Jim "Catfish" Hunter, winner of the 1974 AL Cy Young Award
James Hunter was born on 6 April 1946 in Hertford, North Carolina born. James Hunter is better as "known Catfish Hunter" and is one of the great pitchers of all time in Major League Baseball.
While Hunter was young he was talented and successful in different sports. He was a great football player and baseball players especially. His baseball skills were outstanding, as he is able to shortstop and pitcher during batting fourth to play in the lineup. He really was an all around player in high school.
Unfortunately, Hunter suffered an accident during a Hunting during his senior year of high school. During the accident, he actually lost one of his toes and had shot put in his mouth. The accident hampered his Mobility and there were too many teams are afraid that he can not play at a high level with his injury. It was a team that he could get the job done, but believed. He landed collected by the Kansas City Athletics and played most of his career with the Athletics.
He began pitching the A's during the 1965 season, and it did not take him long to catch on in the big leagues. In only his second career season, he managed to make the All-Star team for the first time. This All-Star appearance would be the first his 8 appearances that he gained during his career to have. Six came from these 8 All-Star appearances during this time that hunters with Kansas City / Oakland opened.
During the season, Hunter had in 1968 the best game of his career when he hit a perfect game to 8 May 1968.
The best year of his career was the 1974 season. The Cy Young Award is the award for the best pitcher in each league of Major League Baseball. While Hunter made the 1974 season, earning his first and only Cy Young Award. During the season he was plagued to 25 wins and posted an excellent ERA of 2.49. He led the league in ERA during the season.
After the best season of his career, he decided to jump ship and head over to the New York Yankees . Play Before leaving the Athletics, he managed four straight seasons with 20 wins or more and maintained a record of 4-0 while pitching in the World Series.
Hunter was highly sought after for his Cy Young Award season and the Yankees made him the highest paid pitcher in the league. It took a while before rolling, lost his 3 of his first 4 starts, but he finished the season in superb fashion. He had 23 victories of the season and led the league. He threw an incredible 328 innings on the year and had 30 complete games. He was short of winning the Cy Young Award in recognition Jim Palmer was given. Hunter was 2 in the voting for the award. This was his 5th Consecutive year with 20 or more wins.
Hunter finished his career with 224 victories and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987.
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ALS Jim “Catfish” Hunter Chapter Promotional Video with Bob Costas
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