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James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter ( April 8, 1946 - September 9, 1999) was a prolific Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher between 1965 and 1979. He earned five World Series championship rings, threw a perfect game in 1968, and was known as a skilled control pitcher. He played for the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees, and was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.

Hunter died in Hertford, North Carolina, where he was born, as a result of Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was 53.

Career statistics

WIn baseball, a pitcher is credited with a win (or W ) when, in a game won by his team, he is the team's pitcher at the time that his team takes a lead that it does not relinquish for the remainder of the game. An exception to this is that a pitcher who st L PCT ERAIn baseball statistics, the earned run average (denoted by ERA is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by multiplying the number of earned runs allowed by nine, and dividing by the number of innings pitc GIn baseball statistics, games played (denoted by G indicates the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity). It does not matter in how much of the game the player was active. If player A plays the whole game until there are GSIn baseball statistics, games started (denoted by GS is credited to a pitcher who throws the very first pitch to the opposing team of a single game. Baseball statistics. CG SHOIn baseball, a shutout is given to a team who wins a game without allowing the opposing team to score any runs. If the starting pitcher can pitch the entire game without giving up a run he earns a complete game shutout. See also: no-hitter. In ice hockey, SVTo save in a sport means to stop a goal or to maintain the lead. Hockey A save in hockey is the successful blocking of a shot on goal by a goaltender. Baseball In baseball statistics the term save is used to indicate the successful maintenance of a lead b IPIn baseball, innings pitched IP are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and runners that are put out while the pitcher is in the game. Three outs made is equal to one inning pitched. One out counts as one-third H ER R HR BB SO WP HBP
224 166 .574 3.26 500 476 181 42 0 3449 2958 1248 1380 374 954 2012 49 49


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