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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Team Record in Appearances: 19-20 / in Starts: 18-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 1

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	266	1	Apr 9	DET		CHW	L,5-7	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.2	10	7	3	1	3	1	2	3.52	4.57	37	12	9	0	0	10	41			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.533	2.66	-0.70%	-3.69	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d2
2	267	5	Apr 14	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	6.0	8	3	3	2	5	1	0	3.95	4.31	27	2	10	0	0	8	47			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.080	2.64	-0.12%	-0.31	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
3	268	10	Apr 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-12		5	12.0	7	1	1	2	10	0	0	2.45	2.91	44	11	14	0	0	7	92			0	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.863	4.43	1.25%	4.60	1b start tie	12b 3 out tie
4	269	14	Apr 24	DET		LAA	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	3	2	2	5	6	1	0	2.48	3.31	29	6	10	2	0	2	64			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.048	1.54	0.06%	1.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
5	270	18	Apr 28	DET		MIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-2)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.94	2.91	34	6	16	1	0	5	82			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.421	1.29	0.38%	4.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	271	22	May 4	DET		BAL	L,4-8	GS-6	L(1-3)	5	6.0	8	5	5	0	3	1	0	2.64	3.00	25	10	4	0	0	8	39			1	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.371	1.36	-0.28%	-2.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
7	272	26	May 8	DET		NYY	W,7-6	GS-4		3	3.0	6	5	5	1	3	3	1	3.38	3.74	17	2	5	1	0	5	29			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.446	1.23	-0.32%	-3.60	1t start tie	4t --- 0 out d1
8	273	30	May 14	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS-7	L(1-4)	5	7.0	3	3	1	1	8	1	0	3.12	3.59	26	7	7	0	1	3	70			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.081	.78	-0.06%	0.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
9	274	33	May 18(2)	DET	@	WSA	L,5-7	GS-1		3	0.0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.28	3.69	2	0	0	0	0	0	44			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.091	.92	-0.04%	-0.97	1b start tie	1b 12- 0 out tie
10	275	37	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(1-5)	3	7.0	6	2	2	0	9	0	0	3.20	3.28	27	6	7	0	0	5	66			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.87	0.024	.55	0.01%	1.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
11	276	40	May 26(1)	DET		BOS	W,12-3	CG	W(2-5)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	10	3	0	3.18	3.52	37	6	11	1	0	8	67			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.174	.11	0.04%	1.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
12	277	45	May 31	DET	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	W(3-5)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	7	1	0	2.94	3.43	35	5	15	0	0	7	75			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.428	.40	0.12%	3.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	278	49	Jun 5	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-8	W(4-5)	4	7.1	10	3	2	3	5	0	0	2.90	3.35	34	5	11	0	1	10	50			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.45	0.126	.68	0.04%	1.08	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out a3
14	279	54	Jun 11	DET		BOS	L,3-7	GS-7		5	7.0	7	3	3	1	6	1	0	2.97	3.32	29	5	10	0	0	7	56			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.102	.78	-0.05%	0.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
15	280	59	Jun 16(1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-4	L(4-6)	4	3.1	8	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.23	3.43	21	7	4	2	0	5	29			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.239	.24	-0.05%	-3.06	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d4
16	281	63	Jun 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS-6	L(4-7)	3	5.1	10	8	8	1	5	2	1	3.75	3.59	28	4	7	0	0	10	20			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.462	.07	-0.02%	-4.08	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d3
17	282	65	Jun 22	DET	@	KCA	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.71	3.59	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	0.193	.26	0.01%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
18	283	68	Jun 25	DET	@	MIN	L,0-1	GS-7	L(4-8)	2	7.0	2	1	1	4	1	1	0	3.56	3.72	26	10	9	1	0	2	66			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.189	.05	0.01%	2.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
19	284	73	Jun 29	DET		LAA	L,4-7	GS-7	L(4-9)	3	7.0	10	7	7	4	7	2	0	3.88	3.85	34	2	11	1	0	10	32			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.00	-0.497	.01	0.00%	-3.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	285	76	Jul 3	DET		MIN	W,7-5	GS-9	W(5-9)	3	8.0	7	5	5	2	11	3	0	3.99	3.94	33	2	11	0	0	7	57			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.131	.01	0.00%	-1.64	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
