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	Catfish Hunter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hunter was known as a skilled control pitcher and was one of the best big game pitchers during the early 1970's.
		Hunter retired from baseball in 1979, at the age of 33.
		Hunter died in Hertford, North Carolina, where he was born, after falling and hitting his head.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catfish_Hunter (452 words)

	Jim "Catfish" Hunter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Better known as "Catfish", Hunter achieved an impressive list of pitching statistics that have placed him in the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh as well as in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
		In his senior year, Hunter was wounded in a hunting accident which led to the loss of one of his toes and the lodging of shotgun pellets in his foot.
		Catfish's statistics while he was with the Athletics were impressive: four consecutive years with at least 20 wins, four World Series wins with no losses and a 1974 league leading earned run average of 2.49.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/bio/sports/catfish.htm (698 words)

	Catfish Hunter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Catfish, as he was nick-named by Oakland A's owner Charles O. Finley, was the foundation for the great Yankee teams of the seventies.
		Hunter also helped to establish the free agent market for the superstar players of his era when he signed a free agent contract in 1974 worth $3.75 million.
		In 1998 Hunter was diagnosed with ALS, a disease that attacks the nerves, causes paralysis, and ultimately death.
	www.voiceforjoanie.org /catfish.html (459 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Catfish Hunter
		Hunter, 53, died at his lifelong home in the eastern North Carolina town of Hertford, about 60 miles south of Norfolk, Va. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Helen, whom he met in high school; three children, Todd, Kim, and Paul; and his grandson, Taylor.
		Hunter's stellar career spanned 15 years with the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees, during which his pinpoint control and crafty mix of pitches enabled him to post five straight 20-win seasons, pitch a perfect game, win a Cy Young Award, and earn five World Series rings.
		When Hunter left the Athletics for the Yankees in 1974 he became the game's first big-money free agent, signing a five-year, $3.35 million contract that was the largest in baseball history at the time.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Catfish-Hunter (2037 words)

	Catfish Hunter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Catfish Hunter, who was with the green and gold from 1965 through '74, allowed 374 homers in his 15-year big-league career (Hunter's final five seasons were...
		James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter (April 8, 1946 - September 9, 1999) was a prolific Major League baseball pitcher during the late 1960s and 1970s.
		Hunter died in Hertford, North Carolina, where he was born, as a result of Lou Gehrig's Disease.
	www.wikiverse.org /catfish-hunter (220 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Hall-of-Famer 'Catfish' Hunter Dies at 53
		Hunter was a wily right-hander who was known for a crafty mix of pitches, a range of speeds and pinpoint control.
		Hunter the highest-paid player in baseball history, and it is generally considered to have helped open the door to a system that allows players relatively easy movement from one team to another in pursuit of multimillion dollar salaries.
		Hunter had been declared a free agent by an arbitrator because Oakland had failed to make payments on an annuity that was part of his contract.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/baseball/daily/sept99/10/hunter10a.htm (864 words)

	ESPN.com: MLB - Hall of Famer Catfish Hunter dies at 53
		Catfish Hunter bears down on the final Twins batter in 1968 on his way to pitching a perfect game for the A's.
		Hunter was one of baseball's most dominant pitchers during a 15-year career that brought him five World Series rings with the Oakland Athletics and the Yankees.
		Hunter was a player's player, fiercely competitive on the field, a prankster who loved to have fun with teammates after the game.
	espn.go.com /mlb/news/1999/0909/47490.html (1581 words)

	Catfish Hunter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hunter was baseball's first big-money free agent when he signed a $3.75 million contract with the New York Yankees on New Year's Eve 1974.
		Hunter won 224 games in a 15-year career with the Yankees and Athletics, including a perfect game in 1968.
		Hunter retired after the 1979 season and was voted into the Hall of Fame in 1987.
	www.voiceforjoanie.org /catfish1.html (663 words)

	Catfish Hunter -- Hall of Fame Pitcher -- HistoricBaseball.com
		Jim "Catfish" Hunter, who won 224 games in his career and earned a spot in the Hall of Fame, died on Aug. 30, 1999 in Hertford, N.C. Hunter won 20 or more games five times in his career, leading the AL in victories twice.
		Hunter had agree to a $100,000 a year contract with Oakland owner Charlie Finley with half of that amount payable directly to an annuity.
		The "Catfish" nickname is credited to Finley who liked the marketing value and who had been a fan of Catfish Metkovich.
	www.historicbaseball.com /players/h/hunter_catfish.html (315 words)

	CNN/SI - Baseball MLB - Hall of Famer Catfish Hunter dead at 53 - Thursday September 09, 1999 11:43 PM
		Hunter, baseball's first big-money free agent, died at home in Hertford, N.C., where he was born and raised.
		It was last September when Hunter learned he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a disease that attacks nerves in the spinal cord and brain that control muscle movement.
		Hunter came up with the A's in 1965 and punctuated the team's move from Kansas City to Oakland with a perfect game against the Minnesota Twins on May 8, 1968.
	www.cnnsi.com /baseball/mlb/news/1999/09/09/hunter_obit_ap/index.html (1235 words)

