Jim Bunning
James Paul David Bunning
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 23, 1931 in Southgate, KY
High School: St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH)
School: Xavier University
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1955
Final Game: September 3, 1971
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1996.
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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
1955 DET AL 23 P 15 8 51.0 13 4 8 1 1 .923 2.12 0.80 .954 1.99 0.83
1956 DET AL 24 P 15 3 53.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.53 .950 1.92 0.82
1957 DET AL 25 P 45 30 266.2 31 12 19 0 0 1.000 1.05 0.69 .961 1.99 0.86 AS,MVP-9
1958 DET AL 26 P 35 34 219.2 25 9 16 0 0 1.000 1.02 0.71 .960 1.95 0.82
1959 DET AL 27 P 40 35 249.2 30 11 16 3 1 .900 0.97 0.68 .957 2.05 0.85 AS
1960 DET AL 28 P 36 34 252.0 42 11 31 0 0 1.000 1.50 1.17 .967 1.96 0.78 MVP-24
1961 DET AL 29 P 38 37 268.1 53 21 29 3 6 .943 1.68 1.32 .955 2.05 0.83 AS
1962 DET AL 30 P 41 35 258.0 30 17 13 0 1 1.000 1.05 0.73 .957 2.08 0.79 AS,MVP-21
1963 DET AL 31 P 39 35 248.1 44 18 25 1 1 .977 1.56 1.10 .955 1.99 0.79 AS
1964 PHI NL 32 P 41 39 284.1 44 10 31 3 2 .932 1.30 1.00 .955 2.14 0.84 AS,MVP-13
1965 PHI NL 33 P 39 39 291.0 72 29 40 3 2 .958 2.13 1.77 .956 2.08 0.81
1966 PHI NL 34 P 43 41 314.0 50 18 30 2 0 .960 1.38 1.12 .946 1.96 0.74 AS
1967 PHI NL 35 P 40 40 302.1 50 16 33 1 1 .980 1.46 1.23 .960 2.00 0.78 CYA-2,MVP-22
1968 PIT NL 36 P 27 26 160.0 25 6 17 2 1 .920 1.29 0.85 .960 2.01 0.85
1969 TOT NL 37 P 34 34 212.1 21 5 15 1 2 .952 0.85 0.59 .957 1.95 0.78
1969 PIT NL 37 P 25 25 156.0 14 4 9 1 2 .929 0.75 0.52 .957 1.95 0.78
1969 LAD NL 37 P 9 9 56.1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.78 .957 1.95 0.78
1970 PHI NL 38 P 34 33 219.0 41 12 27 2 1 .951 1.60 1.15 .951 1.85 0.71
1971 PHI NL 39 P 29 16 110.0 22 5 16 1 1 .955 1.72 0.72 .955 1.90 0.78
17 Seasons P 591 519 3760.0 601 206 372 23 20 .962 1.38 0.98 .956 2.00 0.80
17 Seasons TOT 591 519 3760.0 601 206 372 23 20 .962 1.38 0.98 .918 2.00 0.80
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1955 DET AL 23 15 8 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 DET AL 24 15 3 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 DET AL 25 45 30 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 DET AL 26 36 34 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 DET AL 27 40 35 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 DET AL 28 38 34 38 38 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1961 DET AL 29 38 37 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 DET AL 30 43 35 43 43 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1963 DET AL 31 41 35 41 41 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1964 PHI NL 32 41 39 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 PHI NL 33 39 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PHI NL 34 43 41 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PHI NL 35 40 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 PIT NL 36 27 26 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 PIT NL 37 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 LAD NL 37 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 PHI NL 38 35 33 35 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 PHI NL 39 31 16 31 31 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 Seasons 601 519 601 601 591 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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%
1955 DET AL 23 246 71% 17% 9 78% 0 4 0 3 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 50%
1956 DET AL 24 247 75% 21% 6 100% 0 2 1 1 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1957 DET AL 25 1102 76% 20% 23 91% 0 12 3 9 18 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1958 DET AL 26 943 72% 18% 22 73% 1 8 0 7 17 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 57%
1959 DET AL 27 1056 73% 18% 19 74% 1 11 1 7 14 11 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 33%
1960 DET AL 28 1055 74% 20% 32 97% 1 12 1 11 30 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 100%
1961 DET AL 29 1136 76% 22% 34 91% 0 20 2 15 30 22 6 3 1 1 1 2 6 4 5 1 4 100%
1962 DET AL 30 1129 76% 18% 15 100% 0 17 1 15 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1963 DET AL 31 1069 75% 20% 30 87% 2 17 0 14 26 16 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 75%
1964 PHI NL 32 1163 76% 19% 34 91% 0 10 1 9 32 29 2 3 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 17 94%
1965 PHI NL 33 1213 72% 23% 48 90% 0 29 5 20 40 32 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 11 91%
1966 PHI NL 34 1290 75% 26% 29 90% 0 18 0 14 27 25 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1967 PHI NL 35 1254 73% 22% 38 84% 0 19 1 18 31 27 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 83%
1968 PIT NL 36 637 78% 24% 15 93% 0 5 0 4 13 11 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 100%
1969 PIT NL 37 616 71% 17% 6 100% 0 3 0 2 6 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1969 LAD NL 37 250 82% 28% 7 86% 1 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1970 PHI NL 38 973 78% 24% 32 88% 0 11 3 8 25 22 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 86%
1971 PHI NL 39 502 80% 31% 21 86% 1 5 1 3 17 12 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 67%
17 Seasons 15881 75% 21% 420 88% 7 204 20 161 359 294 30 23 8 11 4 11 19 10 14 5 106 84%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 83%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* 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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