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	20-22 / in Starts: 16-19
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 89 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	58 (26-25-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 89 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (28-17-9)

Most Driven In
D Green	2
T Reynolds	2
B Campaneris	1
D Cater	1
R Monday	1
B Brooks	1
Self	1
D Duncan	0

Most Driven In By
T Kubiak	2
T Reynolds	1
Self	1

1969 Batting Game Log

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1969 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	139	3 (2)	Apr 11	OAK		KCR	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.23	-0.016	.37	-0.02%	-0.61	P
2	140	7 (3)	Apr 15	OAK		MIN	L,4-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9	.72	0.093	1.07	0.08%	0.86	P
3	141	11 (3)	Apr 20 (2)	OAK	@	KCR	L,5-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	9	.97	-0.024	1.75	-0.03%	-0.22	P
4	142	14 (2)	Apr 23	OAK	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	9	.75	0.006	1.31	0.01%	0.07	P
5	143	17 (2)	Apr 26	OAK	@	SEP	L,3-6	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	9						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
6	144	20 (2)	May 1	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	9	1.24	-0.081	2.32	-0.09%	-0.66	P
7	145	25 (4)	May 6	OAK		WSA	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.357	.571	9	.38	0.003	.62	0.00%	0.26	P
8	146	29 (3)	May 11	OAK		NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.412	.706	9	1.03	0.113	1.91	0.13%	0.84	P
9	147	33 (3)	May 17	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.350	.600	9	2.24	-0.274	4.75	-0.35%	-2.18	P
10	148	37 (3)	May 24	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.333	.571	9	1.17	-0.034	2.54	-0.05%	-0.33	P
11	149	41 (3)	May 29	OAK		DET	L,4-8	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.261	.348	.609	9	1.22	0.071	2.31	0.08%	0.44	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
12	150	47 (5)	Jun 4	OAK		BAL	L,1-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.333	.583	9	.58	-0.014	1.01	-0.02%	-0.14	P
13	151	51 (3)	Jun 11	OAK	@	WSA	W,6-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.296	.519	9	1.28	0.084	2.47	0.10%	0.82	P
14	152	56 (4)	Jun 16 (1)	OAK	@	KCR	W,7-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.207	.276	.483	9	.31	-0.015	.79	-0.02%	-0.24	P
15	153	60 (3)	Jun 20	OAK		MIN	W,3-2	14-GF(14)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.207	.276	.483	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
16	154	61	Jun 21	OAK		MIN	L,4-14	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.226	.267	.492	9	.91	-0.013	3.63	-0.03%	-0.10	P
17	155	65 (3)	Jun 25	OAK		KCR	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.206	.242	.448	9	.48	-0.037	1.22	-0.06%	-0.62	P
18	156	67 (1)	Jun 27	OAK		CHW	W,1-0	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.206	.242	.448	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
19	157	69 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.222	.237	.278	.515	9	1.41	0.106	4.07	0.18%	0.49	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	158	74 (4)	Jul 4	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-10	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.256	.297	.554	9	.56	0.024	2.58	0.07%	0.25	P
21	159	78 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.279	.317	.596	9	1.16	-0.012	2.57	-0.02%	0.10	P
22	160	83 (4)	Jul 12	OAK		CAL	W,4-2	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.279	.283	.326	.608	9	1.36	0.000	3.07	0.00%	0.01	P
23	161	84	Jul 13 (1)	OAK		CAL	L,5-8	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.277	.318	.595	9	1.76	-0.039	3.84	-0.05%	-0.33	PH
24	162	88 (3)	Jul 17	OAK	@	SEP	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.255	.292	.547	9	.55	-0.056	1.07	-0.07%	-0.93	P
25	163	92 (3)	Jul 20 (2)	OAK	@	CAL	W,9-6	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.250	.286	.536	9	.13	-0.004	.29	-0.01%	-0.14	P
26	164	93	Jul 24	OAK		WSA	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.236	.269	.506	9	1.39	-0.101	3.21	-0.14%	-0.67	P
27	165	98 (4)	Jul 30	OAK		NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.218	.224	.255	.479	9	2.57	-0.369	5.98	-0.51%	-1.90	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
28	166	103 (4)	Aug 3 (2)	OAK		BOS	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.230	.259	.488	9	1.34	-0.028	3.66	-0.05%	-0.24	P
29	167	109 (5)	Aug 8 (2)	OAK	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.222	.250	.472	9	.90	-0.044	2.63	-0.08%	-0.30	P
30	168	113 (3)	Aug 12	OAK	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.210	.215	.242	.457	9	1.30	-0.136	4.02	-0.25%	-1.24	P
31	169	117 (3)	Aug 17	OAK		DET	L,4-9	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.227	.254	.481	9	.99	0.041	3.15	0.08%	0.37	P
32	170	121 (3)	Aug 23	OAK		BAL	W,4-2	GS-8	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.231	.235	.308	.543	9	1.00	0.152	2.84	0.26%	0.54	P
33	171	123 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	OAK		BAL	W,9-8	14-17	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.246	.318	.565	9	1.26	0.027	3.78	0.05%	0.11	P
34	172	126 (2)	Aug 27	OAK	@	DET	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.254	.324	.577	9	.85	0.009	2.66	0.02%	0.05	P
35	173	130 (3)	Aug 31	OAK	@	WSA	L,3-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.247	.314	.561	9	1.54	-0.075	4.22	-0.12%	-0.60	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
36	174	135 (4)	Sep 5	OAK		MIN	W,5-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.240	.306	.546	9	.95	-0.049	1.28	-0.04%	-0.54	P
37	175	139 (3)	Sep 9	OAK		KCR	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.234	.297	.531	9	.67	-0.033	.16	-0.01%	-0.29	P
38	176	144 (4)	Sep 14 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	L,8-12	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.234	.297	.531	9						P
39	177	148 (3)	Sep 17	OAK	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.225	.286	.511	9	.83	-0.061	.01	0.00%	-0.58	P
40	178	153 (4)	Sep 23 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.229	.288	.516	9	1.05	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.33	P
41	179	158 (4)	Sep 27	OAK		CAL	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.230	.286	.516	9	.32	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.52	P
42	180	159	Sep 28	OAK		CAL	L,5-6	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.227	.282	.510	2	3.42	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.56	PH
							20-22		89	85	5	19	2	0	1	9	1	0	24	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	.224	.227	.282	.510		1.05	-0.827	2.15	-0.94%	-7.34

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