Media Portrayal
- In 1975, he was the subject of the Bob Dylan song, "Catfish." It was unreleased by Dylan until his 1991 box set titled The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3; however, Joe Cocker recorded the song and included it on his 1976 album "Stingray," and Kinky Friedman released a live version on his "Lasso from El Paso" album. 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. Hollowell was best friends with the young Jim Hunter while they grew up together.
- He is mentioned in the 1976 film, The Bad News Bears when Coach Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) is trying to get Amanda Whurlitzer (Tatum O'Neal) to pitch for his Little League team. Amanda makes a number of outlandish demands (such as imported jeans, modeling school, ballet lessons, etc.) as conditions for joining the team. Upon hearing her demands, Buttermaker asks, "Who do you think you are, Catfish Hunter?", reflecting Hunter's status as baseball's highest-paid pitcher. Amanda responds by asking, "Who's she?"
- Minor-league pitcher Jason Kosow portrayed Hunter in the ESPN miniseries The Bronx is Burning, which depicted the 1977 New York Yankees.
- The enormous and highly-prized catfish in Grumpier Old Men is named "Catfish Hunter" by the locals.
- In "You, Me and Dupree", Catfish Hunter is mentioned by Owen Wilson's character, Dupree, convincing an Asian orchestra student that he can pitch: "First, call me Dupree 'cause I'm your teammate. Second, so what if you're in the orchestra? So was Catfish Hunter."
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