Catfish Hunter Awards

What awards did Catfish Hunter win? This page lists every known baseball award won by Catfish Hunter in chronological order. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award.
"Catfish Hunter brought respectability to the Yankees. Without him, we would never have been world champs. If he never pitches another ball, he has been worth every cent." - New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner

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Catfish Hunter

Catfish Hunter Autograph on a 1986 TMCA (#9-ATH)

Catfish Hunter Autograph on a 1986 TMCA (#9-ATH)
 

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Birth Name:   James Augustus Hunter
Nickname:   Catfish
Born On:   04-08-1946  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Hertford, North Carolina
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-09-1999
Place of Death Data Died In:   Hertford, North Carolina
Cemetery:   Cedarwood Cemetery, Hertford, North Carolina Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Perquimans High School (Hertford, NC)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   05-13-1965 (Age 19)
Last Game:   09-17-1979
Draft:   Not Applicable
Catfish Hunter

Awards
1974 Cy Young Award
1974 Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
1987 National Baseball Hall of Fame


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