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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-20 / in Starts: 15-20
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 94 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	52 (23-21-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 94 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (28-17-9)

Most Driven In
P Roof	3
Self	2
D Duncan	1
J Nossek	0

Most Driven In By
J Donaldson	2
D Cater	2
Self	2
M Hershberger	1
R Monday	1
R Webster	1

1967 Batting Game Log

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1967 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	63	3 (2)	Apr 15	KCA		BAL	W,11-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.29	-0.028	.66	-0.04%	0.17	P
2	64	8 (4)	Apr 21	KCA	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.03	-0.022	2.04	-0.03%	0.06	P
3	65	13 (4)	Apr 28	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	1.09	0.012	2.08	0.01%	0.16	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	66	17 (3)	May 2 (2)	KCA		WSA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	2.06	-0.146	3.02	-0.13%	-1.28	P
5	67	20 (2)	May 7 (2)	KCA		NYY	L,3-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	1.00	-0.024	1.64	-0.02%	-0.19	P
6	68	24 (3)	May 11	KCA	@	MIN	L,0-8	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.13	-0.003	.19	0.00%	-0.14	P
7	69	29 (4)	May 16	KCA		CAL	W,4-0	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	9	.67	0.007	1.15	0.01%	-0.30	P
8	70	32 (2)	May 20	KCA		CHW	W,9-4	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.11	-0.029	2.16	-0.03%	-0.32	P
9	71	36 (3)	May 25	KCA		MIN	W,3-2	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.158	.316	9	.75	0.046	1.20	0.04%	0.66	P
10	72	42 (5)	May 30 (2)	KCA	@	WSA	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.318	.500	9	.73	0.104	.77	0.07%	0.73	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	73	46 (3)	Jun 4 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.292	.458	9	2.42	-0.111	3.28	-0.09%	-0.94	P
12	74	53 (6)	Jun 9 (2)	KCA		CLE	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.179	.286	.464	9	.07	-0.007	.07	0.00%	-1.02	P
13	75	58 (4)	Jun 13	KCA		BAL	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.161	.258	.419	9	1.05	-0.069	.89	-0.04%	-0.68	P
14	76	62 (3)	Jun 17 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,6-5	15-15	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.281	.469	9	2.20	0.082	2.89	0.07%	0.36	PH
15	77	63	Jun 18	KCA	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.250	.417	9	.53	-0.080	.77	-0.07%	-2.08	P 1B
16	78	68 (4)	Jun 23	KCA		CAL	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.237	.395	9	1.38	-0.070	.89	-0.03%	-0.51	P
17	79	72 (3)	Jun 27 (1)	KCA		NYY	W,10-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.286	.476	9	.34	0.082	.16	0.02%	1.38	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	80	77 (4)	Jul 2	KCA		BOS	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	9	1.01	-0.075	.27	-0.01%	-0.52	P
19	81	82 (4)	Jul 7 (2)	KCA	@	CAL	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.174	.261	.435	9	.58	-0.029	.06	0.00%	-0.31	P
20	82	88 (5)	Jul 16 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.184	.265	.449	9	1.30	-0.053	.03	0.00%	-0.45	P
21	83	92 (3)	Jul 21	KCA		CHW	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.196	.196	.294	.490	9	.62	0.061	.03	0.00%	0.56	P
22	84	96 (3)	Jul 25 (1)	KCA	@	WSA	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.189	.189	.283	.472	9	.36	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.72	P
23	85	101 (4)	Jul 30 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	9	.31	-0.014	.01	0.00%	-0.25	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	86	107 (5)	Aug 3	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.175	.263	.439	9	.63	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
25	87	111 (3)	Aug 8 (1)	KCA		BOS	W,5-3	GS-9	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	9	.48	0.117	.00	0.00%	1.04	P
26	88	114 (2)	Aug 11	KCA		WSA	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	5						PR
27	89	116 (1)	Aug 13	KCA		WSA	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.194	.290	.484	9	.64	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
28	90	120 (3)	Aug 18	KCA	@	WSA	L,6-7	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.197	.333	.530	9	.74	0.144	.00	0.00%	0.52	P
29	91	124 (3)	Aug 22 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,6-1	GS-9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.186	.314	.500	9	.62	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-1.30	P
30	92	127 (2)	Aug 26	KCA		DET	L,2-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.183	.310	.493	9	.56	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	93	132 (4)	Sep 1	KCA		BAL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.297	.473	9	.88	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.45	P
32	94	138 (5)	Sep 6 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,5-8	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.299	.481	9	.65	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.43	P
33	95	144 (5)	Sep 12	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.175	.288	.463	9	.99	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.52	P
34	96	149 (4)	Sep 18	KCA		MIN	L,0-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.169	.277	.446	9	1.39	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-0.60	P
35	97	153 (3)	Sep 22	KCA		CAL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.174	.279	.453	9	.66	0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
36	98	157 (3)	Sep 27 (2)	KCA		CHW	W,4-0	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.191	.292	.483	9	.61	0.065	.00	0.00%	0.28	P
37	99	161 (3)	Oct 1	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.196	.304	.500	9	1.18	0.100	.00	0.00%	0.34	P
							17-20		94	92	9	18	4	0	2	6	0	0	32	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	.196	.196	.304	.500		.80	-0.305	.55	-0.27%	-6.70

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