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Historical player · 1965–1979 · ★ Hall of Fame 1987

Catfish Hunter

B/T R/R · HT 72 · WT 190 · Born 4/8/1946 · From Hertford, NC USA · Debut 1965-05-13 · Final 1979-09-17

Career · batting

515

658

149

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.226 · 0.521

Career · pitching

500

476

3,449.3

W-L

224-166

2,012

ERA

3.26

WHIP

1.13

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Oakland Athletics · 1965–1974

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#334 on the Athletics

↑ 1 M. Bellhorn

↓ 1 R. Warstler

Hits

149

#280 on the Athletics

↑ 1 D. Baker

↓ 1 E. Slaughter

RBI

#326 on the Athletics

↑ 1 L. Gardner

↓ 1 M. Klutts

#443 on the Athletics

↑ 1 A. Alcantara

↓ 1 G. Alusik

Runs

#310 on the Athletics

↑ 1 R. Grover

↓ 1 M. Bradley

#708 on the Athletics

↑ 1 Z. Bella

↓ 1 M. Adams

Career with the New York Yankees · 1975–1979

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#4,991 all-time MLB

↑ 1 L. Adams

↓ 1 R. Zimmerman

Hits

149

#5,323 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Abstein

↓ 1 B. Vaughn

RBI

#5,757 all-time MLB

↑ 1 G. Bailey

↓ 1 T. Woodson

#7,016 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Abbey

↓ 1 J. Abadie

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1965	Athletics	AL	32	40	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	14	0.150	0.150	0.175
1966	Athletics	AL	30	59	5	9	1	1	0	4	1	3	21	0.153	0.194	0.203
1967	Athletics	AL	37	92	9	18	4	0	2	6	0	0	32	0.196	0.196	0.304
1968	Athletics	AL	39	82	9	19	3	0	1	8	0	0	19	0.232	0.232	0.305
1969	Athletics	AL	42	85	5	19	2	0	1	9	0	1	24	0.224	0.227	0.282
1970	Athletics	AL	43	90	10	18	4	1	1	6	0	2	23	0.200	0.215	0.300
1971	Athletics	AL	38	103	14	36	1	1	1	12	1	2	11	0.350	0.362	0.408
1972	Athletics	AL	39	105	5	23	0	0	0	5	0	0	16	0.219	0.215	0.219
1973	Athletics	AL	37	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
1974	Athletics	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1975	Yankees	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1976	Yankees	AL	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1977	Yankees	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1978	Yankees	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1979	Yankees	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			515	658	60	149	16	3	6	51	2	8	160	0.226	0.234	0.287

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1965	Athletics	AL	8	8	32	20	0	133.0	124	63	46	82	4.26	1.28
1966	Athletics	AL	9	11	30	25	0	176.7	158	79	64	103	4.02	1.26
1967	Athletics	AL	13	17	35	35	0	259.7	209	81	84	196	2.81	1.13
1968	Athletics	AL	13	13	36	34	1	234.0	210	87	69	172	3.35	1.19
1969	Athletics	AL	12	15	38	35	0	247.0	210	92	85	150	3.35	1.19
1970	Athletics	AL	18	14	40	40	0	262.3	253	111	74	178	3.81	1.25
1971	Athletics	AL	21	11	37	37	0	273.7	225	90	80	181	2.96	1.11
1972	Athletics	AL	21	7	38	37	0	295.3	200	67	70	191	2.04	0.91
1973	Athletics	AL	21	5	36	36	0	256.3	222	95	69	124	3.34	1.14
1974	Athletics	AL	25	12	41	41	0	318.3	268	88	46	143	2.49	0.99
1975	Yankees	AL	23	14	39	39	0	328.0	248	94	83	177	2.58	1.01
1976	Yankees	AL	17	15	36	36	0	298.7	268	117	68	173	3.53	1.13
1977	Yankees	AL	9	9	22	22	0	143.3	137	75	47	52	4.71	1.28
1978	Yankees	AL	12	6	21	20	0	118.0	98	47	35	56	3.58	1.13
1979	Yankees	AL	2	9	19	19	0	105.0	128	62	34	34	5.31	1.54
Career			224	166	500	476	1	3,449.3	2,958	1,248	954	2,012	3.26	1.13

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	500	476	3,449.0	225	319	23	16
1B	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1987	BBWAA	315	310	Inducted
1986	BBWAA	289	319	Ballot
1985	BBWAA	212	297	Ballot