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Full name James Augustus Hunter
Born April 8, 1946, Hertford, North Carolina
Died September 9, 1999, Hertford, North Carolina
Buried at Cedarwood Cemetery, Hertford, North Carolina (in Area 3 - Section B - Lot 6 - Grave 4)
First Game: May 13, 1965; Final Game: September 17, 1979
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 190
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1987
Named AL Cy Young Award Winner by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1974)
Named AL Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News (1974)
Named right-handed pitcher on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1974)
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1965 KC A Daily Splits 32 40 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 .150 .150 .175 0.0 1965 KC A 1966 KC A Daily Splits 30 59 5 9 1 1 0 4 3 0 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .153 .194 .203 0.0 1966 KC A 1967 KC A Daily Splits 37 92 9 18 4 0 2 6 0 0 32 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 .196 .196 .304 0.0 1967 KC A 1968 OAK A Daily Splits 39 82 9 19 3 0 1 8 0 0 19 0 8 0 0 6 0 0 0 .232 .232 .305 0.0 1968 OAK A 1969 OAK A Daily Splits 42 85 5 19 2 0 1 9 1 0 24 0 1 2 0 1 5 0 0 .224 .227 .282 0.0 1969 OAK A 1970 OAK A Daily Splits 43 90 10 18 4 1 1 6 2 0 23 0 6 1 0 4 1 0 0 .200 .215 .300 0.0 1970 OAK A 1971 OAK A Daily Splits 38 103 14 36 1 1 1 12 2 0 11 0 4 0 0 2 3 1 0 .350 .362 .408 0.0 1971 OAK A 1972 OAK A Daily Splits 39 105 5 23 0 0 0 5 0 0 16 0 9 2 0 3 0 0 0 .219 .215 .219 0.0 1972 OAK A 1973 OAK A Daily Splits 37 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.0 1973 OAK A 1974 OAK A 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1974 OAK A 1975 NY A 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1975 NY A 1976 NY A Daily Splits 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1976 NY A 1977 NY A 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1977 NY A 1978 NY A 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1978 NY A 1979 NY A 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1979 NY A Total (15 Years) Splits 515 658 60 149 16 3 6 51 8 0 160 0 39 5 0 20 10 2 0 .226 .234 .287 0.0 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

