M
ajor League Baseball right-handed pitcher. During a 15-year baseball career, he pitched from 1965 to 1979 for the Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.
Timeline
Birth- Apr 8, 1946
Hertford North Carolina
Death- Sep 9, 1999-Age: 53 years
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Hertford NC
Burial
Cedarwood Cemetery Hertford NC
Other Facts
Father
Abbott Shepard Hunter
Mother
Lillie Mae Harrell
Also known as
Catfish Hunter
Full Name
James Augustus Hunter
Also known as
Jimmy
Gender
Male
