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: 24-15 / in Starts: 24-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 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	364	2	Apr 11	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	7	5	5	2	5	2	0	5.00	5.03	35	9	12	1	0	7	56			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	.85	-0.274	1.22	-0.24%	-0.73	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
2	365	6	Apr 15	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	GS-8	L(0-2)	3	7.2	9	5	5	4	5	0	0	5.40	4.03	36	5	13	3	1	9	42			2	0	0	31	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.33	-0.213	1.58	-0.15%	-1.52	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d2
3	366	9	Apr 19	NYY	@	DET	L,3-8	GS-4	L(0-3)	3	3.0	6	6	6	0	2	1	0	7.32	4.26	15	3	4	0	0	6	25			1	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.312	.75	-0.21%	-4.00	1b start tie	4b -23 0 out d3
4	367	13	Apr 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-11	GS-7		3	6.0	6	5	5	4	2	1	0	7.36	4.69	28	4	12	1	0	6	38			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.111	1.55	-0.10%	-1.26	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a3
5	368	16	Apr 27(2)	NYY		MIL	W,10-1	CG	W(1-3)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	8	1	0	5.71	4.23	32	7	12	1	1	3	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.153	.27	0.12%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
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	369	20	May 1	NYY		BAL	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-3)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	1	4.53	3.96	35	9	15	0	0	5	78			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.88	0.362	1.22	0.30%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	370	24	May 5	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(2-4)	3	8.0	6	3	1	4	2	0	0	4.01	3.90	33	11	13	3	0	3	60			0	1	0	27	1	0	1	1	2	1	1.55	-0.117	1.70	-0.08%	0.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
8	371	27	May 10	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-4)	4	9.0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.41	3.48	28	3	16	1	0	2	90			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.513	.66	0.23%	4.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
9	372	30	May 14	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(4-4)	3	10.0	7	3	3	5	2	1	0	3.31	3.69	41	14	15	0	0	5	63			1	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.255	1.35	0.12%	1.41	1b start a 2	10b 3 out a1
10	373	33	May 18	NYY		OAK	W,9-1	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.05	3.49	32	6	14	0	0	4	79			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.124	.37	0.05%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
11	374	37	May 23	NYY		TEX	W,11-7	GS-9	W(6-4)	4	8.1	12	7	6	1	3	1	0	3.38	3.52	37	7	14	1	0	12	35			0	2	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	.51	0.178	.45	0.09%	-2.27	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a6
12	375	41	May 27	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(6-5)	3	8.0	6	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.38	3.51	33	11	12	0	0	6	56			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	1	.64	-0.013	.74	-0.01%	0.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
13	376	45	May 31	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-0	SHO	W(7-5)	3	9.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.09	3.36	29	12	12	0	0	1	89			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.71	0.376	.92	0.29%	4.27	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
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	377	49	Jun 5	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	8	4	4	2	5	2	0	3.16	3.49	35	8	12	4	4	8	58			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.064	1.94	0.06%	0.40	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
15	378	53	Jun 9	NYY		CAL	L,3-5	CG	L(8-6)	3	9.0	8	5	4	6	4	0	0	3.22	3.51	41	6	17	0	0	8	51			2	0	0	33	0	1	1	0	1	0	1.42	-0.320	2.84	-0.38%	-0.73	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
16	379	58	Jun 15	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-6)	5	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.00	3.40	32	5	15	0	0	4	83			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.481	2.03	0.65%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	380	63	Jun 19	NYY	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	W(10-6)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.94	3.43	37	14	12	1	0	8	64			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.274	1.05	0.36%	2.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
18	381	68	Jun 24	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	W(11-6)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	2	2.82	3.46	34	6	16	0	0	4	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.458	3.46	0.75%	3.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
19	382	73	Jun 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(11-7)	4	8.0	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.85	3.45	32	7	14	4	2	6	57			0	0	0	28	4	0	1	0	1	0	1.36	-0.100	5.56	-0.25%	1.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
20	383	78	Jul 4	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	GS-9	L(11-8)	4	8.1	9	5	5	2	2	3	1	2.98	3.67	36	8	14	0	0	9	45			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.573	3.25	-0.85%	-1.11	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out d1
