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: 25-14 / in Starts: 25-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	346	2	Apr 14	PHI		SFG	L,2-5	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.2	8	3	3	1	2	1	0	7.36	5.79	20	4	5	0	0	8	34			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.177	2.15	-0.24%	-1.45	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d3
2	347	5	Apr 19	PHI		HOU	W,8-0	SHO	W(1-1)	4	9.0	5	0	0	6	5	0	1	2.13	4.33	39	8	15	3	6	4	76			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.237	1.85	0.29%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
3	348	8	Apr 23	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-4	GS-7	L(1-2)	3	7.0	9	4	3	2	3	0	0	2.75	3.69	30	5	11	5	4	9	46			0	2	0	27	3	0	1	0	1	1	.54	-0.137	1.24	-0.19%	-1.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
4	349	12	Apr 27	PHI	@	SFG	L,13-14	GS-3		3	2.0	6	6	6	0	2	1	1	4.98	4.13	13	2	2	0	0	6	22			0	0	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.599	2.35	-0.83%	-5.08	1b start a 2	3b --- 0 out d1
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
5	350	15	May 1	PHI	@	MLN	L,1-6	GS-6	L(1-3)	3	6.0	6	4	4	3	6	1	0	5.20	4.14	26	8	4	0	1	5	47			1	0	0	22	1	0	2	1	0	1	1.06	-0.182	1.76	-0.18%	-1.32	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
6	351	19	May 5	PHI	@	NYM	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.93	3.55	30	12	9	2	3	3	83			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	0.747	2.41	0.72%	3.83	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
7	352	23	May 10	PHI		STL	W,4-2	GS-7		4	7.0	8	1	1	2	6	1	0	3.50	3.55	29	5	8	1	0	8	61			0	1	0	27	3	0	2	1	0	0	1.09	0.194	2.14	0.23%	2.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
8	353	28	May 15	PHI		MLN	W,6-4	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	6.2	11	4	3	0	6	2	1	3.58	3.75	31	4	10	1	3	10	44			0	1	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.094	1.86	-0.13%	-1.23	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a2
9	354	32	May 19	PHI	@	STL	L,6-7	GS-7		3	7.0	8	5	4	2	11	2	0	3.77	3.77	31	7	3	0	0	8	52			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.153	2.87	-0.20%	-1.59	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
10	355	37	May 24(1)	PHI		NYM	L,2-6	GS-5	L(3-4)	4	5.0	7	4	4	2	7	1	0	4.04	3.75	24	5	7	0	2	3	42			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.238	1.06	-0.19%	-1.81	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
11	356	42	May 29	PHI		CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(4-4)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	8	0	0	3.79	3.50	37	6	13	4	6	7	70			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.326	1.17	0.24%	1.95	1t start tie	9t 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
12	357	46	Jun 4	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-0	SHO	W(5-4)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.36	3.25	32	13	8	0	3	3	83			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	1	.58	0.237	.54	0.13%	4.11	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
13	358	51	Jun 8	PHI		LAD	L,1-2	CG	L(5-5)	3	9.0	11	2	2	2	10	0	0	3.22	3.02	39	12	7	2	2	8	65			2	1	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.049	1.98	-0.04%	1.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
14	359	55	Jun 12	PHI		HOU	W,5-4	GS-5		3	5.0	8	4	4	3	5	0	1	3.43	3.02	27	6	6	0	4	6	37			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	-0.286	1.69	-0.18%	-1.81	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
15	360	58	Jun 16	PHI	@	MLN	W,6-2	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	10	0	0	3.31	2.81	38	3	16	5	4	7	70			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.224	1.13	0.16%	2.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
16	361	62	Jun 20(1)	PHI	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-6	W(7-5)	3	6.0	8	2	2	0	4	0	1	3.29	2.75	27	9	7	0	1	6	52			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	1	0	1	.76	-0.045	.70	-0.03%	0.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
17	362	66	Jun 24	PHI	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS-6	W(8-5)	3	5.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.23	2.65	20	4	6	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.042	1.10	0.03%	0.93	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a1
18	363	72	Jun 30	PHI		MLN	W,3-2	GS-5		5	5.0	4	1	0	2	4	0	1	3.09	2.65	23	5	9	1	2	2	59			1	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	2	1.80	0.132	3.70	0.16%	1.19	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
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
19	364	77	Jul 5(1)	PHI		PIT	W,3-1	CG	W(9-5)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	10	1	2	2.95	2.68	37	12	6	0	2	5	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	0.494	3.11	0.71%	2.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	365	83	Jul 9	PHI		SFG	W,10-2	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.88	2.68	35	13	9	0	0	5	75			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	.58	0.277	1.78	0.51%	1.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
