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	26-12 / in Starts: 25-12
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 109 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	70 (40-24-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 109 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	66 (34-21-10)

Most Driven In
D Green	3
Ã Mangual	3
M Epstein	2
G Tenace	2
D Duncan	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
J Rudi	4
R Jackson	3
M Epstein	3
Self	1
R Monday	1
S Bando	1
Ã Mangual	1
B Campaneris	0

1971 Batting Game Log

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1971 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	224	2 (1)	Apr 7 (1)	OAK		CHW	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.14	-0.033	1.67	-0.03%	-0.23	P
2	225	6 (3)	Apr 11	OAK		KCR	L,5-10	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
3	226	10 (3)	Apr 15	OAK	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.88	0.007	1.56	0.01%	0.00	P
4	227	15 (4)	Apr 20	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	.41	-0.040	.94	-0.06%	-0.65	P
5	228	19 (3)	Apr 24	OAK		DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.385	.385	.769	9	1.22	-0.031	2.55	-0.04%	-0.11	P
6	229	23 (3)	Apr 28	OAK		BAL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.353	.353	.706	9	1.16	-0.084	2.41	-0.10%	-0.43	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
7	230	27 (3)	May 2 (1)	OAK		CLE	W,8-5	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.350	.350	.700	9	.52	0.062	1.09	0.08%	0.49	P
8	231	31 (3)	May 9 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	9	.85	0.035	1.91	0.05%	0.52	P
9	232	35 (3)	May 13	OAK	@	KCR	W,6-3	CG	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.393	.346	.739	9	.88	0.129	2.55	0.22%	1.19	P
10	233	40 (4)	May 18	OAK		MIL	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.345	.387	.345	.732	9	.45	-0.007	1.24	-0.01%	-0.90	P
11	234	44 (3)	May 22	OAK		MIN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.371	.333	.705	9	.59	-0.036	1.83	-0.07%	-0.87	P
12	235	47 (2)	May 26	OAK		CAL	L,5-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.342	.306	.648	9	.16	-0.012	.42	-0.02%	-0.42	P
13	236	50 (2)	May 31 (1)	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS-6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.359	.324	.683	9	.78	0.001	1.78	0.00%	-0.05	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
14	237	54 (3)	Jun 5	OAK	@	WSA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.349	.317	.666	9	.71	-0.047	1.50	-0.06%	0.15	P
15	238	58 (3)	Jun 11	OAK		NYY	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.341	.370	.364	.733	9	1.15	0.178	2.17	0.20%	1.24	P
16	239	63 (4)	Jun 18	OAK	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.354	.380	.375	.755	9	.61	0.033	1.26	0.04%	0.72	P
17	240	68 (4)	Jun 22	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.347	.373	.367	.740	9	.72	-0.017	1.35	-0.02%	-0.14	P
18	241	71 (2)	Jun 26	OAK		KCR	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.365	.389	.423	.812	9	1.09	0.044	2.06	0.05%	0.66	P
19	242	76 (4)	Jun 30	OAK		MIN	L,4-10	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.365	.389	.423	.812	9						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
20	243	80 (3)	Jul 5	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.352	.375	.407	.782	9	1.56	-0.082	1.38	-0.04%	-0.67	P
21	244	84 (3)	Jul 9	OAK		CAL	W,1-0	20-GF(20)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.345	.368	.400	.768	9	4.35	-0.092	3.63	-0.05%	-0.43	PH
22	245	85	Jul 10	OAK		CAL	L,0-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.356	.386	.742	9	1.11	-0.057	.82	-0.03%	-0.49	P
23	246	90 (4)	Jul 17	OAK		DET	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.339	.361	.390	.750	9	.97	0.015	.48	0.00%	0.03	P
24	247	95 (4)	Jul 23	OAK	@	DET	W,9-7	GS-7	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.365	.385	.460	.845	9	1.75	0.456	1.19	0.19%	4.44	P
25	248	99 (3)	Jul 27 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.354	.373	.446	.819	9	1.05	-0.054	.59	-0.02%	-0.41	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
26	249	104 (4)	Aug 1 (1)	OAK	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.338	.357	.426	.784	9	.29	-0.025	.13	-0.01%	-0.92	P
27	250	109 (4)	Aug 5	OAK		MIL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.352	.370	.437	.806	9	.64	0.024	.07	0.00%	0.42	P
28	251	114 (4)	Aug 10 (1)	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.351	.368	.432	.801	9	.84	0.031	.08	0.00%	0.18	P
29	252	119 (4)	Aug 14	OAK	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.351	.367	.429	.796	9	.94	-0.021	.04	0.00%	-0.02	P
30	253	124 (4)	Aug 21	OAK		BOS	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.366	.425	.791	9	.25	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
31	254	129 (4)	Aug 25	OAK		NYY	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.349	.365	.422	.786	9	.98	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.03	P
32	255	133 (3)	Aug 29 (2)	OAK		WSA	W,9-0	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.382	.437	.819	9	.84	0.106	.00	0.00%	1.26	P
Sept		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
33	256	138 (4)	Sep 4	OAK	@	MIN	W,5-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.363	.376	.429	.805	9	.50	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.36	P
34	257	142 (3)	Sep 8	OAK		CAL	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.351	.365	.415	.779	9	.86	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.78	P
35	258	146 (3)	Sep 13	OAK	@	KCR	W,2-1	GS-11	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.357	.370	.418	.788	9	1.94	0.059	.00	0.00%	0.07	P
36	259	151 (4)	Sep 18	OAK	@	MIL	W,4-2	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.360	.373	.420	.793	9	1.02	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.03	P
37	260	156 (4)	Sep 23	OAK		MIL	W,5-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.356	.369	.416	.785	9	1.14	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.30	P
38	261	160 (3)	Sep 28	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.362	.408	.770	9	.54	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
							26-12		109	103	14	36	1	1	1	12	2	0	11	0	4	0	1	3	1	0	.350	.362	.408	.770		.90	0.443	1.02	0.30%	3.66

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