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Catfish Hunter

Birthdate:

4/8/1946

Died:

9/9/1999

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 195 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Hertford, NC, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

1975 Topps Gum Card

Catfish Hunter rose as 19 year old for the old Kansas City Athletics to a star pitcher for two different World Champions, the Oakland A's of 1972-74 and the New York Yankees of 1977 & 78. Charley O. Finley nicknamed him 'Catfish' to inject some color into his image. Hunter pitched a no-hitter in 1968 and won over 20 games five years in-a-row. Catfish Hunter relied on his fastball and great control to lead the powerful Oakland A's to three world championships, he won 21, 21 and 25 games in those three years. He won the Cy Young Award in 1974 with his 25-12 record and a league leading 2.74 ERA.

Jim Catfish Hunter was the first star free agent in this time, receiving $3.75 million from the Yankees. He led the Yankees to three consecutive pennants. Hunter won the final game of the 1978 World Series and he ranks in the top ten in five world series pitching categories. A Hall of Famer in his career he went 224-166, with an low ERA of 3.26.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1965	KCA (AL)	32	20	8	8	0	3	2	133.0	124	68	63	21	46	5	82	2	2	1	4.26
1966	KCA (AL)	30	25	9	11	0	4	0	176.2	158	87	79	17	64	4	103	2	2	2	4.02
1967	KCA (AL)	35	35	13	17	0	13	5	259.2	209	91	81	16	84	6	196	4	2	1	2.81
1968	OAK (AL)	36	34	13	13	1	11	2	234.0	210	99	87	29	69	10	172	0	4	1	3.35
1969	OAK (AL)	38	35	12	15	0	10	3	247.0	210	99	92	34	85	1	150	8	5	0	3.35
1970	OAK (AL)	40	40	18	14	0	9	1	262.1	253	124	111	32	74	3	178	6	9	1	3.81
1971	OAK (AL)	37	37	21	11	0	16	4	273.2	225	103	90	27	80	7	181	2	4	0	2.96
1972	OAK (AL)	38	37	21	7	0	16	5	295.1	200	74	67	21	70	6	191	3	3	0	2.04
1973	OAK (AL)	36	36	21	5	0	11	3	256.1	222	105	95	39	69	1	124	2	1	0	3.34
1974	OAK (AL)	41	41	25	12	0	23	6	318.1	268	97	88	25	46	2	143	1	4	0	2.49
1975	NYY (AL)	39	39	23	14	0	30	7	328.0	248	107	94	25	83	4	177	7	5	0	2.58
1976	NYY (AL)	36	36	17	15	0	21	2	298.2	268	126	117	28	68	5	173	6	3	0	3.53
1977	NYY (AL)	22	22	9	9	0	8	1	143.1	137	83	75	29	47	3	52	2	3	1	4.71
1978	NYY (AL)	21	20	12	6	0	5	1	118.0	98	49	47	16	35	0	56	2	1	0	3.58
1979	NYY (AL)	19	19	2	9	0	1	0	105.0	128	68	62	15	34	0	34	2	1	0	5.31
15 years		500	476	224	166	1	181	42	3449.1	2958	1380	1248	374	954	57	2012	49	49	7	3.26

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1965	KCA (AL)	32	40	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	6	0	.150	.150	SLG
1966	KCA (AL)	30	59	5	9	1	1	0	4	3	21	1	0	0	0	3	0	.153	.194	SLG
1967	KCA (AL)	37	92	9	18	4	0	2	6	0	32	0	0	0	0	2	0	.196	.196	SLG
1968	OAK (AL)	39	82	9	19	3	0	1	8	0	19	0	0	0	0	8	0	.232	.232	SLG
1969	OAK (AL)	42	85	5	19	2	0	1	9	1	24	0	0	0	0	1	2	.224	.227	SLG
1970	OAK (AL)	43	90	10	18	4	1	1	6	2	23	0	0	0	0	6	1	.200	.215	SLG
1971	OAK (AL)	38	103	14	36	1	1	1	12	2	11	1	0	0	0	4	0	.350	.362	SLG
1972	OAK (AL)	39	105	5	23	0	0	0	5	0	16	0	0	0	0	9	2	.219	.215	SLG
1973	OAK (AL)	37	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.1000	.1000	SLG
1974	OAK (AL)	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1975	NYY (AL)	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1976	NYY (AL)	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1977	NYY (AL)	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1978	NYY (AL)	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1979	NYY (AL)	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
15 years		515	658	60	149	16	3	6	51	8	160	2	0	0	0	39	5	.226	.234	.SLG

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