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Wally Bunker

Wallace Edward Bunker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: January 25, 1945 in Seattle, WA
High School: Capuchino HS (San Bruno, CA)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1963
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Royals 1963-1971

Final Game: May 26, 1971
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1963 18 BAL AL 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 187 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1964 19 BAL AL 29 84 72 6 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 32 .069 .183 .097 .280 -19 7 1 0 2 0 0 1 MVP-12,RoY-2
1965 20 BAL AL 34 65 55 4 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 27 .073 .177 .073 .250 -26 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1966 21 BAL AL 30 55 48 4 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 22 .104 .173 .167 .340 -1 8 2 0 3 0 0 1
1967 22 BAL AL 29 27 26 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .077 .077 .077 .154 -54 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1968 23 BAL AL 18 22 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .111 .200 .111 .311 -3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1969 24 KCR AL 35 82 70 1 10 3 0 0 7 1 0 5 23 .143 .200 .186 .386 9 13 1 0 7 0 0 1
1970 25 KCR AL 24 39 31 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 13 .065 .237 .065 .301 -12 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1971 26 KCR AL 7 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Yrs 207 386 331 20 31 8 0 0 17 1 0 36 145 .094 .183 .118 .300 -13 39 4 0 19 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 302 259 16 24 6 0 0 13 1 0 28 113 .094 .183 .118 .300 -13 31 3 0 15 0 0
BAL (6 yrs) 141 255 221 16 19 5 0 0 9 0 0 23 104 .086 .172 .109 .281 -18 24 3 0 11 0 0
KCR (3 yrs) 66 131 110 4 12 3 0 0 8 1 0 13 41 .109 .203 .136 .340 -3 15 1 0 8 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1963 18 BAL AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .543 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
1964 19 BAL AL 29 84 -11 0 0 0 10 -1 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1 MVP-12,RoY-2
1965 20 BAL AL 34 65 -10 -0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1966 21 BAL AL 30 55 -7 0 -0 0 6 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1967 22 BAL AL 29 27 -5 -0 0 0 3 -2 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .490 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1968 23 BAL AL 18 22 -2 -0 0 0 2 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .503 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $16,000 1
1969 24 KCR AL 35 82 -9 -0 0 0 10 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 $18,000 1
1970 25 KCR AL 24 39 -3 -0 0 0 5 1 0.1 1 3 0.1 .506 .501 0.2 -0.0 3 $ 1
1971 26 KCR AL 7 10 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
9 Seasons 207 386 -48 -1 1 0 44 -4 -0.6 11 7 -0.7 .498 .500 -0.4 -0.2 7 $34,000
BAL (6 yrs) 141 255 -34 -0 0 0 29 -5 -0.7 7 2 -0.8 .496 .499 -0.6 -0.1 2 $16,000
KCR (3 yrs) 66 131 -14 -0 0 0 15 2 0.1 4 6 0.1 .503 .500 0.2 -0.0 5 $18,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1963 18 BAL AL 2 1 1 27.0 91 .500 .500 .250 .500 .316 .500 .387 1.000 .704 187 .968 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1964 19 BAL AL 84 70 2 0.8 96 .125 .069 .256 .183 .324 .097 .397 .280 .721 -19 .042 -11.7 -1.2 .250 .167 .028
1965 20 BAL AL 65 54 1 0.5 93 .143 .073 .253 .177 .323 .073 .388 .250 .711 -26 .022 -9.3 -1.0 .216 .127 .000
1966 21 BAL AL 55 48 1 0.6 89 .192 .104 .247 .173 .314 .167 .381 .340 .695 -1 .028 -6.2 -0.7 .267 .146 .063
1967 22 BAL AL 27 25 0 0.0 85 .154 .077 .243 .077 .312 .077 .365 .154 .677 -54 .000 -5.0 -0.6 .083 .000 .000
