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Catfish Hunter

Hall-of-Famers as Seen Through Player Won-Lost Records: Catfish Hunter

Catfish Hunter was elected to the Hall of Fame in his third year of eligibility, 1987, with 76.3% of the vote.

Five highlights of Catfish Hunter's career: The first two tables below present Catfish Hunter's career as measured by Player won-lost records, in and out of context.

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
Value Decomposition
Season Team Age Games pWins pLosses pWORL pWOPA
1965KC119
32
7.39.6-0.7-1.8
1966KC120
30
11.413.60.1-1.4
1967KC121
37
17.216.83.51.5
1968OAK22
39
14.314.42.30.7
1969OAK23
42
15.716.62.10.1
1970OAK24
43
15.915.92.70.9
1971OAK25
38
20.615.58.36.2
1972OAK26
39
19.313.88.56.5
1973OAK27
37
14.011.93.92.2
1974OAK28
41
17.813.26.74.8
1975NYA29
39
19.114.27.25.1
1976NYA30
36
15.215.41.9-0.0
1977NYA31
22
7.99.1-0.0-1.2
1978NYA32
21
8.27.12.11.1
1979NYA33
19
4.86.9-1.2-2.0
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
CAREER (reg. season)
515
208.9194.047.522.8
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
PostSeason (career)
22
8.07.71.50.6
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
COMBINED
537
216.8201.749.023.4


Expected Player Won-Lost Records
Value Decomposition
Season Team Age Games eWins eLosses eWORL eWOPA
1965KC119
32
7.49.4-0.4-1.5
1966KC120
30
12.013.01.5-0.1
1967KC121
37
18.415.65.93.9
1968OAK22
39
13.715.01.1-0.5
1969OAK23
42
15.417.01.4-0.6
1970OAK24
43
15.616.22.30.4
1971OAK25
38
19.216.95.53.4
1972OAK26
39
18.314.96.64.6
1973OAK27
37
12.413.50.6-1.0
1974OAK28
41
17.413.65.94.0
1975NYA29
39
19.114.17.25.1
1976NYA30
36
15.714.92.91.0
1977NYA31
22
7.59.5-0.7-1.8
1978NYA32
21
7.87.51.40.4
1979NYA33
19
5.26.5-0.5-1.2
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
CAREER (reg. season)
515
205.2197.740.716.0
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
PostSeason (career)
22
7.48.30.3-0.7
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
COMBINED
537
212.6206.041.015.3


Catfish Hunter was a workhorse starting pitcher through his prime. In the 10 seasons from 1967 - 1976, Hunter pitched at least 234 innings every season, peaking at a league-leading 328 innings (and a league-leading 30 complete games) in 1975.

Hunter earned 184 traditional wins over these ten seasons, including five consecutive 20-win seasons from 1971 - 1975. In addition to traditional pitcher wins, Hunter also amassed a lot of pWins during these seasons.

The next table shows the top 10 pitchers in pWins over these ten seasons.

Top Starting Pitchers, 1967 - 1976
(ranked by pWins)
pWins pLosses pWOPA pWORL
1Fergie Jenkins193.6162.040.661.9
2Gaylord Perry185.0165.527.048.6
3Tom Seaver181.5142.250.068.8
4Steve Carlton172.8155.327.146.4
5Catfish Hunter169.2147.828.047.2
6Mickey Lolich169.0168.87.628.2
7Don Sutton164.4148.126.244.7
8Phil Niekro162.6153.818.737.7
9Mike Cuellar149.9135.021.739.1
10Bob Gibson144.1117.535.050.3


Hunter not only pitched a lot over this time period; he pitched very well. So well, in fact, that he was one of the top 20 players in baseball over this time period, regardless of position, ranked by pWins over replacement level over this time period.

Top Players, 1967 - 1976
(ranked by pWORL)
pWins pLosses pWOPA pWORL
1Joe L. Morgan202.7150.755.172.5
2Tom Seaver181.5142.250.068.8
3Fergie Jenkins193.6162.040.661.9
4Jim Palmer140.9101.044.559.3
5Reggie Jackson204.2154.439.957.7
6Carl Yastrzemski211.4162.735.854.3
7Johnny Bench162.9125.539.253.5
8Hank Aaron184.2137.735.752.2
9Bob Gibson144.1117.535.050.3
10Tony Perez195.9151.932.549.6
11Willie Stargell188.9143.232.549.0
12Gaylord Perry185.0165.527.048.6
13Jimmy Wynn207.7167.129.948.5
14Pete Rose Sr.226.4185.628.048.3
15Billy Williams201.6159.629.047.5
16Catfish Hunter169.2147.828.047.2
17Sal Bando187.4153.130.247.0
18Steve Carlton172.8155.327.146.4
19Don Sutton164.4148.126.244.7
20Bert Campaneris193.0182.923.041.6
21Dick Allen161.8123.627.441.5
22Willie McCovey146.6105.928.340.9
23Bobby Bonds190.7156.523.540.6
24Frank Robinson149.0114.526.540.5
25Roy White204.2170.821.740.4


Article last updated: October 15, 2020



All articles are written so that they pull data directly from the most recent version of the Player won-lost database. Hence, any numbers cited within these articles should automatically incorporate the most recent update to Player won-lost records. In some cases, however, the accompanying text may have been written based on previous versions of Player won-lost records. I apologize if this results in non-sensical text in any cases.

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