Catfish Hunter, whose birth name was James, started his 15-year major league career with the Oakland A’s, the team with a storied, mustachioed past. He became the highest paid pitcher in baseball when he signed with the Yankees in 1975. He won 23 games in his first season with New York, all while wearing a thick, no-nonsense mustache that angled sharply down like the wings of a bird in flight.

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