They were talking about nearly $3.5 million over five years, and Paul needed help. James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter played for championship teams in both Oakland and New York, finding success wherever he went. CONTRACT NO. [23] Hunter was also a competent hitter, with a career batting average of .226; in 1971 he hit .350 with 36 hits in 38 games. Asked if Hunter's high salary would affect the morale of the other players, Paul said, The morale of the club is helped when you add a man of Hunter's status. Posed action on the mound of James "Catfish" Hunter of the New York Yankees, 1976. The New York Yankees signed Hunter to a five-year, $3,750,000 contract.) As it all unfolded Hunter received a personal letter at his own PO box in Hertford that read, in part, I naturally feel that the arbitrator, in making his decision, exceeded his authority and jurisdiction. (Doug McWilliams/National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Just a year ago, the Yankees went through a devastating experience with another former Finley employe. [7] He made his major league debut in May, and earned his first win on July 27 in Fenway Park over the Boston Red Sox. Pittsburgh offered $3.75 million for five years, plus, among other perks, limited partnership in five new Wal-Mart stores. Matt Kelly was the communications specialist at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Kluttz, who never earned more than $10,000 as a major league catcher, is a hunting companion of the pitcher in the offseason in North Carolina where both live. By early August Finley was sufficiently concerned to urge Hunter to accept a straight payment of $50,000. [3] The game was scoreless until the bottom of the seventh inning; at the plate, Hunter got three hits and drove in three of Oakland's four runs with a squeeze bunt in the seventh and a bases-loaded single in the eighth.[6]. Two weeks after he won his arbitration, Hunter became the highest-paid player in baseball and highest-paid pitcher in history when he signed a five-year contract with the New York Yankees worth $3.35 million. By the end of the 1974 season, Jim Catfish Hunter was the ace on baseballs best team. From that point on, every deal Hunter made with Finley was extensively documented, with signatures from each party in all the appropriate places. Show your love of the game and play a part in preserving past and ensuring the future of the Baseball Hall of Fame. If the arbitrator sided with Hunter, the star pitchers contract could be voided. MLB.TV Buy MLB.TV Buy At Bat MLB . In 2004, the Oakland Athletics began the Catfish Hunter Award. If it hadn't been for him, the Yankees would've had a little more trouble signing me.. The total. [8] Twenty days later on December 16, arbitrator Peter Seitz decided in favor of Hunter, officially making him a free agent. Only a portion of NBHFM's collection is currently online and the information presented here is subject to updates and additions based on research and imaging activities. 1974 December 31. I dont know much about this, Jerry. Catfish Hunter weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing. Jim "Catfish" Hunter, the Hall of Fame pitcher who ushered in baseball's era of big bucks for free agents, died today at age 53 after battling the disease named after another New York Yankees. Catfish Hunter's 1974 baseball contract with the Oakland Athletics called for half of his $100,000 salary to be paid to a life insurance company of his choice for the purchase of a deferred annuity. (b) Suppose that the contracted payments had been made to the insurance company from April 16, 1974 through September 30, 1974, and that they accumulated at an annual effective interest rate of 6%. For this reason, he declined to choose a team; accordingly, his plaque depicts him with no logo on his cap. I hung up the phone, turned to my wife and said, We don't belong to anybody. I was scared. A decade later it was Kluttz, still tight with the pitcher, who suggested Hunters $200,000-per-year compromise offer to Finley. Ultimately, though, New Yorks offer wasnt close enough to merit serious consideration. The images, titles, and descriptions are products of their time. Seek out and celebrate your heroes, and explore online and in-person exhibits commemorating the history and impact of the game. Finley was on the hook for the outstanding $50,000, plus interest, for Hunters services in 1974, and because he had not fulfilled the players contract, it was theretofore terminated. In the Marvel Comics' Tomb of Dracula #51 (December 1976, page 26), the narrative written by Marv Wolfman states that "Dracula throws Blade through a window with the ease of Catfish Hunter throwing a fastball. Hunter was effectively pitching for half the money for which he signed. An arbitration hearing took place on Nov. 26 in New York. Catfish Hunter signs free agent contract with New York Yankees, https://www.tiktok.com/@baseballhall?lang=en. Cherry spent the summers middle months peppering Finley with letters seeking fulfillment. Data Provided By Blue plastic ballpoint