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New Arrival: Catfish Hunter, p, Oakland Athletics

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Jim “Catfish” Hunter was a very good pitcher. He did not have a super-long career, but it was still a fantastic one:

  • Career record of 224-166 with a 3.26 ERA/104 ERA+
  • Eight-time All-Star
  • 1974 American League Cy Young
  • He would win five World Series–three with the Athletics and two with the Yankees.

Hunter pitcher 250+ innings from 1970-1976–to include 328 innings in 1975. Insane. Kind of explains why he fell off so fast starting in 1976-1977. That is just…too many innings. A different time.

He is probably best remembered for his time in New York, but I will always remember him as part of those powerhouse early-70’s Oakland rotation along with Vida Blue and Ken Holtzman.

Standard Pitching
Year Age Tm Lg W L ERA G GS IP H BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP Awards
1965 19 KCA AL 8 8 4.26 32 20 133.0 124 46 82 82 4.42 1.278
1966 20 KCA AL 9 11 4.02 30 25 176.2 158 64 103 85 3.76 1.257 AS
1967 21 KCA AL 13 17 2.81 35 35 259.2 209 84 196 114 2.82 1.128 AS
1968 22 OAK AL 13 13 3.35 36 34 234.0 210 69 172 83 3.46 1.192
1969 23 OAK AL 12 15 3.35 38 35 247.0 210 85 150 102 4.18 1.194
1970 24 OAK AL 18 14 3.81 40 40 262.1 253 74 178 93 3.82 1.247 AS
1971 25 OAK AL 21 11 2.96 37 37 273.2 225 80 181 113 3.33 1.114 MVP-28
1972 26 OAK AL 21 7 2.04 38 37 295.1 200 70 191 140 2.77 0.914 AS,CYA-4,MVP-11
1973 27 OAK AL 21 5 3.34 36 36 256.1 222 69 124 107 4.40 1.135 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1974 28 OAK AL 25 12 2.49 41 41 318.1 268 46 143 134 3.17 0.986 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1975 29 NYY AL 23 14 2.58 39 39 328.0 248 83 177 144 3.30 1.009 AS,CYA-2,MVP-12
1976 30 NYY AL 17 15 3.53 36 36 298.2 268 68 173 98 3.41 1.125 AS
1977 31 NYY AL 9 9 4.71 22 22 143.1 137 47 52 84 5.69 1.284
1978 32 NYY AL 12 6 3.58 21 20 118.0 98 35 56 102 4.31 1.127
1979 33 NYY AL 2 9 5.31 19 19 105.0 128 34 34 77 4.94 1.543
15 Y 15 Y 15 Y 15 Y 224 166 3.26 500 476 3449.1 2958 954 2012 104 3.66 1.134
162 162 162 162 16 12 3.26 35 33 240 206 66 140 104 3.66 1.134
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/9/2020.