Jim Bullinger
James Eric Bullinger
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 21, 1965 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Archbishop Rummel (Metarie, LA)
School: University of New Orleans
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 1992
Final Game: April 7, 1998
Relatives: Brother of Kirk Bullinger
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1992 26 CHC NL 2 8 .200 4.66 39 9 15 1 0 7 85.0 72 49 44 9 54 6 36 4 0 4 380 78 1.482 7.6 1.0 5.7 3.8 0.67
1993 27 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 4.32 15 0 6 0 0 1 16.2 18 9 8 1 9 0 10 0 0 0 75 92 1.620 9.7 0.5 4.9 5.4 1.11
1994 28 CHC NL 6 2 .750 3.60 33 10 10 1 0 2 100.0 87 43 40 6 34 2 72 1 1 4 412 116 1.210 7.8 0.5 3.1 6.5 2.12
1995 29 CHC NL 12 8 .600 4.14 24 24 0 1 1 0 150.0 152 80 69 14 65 7 93 9 1 5 665 99 1.447 9.1 0.8 3.9 5.6 1.43
1996 30 CHC NL 6 10 .375 6.54 37 20 6 1 1 1 129.1 144 101 94 15 68 5 90 8 0 7 598 66 1.639 10.0 1.0 4.7 6.3 1.32
1997 31 MON NL 7 12 .368 5.56 36 25 4 2 2 0 155.1 165 106 96 17 74 5 87 12 0 7 697 75 1.539 9.6 1.0 4.3 5.0 1.18
1998 32 SEA AL 0 1 .000 15.88 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 13 10 10 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 33 29 2.647 20.6 4.8 3.2 6.4 2.00
7 Seasons 34 41 .453 5.06 186 89 41 6 4 11 642.0 651 398 361 65 306 25 392 34 2 27 2860 81 1.491 9.1 0.9 4.3 5.5 1.28
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .453 5.06 46 22 10 1 1 3 159 161 98 89 16 76 6 97 8 0 7 707 81 1.491 9.1 0.9 4.3 5.5 1.28
CHC (5 yrs) 27 28 .491 4.77 148 63 37 4 2 11 481.0 473 282 255 45 230 20 301 22 2 20 2130 86 1.462 8.9 0.8 4.3 5.6 1.31
MON (1 yr) 7 12 .368 5.56 36 25 4 2 2 0 155.1 165 106 96 17 74 5 87 12 0 7 697 75 1.539 9.6 1.0 4.3 5.0 1.18
SEA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 15.88 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 13 10 10 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 33 29 2.647 20.6 4.8 3.2 6.4 2.00
NL (6 yrs) 34 40 .459 4.96 184 88 41 6 4 11 636.1 638 388 351 62 304 25 388 34 2 27 2827 83 1.480 9.0 0.9 4.3 5.5 1.28
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 15.88 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 13 10 10 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 33 29 2.647 20.6 4.8 3.2 6.4 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1992 26 CHC NL 39 380 309 49 72 9 5 9 8 2 54 36 .233 .350 .382 .732 .235 118 7 4 9 4 6
1993 27 CHC NL 15 75 65 9 18 5 1 1 1 1 9 10 .277 .360 .431 .791 .309 28 2 0 0 1 0
1994 28 CHC NL 33 412 371 43 87 17 4 6 11 5 34 72 .235 .298 .350 .649 .274 130 6 1 3 3 2
1995 29 CHC NL 24 665 574 80 152 28 5 14 27 4 65 93 .265 .346 .404 .750 .292 232 10 9 12 5 7
1996 30 CHC NL 37 598 509 101 144 26 2 15 13 5 68 90 .283 .373 .430 .803 .315 219 8 8 8 5 5
1997 31 MON NL 36 697 597 106 165 30 4 17 34 6 74 87 .276 .364 .425 .790 .297 254 21 12 8 6 5
1998 32 SEA AL 2 33 30 10 13 5 0 3 1 0 2 4 .433 .455 .900 1.355 .417 27 0 0 0 1 0
7 Seasons 186 2860 2455 398 651 120 21 65 95 23 306 392 .265 .351 .411 .762 .290 1008 54 34 40 25 25
