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: 13-8 / in Starts: 13-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	461	4	Apr 11	NYY	@	MIL	L,6-9	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	2.0	6	6	6	0	0	2	0	27.00	15.59	12	3	3	0	0	6	20			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.383	.88	-0.31%	-4.67	1b start a 1	3b -2- 0 out d4
2	462	9	Apr 17	NYY		BAL	L,1-6	GS-5	L(0-2)	5	4.1	6	5	5	5	2	0	0	15.63	8.43	24	7	4	0	1	6	28			0	1	0	17	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.33	-0.252	1.82	-0.21%	-2.20	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d3
3	463	14	Apr 23	NYY		MIL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-3)	5	7.0	5	3	3	0	5	1	0	9.45	5.59	25	8	7	1	0	5	60			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.012	.93	-0.01%	0.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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
4	464	21	May 2	NYY		KCR	W,4-2	GS-7	W(1-3)	8	7.0	5	2	2	2	4	2	0	7.08	5.73	27	4	12	1	1	5	61			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.090	1.29	0.07%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
5	465	26	May 9	NYY		MIN	W,3-1	GS-6	W(2-3)	6	6.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	5.47	5.02	20	7	7	0	0	1	71			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.297	1.29	0.25%	2.74	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
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	466	66	Jun 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-9	8-GF(8)		42	1.0	4	2	2	1	2	2	0	5.93	5.84	8	0	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.004	.02	-0.01%	-1.47	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 7
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
7	467	89	Jul 17	NYY		KCR	L,7-9	GS-5		25	4.1	5	3	3	2	1	1	0	5.97	5.93	20	2	10	0	4	5	40			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.041	.28	-0.01%	-0.86	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out a3
8	468	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	GS-6	W(3-3)	4	5.2	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	5.06	5.48	21	5	10	0	0	2	61			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	1	0	.95	0.219	.36	0.05%	1.75	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out a3
9	469	99	Jul 27(2)	NYY		CLE	L,5-17	GS-1	L(3-4)	4	0.0	3	6	6	3	0	0	0	6.51	5.72	6	0	0	0	0	3	17			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.383	1.49	-0.22%	-4.97	1t start tie	1t 12- 0 out d4
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
10	470	105	Aug 1	NYY		TEX	W,8-1	GS-8	W(4-4)	4	8.0	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	5.36	5.10	30	5	13	1	0	3	79			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.167	.45	0.11%	3.65	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
11	471	110	Aug 6	NYY		BAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	4.47	4.52	32	6	14	1	1	5	82			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.424	.65	0.19%	4.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
12	472	114	Aug 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG(5)	W(6-4)	4	5.0	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.25	4.59	20	2	12	0	0	4	55			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.149	1.48	0.10%	1.22	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
13	473	119	Aug 16	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-3	GS-6	W(7-4)	4	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.27	4.59	24	5	9	0	0	7	47			2	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.113	1.32	-0.08%	-0.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
14	474	123	Aug 22	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	W(8-4)	5	9.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	1	4.00	4.41	35	8	17	1	0	5	67			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.20	0.247	.88	0.11%	2.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
15	475	127	Aug 27	NYY		OAK	W,6-2	GS-7	W(9-4)	4	7.0	5	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.87	4.45	25	6	13	0	1	5	58			0	2	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.87	0.200	.82	0.11%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
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
16	476	132	Sep 1	NYY		SEA	L,0-3	GS-8	L(9-5)	4	8.0	7	3	2	1	2	0	0	3.73	4.28	32	9	13	0	0	7	59			2	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	1	0	.68	-0.006	.89	-0.01%	0.65	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
17	477	139	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-3	GS-4		5	3.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.70	4.23	13	3	5	0	0	3	49			0	0	0	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	.65	0.095	3.18	0.28%	0.66	1b start a 2	4b --3 0 out a12
18	478	147	Sep 16	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(10-5)	8	9.0	6	2	2	4	8	1	0	3.55	4.17	37	8	11	1	2	6	71			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.406	9.81	1.84%	2.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
19	479	153	Sep 21	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-1	GS-6	W(11-5)	4	6.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.44	4.14	22	6	6	0	0	4	64			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.205	5.96	0.62%	1.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
20	480	158	Sep 27	NYY		TOR	W,5-1	CG	W(12-5)	5	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.25	4.09	34	10	13	0	0	6	74			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	.59	0.247	4.65	1.17%	3.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
21	481	162	Oct 1	NYY		CLE	L,2-9	GS-2	L(12-6)	3	1.2	4	5	5	1	0	2	0	3.58	4.31	10	3	2	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.359	11.74	-2.42%	-3.30	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d2
							13-8		W-L:12-6	4.8	118.0	98	49	47	35	56	16	1	3.58	4.31	477	0.59		2%	3%	96	54	0	---%	7	6	0	433	19	5	0	7	4	1	.93	1.193	2.40	1.62%	8.67

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