Catfish Hunter James Augustus Hunter was born on April 8, 1946 in Hertford, North Carolina. He was the youngest of eight children born to Abbott and Millie Hunter, who were sharecroppers. As a boy Jim enjoyed hunting, fishing and playing baseball with his brothers. While attending Perquimans High School, Hunter excelled in a variety of sports. He was a successful linebacker and offensive end in football as well as a shortstop, cleanup batter, and pitcher in baseball. …showed first 75 words of 513 total…

…showed last 75 words of 513 total…because of the precision of his pitching as opposed to his ability to overpower batters with his speed. He had 5 consecutive years in pitching with 20 or more wins and threw 30 complete games in 1975. To do the things he enjoyed like hunting and fishing. Hunter died on September 9, 1999 at the age of 53 after complications from a battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease). He is buried there in the Cedarwood Cemetery in Hertford, North Carolina.