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: 18-17 / in Starts: 17-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 1

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 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	98	1	Apr 10	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.00	1.89	25	8	6	1	0	7	52			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.03	-0.053	2.23	-0.07%	0.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
2	99	5	Apr 16	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	7	3	3	2	7	0	0	3.75	1.47	26	5	5	1	0	7	51			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.181	1.89	-0.23%	-0.83	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
3	100	10	Apr 21	OAK		WSA	L,0-2	GS-9	L(0-2)	4	8.0	8	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.15	2.29	31	8	13	1	0	8	60			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.067	1.33	0.08%	-0.08	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out d2
4	101	15	Apr 27	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-3	GS-8	W(1-2)	5	7.2	4	3	3	3	6	1	0	3.25	2.67	30	10	7	1	0	4	62			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.41	0.186	.66	0.18%	-0.18	1b start a 2	8b --- 2 out a3
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
5	102	20	May 3	OAK	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(2-2)	5	9.0	5	2	2	4	4	1	0	2.95	3.07	36	10	13	2	0	5	69			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.268	.95	0.24%	1.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
6	103	25	May 8	OAK		MIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-2)	4	9.0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	2.36	2.45	27	7	9	0	0	0	98			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.489	1.75	0.65%	3.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	104	30	May 14	OAK	@	MIN	W,13-8	GS-6	W(4-2)	5	6.0	8	8	8	5	4	4	1	3.48	3.64	33	8	7	2	0	8	23			0	0	0	27	2	0	2	0	0	1	.68	-0.475	1.34	-0.57%	-5.58	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
8	105	34	May 19(1)	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS-5	L(4-3)	4	5.0	5	5	5	4	3	2	0	3.97	4.10	24	4	8	0	0	5	36			0	1	0	19	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.08	-0.421	1.74	-0.41%	-3.01	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
9	106	39	May 24	OAK		DET	T,2-2	CG(7)		4	7.0	3	2	2	0	9	2	0	3.82	4.03	25	3	10	1	0	3	72			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.68	0.059	.99	0.05%	0.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
10	107	44	May 29	OAK		BOS	W,7-4	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	10	4	2	1	8	0	0	3.59	3.65	37	7	11	3	0	10	62			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	2	0	.87	-0.026	.95	-0.02%	-0.79	1t start tie	9t 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
11	108	49	Jun 4	OAK	@	WSA	L,2-4	GS-6	L(5-4)	5	5.2	8	4	3	3	6	1	0	3.68	3.69	27	7	4	0	1	7	42			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.22	-0.351	1.71	-0.30%	-2.08	1b start a 1	6b -2- 2 out d2
12	109	54	Jun 8	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-8	GS-5	L(5-5)	3	5.0	6	4	4	2	5	2	0	3.89	3.87	23	4	6	2	0	6	42			1	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	.76	-0.197	.96	-0.15%	-2.10	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
13	110	59	Jun 14	OAK		NYY	L,4-5	GS-8		5	7.2	4	4	2	3	9	1	0	3.76	3.79	30	9	5	0	0	4	65			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.010	1.13	0.01%	-0.32	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
14	111	62	Jun 16(2)	OAK		BAL	W,6-4	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.69	3.77	4	1	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.116	1.17	0.08%	0.76	8t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
15	112	65	Jun 19	OAK		BAL	W,5-3	CG	W(6-5)	2	9.0	8	3	0	2	4	0	0	3.36	3.62	37	12	12	1	0	7	67			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.05	0.126	1.24	0.09%	0.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	113	70	Jun 25	OAK	@	CAL	L,6-7	GS-3	L(6-6)	5	2.0	5	5	5	0	3	1	1	3.73	3.70	13	2	2	1	0	5	29			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.320	1.38	-0.30%	-4.28	1b start tie	3b --- 0 out d5
17	114	75	Jun 30	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-6		4	5.2	3	2	2	6	4	0	0	3.70	3.72	25	7	5	1	0	3	53			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	-0.163	2.08	-0.15%	-0.19	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 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
18	115	80	Jul 5	OAK	@	DET	L,5-8	GS-4	L(6-7)	4	3.1	6	5	5	0	1	1	1	3.99	3.81	17	3	6	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.369	.65	-0.18%	-4.52	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d4
