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In 1990, Hunter was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame. In 2004, the Oakland Athletics began the Catfish Hunter Award. [43] His number 27 was retired by the Oakland Athletics in a pre-game ceremony on June 9, 1991, the first in the franchise's 90-year history. [42] [44] The Jim "Catfish" Hunter Memorial is located in Hertford. [45]
Athletics in the California Sports Hall of Fame: No. Player Position Tenure Notes 9, 31, 44: Reggie Jackson: RF: ... Catfish Hunter 25 (1974) Co-Leader; Steve McCatty ...
Elections to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum for 1987 followed the system in place since 1978. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected two, Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams.
Among the new candidates were 8-time All-Star Catfish Hunter,.and 6-time All-Stars Lou Brock and Don Kessinger. The field included two Cy Young Award-winners (Catfish Hunter and Jim Lonborg), as well as George Scott, whose eight Gold Gloves at first base were a record at the time.
Catfish Hunter: P: 1965–1974 9, 44: Reggie Jackson: RF: 1967–1975 1987 34, 35: Dave Stewart: P: 1986–1992 ... Athletics in the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame ...
Catfish Hunter was removed from the game in the second inning after Billy Williams hit a line drive that hit Hunter's right hand, breaking his thumb. [5] He missed two weeks of the regular season. [9] [10] This All-Star Game saw 54 players (28 for the NL and 26 for the AL) enter the game. This became a new All-Star Game record for participating ...
The rotation trio he formed with Catfish Hunter and Vida Blue was a vital part of Oakland’s World Series three-peat. ... Haynes was inducted into the Chiefs Hall of Fame in 1991, and his jersey ...
Catfish Hunter * ¶ 4 –0 0 Minnesota Twins: Jim Pagliaroni: Jerry Neudecker: Bob Kennedy: First perfect game in Athletics history and 9th in MLB history; first perfect game in American League history since 1922; Hunter batted in three of Oakland’s four runs; First no-hitter as Oakland Athletic; See also: Catfish Hunter's perfect game [13] 7 ...