Catfish Hunter
Catfish Hunter
Full name: James Augustus Hunter Born: April 8, 1946, Hertford, North Carolina Died September 9, 1999, Hertford, North Carolina Buried at Cedarwood Cemetery, Hertford, North Carolina First Game: May 13, 1965 ; Final Game: September 17, 1979 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 190 Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1987 AL Cy Young TSN AL Pitcher of the Year RHP on TSN AL All-Star Team
Catfish Hunter
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1965 KC A Daily Splits 32 40 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 .150 .150 .175 0.0 1965 KC A 1966 KC A Daily Splits 30 59 5 9 1 1 0 4 3 0 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .153 .194 .203 0.0 1966 KC A 1967 KC A Daily Splits 37 92 9 18 4 0 2 6 0 0 32 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 .196 .196 .304 0.0 1967 KC A 1968 OAK A Daily Splits 39 82 9 19 3 0 1 8 0 0 19 0 8 0 0 6 0 0 0 .232 .232 .305 0.0 1968 OAK A 1969 OAK A Daily Splits 42 85 5 19 2 0 1 9 1 0 24 0 1 2 0 1 5 0 0 .224 .227 .282 0.0 1969 OAK A 1970 OAK A Daily Splits 43 90 10 18 4 1 1 6 2 0 23 0 6 1 0 4 1 0 0 .200 .215 .300 0.0 1970 OAK A 1971 OAK A Daily Splits 38 103 14 36 1 1 1 12 2 0 11 0 4 0 0 2 3 1 0 .350 .362 .408 0.0 1971 OAK A 1972 OAK A Daily Splits 39 105 5 23 0 0 0 5 0 0 16 0 9 2 0 3 0 0 0 .219 .215 .219 0.0 1972 OAK A 1973 OAK A Daily Splits 37 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.0 1973 OAK A 1974 OAK A 1974 OAK A 1975 NY A 1975 NY A 1976 NY A Daily Splits 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1976 NY A 1977 NY A 1977 NY A 1978 NY A 1978 NY A 1979 NY A 1979 NY A Splits 515 658 60 149 16 3 6 51 8 0 160 0 39 5 0 20 10 2 0 .226 .234 .287 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1971 OAK A Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1971 OAK A
1972 OAK A Daily Splits 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 1972 OAK A
1973 OAK A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1973 OAK A
1974 OAK A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1974 OAK A
1976 NY A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1976 NY A
1978 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1978 NY A
Total Splits 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1972 OAK A Daily Splits 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .429 .200 1972 OAK A
1973 OAK A Daily Splits 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1973 OAK A
1974 OAK A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 OAK A
1976 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1976 NY A
1977 NY A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1977 NY A
1978 NY A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1978 NY A
Total Splits 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .214 .083 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1967 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1967 AL
1970 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1970 AL
1973 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1973 AL
1974 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1974 AL
1975 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1975 AL
1976 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1976 AL
Total Splits 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1965 KC A Daily Splits 32 20 3 2 2 0 133 124 567 21 68 63 46 5 82 11 3 2 2 1 20 1 6 8 8 8 4.26 -1.3 1965 KC A 1966 KC A Daily Splits 30 25 4 0 0 0 176.2 158 740 17 87 79 64 4 103 8 4 2 2 2 35 6 9 12 9 11 4.02 -1.3 1966 KC A 1967 KC A Daily Splits 35 35 13 5 0 0 259.2 209 1053 16 91 81 84 6 196 11 3 4 2 1 39 6 14 11 13 17 2.81 1.5 1967 KC A 1968 OAK A Daily Splits 36 34 11 2 2 1 234 210 968 29 99 87 69 10 172 9 3 0 4 1 35 3 14 14 13 13 3.35 -1.2 1968 OAK A 1969 OAK A Daily Splits 38 35 10 3 0 0 247 210 1002 34 99 92 85 1 150 7 7 8 5 0 38 0 25 9 12 15 3.35 0.8 1969 OAK A 1970 OAK A Daily Splits 40 40 9 1 0 0 262.1 253 1116 32 124 111 74 3 178 12 8 6 9 1 47 6 10 21 18 14 3.81 -0.6 1970 OAK A 1971 OAK A Daily Splits 37 37 16 4 0 0 273.2 225 1109 27 103 90 80 7 181 9 6 2 4 0 39 5 20 10 21 11 2.96 2.5 1971 OAK A 1972 OAK A Daily Splits 38 37 16 5 1 0 295.1 200 1148 21 74 67 70 6 191 15 4 3 3 0 42 4 8 13 21 7 2.04 3.1 1972 OAK A 1973 OAK A Daily Splits 36 36 11 3 0 0 256.1 222 1040 39 105 95 69 1 124 3 9 2 1 0 39 4 8 10 21 5 3.34 0.7 1973 OAK A 1974 OAK A Daily Splits 41 41 23 6 0 0 318.1 268 1240 25 97 88 46 2 143 9 10 1 4 0 43 7 15 11 25 12 2.49 3.8 1974 OAK A 1975 NY A Daily Splits 39 39 30 7 0 0 328 248 1294 25 107 94 83 4 177 7 8 7 5 0 38 5 17 15 23 14 2.58 4.3 1975 NY A 1976 NY A Daily Splits 36 36 21 2 0 0 298.2 268 1210 28 126 117 68 5 173 13 13 6 3 0 45 8 13 11 17 15 3.53 -0.3 1976 NY A 1977 NY A Daily Splits 22 22 8 1 0 0 143.1 137 608 29 83 75 47 3 52 5 5 2 3 1 23 6 9 8 9 9 4.71 -1.5 1977 NY A 1978 NY A Daily Splits 21 20 5 1 1 0 118 98 477 16 49 47 35 0 56 4 4 2 1 0 19 5 7 2 12 6 3.58 0.3 1978 NY A 1979 NY A Daily Splits 19 19 1 0 0 0 105 128 460 15 68 62 34 0 34 9 6 2 1 0 23 4 8 2 2 9 5.31 -1.4 1979 NY A Splits 500 476 181 42 6 1 3449.1 2958 14032 374 1380 1248 954 57 2012 132 93 49 49 7 525 70 183 157 224 166 3.26 9.4 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
League Championship Series Pitching Record League Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1971 OAK A Daily Splits 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 7 32 4 5 5 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.62 1971 OAK A