19	116	85	Jul 12	OAK		CLE	L,3-6	GS-7	L(6-8)	6	6.2	10	4	4	2	2	2	0	4.07	3.96	30	10	6	1	0	10	38			0	2	0	26	0	1	1	0	0	1	.97	-0.209	.31	-0.04%	-1.58	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d3
20	117	90	Jul 17	OAK		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(7-8)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	3	1	0	3.93	4.00	36	7	16	3	0	6	66			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.387	.37	0.06%	1.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	118	96	Jul 22	OAK	@	CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-8)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.67	3.87	33	11	12	0	0	6	77			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.350	.14	0.03%	3.59	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
22	119	100	Jul 27	OAK		MIN	W,8-7	GS-9		4	8.0	9	4	4	1	10	1	0	3.72	3.76	34	7	7	0	0	9	57			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.025	.25	0.00%	-0.08	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a5
23	120	104	Jul 31(1)	OAK		CAL	W,4-1	CG	W(9-8)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.56	3.64	35	11	8	0	0	8	71			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.360	.44	0.08%	2.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
24	121	109	Aug 4(2)	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS-4	L(9-9)	3	3.0	8	5	5	3	3	0	0	3.78	3.64	19	2	3	0	0	8	23			0	0	0	16	4	0	2	0	0	1	1.30	-0.436	.76	-0.15%	-3.34	1b start tie	4b -23 0 out d1
25	122	113	Aug 9(1)	OAK	@	WSA	W,4-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.72	3.61	26	7	8	1	0	4	66			1	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	-0.103	.22	-0.01%	0.55	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
26	123	118	Aug 13	OAK		BAL	L,5-6	GS-4	L(9-10)	3	3.1	5	5	5	4	3	1	0	3.92	3.70	19	4	3	0	0	5	29			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.614	.12	-0.03%	-4.14	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d2
27	124	122	Aug 17	OAK		NYY	L,1-3	GS-9	L(9-11)	3	8.0	5	2	2	5	2	0	0	3.84	3.70	33	11	10	0	0	5	61			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.212	.07	0.01%	1.92	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a1
28	125	127	Aug 22	OAK		CAL	W,2-1	CG	W(10-11)	4	9.0	7	1	0	0	6	0	0	3.66	3.57	33	9	11	0	0	7	77			2	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.311	.00	0.00%	2.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
29	126	132	Aug 26(2)	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS-9	W(11-11)	3	8.0	5	0	0	3	7	0	0	3.50	3.50	30	7	8	1	0	5	76			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.257	.01	0.00%	2.10	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a2
30	127	137	Aug 30	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-5	GS-2	L(11-12)	3	1.0	4	4	3	0	0	2	0	3.62	3.62	7	2	1	0	0	4	31			0	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.93	-0.384	.00	0.00%	-3.64	1b start tie	2b --- 0 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
31	128	142	Sep 3	OAK		DET	L,3-6	GS-8		3	7.1	8	2	2	3	6	1	0	3.58	3.63	32	6	9	1	0	8	57			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	1	0	0	.94	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.20	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d2
32	129	146	Sep 8	OAK		CLE	W,10-2	CG	W(12-12)	4	9.0	5	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.51	3.62	34	8	14	0	0	5	72			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.129	.00	0.00%	1.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
33	130	150	Sep 13	OAK	@	DET	L,0-3	GS-7	L(12-13)	4	7.0	7	2	2	0	6	1	0	3.48	3.58	24	4	7	2	0	7	61			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	.86	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.74	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
34	131	155	Sep 20	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-1	CG	W(13-13)	6	9.0	8	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.38	3.57	37	10	14	0	0	8	70			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	2	.92	0.236	.00	0.00%	2.63	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
35	132	160	Sep 25	OAK		CHW	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	8	4	2	0	9	0	0	3.36	3.46	30	4	9	1	0	8	58			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.264	.00	0.00%	-1.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
36	133	163	Sep 29	OAK		MIN	L,3-4	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	3.35	3.46	6	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.99	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.36	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
							18-17		W-L:13-13,Sv:1	3.9	234.0	210	99	87	69	172	29	4	3.35	3.46	968	0.85		5%	0%	208	56	1	0%	12	7	0	883	35	3	10	14	3	13	.99	-0.966	.72	-1.06%	-13.12

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