	The Baseball Guru - A Tribute to Catfish Hunter by Bruce Markusen
		Hunter relied on the principles of control and movement to make up for a lack of velocity, but it was his lionhearted approach that won him the most praise.
		Hunter’s improvement in 1971 was even more impressive considering that he was often pushed back a day or two to accommodate Blue, whom the A’s tried to pitch at home as much as possible because of his crowd-drawing appeal.
		Hunter’s recent death at the age of 53 struck a significant blow to the baseball world, which relies on its retired stars to pass along those stories that re-create the memories of earlier generations.
	baseballguru.com /markusen/analysismarkusen03.html (1854 words)

	ESPN.com - Hunter always had his priorities straight
		NEW YORK -- Catfish Hunter's blue eyes brimmed with tears last spring as he spoke about wishing he could trade his fame and fortune for a life of anonymity, good health and a chance to see his grandchildren grow up.
		Not only was Catfish a dominant pitcher during his tenure in the major leagues, but he was a true gentleman and a Hall of Famer in ever sense of the word.
		Hunter drew his life's lessons from baseball and the farm, and both contributed to his strength of character.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=47934&type=news (1075 words)

	Catfish, Diabetes, and Gullett's Shoulder
		Jim “Catfish” Hunter, who won 23 games for the Yankees in 1975 and had 17 wins in 1976, but who dropped to a 9-9 record last season, revealed that he is suffering from diabetes.
		Last season was the worst of Hunter’s distinguished major league career, one in which he had foot and shoulder injuries and a urological disorder.
		Hunter is a Hall of Famer but the Yankees have not retired his number 29, probably because he only was a Yankee for five season, winning 63 and losing 53.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/yankees_no_more_no_less/117945 (358 words)

	Baseball Great 'Catfish' Hunter Dies at 53 -- 09/10/1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hunter won World Series rings as a pitcher with both the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees.
		He even made up a legend to go with Hunter's nickname, saying that he once ran away from home and returned with two catfish, which reportedly irritated the ballplayer's mother, who said that her son would never run away from home.
		He was an avid fisherman and hunter, who kept a kennel of hounds and bird dogs on his 100-acre spread outside Hertford.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewPrint.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\CUL19990910c.html (688 words)

	History and Trivia: Catfish Hunter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The circumstances of his case are a fascinating tale of Hunter's sense of worth and the thick-headedness by the owner Charlie Findlay of the Oakland Athletes.
		Hunter wanted long-term financial stability and his contract stipulated half of his 1974 salary was to be set aside in an annuity (an insurance trust).
		Catfish Hunter discovered a dirty little secret: in a free market, certain owners will pay top dollar for top players.
	www.sportslawnews.com /archive/history/ht10.htm (378 words)

	Catfish Hunter
		The name "Catfish" was invented by A's owner Charlie Finley, to lend him some "backwoods" character.
		Hunter pitched a perfect game on 8 May 1968 for the Oakland A's against the Minnesota twins, the first for the American League since 1922 and the 7th in Major League Baseball history.
		When the A's failed to hold to a contract-mandated insurance payment, Catfish became the league's first free agent, and joined the New York Yankees for the remainder of his career (1974-9.) While at the Yankees he had the highest MLB salary, a $3.75M, five-year contract.
	www.nndb.com /people/942/000047801 (168 words)

	The Austin Chronicle: Second Helpings: Catfish Hunter
		Catfish and seafood dinners with side dishes come in different sizes depending on your appetite.
		A new generation of the Washington family operates this small catfish farm and country restaurant, but the fish is as wonderful as always.
		Order a whole catfish or several filets and they'll arrive in a lacy cornmeal coating, crisp and crunchy on the outside, sweet and mild within.
	austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2001-01-19/food_second_all.html (895 words)

	Catfish Hunter : MLB Legends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The nickname stuck, and Catfish Hunter produced one of the most dominating stretches for pitchers in modern baseball history.
		Hunter was signed by the New York Yankees in one of the most lucrative contracts of the day — five years, $3.5 million.
		Catfish hunter died from Lou Gehrig’s Disease on September 9, 1999 in April 8, 1946 in Hertford, NC.
	www.mlb-legends.com /legends/catfishHunter.php (220 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Former pitching great and baseball icon Catfish Hunter, who lead the Oakland A's to three world series wins, died yesterday on September 9, 1999 at the age of 53.
		When asked the secret of his success Hunter in later years revealed that he would study his opposing batters' weak points while watching their performance against other pitchers.
		Hunter, who never missed a start in twelve years, was also the first big free agent.
	people2.clarityconnect.com /webpages4/whiterose/catfish.html (492 words)