1972 OAK A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 10 60 2 2 2 5 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1.17 1972 OAK A
1973 OAK A Daily Splits 2 2 1 1 0 0 16.1 12 66 0 3 3 5 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1.65 1973 OAK A
1974 OAK A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 11 45 3 6 6 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 4.63 1974 OAK A
1976 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 1 0 0 0 12 10 45 0 6 6 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 4.50 1976 NY A
1978 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 26 3 3 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 1978 NY A
Total Splits 10 10 3 1 0 0 69.1 57 274 12 25 25 18 2 37 3 0 0 1 0 13 3 3 0 4 3 3.25 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1972 OAK A Daily Splits 3 2 0 0 0 0 16 12 67 2 5 5 6 2 11 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 2.81 1972 OAK A
1973 OAK A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 11 56 1 3 3 4 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.03 1973 OAK A
1974 OAK A Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 1 1 7.2 5 30 1 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.17 1974 OAK A
1976 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 1 0 0 0 8.2 10 40 0 4 3 4 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 3.12 1976 NY A
1977 NY A Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 1 0 4.1 6 19 3 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.38 1977 NY A
1978 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 13 13 50 2 6 6 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 4.15 1978 NY A
Total Splits 12 9 1 0 2 1 63 57 262 9 24 23 17 4 33 2 2 2 0 0 8 1 3 5 5 3 3.29 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1967 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 18 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.80 1967 AL
1970 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 4 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81.00 1970 AL
1973 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1973 AL
1974 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 1974 AL
1975 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 9 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.00 1975 AL
1976 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 1976 AL
Total Splits 6 1 0 0 1 0 12.2 15 53 4 9 9 1 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6.39 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1965 KC A Daily P 32 20 3 133 4 16 2 1 0 2 1 11 0 .909
1966 KC A Daily P 30 25 4 176.2 10 14 3 1 0 2 8 9 0 .889
1967 KC A Daily P 35 35 13 259.2 15 16 1 1 0 2 6 11 0 .969
1967 KC A 1968 OAK A Daily P 36 34 11 234 16 20 4 0 0 2 7 12 0 .900
1969 OAK A Daily P 38 35 10 247 17 32 0 4 0 6 13 10 1 1.000
1970 OAK A Daily P 40 40 9 262.1 17 24 1 3 0 0 7 19 0 .976
1971 OAK A Daily P 37 37 16 273.2 15 26 0 1 0 2 4 20 1 1.000
1972 OAK A Daily P 38 37 16 295.1 23 30 2 1 0 1 3 18 0 .964
1973 OAK A Daily P 36 36 11 256.1 11 24 1 0 0 0 18 5 3 .972
1974 OAK A Daily P 41 41 21 318.1 25 27 3 1 0 1 19 14 1 .945
1975 NY A Daily P 39 39 30 328 23 26 3 0 0 1 14 15 0 .942
1976 NY A Daily P 36 36 20 298.2 24 30 2 2 0 1 14 24 1 .964
1977 NY A Daily P 22 22 8 143.1 4 11 0 1 0 1 5 21 0 1.000
1978 NY A Daily P 21 20 5 118 11 13 0 0 0 1 6 7 0 1.000
1979 NY A Daily P 19 19 1 105 10 10 1 0 0 1 7 6 1 .952
Total P 500 476 178 3449.1 225 319 23 16 0 23 132 202 8 .959
Total 1B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1971 OAK A Daily P 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1972 OAK A Daily P 2 2 0 15.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1973 OAK A Daily P 2 2 1 16.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1974 OAK A Daily P 2 2 0 11.2 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000
1976 NY A Daily P 2 2 1 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
1978 NY A Daily P 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
Total P 10 10 3 69.1 4 6 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1972 OAK A Daily P 3 2 0 16 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .750
1973 OAK A Daily P 2 2 0 13.1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1974 OAK A Daily P 2 1 0 7.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000
1976 NY A Daily P 1 1 1 8.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.000
1977 NY A Daily P 2 1 0 4.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 NY A Daily P 2 2 0 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
Total P 12 9 1 63 5 7 2 0 0 0 2 6 0 .857
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1967 AL Daily P 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 AL Daily P 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1973 AL Daily P 1 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1974 AL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1975 AL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1976 AL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 6 1 0 12.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Kansas City Athletics (June 8, 1964 ).
Granted free agency (December 16, 1974 ).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 31, 1974 ).
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