League Championship Series Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1971 OAK A Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1971 OAK A 1972 OAK A Daily Splits 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 1972 OAK A 1973 OAK A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1973 OAK A 1974 OAK A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1974 OAK A 1976 NY A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1976 NY A 1978 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1978 NY A Total ( 6 Years) Splits 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1972 OAK A Daily Splits 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .429 .200 1972 OAK A 1973 OAK A Daily Splits 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1973 OAK A 1974 OAK A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 OAK A 1976 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1976 NY A 1977 NY A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1977 NY A 1978 NY A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1978 NY A Total ( 6 Years) Splits 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .214 .083 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1967 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1967 AL 1970 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1970 AL 1973 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1973 AL 1974 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1974 AL 1975 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1975 AL 1976 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1976 AL Total ( 6 Years) Splits 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                         Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1965 KC A Daily Splits 32 20 3 2 2 0 133 124 567 21 68 63 46 5 82 11 3 2 2 1 20 1 6 8 8 8 4.26 4.10 -1.3 1965 KC A 1966 KC A Daily Splits 30 25 4 0 0 0 176.2 158 740 17 87 79 64 4 103 8 4 2 2 2 35 6 9 12 9 11 4.02 3.68 -1.3 1966 KC A 1967 KC A Daily Splits 35 35 13 5 0 0 259.2 209 1053 16 91 81 84 6 196 11 3 4 2 1 39 6 14 11 13 17 2.81 3.31 1.5 1967 KC A 1968 OAK A Daily Splits 36 34 11 2 2 1 234 210 968 29 99 87 69 10 172 9 3 0 4 1 35 3 14 15 13 13 3.35 4.09 -1.2 1968 OAK A 1969 OAK A Daily Splits 38 35 10 3 0 0 247 210 1002 34 99 92 85 1 150 7 7 8 5 0 38 0 25 9 12 15 3.35 3.60 0.8 1969 OAK A 1970 OAK A Daily Splits 40 40 9 1 0 0 262.1 253 1116 32 124 111 74 3 178 12 8 6 9 1 46 6 10 21 18 14 3.81 4.20 -0.7 1970 OAK A 1971 OAK A Daily Splits 37 37 16 4 0 0 273.2 225 1109 27 103 90 80 7 181 9 6 2 4 0 39 5 20 10 21 11 2.96 4.11 2.5 1971 OAK A 1972 OAK A Daily Splits 38 37 16 5 1 0 295.1 200 1148 21 74 67 70 6 191 15 4 3 3 0 42 4 8 13 21 7 2.04 3.95 3.1 1972 OAK A 1973 OAK A Daily Splits 36 36 11 3 0 0 256.1 222 1040 39 105 95 69 1 124 3 9 2 1 0 39 4 8 11 21 5 3.34 5.50 0.7 1973 OAK A 1974 OAK A Daily Splits 41 41 23 6 0 0 318.1 268 1240 25 97 88 46 2 143 9 10 1 4 0 43 7 15 11 25 12 2.49 4.61 3.9 1974 OAK A 1975 NY A Daily Splits 39 39 30 7 0 0 328 248 1294 25 107 94 83 4 177 7 8 7 5 0 38 5 17 15 23 14 2.58 4.62 4.4 1975 NY A 1976 NY A Daily Splits 36 36 21 2 0 0 298.2 268 1210 28 126 117 68 5 173 13 13 6 3 0 45 8 13 13 17 15 3.53 4.53 -0.3 1976 NY A 1977 NY A Daily Splits 22 22 8 1 0 0 143.1 137 608 29 83 75 47 3 52 5 5 2 3 1 23 6 9 9 9 9 4.71 5.59 -1.4 1977 NY A 1978 NY A Daily Splits 21 20 5 1 1 0 118 98 477 16 49 47 35 0 56 4 4 2 1 0 19 5 7 2 12 6 3.58 4.85 0.4 1978 NY A 1979 NY A Daily Splits 19 19 1 0 0 0 105 128 460 15 68 62 34 0 34 9 6 2 1 0 23 4 8 2 2 9 5.31 3.95 -1.3 1979 NY A Total (15 Years) Splits 500 476 181 42 6 1 3449.1 2958 14032 374 1380 1248 954 57 2012 132 93 49 49 7 524 70 183 162 224 166 3.26 4.30 9.8 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team

League Championship Series Pitching Record Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1971 OAK A Daily Splits 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 7 32 4 5 5 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.62 1.00 1971 OAK A 1972 OAK A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 10 60 2 2 2 5 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1.17 3.00 1972 OAK A 1973 OAK A Daily Splits 2 2 1 1 0 0 16.1 12 66 0 3 3 5 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1.65 4.50 1973 OAK A 1974 OAK A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 11 45 3 6 6 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 4.63 2.50 1974 OAK A 1976 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 1 0 0 0 12 10 45 0 6 6 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 4.50 4.00 1976 NY A 1978 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 26 3 3 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 6.00 1978 NY A Total ( 6 Years) Splits 10 10 3 1 0 0 69.1 57 274 12 25 25 18 2 37 3 0 0 1 0 13 3 3 0 4 3 3.25 3.50 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