21	286	81	Jul 7(1)	DET		KCA	W,5-1	CG	W(6-9)	3	9.0	7	1	1	3	8	1	0	3.79	3.89	35	7	10	1	0	7	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	.87	0.268	.04	0.01%	3.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
22	287	85	Jul 15	DET	@	WSA	L,6-11	GS-6	L(6-10)	7	6.0	10	8	8	3	4	2	0	4.13	4.02	31	7	8	0	1	9	21			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	-0.498	.03	-0.01%	-5.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
23	288	90	Jul 20	DET	@	LAA	L,2-11	GS-3	L(6-11)	4	3.0	8	7	7	0	3	2	0	4.48	4.12	17	2	4	0	1	8	18			2	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.415	.01	0.00%	-5.72	1b start tie	3b 3 out d6
24	289	94	Jul 24	DET		CHW	L,1-3	6-GF		3	4.0	4	1	1	0	7	0	0	4.42	3.99	16	2	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	1	0	.92	0.080	.01	0.00%	0.87	6t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
25	290	98	Jul 28(1)	DET		WSA	W,3-2	GS-8	W(7-11)	3	7.1	8	2	2	2	6	0	0	4.33	3.88	31	9	7	1	1	7	58			0	0	0	29	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.32	0.118	.00	0.00%	1.08	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	291	103	Aug 2	DET		CLE	W,10-9	GS-8	W(8-11)	4	7.0	10	7	7	5	4	2	0	4.53	4.02	34	10	5	0	1	10	28			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.113	.00	0.00%	-2.56	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out a6
27	292	106	Aug 4(2)	DET		CLE	L,2-3	9-GF	BS(1)	1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.51	4.01	2	1	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.59	-0.359	.00	0.00%	-0.47	9t 123 1 out a1	9t end d 1
28	293	108	Aug 7	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS-5		2	5.0	9	4	4	1	3	3	0	4.59	4.18	24	7	4	1	0	9	35			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.280	.00	0.00%	-1.67	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
29	294	115	Aug 13	DET	@	KCA	L,2-4	GS-8	L(8-12)	5	7.0	5	4	1	5	3	0	0	4.46	4.16	30	9	8	1	0	5	55			1	1	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	-0.242	.00	0.00%	-1.63	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out d2
30	295	119	Aug 17	DET	@	LAA	W,6-1	CG	W(9-12)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.29	4.07	33	11	13	2	0	3	75			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.272	.00	0.00%	2.84	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
31	296	122	Aug 21	DET		MIN	L,1-12	GS-4	L(9-13)	3	3.0	7	5	5	1	2	0	0	4.46	4.04	16	0	6	0	0	7	26			0	1	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.288	.00	0.00%	-2.58	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d2
32	297	127	Aug 25(2)	DET		KCA	W,4-3	GS-9	W(10-13)	3	8.2	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	4.40	3.96	34	8	17	0	0	8	57			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.251	.00	0.00%	0.98	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a1
33	298	131	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	8	4	4	1	4	0	0	4.43	3.89	32	11	8	1	2	8	48			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.44	-0.232	.00	0.00%	-0.86	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	299	137	Sep 3	DET		NYY	W,3-2	GS-10		3	9.0	7	2	2	5	7	2	0	4.33	3.95	39	8	12	1	0	7	67			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.014	.00	0.00%	1.22	1t start tie	10t 12- 0 out tie
35	300	143	Sep 9(1)	DET	@	WSA	W,1-0	GS-8	W(11-13)	5	8.0	6	0	0	1	7	0	0	4.17	3.85	29	10	5	0	1	6	76			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.76	0.613	.00	0.00%	3.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
36	301	149	Sep 14	DET		BAL	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	3	2	0	1	8	1	1	4.02	3.82	30	3	14	1	0	3	79			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.072	.00	0.00%	1.73	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
37	302	153	Sep 19	DET	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS-7		4	7.0	5	4	4	2	6	3	0	4.06	3.92	28	6	9	1	0	5	55			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.218	.00	0.00%	-0.77	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
38	303	158	Sep 24	DET		WSA	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-13)	4	9.0	8	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.91	3.81	34	9	10	0	3	6	78			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.65	0.714	.00	0.00%	4.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
39	304	160	Sep 27	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	6-7		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.88	3.78	7	2	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.87	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
							19-20		W-L:12-13,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.5	248.1	245	119	107	69	196	38	5	3.88	3.78	1051	0.73		4%	2%	233	54	3	67%	6	5	1	964	30	3	3	9	4	8	1.05	-0.272	.60	0.26%	-4.58

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