pen and cap. James Augustus Hunter (April 8, 1946 September 9, 1999), nicknamed "Catfish", was a professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB). A contract to play for the As in 1975, he said, would be arriving shortly. Catfish Hunter was born on April 8, 1946. A history of the Sports Reference Sponsorship System. The land was important to Hunter, who as a local farmer possessed innate understanding of its value. Dont sign nothing else, Kluttz advised. Catfish Hunter left the Athletics via free agency following the 1974 season and signed with the Yankees. That was the day that Jim "Catfish" Hunter left the Oakland As after an arbitrator named Peter Seitz ruled that the As had violated Hunters contract by not paying him money he was owed. For more information or access to a high resolution reproduction (some fees may apply), contact: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Giamatti Research Center, research@baseballhall.org, 607-547-0330. Or write about sports? In the midst of the mayhem, the phone rang. 46 Years Ago. The benefit to Finley was that he got to hold on to the money in the interim, earning interest on it all the while. Pen has two white stripes running down the length of the pen, one on each side. When we started winning in Oakland, Cat was the father of those teams, Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson said. All rights reserved. The remedy was free agency. As soon as the season ended Hunter raced home to arrange for a second loan to cover the first, but gave up when a boundary-line dispute delayed the proceedings. That was the day that Jim "Catfish" Hunter left the Oakland A's after an arbitrator named Peter Seitz ruled that the A's had violated Hunter's contract by not paying him money he was owed. Ring in the new. Not only had the period passed, Hunter said, but Finley never even bothered to respond. The bidding war reached its climax on New Years Eve, when the New York Yankees announced that they had landed Hunter. [21] Hunter became known as baseball's "first big-money free agent".[2]. Anyone can read what you share. Amid the fervor for the pitchers services, he was supplicating himselfor coming as close to it as he knew how. He won 21 games in each of the previous three seasons while losing only 23, giving him a fouryear record of 88 victories and 35 defeats. Finley remained bewildered, at least publicly. And the map shows spots in Michigan, where fishermen caught Flathead catfish. We need to calculate the future value of this. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Rookie Status: For the duration of the flight, Greenwald, yellow legal pad in hand, drafted an addendum to the standard players contract, conferring with Hunters team every step of the way. All because the quiet man from Hertford, N.C., didnt legally belong to anybody after it was ruled that he could leave Charlie Finleys As and make his own choices about where he wanted to pitch next. Minor-league pitcher Jason Kosow portrayed Hunter in the ESPN miniseries The Bronx is Burning, which depicted the 1977 New York Yankees. Union leader Marvin Miller, meanwhile, sent a letter to MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, seeking official recognition of Hunters free agency. Hunter continued to win games, and in 1974 received both The Sporting News's "Pitcher of the Year" award and the American League Cy Young Award after going 2512 with a league-leading 2.49 earned run average. In the last World Series, he said, I had a card in my locker that said, Winning isn't everything, but wanting to is. I always want to win.. Hunter tried to arrange alternative financing through multiple banks in North Carolina, but without showing up in person it couldnt be done. It was from Finley. Video Film Room Hub Statcast MLB Network MLB Originals Podcasts. He paid immediate dividends with the Yankees, winning 23 games in the first year of his new contract, and then contributed to three straight pennant-winning seasons, 1976-1978. Steinbrenner? But before Steinbrenner had gone off to serve his suspension, hed said this to Paul: Any time you have the opportunity to get control of a player for cash, go ahead.. He asked Finley for a leave of absence between starts to pull something together, but his request was denied. Dec. 31, 1974: Catfish. Second, so what if you're in the orchestra? By days end the Red Sox had upped it to $3 million over five. The two men went to Cherrys office, where one of the attorneys partners, Joe Flythe, called Paul with details of the contractual benchmarks that could seal the deal. Catfish Hunter, the Hall of Fame right-hander who helped pitch the Oakland A's and the Yankees to six pennants in the 1970's, hurled a perfect game and was part of an economic revolution in. But after making such fine history in Oakland -- in the Fall Classics and with four straight 20-win seasons -- Hunter made a different kind of history off the field in New York on New Years Eve, where the big news on that night wasnt just a ball dropping in Times Square. In 1976, Hunter was also the subject of the Bobby Hollowell song "The Catfish Kid (Ballad of Jim Hunter)", which was performed by Big Tom White and released on a 45 RPM single. 