James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter (April 8, 1946 - September 9, 1999) was a prolific Major League baseball pitcher during the late 1960s and 1970s. He earned five World Series championship rings, threw a perfect game in 1968, and was known as a skilled control pitcher. He played for the Kansas City and Oakland A's and New York Yankees, and was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.

Hunter died in Hertford, North Carolina, where he was born, as a result of Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Career statistics

W	L	PCT	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	SO	WP	HBP
224	166	.574	3.26	500	476	181	42	0	3449	2958	1248	1380	374	954	2012	49	49