162 Game Avg. 46 707 607 98 161 30 5 16 23 6 76 97 .265 .351 .411 .762 .290 249 13 8 10 6 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1992 26 CHC NL 39 9 1 6 2 0 1 3 6 .333 1 1 1 0 3 33% 46 82 16 21 8 1 4 3.2 3.2 5.6 89 4 2 2 1 122
1994 28 CHC NL 33 10 4 2 4 0 1 5 5 .500 1 3 1 0 6 60% 55 74 28 13 5 6 1 4.3 4.3 6.3 97 2 2 5 0 112
1995 29 CHC NL 24 24 12 8 4 4 2 13 11 .542 1 0 1 1 11 46% 49 86 17 20 4 0 13 5.5 5.8 6.3 100 1 11 8 3 123
1996 30 CHC NL 37 20 5 9 6 2 1 8 12 .400 0 3 1 1 5 25% 39 87 17 31 17 0 8 5.1 5.1 5.2 91 5 9 4 1 121
1997 31 MON NL 36 25 6 12 7 1 1 9 16 .360 2 4 2 2 12 48% 43 78 7 22 8 0 12 4.2 4.1 5.5 85 10 6 9 0 117
1998 32 SEA AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% -2 -2 -2 1 1 0 1 7.0 3.0 3.3
6 Seasons 171 89 28 38 23 7 6 38 51 .427 5 11 6 4 37 42% 45 87 -2 108 43 7 39 4.7 4.7 5.7 92 22 30 28 5 123
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1992 26 CHC NL 39 30 15 1 2 7 7 0 100% 13 4 21 5 24% 9 1.238 15 6 8 16 8 6 12 18 11 9 11 9 3.4 18
1993 27 CHC NL 15 15 6 1 0 1 1 0 100% 4 3 7 0 0% 8 0.577 3 3 9 6 1 8 4 11 5 3 5 4 3.3 18
1994 28 CHC NL 33 23 10 2 0 2 2 0 100% 3 1 9 3 33% 7 0.850 4 4 14 5 3 15 5 18 13 4 14 4 4.8 26
1996 30 CHC NL 37 17 6 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 1 20% 7 0.926 3 3 11 5 3 9 4 13 10 3 11 4 4.6 24
1997 31 MON NL 36 11 4 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 0 0% 9 1.050 2 2 7 1 2 8 2 9 7 2 7 2 5.2 28
1998 32 SEA AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0.524 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0
6 Seasons 162 97 41 6 3 12 11 1 92% 22 8 47 9 19% 0.987 27 18 50 33 17 47 28 69 47 21 49 23 4.2 22

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1992 26 CHC NL 380 56% 2.4% 9.5% 14.2% 6.1% 32% 0.89 1.24 71% 18% 7.2% 14% 79 7 9%
1993 27 CHC NL 75 44% 1.3% 13.3% 12.0% 9.3% 39% 1.00 1.29 73% 27% 4.2% 14% 13 2 15%
1994 28 CHC NL 412 48% 1.5% 17.5% 8.3% 6.6% 31% 1.06 1.39 72% 18% 5.1% 18% 57 6 11%
1995 29 CHC NL 665 47% 2.1% 14.0% 9.8% 7.1% 31% 0.95 1.25 71% 22% 6.3% 9% 118 10 8%
1996 30 CHC NL 598 44% 2.5% 15.1% 11.4% 7.2% 30% 0.97 1.41 68% 24% 8.2% 14% 127 8 6%
1997 31 MON NL 697 48% 2.4% 12.5% 10.6% 7.3% 31% 1.02 1.40 72% 22% 7.5% 10% 137 21 15%
1998 32 SEA AL 33 55% 9.1% 12.1% 6.1% 24.2% 62% 0.50 1.17 73% 33% 18.8% 11% 7 0 0%
7 Seasons 2860 48% 2.3% 13.7% 10.7% 7.2% 32% 0.97 1.33 71% 21% 7.1% 12% 538 54 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1992 26 CHC NL 380 1351 3.56 740 55% 29% 12% 20% 39% 71% 4% 39% 83% 49% 9% 35 14 11% 40 12 0 28% 3 15 0 0 0
1993 27 CHC NL 75 263 3.51 157 60% 34% 9% 21% 36% 66% 0% 39% 86% 57% 7% 5 3 11% 8 4 1 60% 2 2 0 0 0
1994 28 CHC NL 391 1463 3.74 890 61% 29% 15% 23% 32% 71% 1% 43% 79% 52% 6% 22 14 19% 76 45 2 29% 11 6 21 0 0
1995 29 CHC NL 638 2309 3.62 1371 59% 28% 14% 23% 35% 72% 2% 43% 81% 57% 6% 38 22 13% 86 43 4 27% 11 10 27 0 0
1996 30 CHC NL 578 2134 3.69 1244 58% 25% 14% 28% 34% 75% 2% 44% 82% 53% 8% 46 22 16% 91 41 3 31% 12 19 20 1 3
1997 31 MON NL 690 2418 3.50 1414 58% 26% 14% 23% 37% 74% 2% 43% 81% 60% 7% 46 22 17% 118 55 5 26% 15 19 7 0 2
