Catfish Hunter vs. Dave Righetti — Career Comparison

Catfish Hunter
Baby BoomersNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Dave Righetti
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

Catfish Hunter built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Righetti as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Righetti led in home run suppression (HR9+ 98 vs 61), strikeout rate (K%+ 93 vs 83), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 92 vs 84). Catfish Hunter held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 112 vs 103). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Dave Righetti.

Pitching Stats for Catfish Hunter and Dave Righetti

Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
1.3
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
4.6
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.24
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.57
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.58
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.53
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.43
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.44
57.44
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.93
50.93
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.2
95.2
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.4
12.4
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
0.47
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.11
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
1.62
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1248
3.26
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540
3.46
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10348
27
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
4211
27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3449.1
9
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
1403.2
9
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2958
7.72
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1287
8.25
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.25
8.25
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
0.98
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.61
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
954
2.49
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
3.79
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.15
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.31
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2012
5.25
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1112
7.13
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.13
7.13
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.213
1.213
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.13
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.26
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.13
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.02
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14032
36.61
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5988
38.39
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
3.04
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1380
3.6
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
602
3.86
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.22
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.42
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.19
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.26
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.2
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.78
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.134
1.134
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.338
1.338
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12870
33.58
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5269
33.78
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.61
36.61
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Catfish Hunter and Dave Righetti

Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
501
1.31
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
4.6
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.24
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.57
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10348
27
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
4211
27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3449.1
9
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
1403.2
9
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
0.59
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.22
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
0.83
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.96
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.06
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
1.48
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
1.26
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
544
1.42
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
1.19
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.94
95.94
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.91
93.91
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.086
1.086
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.01
95.01
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.4
12.4
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.04
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Catfish Hunter and Dave Righetti

Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
515
435.21
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
26925
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
710
600
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
658
556.06
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
11
412.5
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.557
0.557
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
125.92
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
104.79
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
13.52
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.54
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.07
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
21.13
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.57
35.98
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
12.27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
159.72
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
132.68
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.383
0.383
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
50.7
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
43.1
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
88.73
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.21
38.21
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
14.66
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.76
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
135.21
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
225
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.44
4.44
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
32.96
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
187.5
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.23
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.45
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA