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Notable people with Lou Gehrig's disease

Jim 'Catfish' Hunter A baseball Hall of Famer, Hunter was the centerpiece of championship pitching staffs, first with the Oakland Athletics and then with the New York Yankees, from 1965 to 1978. He won 224 games, produced five straight 20-victory seasons, a perfect game, and a Cy Young Award. He was baseball's first big-money free agent, signing a five-year, $3.35 million deal with the Yankees in 1974, at a time when the highest-paid player made only $250,000. He discovered he had ALS in 1998, and died a year later. Read more
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By Elizabeth Comeau

Jim 'Catfish' Hunter


A baseball Hall of Famer, Hunter was the centerpiece of championship pitching staffs, first with the Oakland Athletics and then with the New York Yankees, from 1965 to 1978. He won 224 games, produced five straight 20-victory seasons, a perfect game, and a Cy Young Award. He was baseball's first big-money free agent, signing a five-year, $3.35 million deal with the Yankees in 1974, at a time when the highest-paid player made only $250,000. He discovered he had ALS in 1998, and died a year later. Read more