James Augustus Hunter (April 8, 1946 – September 9, 1999), nicknamed "Catfish", was an American professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB)...

On May 8, 1968, Jim "Catfish" Hunter of the Oakland Athletics pitched the ninth perfect game in Major League Baseball history, defeating the Minnesota...

1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991. "Catfish" was a tribute to future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Catfish Hunter. Joe Cocker covered the song and included...

Series in 1972, 1973, and 1974, led by players including Vida Blue, Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, and Rollie Fingers. After being sold by Finley to Walter...

the Boston Red Sox at mid-July suffering from injuries to pitchers Catfish Hunter and Jim Beattie. A public display of antipathy between manager Billy...

Baseball Hall of Fame: Cy Young, Addie Joss, Jim Bunning, Sandy Koufax, Catfish Hunter, Randy Johnson, and Roy Halladay. David Cone won the Cy Young Award...

beard. In an attempt to do just that, Finley asked A's pitchers Jim "Catfish" Hunter, Rollie Fingers (who came to be known for his long handlebar mustache)...

intra-squad theatrics for the American League. After yet another banner year (Catfish Hunter won 25 games, Reggie Jackson knocked in 105 runs, and Billy North stole...

band fronted by Don Walker Catfish (album), a 1976 album by Four Tops "Catfish" (Bob Dylan song), a song about Catfish Hunter on Dylan's The Bootleg Series...

White and Rivers set the table for the power hitters. Super free agent Catfish Hunter headed the staff while reliever Sparky Lyle led the A.L. in saves with...

bright Saturday afternoon at Royals Stadium and pitted Yankee ace Jim "Catfish" Hunter against left-hander and ex-Yankee Larry Gura. The Yankees got off to...

pitching staff featured three 20-game winners, Ken Holtzman (21–13), Catfish Hunter (21–5), and Vida Blue (20–9), with Rollie Fingers (22 saves, 1.92) serving...

coined for him the chant "I believe in Stephen Vogt!" Vogt won the Catfish Hunter Award for being the Athletics' most inspirational player for three consecutive...

Giambi (2000) Miguel Tejada (2002) See: Cy Young Award Vida Blue (1971) Catfish Hunter (1974) Bob Welch (1990) Dennis Eckersley (1992) Barry Zito (2002) See:...

against the wall in the ninth inning on a ball hit by Denis Menke. Catfish Hunter pitched eight strong innings, consistently wiggling out of trouble,...

move that started the modern era of free agency, signing star pitcher Catfish Hunter away from Oakland. Midway through the 1975 season, the team hired former...

season is in full swing with the annual quest to catch "Catfish Hunter," an unusually large catfish that seems to enjoy eluding anyone who tries to catch...

via World Radio History. "Scott Hunter". Jethrotull.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021. "Austriancharts.at – Jethro Tull – Catfish Rising" (in German). Hung Medien...

A's won a fifth consecutive division title, but the loss of pitcher Catfish Hunter, baseball's first modern free agent, left them vulnerable, and they...

The channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), known informally as the "channel cat", is North America's most abundant catfish species. It is the official...

league home run in the history of the Coliseum. On May 8 of that year, Catfish Hunter pitched the ninth perfect game in Major League history at the Coliseum...

games to 1. Rollie Fingers, World Series Most Valuable Player Award Catfish Hunter, P, American League Cy Young Award 1974 Major League Baseball All-Star...

bonus players included Hall of Fame pitcher Catfish Hunter and Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa. Hunter did not see any minor league service but did...

Thurman Munson, who was elected to start by the fans; Chris Chambliss; Catfish Hunter; Willie Randolph; Mickey Rivers; and Sparky Lyle. By the end of the...

forced to use a sore-shouldered Catfish Hunter in Game 2. The Dodgers hit three homers in the first three innings off Hunter, as Ron Cey hit a two-run home...

26, 2023. English, Jeff. "Catfish Hunter". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved July 21, 2024. "Catfish Hunter Winter Leagues Statistics"...

with the Athletics. The 1973 A's had three 20-game winners in Jim (Catfish) Hunter, Ken Holtzman and Vida Blue. The A's were on the receiving end of some...

the Yankees in the ALCS, but not before Brett hit three home runs off Catfish Hunter in Game 3, becoming the second player to hit three home runs in an LCS...

015 Rick Reuschel 2,015 86 Orel Hershiser 2,014 87 Dan Haren 2,013 88 Catfish Hunter † 2,012 89 Yu Darvish (0) 2,007 90 Andy Benes 2,000 91 Billy Pierce...

charged with two runs; his team ultimately won the game. For example, Catfish Hunter compiled a 4–3 win–loss record in World Series starts, as noted in the...