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 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
1963 18 BAL AL 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 10 6 6 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 25 26 3.250 22.5 2.3 6.8 2.3 0.33
1964 19 BAL AL 19 5 .792 2.69 29 29 0 12 1 0 214.0 161 72 64 17 62 5 96 3 0 3 850 133 1.042 6.8 0.7 2.6 4.0 1.55 MVP-12,RoY-2
1965 20 BAL AL 10 8 .556 3.38 34 27 3 4 1 2 189.0 170 79 71 16 58 2 84 4 0 2 778 103 1.206 8.1 0.8 2.8 4.0 1.45
1966 21 BAL AL 10 6 .625 4.29 29 24 0 3 0 0 142.2 151 74 68 16 48 2 89 2 0 0 615 78 1.395 9.5 1.0 3.0 5.6 1.85
1967 22 BAL AL 3 7 .300 4.09 29 9 7 1 0 1 88.0 83 46 40 7 31 1 51 2 0 5 365 77 1.295 8.5 0.7 3.2 5.2 1.65
1968 23 BAL AL 2 0 1.000 2.41 18 10 1 2 1 0 71.0 59 25 19 4 14 1 44 1 0 2 282 122 1.028 7.5 0.5 1.8 5.6 3.14
1969 24 KCR AL 12 11 .522 3.23 35 31 2 10 1 2 222.2 198 89 80 29 62 3 130 4 0 6 907 113 1.168 8.0 1.2 2.5 5.3 2.10
1970 25 KCR AL 2 11 .154 4.22 24 15 4 2 1 0 121.2 109 63 57 16 50 2 59 0 1 5 514 88 1.307 8.1 1.2 3.7 4.4 1.18
1971 26 KCR AL 2 3 .400 5.01 7 6 1 0 0 0 32.1 35 19 18 7 6 0 15 0 0 0 136 69 1.268 9.7 1.9 1.7 4.2 2.50
9 Seasons 60 52 .536 3.51 206 152 18 34 5 5 1085.1 976 473 423 113 334 16 569 16 1 23 4472 100 1.207 8.1 0.9 2.8 4.7 1.70
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .536 3.51 39 29 3 6 1 1 206 185 90 80 21 63 3 108 3 0 4 849 100 1.207 8.1 0.9 2.8 4.7 1.70
BAL (6 yrs) 44 27 .620 3.40 140 100 11 22 3 3 708.2 634 302 268 61 216 11 365 12 0 12 2915 100 1.199 8.1 0.8 2.7 4.6 1.69
KCR (3 yrs) 16 25 .390 3.70 66 52 7 12 2 2 376.2 342 171 155 52 118 5 204 4 1 11 1557 99 1.221 8.2 1.2 2.8 4.9 1.73

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1966 21 BAL AL WS W LAD 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 6 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 33 0.778 6.0 0.0 1.0 6.0 6.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 6 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 33 0.778 6.0 0.0 1.0 6.0 6.00