            World Series Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1972 OAK A Daily Splits 3 2 0 0 0 0 16 12 67 2 5 5 6 2 11 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 2.81 3.00 1972 OAK A 1973 OAK A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 11 56 1 3 3 4 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.03 3.00 1973 OAK A 1974 OAK A Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 1 1 7.2 5 30 1 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.17 3.00 1974 OAK A 1976 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 1 0 0 0 8.2 10 40 0 4 3 4 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 3.12 3.00 1976 NY A 1977 NY A Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 1 0 4.1 6 19 3 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.38 1.00 1977 NY A 1978 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 13 13 50 2 6 6 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 4.15 5.00 1978 NY A Total ( 6 Years) Splits 12 9 1 0 2 1 63 57 262 9 24 23 17 4 33 2 2 2 0 0 8 1 3 5 5 3 3.29 3.22 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

           All-Star Game Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1967 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 18 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.80 - 1967 AL 1970 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 4 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81.00 - 1970 AL 1973 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 1973 AL 1974 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 - 1974 AL 1975 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 9 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.00 - 1975 AL 1976 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 - 1976 AL Total ( 6 Years) Splits 6 1 0 0 1 0 12.2 15 53 4 9 9 1 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6.39 1.00 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1965 KC A Daily Splits P 32 20 3 133 4 16 2 1 0 2 11 1 0 .909 1966 KC A Daily Splits P 30 25 4 176.2 10 14 3 1 0 2 9 8 0 .889 1967 KC A Daily Splits P 35 35 13 259.2 15 16 1 1 0 2 11 6 0 .969 1967 KC A 1B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1968 OAK A Daily Splits P 36 34 11 234 16 20 4 0 0 2 12 7 0 .900 1969 OAK A Daily Splits P 38 35 10 247 17 32 0 4 0 6 10 13 1 1.000 1970 OAK A Daily Splits P 40 40 9 262.1 17 24 1 3 0 0 19 7 0 .976 1971 OAK A Daily Splits P 37 37 16 273.2 15 26 0 1 0 2 20 4 1 1.000 1972 OAK A Daily Splits P 38 37 16 295.1 23 30 2 1 0 1 18 3 0 .964 1973 OAK A Daily Splits P 36 36 11 256.1 11 24 1 0 0 0 5 18 3 .972 1974 OAK A Daily Splits P 41 41 21 318.1 25 27 3 1 0 1 14 19 1 .945 1975 NY A Daily Splits P 39 39 30 328 23 26 3 0 0 1 15 14 0 .942 1976 NY A Daily Splits P 36 36 20 298.2 24 30 2 2 0 1 24 14 1 .964 1977 NY A Daily Splits P 22 22 8 143.1 4 11 0 1 0 1 21 5 0 1.000 1978 NY A Daily Splits P 21 20 5 118 11 13 0 0 0 1 7 6 0 1.000 1979 NY A Daily Splits P 19 19 1 105 10 10 1 0 0 1 6 7 1 .952 Total (15 Years) Splits P 500 476 178 3449.1 225 319 23 16 0 23 202 132 8 .959 Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

League Championship Series Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1971 OAK A Daily Splits P 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1972 OAK A Daily Splits P 2 2 0 15.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1973 OAK A Daily Splits P 2 2 1 16.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 1974 OAK A Daily Splits P 2 2 0 11.2 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1976 NY A Daily Splits P 2 2 1 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 1978 NY A Daily Splits P 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 Total ( 6 Years) Splits P 10 10 3 69.1 4 6 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1972 OAK A Daily Splits P 3 2 0 16 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .750 1973 OAK A Daily Splits P 2 2 0 13.1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 1974 OAK A Daily Splits P 2 1 0 7.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1976 NY A Daily Splits P 1 1 1 8.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1.000 1977 NY A Daily Splits P 2 1 0 4.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1978 NY A Daily Splits P 2 2 0 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 Total ( 6 Years) Splits P 12 9 1 63 5 7 2 0 0 0 6 2 0 .857 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1967 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1970 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1973 AL Daily Splits P 1 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1974 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1975 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1976 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 6 Years) Splits P 6 1 0 12.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by Kansas City Athletics (June 8, 1964).

Granted free agency (December 16, 1974).

Signed by New York Yankees (December 31, 1974).

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