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

Born: January 25, 1945 in Seattle, WA
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
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Standard Batting

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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 -4 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 Seasons 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

Postseason Batting

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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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 BAL AL 18 P 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.45 0.83 .954 1.96 0.74
1968 BAL AL 23 P 18 10 71.0 15 5 9 1 0 .933 0.0 0.0 1.77 0.78 .960 1.89 0.73
1969 KCR AL 24 P 35 31 222.2 64 19 43 2 6 .969 0.0 0.0 2.51 1.77 .950 1.88 0.69
1970 KCR AL 25 P 24 15 121.2 25 5 17 3 0 .880 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.67 0.86 .950 1.98 0.77
9 Seasons P 206 152 1085.1 257 70 179 8 13 .969 0.0 0.0 2.06 1.21 .953 1.94 0.72
9 Seasons TOT 206 152 1085.1 257 70 179 8 13 .969 0.0 0.0 2.06 1.21 .921 1.94 0.72

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--141st

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 AL--6.771--3rd
Career--8.093--142nd

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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (545), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 20 (1073), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (827), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (530), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Ray Washburn (958)
  7. Bill Lohrman (958)
  8. Ed Halicki (957)
  9. Vern Bickford (955)
  10. Tom Phoebus (955)
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  5. Bob Moose (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Moose (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Gullickson (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Doyle Alexander (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Baltimore Orioles as the 25th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

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