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: 19-17 / in Starts: 19-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	403	1	Apr 8	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-5	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	7	5	5	3	2	0	0	6.43	3.35	31	10	9	0	0	7	42			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.54	-0.314	.88	-0.31%	-1.96	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
2	404	3	Apr 12	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-1)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.81	2.38	31	11	10	1	0	3	86			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.420	1.19	0.42%	3.75	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
3	405	7	Apr 18	NYY		MIN	L,4-5	CG	L(1-2)	5	9.0	8	5	5	1	5	3	0	3.60	3.75	36	13	14	5	0	3	55			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.514	1.74	-0.54%	-1.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
4	406	10	Apr 23	NYY		KCR	L,2-3	CG	L(1-3)	4	9.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.44	3.84	34	8	15	2	0	6	64			1	1	0	29	1	0	1	0	2	0	1.00	-0.023	1.81	-0.03%	0.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
5	407	13	Apr 30	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	W(2-3)	6	9.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.35	3.56	34	8	17	3	0	6	64			0	0	0	32	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.268	2.42	0.29%	1.07	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
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	408	17	May 5	NYY	@	CAL	W,10-4	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	6	4	4	1	7	1	0	3.46	3.44	34	7	13	0	3	6	65			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.114	1.77	-0.14%	-0.29	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
7	409	21	May 9	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG(12)	L(3-4)	3	11.2	6	4	3	3	3	1	0	3.25	3.54	43	13	18	2	6	6	73			3	0	1	35	1	0	0	1	3	1	1.57	-0.199	3.36	-0.26%	0.97	1b start tie	12b --- 2 out d1
8	410	25	May 14	NYY		BAL	L,2-6	GS-6	L(3-5)	4	6.0	9	6	6	1	6	2	0	3.75	3.71	27	5	6	1	0	9	35			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.323	1.22	-0.52%	-3.37	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
9	411	28	May 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-6	GS-9		3	9.0	10	6	6	2	7	1	0	4.00	3.65	37	6	12	0	2	10	48			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	0	1	0	.46	-0.171	1.21	-0.27%	-2.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
10	412	32	May 22	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	SHO(11)	W(4-5)	3	11.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.51	3.51	36	10	18	3	0	0	93			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.37	0.892	3.69	1.45%	4.82	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
11	413	36	May 26	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	6	3	3	1	6	2	0	3.47	3.61	34	11	13	2	0	3	68			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	0.082	3.93	0.14%	0.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	414	41	May 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	10	3	3	1	6	1	1	3.43	3.59	37	7	12	0	0	10	60			0	0	0	35	3	1	0	2	0	0	.92	0.118	2.67	0.21%	1.51	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
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
13	415	44	Jun 4	NYY		OAK	L,4-6	GS-9		3	9.0	5	4	4	4	8	1	0	3.47	3.59	33	4	12	4	1	5	65			1	3	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.019	2.93	-0.03%	-0.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
14	416	49	Jun 9	NYY		CAL	W,4-3	GS-9	W(7-5)	4	8.1	8	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.46	3.50	34	9	10	0	1	8	58			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.340	3.65	0.51%	1.05	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out a2
15	417	53	Jun 13	NYY		TEX	L,1-7	CG	L(7-6)	3	9.0	8	7	7	5	2	1	0	3.69	3.62	41	13	13	0	3	8	40			3	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	1	1	.36	-0.373	.93	-0.58%	-3.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d6
16	418	56	Jun 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-8	W(8-6)	3	7.0	7	4	2	1	0	0	0	3.64	3.59	29	7	14	2	2	7	50			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.41	0.030	3.49	0.04%	0.17	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
17	419	61	Jun 22	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	GS-8	L(8-7)	4	7.2	7	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.63	3.65	32	5	14	0	0	7	53			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.086	2.66	-0.16%	-0.22	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out d1
18	420	66	Jun 27(1)	NYY		MIL	W,6-2	GS-9	W(9-7)	4	8.1	9	2	2	4	7	1	0	3.55	3.66	36	10	14	6	0	1	60			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.118	2.44	0.17%	0.94	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a4
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
