This being the 40th anniversary of the 1977 Championship season, we are going to be looking back at that team periodically and comparing it to the present-day Yankees. Last week we discussed the lineups. This week we are going to meet the pitchers from the 1977 team and see how their performances compare with their 2017 counterparts through the first 25 games of the season.
Catfish Hunter and CC Sabathia
Jim "Catfish" Hunter made his first MLB appearance as a 19-year-old rookie with the Kansas City A's in 1965, having never played a day in the minor leagues.