21	366	86	Jul 16	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-5	GS-7	L(10-6)	6	6.2	8	5	3	3	4	0	0	2.94	2.68	31	10	6	0	3	8	43			1	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	1	.68	-0.097	1.82	-0.16%	-2.24	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out d5
22	367	90	Jul 20	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(10-7)	3	6.0	6	4	4	3	2	3	0	3.06	2.97	26	9	6	1	0	6	43			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	.78	-0.204	1.34	-0.21%	-1.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
23	368	94	Jul 24	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	W(11-7)	3	9.0	2	1	1	1	12	1	0	2.94	2.89	30	6	10	1	3	1	90			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.258	.53	0.14%	2.83	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
24	369	99	Jul 28	PHI	@	PIT	W,1-0	GS-8		3	8.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	1	2.80	2.84	29	11	9	0	2	1	83			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.523	1.29	0.36%	3.58	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
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
25	370	103	Aug 1	PHI		NYM	W,3-2	GS-7	W(12-7)	3	7.0	5	2	2	0	8	1	0	2.79	2.81	26	3	10	4	1	5	67			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.188	1.31	0.15%	1.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
26	371	107	Aug 6	PHI		PIT	W,4-0	SHO	W(13-7)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	12	0	0	2.66	2.66	33	7	11	1	4	3	89			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.412	1.88	0.46%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
27	372	112	Aug 10	PHI	@	HOU	W,2-0	SHO	W(14-7)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.53	2.60	34	9	10	1	3	4	84			1	0	0	32	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.67	0.592	1.85	0.39%	3.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
28	373	116	Aug 14	PHI	@	SFG	W,4-2	GS-7	W(15-7)	3	7.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.53	2.57	29	11	6	0	0	5	62			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.37	-0.010	3.62	-0.02%	1.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
29	374	120	Aug 18	PHI	@	LAD	W,6-3	GS-7		3	6.1	6	3	3	2	4	1	0	2.59	2.62	28	9	7	0	0	6	51			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.187	2.78	-0.25%	-0.19	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d1
30	375	123	Aug 22	PHI		CIN	W,6-5	GS-9	W(16-7)	3	8.1	11	5	5	4	9	1	1	2.70	2.67	39	7	9	3	2	9	46			2	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.49	-0.038	1.87	-0.03%	-1.28	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out a1
31	376	126	Aug 26	PHI		HOU	L,4-6	GS-7		3	7.0	7	4	4	1	6	2	0	2.77	2.74	28	8	6	1	1	7	52			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.264	1.17	-0.16%	-0.93	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
32	377	130	Aug 31(1)	PHI		SFG	L,1-2	GS-10		4	10.0	8	1	1	2	10	0	1	2.69	2.68	37	9	7	0	0	8	80			0	1	0	32	0	0	1	3	1	0	1.60	0.560	.87	0.18%	3.39	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
Sep/Oct				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
33	378	135	Sep 4	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-9	L(16-8)	3	8.1	9	5	4	3	9	0	0	2.75	2.64	38	6	11	3	2	9	53			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.01	-0.262	.44	-0.03%	-0.07	1b start tie	9b -23 1 out a1
34	379	140	Sep 10	PHI		STL	W,5-4	GS-8		5	7.2	8	4	4	0	8	1	1	2.81	2.63	32	5	10	0	0	8	55			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.244	.01	0.00%	-0.89	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out tie
35	380	143	Sep 14	PHI		MLN	W,2-0	SHO	W(17-8)	3	9.0	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.71	2.56	29	7	11	1	6	2	92			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.502	.01	0.00%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
36	381	147	Sep 18	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-9		3	8.1	5	2	2	0	2	1	0	2.69	2.59	29	11	12	6	0	4	67			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.320	.00	0.00%	2.55	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 1 out a2
37	382	151	Sep 23(1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,11-5	CG	W(18-8)	4	9.0	12	5	4	1	9	1	0	2.74	2.58	42	15	7	0	1	10	53			0	0	0	41	1	0	0	0	0	2	.58	0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.89	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
38	383	156	Sep 27	PHI		CHC	L,0-1	CG	L(18-9)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	11	0	0	2.68	2.52	35	10	9	2	1	3	80			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.229	.00	0.00%	2.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
39	384	159	Oct 2(1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-0	SHO	W(19-9)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	2.60	2.47	28	9	6	0	0	2	92			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.350	.00	0.00%	3.83	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
							25-14		W-L:19-9	3.5	291.0	253	92	84	62	268	23	12	2.60	2.47	1191	0.94		8%	11%	219	63		---%	10	8	1	1090	35	7	10	13	5	17	1.10	3.656	1.44	1.81%	37.45

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