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Catfish Hunter
Catfish Hunter
Pitcher
Born: April 8, 1946(1946-04-08)
Hertford, North Carolina
Died: September 9, 1999 (aged 53)
Hertford, North Carolina
Batted: RightThrew: Right
MLB debut
May 13, 1965
for the Kansas City Athletics
Final game
September 17, 1979
for the New York Yankees
Career statistics
Win-Loss Record    224-166
Earned run average    3. In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hertford is a town in Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Hertford is a town in Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4-3 Sandy Koufax, MVP The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles (4-3 Willie Stargell, The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. A win is a Statistic in Major League Baseball credited to the Pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched 26
Strikeouts    2,012
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Elected    1987
Vote    76. In Baseball or Softball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by SO or K) occurs when a batter receives three strikes The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4-3 Sandy Koufax, MVP Champions Major League Baseball 1974 World Series: Oakland Athletics over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-1 Rollie Fingers The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Pete Rose, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles (4-3 Willie Stargell, The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League For other events named "World Series" see World Series (disambiguation. The 1972 World Series matched the American League champion Oakland Athletics against the National League champion Cincinnati Reds, with The 1973 World Series matched the defending champion Oakland Athletics against the New York Mets, with the A's winning in seven games to repeat as World Champions The 1974 World Series matched the two-time defending champion Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers with the A’s winning the Series in 5 games The 1977 World Series matched the returning American League champion New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League The 1978 World Series matched the defending champion New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a rematch of the 1977 Series, with the Yankees In Baseball, the Cy Young Award is an honor given annually to the best Pitcher in Major League Baseball (one each for American and National Before there was a Cy Young Award, there was the Pitcher of the Year Award, established by The Sporting News in 1944, though no awards were given in A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a Pitcher (or combination of pitchers pitches a victory that lasts a minimum The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins over St 27%

James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter (April 8, 1946 – September 9, 1999), was a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher between 1965 and 1979. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) In Baseball or Softball, a starting pitcher, often abbreviated as starter, is the Pitcher who pitches the first pitch to the first batter of He is one of only 17 people who have pitched a perfect game in an official Major League Baseball game, and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987. A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a Pitcher (or combination of pitchers pitches a victory that lasts a minimum

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Career

The youngest son of eight children, he excelled in a variety of sports; enjoying success as a linebacker and offensive end in football as well as a shortstop, cleanup batter and pitcher in baseball. His pitching skill began to attract scouts from major league baseball teams to Hertford, North Carolina. Hertford (standard pronunciations /'hɑːtֽfəd/ and /'hɑːֽfəd/ local pronunciation /'ɑːʔֽfəd/ is the affluent County town of Hertfordshire, In his senior year, Hunter was wounded in a hunting accident which led to the loss of one of his toes and the lodging of shotgun pellets in his foot. The accident left Hunter somewhat hobbled and jeopardized his prospects in the eyes of many professional scouts, but the Kansas City Athletics had faith in the young pitcher and signed Hunter to a contract. The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. [1]

Charles O. Finley, the Kansas City owner, gave Hunter the nickname "Catfish". Charles Oscar Finley ( February 22 1918 - February 19 1996) nicknamed Charlie O or Charley O, was an American The investment that Finley and the Athletics made in "Catfish" was returned many times over. Hunter's first major league victory came on July 27, 1965 in Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. In 1966 Hunter was named to the American League All-Star team and was named again in 1967. In 1968 Charles Finley moved the Athletics from Kansas City to Oakland and on May 8 that year in a game against the Minnesota Twins, Hunter pitched the first perfect game in the American League since 1922. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in He continued to win games and in 1974 both received the Cy Young Award and was named Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News. In Baseball, the Cy Young Award is an honor given annually to the best Pitcher in Major League Baseball (one each for American and National Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports After a contract dispute with Finley in 1974, Hunter left the Athletics in 1975 for the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. Catfish's statistics while he was with the Athletics were impressive: four consecutive years with at least 20 wins, four World Series wins with no losses and a 1974 league leading earned run average of 2. For other events named "World Series" see World Series (disambiguation. 49. [1]

