Jim Bunning

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: October 23, 1931 in Southgate, KY us

Died: May 26, 2017 in Edgewood, KY

Buried: St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas, KY

High School: St. Xavier HS (Cincinnati, OH)

School: Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: July 20, 1955 (Age 23-270d, 11,275th in major league history)
vs. BAL 7.2 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L

Last Game: September 3, 1971 (Age 39-315d)
vs. NYM 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1996. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Jim Bunning's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: James Paul David Bunning

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

59.5

224

184

ERA

3.27

591

519

3760.1

2855

WHIP

1.179

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-22 / in Starts: 18-17
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 94 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	70 (36-22-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 94 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	55 (28-17-9)

Most Driven In
B Phillips	2
D Wert	1
B Freehan	1
C Veal	1
W Smith	0

Most Driven In By
B Phillips	1
B Bruton	1
A Kaline	1
D McAuliffe	1

1963 Batting Game Log

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1963 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	271	1	Apr 9	DET		CHW	L,5-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.90	-0.049	1.97	-0.07%	-0.70	P
2	272	5 (3)	Apr 14	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.85	0.010	2.15	0.02%	0.04	P
3	273	10 (4)	Apr 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-13	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	1.96	-0.255	4.74	-0.37%	-1.95	P
4	274	14 (3)	Apr 24	DET		LAA	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	9	1.14	0.014	2.27	0.02%	0.15	P
5	275	18 (3)	Apr 28	DET		MIN	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	.32	-0.011	.47	-0.01%	-0.38	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	276	22 (3)	May 4	DET		BAL	L,4-8	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.267	.533	9	.46	-0.012	.57	-0.01%	-0.10	P
7	277	26 (3)	May 8	DET		NYY	W,7-6	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.294	.294	.294	.588	9	1.43	-0.106	1.71	-0.08%	-1.16	P
8	278	30 (3)	May 14	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	9	.79	-0.039	.95	-0.03%	-0.35	P
9	279	33 (2)	May 18 (2)	DET	@	WSA	L,5-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	9						P
10	280	37 (3)	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.273	.238	.511	9	1.79	-0.096	1.14	-0.04%	-0.63	P
11	281	40 (2)	May 26 (1)	DET		BOS	W,12-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.231	.200	.431	9	.35	-0.061	.14	-0.02%	-1.27	P
12	282	45 (4)	May 31	DET	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.207	.179	.385	9	.49	-0.036	.22	-0.01%	-0.58	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	283	46	Jun 1	DET	@	MIN	L,1-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.207	.179	.385	4						PR
14	284	49 (2)	Jun 5	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.219	.258	.477	9	.73	0.095	.35	0.03%	0.43	P
15	285	54 (4)	Jun 11	DET		BOS	L,3-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.206	.242	.448	9	.66	-0.032	.54	-0.02%	-0.30	P
16	286	59 (4)	Jun 16 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.200	.235	.435	9	.97	-0.024	.30	0.00%	-0.21	P
17	287	63 (3)	Jun 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.216	.250	.466	9	1.15	0.078	.10	0.00%	0.62	P
18	288	65 (1)	Jun 22	DET	@	KCA	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.216	.250	.466	9						P
19	289	68 (2)	Jun 25	DET	@	MIN	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.205	.237	.442	9	.78	-0.039	.05	0.00%	-0.31	P
20	290	73 (4)	Jun 29	DET		LAA	L,4-7	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.200	.231	.431	9	1.40	-0.051	.02	0.00%	-0.39	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	291	76 (2)	Jul 3	DET		MIN	W,7-5	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.205	.214	.419	9	.47	-0.044	.01	0.00%	-0.79	P
22	292	81 (4)	Jul 7 (1)	DET		KCA	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.188	.196	.383	9	.53	-0.059	.03	0.00%	-1.60	P
23	293	85 (3)	Jul 15	DET	@	WSA	L,6-11	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.200	.208	.408	9	2.45	0.119	.07	0.00%	0.93	P
24	294	90 (4)	Jul 20	DET	@	LAA	L,2-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.196	.204	.400	9	1.47	-0.036	.01	0.00%	-0.40	P
25	295	94 (3)	Jul 24	DET		CHW	L,1-3	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.192	.200	.392	9	2.64	-0.091	.03	0.00%	-0.43	P
26	296	98 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	DET		WSA	W,3-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.200	.192	.392	9	1.00	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.37	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	297	103 (4)	Aug 2	DET		CLE	W,10-9	GS-8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.203	.214	.418	9	.43	0.104	.00	0.00%	0.92	P
28	298	106 (2)	Aug 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-3	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.203	.214	.418	9						P
29	299	108 (1)	Aug 7	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.197	.207	.404	9	.63	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
30	300	115 (6)	Aug 13	DET	@	KCA	L,2-4	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.185	.194	.378	9	2.01	-0.206	.00	0.00%	-1.43	P
31	301	118 (2)	Aug 16	DET	@	LAA	L,6-9	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.145	.185	.194	.378	9						PR
32	302	119	Aug 17	DET	@	LAA	W,6-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.191	.188	.379	9	.63	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
33	303	122 (2)	Aug 21	DET		MIN	L,1-12	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.188	.185	.373	9	1.36	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.79	P
34	304	127 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	DET		KCA	W,4-3	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.181	.176	.357	9	1.60	-0.138	.00	0.00%	-1.25	P
35	305	131 (3)	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.176	.171	.347	9	.68	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	306	137 (5)	Sep 3	DET		NYY	W,3-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.169	.164	.333	9	.61	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.66	P
37	307	143 (5)	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,1-0	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.175	.171	.346	9	1.12	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
38	308	149 (5)	Sep 14	DET		BAL	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.183	.179	.362	9	1.04	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.23	P
39	309	153 (3)	Sep 19	DET	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.188	.185	.373	9	.99	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.94	P
40	310	158 (4)	Sep 24	DET		WSA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.155	.193	.190	.384	9	.73	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
41	311	160 (1)	Sep 27	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.155	.193	.190	.384	8						P
							19-22		94	84	4	13	1	1	0	5	4	0	15	0	6	0	0	3	0	0	.155	.193	.190	.384		1.00	-1.260	.57	-0.58%	-15.07

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