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.) Is Catfish Hunter in the Hall of Fame? "[42] Former teammate Lou Piniella said, "Catfish was a very unique guy. But it was huge money at the time, ending what the New York Times called the most celebrated bidding war in American history.. The votes of the first two membersMiller, on behalf of the players, and John Gaherin, the owners chief negotiatorcanceled each other out. Pen used by Jim "Catfish" Hunter to sign a five-year contract estimated at $3.75 million with the New York Yankees on December 31, 1974. As for the New York Mets, Flythe said: I informed Mr. Grant [M. Donald, the Mets board chairman] yesterday that his proposal was pretty far down the line and I wouldn't be calling him again unless he wanted to increase the offer.. On Wednesday, May 8, against the Minnesota Twins, Hunter pitched the ninth perfect game in baseball history. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. [2], In 1990, Hunter was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame. Joseph Flythe, one of the attorneys from Ahoskie, N.C., said six other teamsPittsburgh, Los Angeles, Montreal, San Diego, Kansas City and Clevelandremained in the serious bidding until Hunter decided he wanted to join the Yankees. He was a man of loyalty. Put it into a life insurance annuity, he said, which could be cashed in for additional income once Hunters baseball career ended. He recovered in La Porte, Indiana, at the farm of Athletics owner Charles O. It's 10 pages long in my handwriting and I'm the only one who can read my writing., As Hunter sat calmly behind a desk in a blue longsleeved sport shirt, blue and black checked slacks and a blue Yankee cap, Paul, his new boss, explained that as late as 8 o'clock there were some areas [in the agreement] that could've killed the whole thing.. One of the ironic parts of this story -- still such a huge story and turning point in baseball history -- is that even though it was the beginning of the way George Steinbrenner would also change baseball forever, Steinbrenner was suspended from the game at the time because of illegal contributions to the Richard Nixon presidential campaign (a felony for which he was eventually pardoned). Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. He placed a call to Yankees minority partner Ed Greenwald, a prominent tax attorney in Cleveland, and together they concluded that they could make it work. Finley agreed. While Paul and Flythe made travel preparations for New York, Greenwald was already on his way to the airport in Cleveland to charter a plane to North Carolina. One thing Paul had working in his favor, however, was Yankees director of minor league scouting Clyde Kluttz. That was where the old scout shot the final arrow in his quiver. Kapstein heard about it just in time to hightail over to Dodger Stadium for Fridays workout. Hunter had arm troubles in New York and was diagnosed with diabetes, and he only occasionally looked like the pitcher who had gone 88-35 over his final four seasons with the As. Furthermore, he was joining an organization that was hungry to regain its former glory. Ill give you the money, and we can go try to win the World Series. Catfish, heeding Cherrys advice, turned him down. The courts agreed, refusing Finleys plea at two levels of the judiciary. Jimmy, he asked, what would it take for you to come and play for the Yankees? Kluttz had no power to make an offer, but he had a direct line to somebody who did. [39] His number 27 was retired by the Oakland Athletics in a pre-game ceremony on June 9, 1991, the first in the franchise's 90 year history.[38][40]. Starting with Catfish Hunter's landmark contract for the 1975 season, let's go back and find the pitchers who set the marks for highest total value contract. In 1976, Hunter won 17 games, led the Yankees in complete games and innings pitched, and was again named to the All-Star team. He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in his early 50s, and died of the disease about a year after his diagnosis. but the Kansas City Athletics signed Catfish Hunter to a contract. Starting with Catfish Hunter's landmark contract for the 1975 season, let's go back and find the pitchers who set the marks for highest total value contract. There was no indication what it was about. It would have priced the pitchers services at below half his current value, never mind inflation. Catfish Hunter and his wife, Helen, live in the same house in the tiny town of Hertford, N.C., that they lived in 20 years ago. I offer him the money and he wont take it.. Kluttz was no fan of the urban environment, but there were places on the outskirts with space to breathe. [6] Hunter made his professional baseball debut in the Florida Instructional League in 1964 but otherwise never played in the minor leagues. from the SABR BioProject, More Catfish Hunter Pages at Baseball Reference. Cedarwood Cemetery, Hertford, NC, High School: Perquimans