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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	DET		CHW	L,5-7	GS	37	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 14	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
3	10 (4)	Apr 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	44	12.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
4	14 (3)	Apr 24	DET		LAA	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
5	18 (3)	Apr 28	DET		MIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	22 (3)	May 4	DET		BAL	L,4-8	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	26 (3)	May 8	DET		NYY	W,7-6	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	30 (3)	May 14	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS	26	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
9	33 (2)	May 18 (2)	DET	@	WSA	L,5-7	GS	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	37 (3)	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	40 (2)	May 26 (1)	DET		BOS	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	45 (4)	May 31	DET	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	49 (3)	Jun 5	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	34	7.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
14	54 (4)	Jun 11	DET		BOS	L,3-7	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	59 (4)	Jun 16 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS	21	3.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
16	63 (3)	Jun 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS	28	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	65 (1)	Jun 22	DET	@	KCA	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	68 (2)	Jun 25	DET	@	MIN	L,0-1	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	73 (4)	Jun 29	DET		LAA	L,4-7	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	76 (2)	Jul 3	DET		MIN	W,7-5	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	81 (4)	Jul 7 (1)	DET		KCA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	85 (3)	Jul 15	DET	@	WSA	L,6-11	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	90 (4)	Jul 20	DET	@	LAA	L,2-11	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	94 (3)	Jul 24	DET		CHW	L,1-3	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	98 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	DET		WSA	W,3-2	GS	31	7.1	1	2	0	3	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	103 (4)	Aug 2	DET		CLE	W,10-9	GS	34	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
27	106 (2)	Aug 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	108 (1)	Aug 7	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
29	115 (6)	Aug 13	DET	@	KCA	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	2	1	1	4	0	P
30	119 (3)	Aug 17	DET	@	LAA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
31	122 (2)	Aug 21	DET		MIN	L,1-12	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	127 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	DET		KCA	W,4-3	GS	34	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	131 (3)	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	137 (5)	Sep 3	DET		NYY	W,3-2	GS	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
35	143 (5)	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,1-0	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	149 (5)	Sep 14	DET		BAL	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	153 (3)	Sep 19	DET	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
38	158 (4)	Sep 24	DET		WSA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
39	160 (1)	Sep 27	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							39gm		248.1	18	25	1	44	1