1998 32 SEA AL 33 121 3.67 68 56% 29% 7% 24% 40% 71% 0% 40% 90% 61% 0% 0 0 12% 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2785 10059 3.61 5884 59% 27% 13% 24% 35% 72% 2% 42% 81% 55% 7% 192 97 15% 423 202 15 29% 54 71 75 1 5
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1992 26 CHC NL 380 72 29 0 9 1 11 3 6 4 5 16 9 2 56% 5 4 1 141 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1993 27 CHC NL 75 18 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 6 3 1 50% 2 0 0 27 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1994 28 CHC NL 412 87 14 2 6 0 2 4 2 3 3 18 13 2 72% 4 4 1 144 11 5 69% 9 4 2 1 0 0 2 2 13 0
1995 29 CHC NL 665 152 27 4 14 1 13 9 5 8 6 34 16 6 47% 7 5 2 258 27 4 87% 20 1 6 2 1 1 1 1 15 0
1996 30 CHC NL 598 144 16 4 15 0 19 9 6 7 8 39 22 4 56% 7 7 0 240 13 5 72% 12 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1997 31 MON NL 697 165 19 2 17 0 15 10 7 6 11 36 24 4 67% 11 7 2 278 34 6 85% 29 6 5 0 0 0 1 1 16 0
1998 32 SEA AL 33 13 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 18 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Seasons 2860 651 107 12 65 2 63 36 29 31 34 151 89 19 59% 37 27 6 1106 95 23 81% 78 19 16 3 1 1 5 4 76 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1992 26 2 8 .200 4.66 39 9 15 1 0 7 85.0 72 49 44 9 54 6 36 4 0 4 380 78 1.482 7.6 1.0 5.7 3.8 0.67 78
1993 27 3 8 .273 4.60 54 9 21 1 0 8 101.2 90 58 52 10 63 6 46 4 0 4 455 80 1.505 8.0 0.9 5.6 4.1 0.73 80
1994 28 9 10 .474 4.11 87 19 31 2 0 10 201.2 177 101 92 16 97 8 118 5 1 8 867 96 1.359 7.9 0.7 4.3 5.3 1.22 96
1995 29 21 18 .538 4.12 111 43 31 3 1 10 351.2 329 181 161 30 162 15 211 14 2 13 1532 97 1.396 8.4 0.8 4.1 5.4 1.30 97
1996 30 27 28 .491 4.77 148 63 37 4 2 11 481.0 473 282 255 45 230 20 301 22 2 20 2130 86 1.462 8.9 0.8 4.3 5.6 1.31 86
1997 31 34 40 .459 4.96 184 88 41 6 4 11 636.1 638 388 351 62 304 25 388 34 2 27 2827 83 1.480 9.0 0.9 4.3 5.5 1.28 83
1998 32 34 41 .453 5.06 186 89 41 6 4 11 642.0 651 398 361 65 306 25 392 34 2 27 2860 81 1.491 9.1 0.9 4.3 5.5 1.28 81

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1992 26 3 5 .375 5.51 80.0 77 54 49 10 58 34 4 1.688 8.7 6.5 3.8 0.59 1.1 39
1993 27 0 1 .000 4.50 16.0 18 9 8 1 9 10 0 1.688 10.1 5.1 5.6 1.11 0.6 15
1994 28 8 7 .533 3.55 137.0 120 60 54 8 47 99 1 1.219 7.9 3.1 6.5 2.11 0.5 33
1995 29 9 9 .500 4.07 166.0 169 83 75 16 72 103 10 1.452 9.2 3.9 5.6 1.43 0.9 24
1996 30 4 10 .286 6.12 128.0 139 97 87 14 66 89 8 1.602 9.8 4.6 6.3 1.35 1.0 37
1997 31 5 11 .313 5.58 150.0 163 103 93 17 73 84 12 1.573 9.8 4.4 5.0 1.15 1.0 36
1998 32 0 0 13.50 6.0 13 10 9 3 2 4 0 2.500 19.5 3.0 6.0 2.00 4.5 2
7 Seasons 29 43 .403 4.94 683.0 699 416 375 69 327 423 35 1.502 9.2 5.6 1.29 0.9 186

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1996 NL--1--9th
1997 NL--2--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1997 NL--74--10th

Losses s c a p y
1997 NL--12--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1997 NL--96--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1995 NL--9--7th
1997 NL--12--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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