Catfish Hunter

James Augustus Hunter
Born: April 8, 1946
Hertford, NC USA
Deceased: 1999
Hertford, NC USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, 1B, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190
Career: 1965-1979
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.
Minor League Statistics

Catfish Hunter compiled a career record of 224 wins and 166 losses in his 515-game career with the Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1965 season and last took the field during the 1979 campaign. Hunter was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.

Kansas City Athletics

Oakland Athletics

New York Yankees

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1965	AL	Kansas City Athletics	8	8	.500	4.26	32	20	2	3	2	0	133.0	124	68	63	21	46	5	82	2	1	2	567
1966	AL	Kansas City Athletics	9	11	.450	4.02	30	25	0	4	0	0	176.7	158	87	79	17	64	4	103	2	2	2	740
1967	AL	Kansas City Athletics	13	17	.433	2.81	35	35	0	13	5	0	259.7	209	91	81	16	84	6	196	2	1	4	1053
1968	AL	Oakland Athletics	13	13	.500	3.35	36	34	2	11	2	1	234.0	210	99	87	29	69	10	172	4	1	0	968
1969	AL	Oakland Athletics	12	15	.444	3.35	38	35	0	10	3	0	247.0	210	99	92	34	85	1	150	5	0	8	1002
1970	AL	Oakland Athletics	18	14	.563	3.81	40	40	0	9	1	0	262.3	253	124	111	32	74	3	178	9	1	6	1116
1971	AL	Oakland Athletics	21	11	.656	2.96	37	37	0	16	4	0	273.7	225	103	90	27	80	7	181	4	0	2	1109
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	21	7	.750	2.04	38	37	1	16	5	0	295.3	200	74	67	21	70	6	191	3	0	3	1148
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	21	5	.808	3.34	36	36	0	11	3	0	256.3	222	105	95	39	69	1	124	1	0	2	1040
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	25	12	.676	2.49	41	41	0	23	6	0	318.3	268	97	88	25	46	2	143	4	0	1	1240
1975	AL	New York Yankees	23	14	.622	2.58	39	39	0	30	7	0	328.0	248	107	94	25	83	4	177	5	0	7	1294
1976	AL	New York Yankees	17	15	.531	3.53	36	36	0	21	2	0	298.7	268	126	117	28	68	5	173	3	0	6	1210
1977	AL	New York Yankees	9	9	.500	4.71	22	22	0	8	1	0	143.3	137	83	75	29	47	3	52	3	1	2	608
1978	AL	New York Yankees	12	6	.667	3.58	21	20	1	5	1	0	118.0	98	49	47	16	35	0	56	1	0	2	477
1979	AL	New York Yankees	2	9	.182	5.31	19	19	0	1	0	0	105.0	128	68	62	15	34	0	34	1	0	2	460
Totals			224	166	.574	3.26	500	476	6	181	42	1	3449.3	2958	1380	1248	374	954	57	2012	49	7	49	14032

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	SF
1965	AL	Kansas City Athletics	32	46	40	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	14	.150	.150	.175	.325	7	0	6	0
1966	AL	Kansas City Athletics	30	65	59	5	9	1	1	0	4	1	3	21	.153	.194	.203	.397	12	0	3	0
1967	AL	Kansas City Athletics	37	94	92	9	18	4	0	2	6	0	0	32	.196	.196	.304	.500	28	1	2	0
1968	AL	Oakland Athletics	39	90	82	9	19	3	0	1	8	0	0	19	.232	.232	.305	.537	25	0	8	0
1969	AL	Oakland Athletics	42	89	85	5	19	2	0	1	9	0	1	24	.224	.227	.282	.510	24	5	1	2
1970	AL	Oakland Athletics	43	99	90	10	18	4	1	1	6	0	2	23	.200	.215	.300	.515	27	1	6	1
1971	AL	Oakland Athletics	38	109	103	14	36	1	1	1	12	1	2	11	.350	.362	.408	.770	42	3	4	0
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	39	116	105	5	23	0	0	0	5	0	0	16	.219	.215	.219	.434	23	0	9	2
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	37	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1975	AL	New York Yankees	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1976	AL	New York Yankees	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1977	AL	New York Yankees	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1978	AL	New York Yankees	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1979	AL	New York Yankees	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals			515	710	658	60	149	16	3	6	51	2	8	160	.226	.234	.287	.521	189	10	39	5