1968 23 BAL AL 22 18 1 1.5 80 .250 .111 .238 .200 .307 .111 .352 .311 .659 -3 .172 -2.2 -0.3 .250 .111 .000
1969 24 KCR AL 82 68 3 1.2 95 .213 .143 .254 .200 .331 .186 .384 .386 .715 9 .090 -8.7 -0.9 .311 .129 .043 .0
1970 25 KCR AL 39 30 1 0.9 97 .111 .065 .257 .237 .331 .065 .392 .301 .723 -12 .054 -4.7 -0.5 .310 .226 .000
1971 26 KCR AL 10 9 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .253 .100 .324 .000 .375 .100 .700 -69 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .111 .111 .000
9 Yrs 386 323 10 0.8 92 .167 .094 .252 .183 .323 .118 .384 .300 .707 -13 .052 -49.7 -5.3 .250 .136 .024 .0
162 Game Avg. 302 253 8 0.8 92 .167 .094 .252 .183 .323 .118 .384 .300 .707 -13 .052 -49.7 -5.3 .250 .136 .024
BAL (6 yrs) 255 216 6 0.7 91 .162 .086 .250 .172 .319 .109 .384 .281 .703 -18 .045 -34.3 -3.7 .229 .127 .023
KCR (3 yrs) 131 107 4 1.0 95 .174 .109 .255 .203 .330 .136 .385 .340 .716 -3 .068 -15.4 -1.6 .293 .155 .027 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 21 BAL AL WS LAD W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1963 18 BAL AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1964 19 BAL AL 84 0.0% 38.1% 11.9% 2.4% 40% 3.20 2.3 36.0 1.53 48%
1965 20 BAL AL 65 0.0% 41.5% 10.8% 0.0% 0% 3.86 2.0 11.0 2.22 43%
1966 21 BAL AL 55 0.0% 40.0% 7.3% 5.5% 60% 5.50 2.2 24.0 1.33 47%
1967 22 BAL AL 27 0.0% 48.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 3.00 48%
1968 23 BAL AL 22 0.0% 45.5% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 5.00 1.8 2.50 36%
1969 24 KCR AL 82 0.0% 28.1% 6.1% 3.7% 30% 4.60 3.0 10.0 2.14 57%
1970 25 KCR AL 39 0.0% 33.3% 18.0% 0.0% 0% 1.86 2.4 31.0 1.50 46%
1971 26 KCR AL 10 0.0% 50.0% 10.0% 0.0% 5.00 1.8 1.00 40%
9 Yrs 386 0.0% 37.6% 9.3% 2.1% 26% 4.03 2.3 19.5 1.83 48%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.3% 8.3% 6.1% 28% 1.86 5.8 42.7 9.2 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1963 18 BAL AL 0.2 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .94 0.0 0.0 -0.0 -0.0 0.80 0.0 0
1964 19 BAL AL -11.7 -1.2 84 -1.3 0.3 -1.6 .84 -1.3 -0.2 -14.1 -1.5 1.05 -12.9 0
1965 20 BAL AL -9.3 -1.0 65 -0.7 0.4 -1.1 .80 -0.8 -0.1 -6.9 -0.7 0.95 -8.6 0
1966 21 BAL AL -6.2 -0.7 57 -1.0 0.1 -1.1 .89 -0.8 -0.4 -8.8 -1.0 0.96 -7.4 0
1967 22 BAL AL -5.0 -0.6 27 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 .84 -0.5 -0.0 -4.8 -0.5 0.95 -4.9 0
1968 23 BAL AL -2.3 -0.3 22 0.1 0.3 -0.2 .69 -0.2 0.4 -0.3 -0.0 0.96 -1.8 0
1969 24 KCR AL -8.7 -0.9 83 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 .93 -0.8 0.3 -5.0 -0.5 0.92 -7.4 0
1970 25 KCR AL -4.7 -0.5 40 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 1.10 -0.1 -0.1 -2.0 -0.2 0.97 -1.5 0
1971 26 KCR AL -2.0 -0.2 10 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 .82 -0.2 0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.80 -2.1 0
9 Yrs -49.7 -5.3 390 -4.3 2.8 -7.1 .88 -4.8 -0.0 -43.7 -4.7 0.96 -46.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1963 18 BAL AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 19 BAL AL 1 0 40% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 63% 5 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 2
1965 20 BAL AL 0 0 36% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 43% 3 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 3
1966 21 BAL AL 0 0 44% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1967 22 BAL AL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 23 BAL AL 1 0 25% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 24 KCR AL 1 0 7% 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1970 25 KCR AL 2 0 33% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20% 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1971 26 KCR AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 5 0 30% 97 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 42% 17 11 4 2 2 0 12 3 9

