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James Augustus Hunter (April 8, 1946 – September 9, 1999), nicknamed "Catfish", was an American professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB). From 1965 to 1979 , he was a pitcher for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees .
On May 8, 1968, Jim "Catfish" Hunter of the Oakland Athletics pitched the ninth perfect game in Major League Baseball history, defeating the Minnesota Twins 4–0 at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum. The game was not televised. Hunter struck out 11 batters, including the last two batters he faced: Bruce Look and pinch-hitter Rich Reese.
"Catfish" is a song written by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy. [1] [2] It was originally recorded for Dylan's 1976 album Desire, but was not released until 1991 on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991. [3] "Catfish" was a tribute to future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Catfish Hunter. [4] [5] [6]
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 ...
Catfish Hunter's number 27 was retired by the Oakland Athletics in 1991 [10]. On May 8 against the Minnesota Twins , Hunter pitched the first regular season perfect game in the American League since 1922, [ 11 ] but the paid attendance in Oakland was only 6,298 on a Wednesday night. [ 12 ]
Catfish Hunter made one Opening Day start for the Kansas City Athletics, but later made three Opening Day starts for the Oakland Athletics, giving him a total of four for the franchise. [4] In the ten years from 1904 through 1913 the Athletics used four different Opening Day starting pitchers.
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 ...
Catfish Hunter held Baltimore to seven hits, but unfortunately for him, four of them were home runs. Boog Powell walloped two, Brooks Robinson and Elrod Hendricks the others. Cuellar displayed his usual pitching artistry, a baffling assortment of curves and change-ups which the A's solve for a mere six hits.