Catfish Hunter Memorabilia & Collectibles

About Catfish Hunter Memorabilia & Collectibles

 James Augustus Hunter is a retired Major League Baseball player who is known by the nickname “Catfish”. Born on April 8, 1946 in Hertford, North Carolina, he excelled in both football and baseball as a young man and was a prospect of many baseball teams. However, Hunter was involved in a hunting accident which caused the loss of one of his toes and made other baseballs scouts uninterested with him; only one team dared to sign him up and that was the Kansas City Athletics. The team’s owner, Charles Finley, gave him the nickname Catfish. He showed impressive plays while with the team and was included to the American League All-Star team. The team was then changed to Oakland Athletics. According to reviews, Hunter was able to pitch the first ever perfect game in the American League.

 

In 1974, he was awarded as the Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News and the Cy Young Award of the American League. He recorded 25-12 and posted a 2.49 batting average. He then played for the New York Yankees in 1975 after he had a contract conflict with Charles Finley of the Oakland Athletics.

 

While with the Yankees, he led the league in wins and in number of innings pitched and had made several other records. In 1987, as tribute to his great contributions to the baseball league, he was named to the National League Hall of Fame.

 

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About Catfish Hunter:

Catfish Hunter (full name: James Augustus Hunter; Jim) played pitcher from 1965 until 1979 for the Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees. He played for the Athletics from 1965 - 1967, Athletics from 1968 - 1974 and Yankees from 1975 - 1979. Over 15 seasons, he started 476 games, won 224 games, struck out 2012 batters, and had a 3.26 ERA. Born on April 8, 1946 in Hertford, NC, Hunter stood 6' 0" and weighed 190 lb. He attended Perquimans (Hertford, NC) high school. His debut was on May 13, 1965 and he played his final game on September 17, 1979. Over his career, Hunter made $3,445,000. Common misspellings of his name include James jim Augustus Catfish Jim Hunter.