- Pitcher for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics (1965-1974) and New York Yankees (1975-1979).
- Led American League pitchers in winning percentage in 1971 (.750) and 1973 (.808).
- Led American League pitchers in games won in 1975 (25) and 1976 (23).
- Made major league debut on 13 May 1965.
- Enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 288-289. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Jim Hunter did not get his famous "Catfish" nickname until he was signed in 1964 by then-Athletics owner Charles O. Finley. Finley wanted Hunter to have a catchy nickname, so he made up a story that Hunter went fishing one day when he was little and came home with a large catfish. This story was repeated to the media and the nickname stuck.
- Inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.
- Inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018 (inaugural class).
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