Hunter was the highest paid pitcher in baseball when he signed with the Yankees in 1975. That year he again won more than 20 games and was named to the All-Star team for the seventh time. Hunter would be named to the All-Star team again in 1976. The Yankees won three straight pennants with Hunter from 1976 to 1978. However, the years of arm strain and the effects of diabetes had begun to toll on the pitcher and in 1979, Hunter retired from baseball. Hunter was an effective pitcher, not because he overpowered batters with his speed, but because of the precision of his pitching. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987. [1] At the time a player was allowed to choose which cap would be memorialized on his Hall of Fame Plaque. Before and after his induction, Hunter spoke highly of his experiences with both the Athletics and Yankees and his appreciation for both team owners, Charlie Finley and George Steinbrenner. Charles Oscar Finley ( February 22 1918 - February 19 1996) nicknamed Charlie O or Charley O, was an American George Michael Steinbrenner III (born July 4, 1930 in Rocky River Ohio) is an American Billionaire businessman and the principal For this reason, he refused to choose a team and thus the plaque depicts him without an insignia on the cap.

Death

Hunter died at a hospital in Hertford, North Carolina in 1999 after he took a fall down the stairs at his home. Hertford is a town in Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States. He had been suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease) at the time. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ( ALS, sometimes called Maladie de Charcot, or in the United States Lou Gehrig's Disease) is a progressive

Career statistics

Catfish Hunter's number 27 was retired by the Oakland Athletics in 1990
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Notable achievements

Quotes

Miscellaneous

In 1975, he was the subject of the Bob Dylan song, "Catfish. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major " It was unreleased by Dylan until his 1991 box set titled "the bootleg series volumes 1-3," however Joe Cocker recorded the song and included it on his 1976 album "Stingray", and Kinky Friedman released a live version on his "Lasso from El Paso" album. Richard S "Kinky" Friedman (born October 31 or November 1 1944 is an American Singer, Songwriter, Novelist, Humorist, Also in 1976 he was the subject of the Bobby Hollowell song "The Catfish Kid (Ballad of Jim Hunter)," that was performed by Big Tom White, released on a 45 RPM single. Growing up together, Hollowel was best friends with the young Jim Hunter.

Portrayed by minor league pitcher Jason Kosow in the ESPN miniseries The Bronx is Burning which depicts the 1977 New York Yankees. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to

Referred to In the 1976 motion picture The Bad New Bears; Buttermaker: "Who do you think you are, Catfish Hunter?", Amanda: "Who's he?"

Trivia

Catfish Hunter was only the 4th (and last) American League pitcher to win 20 games in a season for 5 consecutive seasons (1971-1975). Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively The others were Walter Johnson (10), Lefty Grove (7), and Bob Feller (5). Walter Perry Johnson ( November 6, 1887 – December 10, 1946) nicknamed "The Big Train" was an American right-handed Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove ( March 6, 1900 &ndash May 22, 1975) was considered one of the greatest Pitchers in Major Robert William Andrew "Bob" Feller (born November 3, 1918 in Van Meter Iowa) nicknamed the "Heater from Van Meter" and Jim Palmer had 2 consecutive 4-year streaks (1970-1973) and (1975-1978) for 8 in 9 years. James Alvin "Jim" Palmer (born October 15, 1945) nicknamed "Cakes" is a former Major League Baseball right-handed Starting pitcher

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References

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Preceded by
Sandy Koufax		Perfect game pitcher
May 8, 1968		Succeeded by
Len Barker
Preceded by
Jim Palmer		American League ERA Champion
1974		Succeeded by
Jim Palmer
Preceded by
Wilbur Wood		American League Wins Champion
1974-1975
(1974 with Ferguson Jenkins, 1975 with Jim Palmer)		Succeeded by
Jim Palmer
Preceded by
Jim Palmer		American League Cy Young Award
1974		Succeeded by
Jim Palmer
Persondata
NAMEHunter, James Augustus
ALTERNATIVE NAMESHunter, Catfish
SHORT DESCRIPTIONbaseball player
DATE OF BIRTHApril 8, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTHHertford, North Carolina
DATE OF DEATHSeptember 9, 1999
PLACE OF DEATHHertford, North Carolina
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