19	421	71	Jul 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	W(10-7)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	1	0	3.42	3.65	34	6	14	1	0	6	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.45	0.114	1.60	0.25%	2.91	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
20	422	77	Jul 7	NYY		KCR	L,1-2	CG	L(10-8)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.34	3.62	32	8	12	3	4	5	74			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.15	-0.124	2.45	-0.16%	1.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
21	423	83	Jul 15(2)	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-4	GS-9	W(11-8)	7	9.0	9	4	3	3	4	1	0	3.33	3.65	41	13	19	5	0	2	56			0	0	0	38	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.55	-0.003	2.58	0.00%	0.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
22	424	89	Jul 21	NYY		OAK	W,10-1	CG	W(12-8)	5	9.0	9	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.22	3.57	37	15	13	6	0	1	69			1	0	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	1	.76	0.158	.79	0.10%	2.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
23	425	94	Jul 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(12-9)	4	8.0	6	3	3	0	4	1	0	3.22	3.56	30	6	14	0	0	6	62			2	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.112	.29	-0.04%	0.33	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
24	426	99	Jul 31(2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-7	L(12-10)	4	6.2	12	6	6	2	5	1	0	3.38	3.57	33	5	9	3	2	12	29			0	0	0	31	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.434	.98	-0.24%	-2.93	1b start a 2	7b 12- 2 out d2
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
25	427	103	Aug 4(1)	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(12-11)	3	8.0	8	4	4	0	6	1	0	3.42	3.54	31	7	10	0	3	8	56			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	1	0	.66	-0.127	.43	-0.05%	-0.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
26	428	107	Aug 8	NYY		BAL	L,5-8	GS-4	L(12-12)	3	3.1	9	6	5	0	2	1	0	3.58	3.57	19	4	4	0	1	9	22			2	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.348	1.05	-0.33%	-3.88	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d4
27	429	111	Aug 12	NYY	@	MIN	W,12-5	CG	W(13-12)	3	9.0	9	5	5	2	7	0	0	3.63	3.50	37	6	13	3	0	9	54			2	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	.43	0.074	.39	0.04%	-0.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
28	430	115	Aug 16	NYY		TEX	W,5-1	CG	W(14-12)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.53	3.45	33	11	11	0	0	7	71			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	1	0	.77	0.305	.53	0.13%	2.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
29	431	120	Aug 22	NYY		CAL	L,8-11	GS-7		5	6.1	9	6	6	0	7	2	1	3.66	3.49	29	6	6	0	0	9	38			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.174	.31	-0.05%	-2.05	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d4
30	432	124	Aug 27	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-0	GS-13		4	13.0	11	0	0	4	8	0	1	3.48	3.44	52	10	18	0	0	11	89			3	1	0	46	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.76	1.095	.40	0.15%	5.36	1b start tie	13b 3 out tie
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	433	129	Sep 1	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-5	GS-5	L(14-13)	4	4.1	9	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.59	3.48	26	7	5	0	0	9	26			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.253	.12	-0.02%	-3.72	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d5
32	434	133	Sep 5	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(14-14)	3	8.0	7	5	4	4	4	1	0	3.62	3.52	34	8	12	1	0	6	50			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.254	.12	-0.01%	-1.67	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d3
33	435	138	Sep 10	NYY		MIL	W,6-4	CG	W(15-14)	4	9.0	9	4	4	4	6	1	0	3.63	3.54	38	11	13	1	0	4	55			0	2	0	33	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.01	0.074	.01	0.00%	-0.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
34	436	147	Sep 19	NYY	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG(5)	W(16-14)	8	5.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.60	3.49	19	5	4	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.155	.01	0.00%	1.17	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
35	437	152	Sep 23	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	CG	L(16-15)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.55	3.45	33	8	15	1	1	6	69			0	0	0	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.52	-0.010	.00	0.00%	1.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
36	438	157	Sep 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS-7	W(17-15)	5	7.0	8	5	2	1	5	0	0	3.53	3.41	33	11	8	0	0	8	51			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	2	.66	0.064	.00	0.00%	-1.49	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a4
							19-17		W-L:17-15	4.0	298.2	268	126	117	68	173	28	3	3.53	3.41	1210	0.70		7%	4%	228	58		---%	24	14	1	1113	45	8	5	13	13	11	.99	0.332	1.53	0.15%	6.48

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