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
1963 18 BAL AL 1 25 21 6 10 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 .476 .542 .714 1.256 .474 15 0 0 1 0 0
1964 19 BAL AL 29 850 776 72 161 32 5 17 7 3 62 96 .207 .267 .327 .595 .216 254 17 3 5 4 5
1965 20 BAL AL 34 778 703 79 170 24 6 16 8 7 58 84 .242 .301 .361 .663 .253 254 12 4 8 5 2
1966 21 BAL AL 29 615 561 74 151 25 8 16 9 3 48 89 .269 .327 .428 .755 .294 240 13 2 1 3 2
1967 22 BAL AL 29 365 327 46 83 12 4 7 4 4 31 51 .254 .322 .379 .701 .283 124 9 2 5 0 1
1968 23 BAL AL 18 282 262 25 59 13 0 4 3 0 14 44 .225 .265 .321 .586 .255 84 5 1 3 2 1
1969 24 KCR AL 35 907 832 89 198 34 6 29 14 9 62 130 .238 .293 .398 .691 .250 331 16 4 7 2 3
1970 25 KCR AL 24 514 458 63 109 21 3 16 13 2 50 59 .238 .312 .402 .714 .242 184 7 0 5 1 2
1971 26 KCR AL 7 136 129 19 35 7 0 7 0 0 6 15 .271 .301 .488 .790 .259 63 3 0 0 1 0
9 Seasons 206 4472 4069 473 976 170 32 113 58 28 334 569 .240 .299 .381 .680 .253 1549 82 16 35 18 16
162 Game Avg. 39 849 773 90 185 32 6 21 11 5 63 108 .240 .299 .381 .680 .253 294 16 3 7 3 3
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
1963 18 BAL AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 16 16 16 2 1 0 1 3.0 2.3 4.0
1964 19 BAL AL 29 29 19 5 5 3 3 22 7 .759 0 4 12 1 21 72% 60 89 31 15 6 6 12 5.1 5.0 7.4
1965 20 BAL AL 34 27 10 8 9 3 3 17 10 .630 2 3 4 1 16 59% 52 78 27 20 7 9 7 5.3 4.9 6.4
1966 21 BAL AL 29 24 10 5 9 3 2 15 9 .625 1 3 3 0 11 46% 49 75 24 23 10 4 11 5.4 5.9 5.6
1967 22 BAL AL 29 9 2 5 2 1 1 2 7 .222 0 0 1 0 3 33% 44 66 20 9 3 1 7 4.9 4.6 4.4
1968 23 BAL AL 18 10 2 0 8 0 0 7 3 .700 2 3 2 1 4 40% 55 83 36 7 0 4 4 5.4 6.4 5.6
1969 24 KCR AL 35 31 11 11 9 1 5 16 15 .516 1 3 10 1 20 65% 56 85 22 14 6 9 6 3.7 3.9 7.0
1970 25 KCR AL 24 15 2 10 3 0 4 3 12 .200 3 0 2 1 8 53% 53 87 22 17 8 2 9 2.4 2.3 6.8
1971 26 KCR AL 7 6 2 3 1 2 1 2 4 .333 0 1 0 0 2 33% 46 65 26 7 3 0 5 3.2 4.4 5.2
9 Seasons 206 152 58 48 46 13 19 84 68 .553 9 17 34 5 85 56% 53 89 16 114 44 35 62 4.5 4.6 6.4
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
1965 20 BAL AL 34 7 3 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 5 0.979 2 1 4 2 0 5 0 7 6 0 6 0 6.9
1966 21 BAL AL 29 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 0.972 1 2 2 0 2 3 1 4 5 0 5 0 5.6
1967 22 BAL AL 29 20 7 1 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 15 4 27% 8 0.867 5 4 11 4 3 13 8 12 14 0 15 1 7.3
1968 23 BAL AL 18 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 6 0.899 1 5 2 1 1 6 3 5 6 1 7 1 5.8
1969 24 KCR AL 35 4 2 1 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0% 8 1.047 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 4.3
1970 25 KCR AL 24 9 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 8 1.008 1 3 5 0 1 8 3 6 7 0 7 0 6.4
1971 26 KCR AL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.914 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
7 Seasons 176 54 18 2 4 5 5 0 100% 6 1 29 7 24% 0.979 12 16 26 9 7 38 16 38 40 1 42 2 6.4