	Catfish Hunter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		And the squirrels in the area had probably never seen a hunter because at the time it was...
		No, not Catfish Hunter: A pitcher was recently traded to the Fullerton Flyers, an independent minor league team that begins play next month, for 60 cases of...
		Walk to D'Feet(R) ALS events sponsored by the ALSA Jim "Catfish" Hunter Chapter, which she has walked in over the years with her family, and churches...
	catfish-hunter.wikiverse.org (262 words)

	IP Mag Archive 05/17/1999 Catfish Hunter
		Jim Hunter was given the nickname "Catfish" by Charlie Finley, then-owner of the Oakland A's.
		Hunter's former manager in Oakland, Alvin Dark, was on hand for the event and told the crowd that, "He has more courage in his little finger than most people" have in their entire being.
		Ironically, Jimmy Hunter's ALS went straight to his shoulders, arms, and hands: the very muscles which helped make him a household name in the 60's and 70's and a member of baseball's Hall of Fame in 1987.
	www.incrediblepeople.com /people(1999-05-17).htm (949 words)

	Salon Obituary \| Jim "Catfish" Hunter dies at 53 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In September 1998, Hunter learned he had amyothropic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurological disease that attacks nerves in the spinal cord and brain that control muscle movement, causing progressive paralysis and leading to death.
		The Athletics found Hunter in Hertford, and owner Charles O. Finley, intent on promoting his players to the hilt, pinned the nickname "Catfish" on him.
		Finally, Hunter agreed to $3.75 million, five-year deal with the Yankees that, for tax reasons, was announced on New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 1974.
	www.salon.com /people/obit/1999/09/09/catfish/print.html (1196 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Hall-of-Famer 'Catfish' Hunter Dies at 53
		Jim "Catfish" Hunter died Thursday of Lou Gehrig's disease.
		Hunter watched, in horror, as one arm and then the other began to weaken and hang flaccid at his side.
		He was an intensely private man, a country boy who wanted nothing more out of retirement than living in obscurity; in the last days he told one writer that he would have traded all his fame and money for health enough to watch his grandchildren grow up.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/baseball/daily/sept99/10/catfish10.htm (514 words)

	ESPN.com: MLB - Catfish Hunter buried near high school field (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It was a huge baseball arrangement with white mums and roses as the seams of the ball.
		Hunter was unconscious for several days last month after falling and hitting his head on concrete steps.
		Hunter was the second Yankees Hall of Famer to die this year.
	espn.go.com /mlb/news/1999/0912/54062.html (714 words)

	CBS News \| Catfish Hunter Hospitalized \| December 13, 1999 05:18:47
		Hall of Fame pitcher Catfish Hunter is in Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore for tests after experiencing difficulties with motor skills.
		Hunter was a 20-game winner five straight years and pitched a perfect game for the Oakland A's in 1968.
		In 1978, Hunter learned that he has diabetes and became a leading spokesman to raise funds to fight the disease, which apparently is not related to the loss of motor skills.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/1998/11/07/archive/main22038.shtml (373 words)

	Jim (Catfish) Hunter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Jim (Catfish) Hunter - Jim (Catfish) Hunter Age: 53 dominating right-handed pitcher of the early 1970s who was baseball's...
		Hunter, Catfish - Hunter, “Catfish” (Jim) baseball Birthplace: Hertford, N.C. Born: 1946 Died: 1999...
		The ALS Association Reacts to News of Jim 'Catfish' Hunter's Diagnosis.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0109297.html (198 words)

	Red Apple Markets Partner with Jim "Catfish" Hunter Chapter : ArriveNet Press Releases : Health (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Jim "Catfish" Hunter Chapter was named in honor of the late Jim "Catfish" Hunter, a Carolinian, major league pitcher and member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
		Hunter succumbed to complications of ALS in September 1999, after being diagnosed with the disease in 1998.
		The Jim "Catfish" Hunter Chapter covers both N.C. and S.C., and is one of 39 chapters of The ALS Association; the only national not-for-profit voluntary health organization dedicated solely to the fight against ALS through research, patient support, information dissemination and public awareness.
	press.arrivenet.com /health/article.php/391288.html (427 words)

	Catfish Hunter Dies at 53 / Hall of Fame pitcher helped Oakland win 3 World Series titles in '70s
		Hunter won 224 games, earned five World Series rings and was elected into the Hall of Fame (with 76 percent of the vote) in 1987.
		Hunter hailed from farm country and was an avid outdoorsman, so Finley simply decided to call him Catfish.
		Hunter's funeral is scheduled for Sunday at Cedar Wood Cemetery in Hertford, behind the field where he played high school baseball.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/09/10/SP1376.DTL&type=printable (1122 words)

	Catfish Hunter Jerseys & T-Shirts For Sale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Charlie Finley's A's were a crazy bunch Catfish, Blue Moon and Rollie were as swingin' off the field as they were on it.
		This jersey is enhanced with the 100th Anniversary of Baseball patch on the lower left chest Jersey Number This authentic jersey will have the number 27 on it.
		This is the number worn by Jim Hunter with the 1969 Oakland Athletics.
	www.oddball-mall.com /huntercjsy.htm (134 words)

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