Catfish Hunter

Birth Name: James Augustus Hunter

Date of Birth: April 8, 1946

Place of Birth: Hertford, Perquimans, North Carolina, U.S.

Date of Death: September 9, 1999

Place of Death: Hertford, North Carolina, U.S.

Ethnicity: English

Catfish Hunter was an American professional baseball player. He was a pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees.

Catfish was the son of Mary Ludia and Abbott Shepard Hunter. He was married to Helen. He lived on a farm in Hertford, where he grew soybeans, corn, peanuts, and cotton.

Catfish’s paternal grandfather was named James Elsberry Hunter.

Catfish’s paternal grandmother was Mary Ludia White (the daughter of Cornelius Francis White and Martha Elizabeth Davis).

Catfish’s maternal grandfather was named Augustus Moore Harrell.

Catfish’s maternal grandmother was Bessie White (the daughter of Moses Walton White II and Mary Elizabeth Bunch).