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%
1963 18 BAL AL 25 48% 4.0% 4.0% 12.0% 12.0% 30% 1.20 76% 6 0 0%
1964 19 BAL AL 850 47% 2.0% 11.3% 7.3% 6.4% 34% 1.12 78% 147 17 12%
1965 20 BAL AL 778 43% 2.1% 10.8% 7.5% 5.9% 27% 0.93 78% 143 12 8%
1966 21 BAL AL 615 46% 2.6% 14.5% 7.8% 8.0% 33% 0.87 75% 104 13 13%
1967 22 BAL AL 365 36% 1.9% 14.0% 8.5% 6.3% 28% 1.37 74% 70 9 13%
1968 23 BAL AL 282 43% 1.4% 15.6% 5.0% 6.0% 29% 0.80 77% 42 5 12%
1969 24 KCR AL 907 51% 3.2% 14.3% 6.8% 7.6% 35% 0.85 74% 125 16 13%
1970 25 KCR AL 514 41% 3.1% 11.5% 9.7% 7.8% 37% 0.67 75% 75 7 9%
1971 26 KCR AL 136 35% 5.2% 11.0% 4.4% 10.3% 40% 0.93 79% 31 3 10%
9 Seasons 4472 45% 2.5% 12.7% 7.5% 7.0% 32% 0.93 76% 743 82 11%
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
1963 18 BAL AL 25 10 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 19 BAL AL 850 161 17 0 11 8 9 7 10 33 17 4 52% 6 3 1 280 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1965 20 BAL AL 778 170 16 0 3 9 7 10 6 25 17 2 68% 7 2 1 292 8 7 53% 5 6 2 1 1 0 3 1 8 0
1966 21 BAL AL 615 151 16 1 4 9 7 7 9 32 16 4 50% 5 0 2 220 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
1967 22 BAL AL 365 83 7 0 6 2 5 3 4 19 10 3 53% 6 5 1 139 4 4 50% 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 0
1968 23 BAL AL 282 59 4 0 4 1 3 3 1 11 6 2 55% 1 2 0 92 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1969 24 KCR AL 904 198 29 0 7 12 17 14 15 32 13 10 41% 13 6 4 292 14 9 61% 13 7 1 2 0 0 8 2 15 3
1970 25 KCR AL 514 109 16 1 7 8 8 7 9 20 10 3 50% 9 5 3 184 13 2 87% 12 2 1 0 0 0 6 1 10 0
1971 26 KCR AL 136 35 7 0 1 2 5 2 5 7 4 0 57% 1 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 Seasons 4469 976 113 2 44 51 62 54 59 181 95 28 52% 48 23 12 1556 58 28 67% 52 24 5 3 1 1 20 5 64 3
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+
1963 18 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 10 6 6 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 25 26 3.250 22.5 2.3 6.8 2.3 0.33 26
1964 19 19 6 .760 2.89 30 30 0 12 1 0 218.0 171 78 70 18 65 5 97 3 0 3 875 124 1.083 7.1 0.7 2.7 4.0 1.49 124
1965 20 29 14 .674 3.12 64 57 3 16 2 2 407.0 341 157 141 34 123 7 181 7 0 5 1653 114 1.140 7.5 0.8 2.7 4.0 1.47 114
1966 21 39 20 .661 3.42 93 81 3 19 2 2 549.2 492 231 209 50 171 9 270 9 0 5 2268 102 1.206 8.1 0.8 2.8 4.4 1.58 102
1967 22 42 27 .609 3.51 122 90 10 20 2 3 637.2 575 277 249 57 202 10 321 11 0 10 2633 98 1.219 8.1 0.8 2.9 4.5 1.59 98
1968 23 44 27 .620 3.40 140 100 11 22 3 3 708.2 634 302 268 61 216 11 365 12 0 12 2915 100 1.199 8.1 0.8 2.7 4.6 1.69 100
1969 24 56 38 .596 3.36 175 131 13 32 4 5 931.1 832 391 348 90 278 14 495 16 0 18 3822 103 1.192 8.0 0.9 2.7 4.8 1.78 103
1970 25 58 49 .542 3.46 199 146 17 34 5 5 1053.0 941 454 405 106 328 16 554 16 1 23 4336 101 1.205 8.0 0.9 2.8 4.7 1.69 101
1971 26 60 52 .536 3.51 206 152 18 34 5 5 1085.1 976 473 423 113 334 16 569 16 1 23 4472 100 1.207 8.1 0.9 2.8 4.7 1.70 100

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1963 18 0 0 15.75 4.0 11 8 7 1 3 1 0 3.500 24.8 6.8 2.3 0.33 2.3 1
1964 19 14 8 .636 3.10 203.0 169 78 70 18 65 91 3 1.153 7.5 2.9 4.0 1.40 0.8 29
1965 20 9 10 .474 3.99 178.0 179 88 79 17 61 79 4 1.348 9.1 3.1 4.0 1.30 0.9 34
1966 21 5 9 .357 5.31 134.0 164 88 79 17 52 84 2 1.612 11.0 3.5 5.6 1.62 1.1 29
1967 22 3 5 .375 5.58 79.0 91 54 49 8 34 46 2 1.582 10.4 3.9 5.2 1.35 0.9 29
1968 23 4 3 .571 3.41 66.0 68 28 25 5 16 41 1 1.273 9.3 2.2 5.6 2.56 0.7 18
1969 24 13 10 .565 3.63 211.0 206 94 85 30 65 123 4 1.284 8.8 2.8 5.2 1.89 1.3 35
1970 25 5 7 .417 4.66 116.0 114 67 60 17 52 56 0 1.431 8.8 4.0 4.3 1.08 1.3 24
1971 26 1 2 .333 6.10 31.0 38 23 21 8 7 14 0 1.452 11.0 2.0 4.1 2.00 2.3 7
9 Seasons 54 54 .500 4.18 1022.0 1040 528 475 121 355 535 16 1.365 9.2 4.7 1.51 1.1 206

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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 (949th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1964 AL--2.692--6th

Wins s c a p y
1964 AL--19--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1964 AL--.792--1st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1964 AL--1.042--4th
1969 AL--1.168--9th
Career--1.207--144th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 AL--6.771--3rd
Career--8.093--143rd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL--2.506--6th

Complete Games s c a p y
1964 AL--12--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1969 AL--29--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 AL--.715--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1964 AL--133--6th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1479), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (876), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Ray Washburn (958)
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  8. Ed Halicki (957)
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  7. Bill Gullickson (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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