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1965	AL	Kansas City Athletics	P	32	20	133.0	4	16	2	1	.909	1.353	.625
1966	AL	Kansas City Athletics	P	30	25	176.7	10	14	3	1	.889	1.223	.800
1967	AL	Kansas City Athletics	P	35	35	259.7	15	16	1	1	.969	1.074	.886
1967	AL	Kansas City Athletics	1B	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
1968	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	36	34	234.0	16	20	4	0	.900	1.385	1.000
1969	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	38	35	247.0	17	32	0	4	1.000	1.785	1.289
1970	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	40	40	262.0	17	24	1	3	.976	1.408	1.025
1971	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	37	37	274.0	15	26	0	1	1.000	1.347	1.108
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	38	37	295.0	23	30	2	1	.964	1.617	1.395
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	36	36	256.3	11	24	1	0	.972	1.229	.972
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	41	41	318.3	25	27	3	1	.945	1.470	1.268
1975	AL	New York Yankees	P	39	39	328.0	23	26	3	0	.942	1.345	1.256
1976	AL	New York Yankees	P	36	36	298.7	24	30	2	2	.964	1.627	1.500
1977	AL	New York Yankees	P	22	22	143.3	4	11	0	1	1.000	.942	.682
1978	AL	New York Yankees	P	21	20	118.0	11	13	0	0	1.000	1.831	1.143
1979	AL	New York Yankees	P	19	19	105.0	10	10	1	0	.952	1.714	1.053
Totals				501	476	3449.3	225	319	23	16	.959	1.419	1.086

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
1971	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	0	1	.000	5.63	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	7	5	5	4	2	0	6	0	0	32
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	0	0		1.17	2	2	0	0	0	0	15.3	10	2	2	2	5	1	9	0	0	60
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	2	0	1.000	2.81	3	2	0	0	0	0	16.0	12	5	5	2	6	2	11	0	1	67
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	2	0	1.000	1.65	2	2	0	1	1	0	16.3	12	3	3	0	5	1	6	1	0	66
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	1	0	1.000	2.03	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.3	11	3	3	1	4	1	6	0	1	56
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	1	1	.500	4.63	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.7	11	6	6	3	2	0	6	0	0	45
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	1	0	1.000	1.17	2	1	1	0	0	1	7.7	5	1	1	1	2	0	5	0	0	30
1976	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	1	1	.500	4.50	2	2	0	1	0	0	12.0	10	6	6	0	1	0	5	0	0	45
1976	AL	New York Yankees	WS	0	1	.000	3.12	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.7	10	4	3	0	4	1	5	0	0	40
1977	AL	New York Yankees	WS	0	1	.000	10.38	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.3	6	5	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	19
1978	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	0	0		4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	5	0	0	26
1978	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	1	.500	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	13	6	6	2	1	0	5	0	0	50
Totals				9	6	.600	3.26	22	19	2	4	1	1	132.3	114	49	48	21	35	6	70	1	2	536

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1971	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	1	3	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	2	6	6	1	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	3	7	5	1	1	2	1	.200	.429	.200	.629	1	0
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	2	5	5	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	2	3	2	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1976	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1976	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1977	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1978	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1978	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
Totals				22	24	21	2	1	2	9	.095	.174	.095	.269	2	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1971	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	P	1	1	8.0	0	0	0		.000	.000
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	P	2	2	15.3	0	0	0		.000	.000
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	P	3	2	16.0	0	3	1	.750	1.688	1.000
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	P	2	2	16.3	1	0	0	1.000	.551	.500
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	P	2	2	13.3	1	2	1	.750	2.025	1.500
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	P	2	2	11.7	3	2	0	1.000	3.857	2.500
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	P	2	1	7.7	1	1	0	1.000	2.348	1.000
1976	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	P	2	2	12.0	0	3	0	1.000	2.250	1.500
1976	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	1	1	8.7	0	1	0	1.000	1.038	1.000
1977	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	2	1	4.3	1	0	0	1.000	2.077	.500
1978	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	P	1	1	6.0	0	1	0	1.000	1.500	1.000
1978	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	2	2	13.0	2	0	0	1.000	1.385	1.000
Totals					22	19	132.3	9	13	2	.917	1.496	1.000

Awards

1974 - AL TSN All-Star RHP
1974 - AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1974 - AL Cy Young Award

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