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1963 18 BAL AL 2 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1964 19 BAL AL 84 21% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 17 1 6% 19 1 5% 68 2 3% 7 2 29% 2 0 0% 0
1965 20 BAL AL 65 15% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0 0% 8 1 13% 40 5 13% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1966 21 BAL AL 55 31% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 9 2 22% 13 2 15% 36 2 6% 4 1 25% 5 1 20% 0
1967 22 BAL AL 27 26% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0 0% 7 1 14% 16 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1968 23 BAL AL 22 14% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 4 0 0% 4 1 25% 14 3 21% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1969 24 KCR AL 82 32% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 64% 14 1 7% 14 3 21% 48 7 15% 2 2 100% 4 1 25% 0
1970 25 KCR AL 39 21% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 10 0 0% 10 2 20% 28 4 14% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
1971 26 KCR AL 10 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 5 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
9 Yrs 386 24% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 32 19 59% 66 4 6% 78 11 14% 256 23 9% 23 8 35% 14 3 21% 0
MLB Averages 53% 77% 11% 30% 13% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1963 18 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 187 1 0 0 0 0 0
1964 19 30 86 74 6 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 32 .081 .190 .108 .299 -14 8 1 0 2 0 0
1965 20 64 151 129 10 10 2 0 0 7 0 0 17 59 .078 .185 .093 .278 -19 12 1 0 5 0 0
1966 21 94 206 177 14 15 5 0 0 9 0 0 21 81 .085 .182 .113 .295 -14 20 3 0 8 0 0
1967 22 123 233 203 15 17 5 0 0 9 0 0 21 94 .084 .170 .108 .278 -19 22 3 0 9 0 0
1968 23 141 255 221 16 19 5 0 0 9 0 0 23 104 .086 .172 .109 .281 -18 24 3 0 11 0 0
1969 24 176 337 291 17 29 8 0 0 16 1 0 28 127 .100 .179 .127 .306 -11 37 4 0 18 0 0
1970 25 200 376 322 20 31 8 0 0 17 1 0 35 140 .096 .185 .121 .306 -11 39 4 0 19 0 0
1971 26 207 386 331 20 31 8 0 0 17 1 0 36 145 .094 .183 .118 .300 -13 39 4 0 19 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1963 18 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1 1
1964 19 29 81 71 5 4 2 0 0 2 0 8 32 .056 .152 .085 .236 1 29
1965 20 34 68 56 6 5 0 0 0 7 0 9 27 .089 .215 .089 .305 1 34
1966 21 30 57 49 6 6 4 0 0 3 0 5 22 .122 .204 .204 .408 2 30
1967 22 29 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 29
1968 23 18 24 19 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 .158 .273 .158 .431 1 18
1969 24 35 84 71 1 11 3 0 0 8 1 6 23 .155 .221 .197 .418 3 35
1970 25 24 43 32 6 3 0 0 0 2 0 10 13 .094 .310 .094 .403 1 24
1971 26 7 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 7
9 Yrs 207 397 336 26 34 9 0 0 22 1 42 145 .101 .201 .128 .329 10 207
162 Game Avg. 162 311 263 20 27 7 0 0 17 1 33 113 .101 .201 .128 .329 8 207

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 AL (12, 8%)
0.08 Career Shares (972nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1963 AL  born 1945-01-25 (1st)
1964 AL  born 1945-01-25 (3rd)

                           

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