Wally Bunker
Wallace Edward Bunker
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 197 lb.

Born: January 25, 1945 in Seattle, WA
High School: Capuchino (San Bruno, CA)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1963
Final Game: May 26, 1971
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 BAL AL 18 P 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 0.80
1964 BAL AL 19 P 29 29 214.0 55 20 34 1 3 .982 2.27 1.86 .956 1.90 0.72 MVP-12,RoY-2
1965 BAL AL 20 P 34 27 189.0 41 8 32 1 0 .976 1.90 1.18 .949 2.04 0.75
1966 BAL AL 21 P 29 24 142.2 27 8 19 0 3 1.000 1.70 0.93 .948 1.99 0.75
1967 BAL AL 22 P 29 9 88.0 24 4 20 0 1 1.000 2.45 0.83 .954 1.96 0.74
1968 BAL AL 23 P 18 10 71.0 15 5 9 1 0 .933 1.77 0.78 .960 1.89 0.73
1969 KCR AL 24 P 35 31 222.2 64 19 43 2 6 .969 2.51 1.77 .950 1.88 0.69
1970 KCR AL 25 P 24 15 121.2 25 5 17 3 0 .880 1.63 0.92 .956 1.86 0.67
1971 KCR AL 26 P 7 6 32.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.67 0.86 .950 1.98 0.77
9 Seasons P 206 152 1085.1 257 70 179 8 13 .969 2.06 1.21 .953 1.94 0.72
9 Seasons TOT 206 152 1085.1 257 70 179 8 13 .969 2.06 1.21 .921 1.94 0.72

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1963 BAL AL 18 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 BAL AL 19 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 BAL AL 20 34 27 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 BAL AL 21 30 24 30 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 BAL AL 22 29 9 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 BAL AL 23 18 10 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 KCR AL 24 35 31 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 KCR AL 25 24 15 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 KCR AL 26 7 6 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 207 152 207 207 206 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1963 BAL AL 18 25 84% 24% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 BAL AL 19 863 81% 31% 33 97% 1 21 0 20 32 24 4 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 3 100%
1965 BAL AL 20 800 82% 27% 33 94% 0 7 0 6 31 27 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1966 BAL AL 21 628 78% 25% 21 100% 0 7 1 5 21 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 2 100%
1967 BAL AL 22 381 78% 29% 18 100% 0 4 0 4 19 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1968 BAL AL 23 288 80% 23% 11 91% 0 5 1 3 9 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1969 KCR AL 24 942 79% 26% 41 90% 1 18 1 16 42 28 6 2 0 1 1 1 6 5 6 0 7 71%
1970 KCR AL 25 544 80% 22% 17 88% 0 5 0 3 19 15 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1971 KCR AL 26 136 85% 28% 7 71% 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 4607 80% 26% 181 93% 2 68 3 57 178 138 16 8 0 2 6 3 13 10 13 0 25 88%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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