HS (Perquimans, NC), Debut: The Yankees won three straight pennants with Hunter from 1976 to 1978. Much later, he became another champion Yankees player afflicted with ALS, the way Lou Gehrig had been, dying at the age of 53 back home in North Carolina. My favorite player of all time. So the Yankees beat out the Pirates, Dodgers, Padres, Royals, Expos and Cleveland for Hunters services. There was no questioning, however, that Catfish meant every word he said. The total value of the pact sets a record for baseball. Recouping his loan to Hunter was among the Owners quickest paths to solvency. Couldnt be worse than Finley, Kluttz reasoned, plus hes just as serious about winning. On February 11, 1974, Hunter agreed with the A's on a two-year, $200,000 contract with a clause stipulating that $50,000 payments be made to a life insurance annuity of his choosing in each of the two seasons. }, Cronkite School at ASU Rule Changes Probable Pitchers Starting Lineups Transactions Injury Report World Baseball Classic MLB Draft All-Star Game MLB Pipeline Postseason History. [31], He returned to his farm in Hertford where he grew soybeans, corn, peanuts, and cotton, and was a spokesman for diabetes awareness. Catfish Hunter played for 3 teams; the Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees. News. In that instance, Finley was successful in foiling the Yankee effort. He was tired of the hour-long drive into Ahoskie, not to mention that the baseball season ended two months earlier and he hadnt so much as dusted off his hunting rifle. Hunter claimed Finley had breached his contract by failing to pay him $50,000 - half of Hunter's salary - into a long-term annuity fund. 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They might not rank with the trade for a Babe Ruth, but they'll do for their present needs. For more information or access to a high resolution reproduction (some fees may apply), contact: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Giamatti Research Center, research@baseballhall.org, 607-547-0330. Hegrew up on a farm and excelled in a variety of sports at Perquimans County High School. Reserve your tickets, map your route, and work out all the details for your arrival in Cooperstown. While at the Yankees he had . All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease. Every effort has been made to accurately determine the rights status of images. He was a man of honor. His attorney back home in North Carolina, J. Carlton Cherry, had advised him to defer some of it. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. The Owner went out of his way to invest money for Catfish, generating an after-tax profit of $15,000 in 1972 alone. [3] The song was later released by Dylan, Joe Cocker and Kinky Friedman. Every effort has been made to accurately determine the rights status of images. Miller had been following the dispute closely, and recognized that Finleys breach of contract represented a chance to take Hunters case to a neutral arbitrator. Use of this website (including any and all parts and components) constitutes your acceptance of these, Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finleys Swingin As. It put the executive in a tight spot. . He was owed $100,000 total in 1974, with $50,000 to be paid to him directly from Finley and the remaining half to be issued in monthly payments on an insurance annuity. Such was the Owners myopia that he refused to acknowledge that his actions in recalling the loan undid any goodwill that may have previously been fostered. Before baseball adopted its freeagent draft, major league clubs competed for young prospects and frequently paid upwards of $100,000. Upon landing in New York at 6:00 p.m., the group sped to Pauls office, where they pored over the details, point by point. We suppose that the first eleven of these were to be for $4,166.67, and the final payment was to be for four cents less. What position did Catfish Hunter play? Hunter wanted to make a decision by the next day, Dec. 31. Hunter came back to the Yankees that July, when they were still 13 games behind the Red Sox in the American League East. [22] He also became only the fourth (and last) American League pitcher to win 20 games in a season for five consecutive seasons (19711975). In September, the pitcher turned to Washington attorney and agent Jerry Kapstein for help, and reported the pertinent details. Thats more money than we wanted to pay, he exuded, but well do it., There was only one catch. It didnt take long for the $1 million predictions to be blown from the water. Catfish Hunter Stats, Fantasy & News. Catfish was the clear ace, making four more All-Star teams in Oakland while averaging an incredible 38 starts and 281 innings per year, not counting postseason. The irony of Kluttz's presence is that if he had accepted an offer to join the newly created major league scouting bureau late last season, he wouldn't have been available to help the Yankees with Hunter. In 1975, pitchers Dave McNally and Andy Messersmith played without contracts. 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