Catfish Hunter
1965–1979 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Athletics
515G
.225AVG
.233OBP
.286SLG
More career statistics
148H
6HR
51RBI
2SB
224–166W–L
3,449.1IP
2,012K
3.26ERA
476GS
1SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 657 | 658 |
| Batting · Hits | 148 | 149 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 709 | 710 |
| Pitching · p k | 2,012 | 2,011 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 515 | 709 | 657 | 60 | 148 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 8 | 160 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 188 | .225 | .233 | .286 | .519 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,449.3 | 500 | 476 | 181 | 224 | 166 | 1 | 2,958 | 1,380 | 1,248 | 374 | 954 | 2,012 | 0 | 0 | 3.26 | 1.134 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1971-08-05 to 1971-09-04
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | Perfect Game | 1968-05-08 | 1 in 9,814 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1978-07-27 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1976-08-27 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 268 | 372 | 89 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 81 | .256 | .247 | .305 |
| Away | 247 | 338 | 60 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 79 | .193 | .192 | .267 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 60 | 83 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | .240 | .241 | .253 |
| May | 92 | 138 | 30 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 27 | .238 | .239 | .325 |
| June | 90 | 123 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 29 | .200 | .195 | .270 |
| July | 85 | 122 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 31 | .177 | .172 | .230 |
| August | 93 | 116 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 28 | .264 | .250 | .364 |
| September | 89 | 117 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | .248 | .231 | .266 |
| October | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .273 | .300 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-orioles | 63 | 83 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 17 | .211 | .193 | .303 |
| california-angels | 57 | 88 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | .179 | .170 | .226 |
| minnesota-twins | 51 | 80 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 15 | .292 | .275 | .333 |
| chicago-white-sox | 47 | 68 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | .254 | .250 | .269 |
| boston-red-sox | 41 | 51 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | .300 | .294 | .400 |
| cleveland-guardians | 41 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | .171 | .156 | .244 |
| kansas-city-royals | 40 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | .200 | .245 | .244 |
| detroit-tigers | 38 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | .250 | .273 | .300 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 |  Kansas City Athletics | 32 | 40 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .150 | 133 | 83 |
| 1966 | Kansas City Athletics | 30 | 59 | 9 | – | 4 | 1 | .153 | 176 | 102 |
| 1967 | Kansas City Athletics | 37 | 92 | 18 | 2 | 6 | – | .196 | 259 | 196 |
| 1968 |  Athletics | 39 | 82 | 19 | 1 | 8 | – | .232 | 234 | 172 |
| 1969 | Athletics | 42 | 85 | 19 | 1 | 9 | – | .224 | 247 | 149 |
| 1970 | Athletics | 43 | 90 | 18 | 1 | 6 | – | .200 | 262 | 178 |
| 1971 | Athletics | 38 | 103 | 36 | 1 | 12 | 1 | .350 | 273 | 181 |
| 1972 | Athletics | 39 | 105 | 23 | – | 5 | – | .219 | 295 | 191 |
| 1973 | Athletics | 37 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1.000 | 256 | 124 |
| 1974 | Athletics | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 318 | 143 |
| 1975 |  New York Yankees | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 328 | 177 |
| 1976 | New York Yankees | 36 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 298 | 173 |
| 1977 | New York Yankees | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 143 | 52 |
| 1978 | New York Yankees | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 118 | 56 |
| 1979 | New York Yankees | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 105 | 34 |