	0	0	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.197	1.31	-0.14%	-1.84	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d3
29	200	110	Aug 7	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS-7		3	7.0	6	1	1	2	1	1	0	3.61	4.06	28	7	12	4	0	6	60			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.323	2.39	0.34%	2.35	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
30	201	115	Aug 11	OAK		CLE	W,6-5	GS-5		3	4.2	7	4	2	2	4	0	1	3.62	4.03	24	5	5	0	0	7	40			0	0	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.25	-0.280	1.42	-0.19%	-2.22	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d2
31	202	120	Aug 16	OAK		BAL	L,1-2	GS-8	L(15-10)	4	8.0	6	2	2	2	7	1	2	3.56	4.03	33	3	13	0	6	6	67			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.127	2.74	0.18%	1.60	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
32	203	124	Aug 21	OAK	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-7	L(15-11)	4	7.0	5	4	4	1	7	2	0	3.61	4.06	27	5	9	0	0	5	57			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.135	.89	-0.12%	-0.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
33	204	128	Aug 26	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-5	GS-4	L(15-12)	4	3.0	6	3	3	1	2	1	1	3.69	4.11	17	2	5	0	1	6	36			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.285	.95	-0.16%	-3.07	1b start tie	4b -23 0 out d2
34	205	132	Aug 30	OAK	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-5		3	5.0	7	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.77	4.07	24	3	9	2	2	7	38			0	0	0	22	3	2	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.260	.91	-0.12%	-1.66	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
Sept				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
35	206	136	Sep 4	OAK		KCR	W,5-0	SHO	W(16-12)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.62	3.98	31	6	13	1	0	5	82			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.300	.53	0.16%	4.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
36	207	142	Sep 10(1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-6	GS-3	L(16-13)	5	2.2	4	4	4	4	2	0	0	3.73	4.00	16	4	2	0	0	4	32			2	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.136	2.02	-0.13%	-1.32	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d2
37	208	147	Sep 13(2)	OAK	@	KCR	L,7-8	GS-7		2	6.2	11	4	4	4	6	0	0	3.78	3.96	33	6	6	0	0	11	38			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	1	0	1.12	-0.008	.25	0.00%	-1.20	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a3
38	209	152	Sep 19	OAK		CAL	W,2-1	CG	W(17-13)	5	9.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.68	3.90	36	8	15	0	0	7	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.586	.19	0.05%	3.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
39	210	156	Sep 23	OAK		MIN	L,4-7	GS-7	L(17-14)	3	6.1	11	7	7	1	6	1	0	3.84	3.89	30	2	10	0	0	11	28			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.295	.00	0.00%	-3.20	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d5
40	211	160	Sep 29	OAK		MIL	W,4-3	CG	W(18-14)	5	9.0	9	3	3	0	10	1	0	3.81	3.82	34	2	13	0	0	9	67			2	0	0	34	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.33	0.308	.00	0.00%	1.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
							20-20		W-L:18-14	3.5	262.1	253	124	111	74	178	32	9	3.81	3.82	1116	0.70		4%	5%	246	53		---%	19	7	0	1013	46	6	3	10	8	19	1.00	-0.727	1.08	-0.53%	-1.79

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