21	384	82	Jul 8	NYY		TEX	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-8)	3	9.0	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.82	3.61	33	12	10	0	0	6	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	.75	0.349	1.86	0.52%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
22	385	87	Jul 12 susp	NYY		MIN	W,8-7	GS-9		3	8.0	9	3	3	4	6	2	0	2.85	3.71	36	5	12	3	6	9	54			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.132	3.27	0.16%	1.18	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a1
23	386	89	Jul 18	NYY	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(12-9)	5	8.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.78	3.67	30	11	7	0	0	5	69			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.206	2.13	0.22%	2.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
24	387	94	Jul 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,11-6	GS-8	W(13-9)	3	7.1	9	6	3	2	3	1	0	2.81	3.69	32	10	8	0	0	9	43			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	.68	0.097	1.04	0.09%	-1.60	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a4
25	388	99	Jul 27(1)	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(13-10)	4	9.0	3	1	0	4	5	0	0	2.69	3.66	34	10	12	2	0	3	80			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	0.228	2.29	0.23%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
26	389	104	Aug 1	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GS-8	W(14-10)	4	7.1	9	3	3	2	3	2	0	2.72	3.74	31	8	9	0	0	9	49			0	2	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.086	.49	0.03%	0.29	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
27	390	109	Aug 5	NYY	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	W(15-10)	3	9.0	9	3	3	2	4	2	0	2.73	3.80	37	9	14	0	0	8	59			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	0.290	.95	0.10%	1.31	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
28	391	113	Aug 9	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-8	CG(8)	L(15-11)	3	8.0	9	8	6	1	6	0	0	2.87	3.72	36	8	13	0	0	8	41			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	.80	-0.085	.57	-0.04%	-4.47	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d7
29	392	117	Aug 13	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	W(16-11)	3	9.0	3	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.80	3.67	32	11	10	0	0	2	80			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.30	0.476	.38	0.08%	3.22	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
30	393	121	Aug 17	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(16-12)	3	8.0	11	5	4	1	3	1	0	2.86	3.67	36	6	15	0	4	11	44			0	0	0	33	3	1	0	0	2	0	1.23	-0.311	.32	-0.05%	-1.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
31	394	125	Aug 22	NYY		CAL	W,5-2	CG	W(17-12)	4	9.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.83	3.60	34	12	8	1	0	5	74			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.128	.05	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
32	395	129	Aug 26	NYY		OAK	W,7-1	CG	W(18-12)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	9	0	0	2.76	3.52	35	9	8	1	0	7	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.309	.02	0.00%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
33	396	133	Aug 30	NYY		KCR	L,2-5	CG	L(18-13)	3	9.0	6	5	3	4	7	0	0	2.77	3.49	36	10	9	2	2	6	62			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.275	.01	0.00%	-0.73	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
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
34	397	137	Sep 3	NYY	@	DET	W,8-0	SHO	W(19-13)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.68	3.43	31	9	13	2	0	5	81			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.195	.00	0.00%	4.44	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a8
35	398	142	Sep 7	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(20-13)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.60	3.37	33	5	17	2	0	6	80			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	0.586	.00	0.00%	4.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
36	399	146	Sep 11	NYY		MIL	W,10-2	CG	W(21-13)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	8	0	1	2.58	3.32	36	9	10	1	0	6	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	1	1	.44	0.170	.00	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
37	400	149	Sep 14	NYY		CLE	W,6-2	GS-7	W(22-13)	2	7.0	5	2	2	0	2	2	0	2.58	3.38	26	8	11	2	0	5	61			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.257	.00	0.00%	1.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
38	401	152	Sep 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(22-14)	4	8.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.60	3.34	29	8	9	0	0	7	59			0	2	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.046	.00	0.00%	0.79	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
39	402	157	Sep 27(1)	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(23-14)	7	10.0	6	2	2	2	12	1	0	2.58	3.30	36	7	11	0	0	4	82			0	2	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.505	.00	0.00%	2.74	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
							24-15		W-L:23-14	3.4	328.0	248	107	94	83	177	25	5	2.58	3.30	1294	0.69		5%	3%	237	63		---%	15	14	0	1191	38	5	4	17	8	13	1.02	4.502	1.20	2.11%	51.56

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