Catfish Hunter
| Catfish Hunter | |
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| Born: April 8th, 1946 Hertford , United States 
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| Died on: September 9, 1999 Hertford , United States
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| Suggested: Right | Threw: Right |
| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| May 13, 1965 in the Kansas City Athletics | |
| Last MLB assignment | |
| September 17, 1979 with the New York Yankees | |
| MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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| Win-loss | 224-166 |
| Earned Run Average | 3.26 |
| Strikeouts | 2.012 |
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 Baseball Hall of Fame
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| Recorded | 1987 |
| Quota | 76.27% |
James Augustus "Jim" Hunter (born April 8, 1946 in Hertford , North Carolina , † September 9, 1999 ibid) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball . He became known as the Catfish Hunter .
biography
The pitcher hunter began his career with the Kansas City Athletics in 1965, from whose owner Charles O 'Finley he got his nickname. Hunter had already thrown five no-hitters in high school, but his baseball career was almost ruined by a hunting accident in which he sustained a foot injury. After an operation, he had to cancel the 1964 season and was only able to make his professional debut a year later. In 1966 he was appointed to the All-Star Team, but was not used. This should take place a year later. He only allowed one point in 5 innings but lost the game. On May 8, 1968, he threw a Perfect Game in the game against the Minnesota Twins , the first in regular time in the American League since Charlie Robertson in 1922. Don Larsen threw his Perfect Game in 1956 in the World Series .
From 1972 to 1974 he won the World Series three times with Oakland. After the 1974 season, Hunter became one of the first free agents in baseball. Chuck O'Finley did not pay the agreed $ 50,000 in Hunter's life insurance , an arbitration panel declared the contract invalid and Hunter was able to look for a new club . He signed with the New York Yankees for a salary of $ 3.5 million, the largest ever for a baseball player. Also with the Yankees he reached the World Series three times, two wins and one defeat were the result. He had to end his career in 1979 with difficulties in his right limb.
After that he supported the Yankees in spring training , but lived mainly on his farm in North Carolina . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987. Like Lou Gehrig, he fell ill with ALS . He injured his head in a fall and died on September 9, 1999 at the age of 53.
Bob Dylan's song Catfish is about Hunter and was released by Joe Cocker on his Stingray LP in 1976 . Bob Dylan recorded the song in 1975 but didn't release it until 1991.
His stations as a player
- 1965-1967 Kansas City Athletics
- 1968–1974 Oakland Athletics
- 1975–1979 New York Yankees
Web links
- Player information and statistics from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube (English)
- Biography of Catfish Hunter (English)
- Catfish Hunter in the Hall of Fame (English)
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| SURNAME | Hunter, catfish |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hunter, James Augustus (real name); Hunter, Jim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hertford , North Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 1999 |
| Place of death | Hertford , North Carolina |