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: 9-20 / in Starts: 6-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 4

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	563	3	Apr 10	PHI		MON	W,4-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	6	1	1	3	4	0	1	1.23	3.00	31	8	11	0	3	4	63			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.149	1.66	0.12%	1.63	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
2	564	8	Apr 16	PHI		ATL	L,7-8	GS-2	L(1-1)	5	1.1	6	7	7	2	1	0	0	8.31	3.37	12	0	3	0	0	6	13			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	.95	-0.377	1.18	-0.28%	-4.97	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d5
3	565	12	Apr 22	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	5.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	1	7.24	3.18	23	11	3	0	1	5	42			1	0	0	21	1	1	1	1	0	0	.75	-0.127	.96	-0.10%	-0.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
4	566	17	Apr 27	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(1-3)	4	8.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.98	2.64	26	11	10	0	2	2	73			1	1	0	24	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.28	0.150	1.16	0.08%	2.37	1b start tie	8b 3 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	567	21	May 2	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-7	GS-5	L(1-4)	4	4.1	5	5	5	4	1	0	0	5.88	2.99	23	5	9	2	3	4	30			0	0	0	17	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	-0.273	.96	-0.15%	-3.94	1b start a 1	5b -23 1 out d4
6	568	25	May 7	PHI		HOU	L,1-8	GS-5	L(1-5)	4	5.0	7	4	4	0	4	0	0	6.10	2.64	22	9	6	1	1	3	41			2	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	.62	-0.255	.35	-0.09%	-1.83	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
7	569	29	May 12	PHI		CHC	L,4-9	GS-7	L(1-6)	4	6.0	9	8	8	1	1	2	0	7.05	3.34	29	8	11	1	4	8	22			0	0	0	27	3	1	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.356	.28	-0.07%	-5.00	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d5
8	570	33	May 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-8	W(2-6)	4	8.0	5	2	2	1	2	2	0	6.20	3.74	30	16	6	1	2	5	65			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	0.175	.23	0.02%	1.30	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
9	571	37	May 21	PHI		CIN	L,3-7	GS-4	L(2-7)	3	3.0	3	5	4	3	2	1	3	6.56	4.22	19	5	3	1	0	3	34			3	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.215	.32	-0.04%	-2.51	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out d2
10	572	41	May 25	PHI	@	NYM	L,4-5	9-GF(12)	L(2-8)	3	3.2	3	1	0	3	1	0	0	6.10	4.23	17	9	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.17	-0.013	1.03	0.00%	0.31	9b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
11	573	46	May 31(1)	PHI	@	SDP	W,3-1	GS-8	W(3-8)	5	8.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	5.43	3.88	27	10	9	1	2	2	72			0	2	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.218	.19	0.02%	2.24	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
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	574	49	Jun 4	PHI	@	SFG	W,5-3	8-GF	S(1)	3	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.28	3.77	5	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	0.309	.23	0.02%	1.26	8b 12- 1 out a1	9b end a 2
13	575	52	Jun 6(2)	PHI	@	SFG	L,3-4	9-10	BS(1)	1	2.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.12	3.71	11	6	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.96	-0.069	.65	-0.01%	0.23	9b 1-- 0 out a1	10b 3 out tie
14	576	57	Jun 12	PHI		SDP	W,3-0	GS-7	W(4-8)	5	7.0	8	0	0	0	3	0	1	4.61	3.55	26	11	4	2	1	7	64			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.03	0.287	.13	0.02%	3.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
15	577	61	Jun 16	PHI		SFG	W,6-3	GS-7	W(5-8)	3	7.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.54	3.59	27	12	4	0	0	5	57			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.127	.14	0.01%	0.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
16	578	65	Jun 20(2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,9-7	GS-5		3	5.0	5	5	5	3	4	1	0	4.81	3.69	21	8	3	0	1	3	38			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.309	.05	-0.01%	-2.87	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
17	579	70	Jun 25	PHI		PIT	L,4-14	GS-2	L(5-9)	4	1.2	6	7	4	1	0	3	0	5.14	4.17	13	4	2	1	0	6	20			1	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.548	.13	-0.04%	-6.22	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d5
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
18	580	77	Jul 1	PHI		CIN	L,1-5	GS-6	L(5-10)	5	5.1	8	5	5	3	3	0	0	5.34	4.10	26	9	7	2	2	4	32			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.25	-0.260	.03	0.00%	-2.02	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d3
19	581	82	Jul 5	PHI	@	ATL	W,6-5	3-5		3	2.1	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	5.30	4.21	11	3	3	0	3	3		2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.220	.05	0.00%	-1.67	3b 12- 2 out a2	5b 3 out tie
20	582	89	Jul 11	PHI		MON	W,11-5	3-4		5	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.19	4.17	8	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.071	.01	0.00%	0.87	3t --- 0 out d3	4t 3 out d1
21	583	90	Jul 15	PHI	@	CHC	L,6-7	4-6	L(5-11)	3	2.1	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.16	4.10	10	1	2	0	0	3		1	1	0	1	0	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.08	-0.143	.02	0.00%	-0.66	4b --3 2 out a1	6b 3 out d1
22	584	94	Jul 18(2)	PHI	@	HOU	L,7-10	GS-2	L(5-12)	2	1.0	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	5.47	4.08	9	4	2	0	1	3	23			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	-0.328	.01	0.00%	-4.19	1b start tie	2b -2- 0 out d4
23	585	97	Jul 21	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.60	4.06	6	2	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	.04	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-1.55	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
24	586	104	Jul 27(2)	PHI		HOU	L,1-5	9-GF		5	1.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.73	4.06	7	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-1.57	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
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	587	116	Aug 10	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-6	6-GF(8)		13	3.0	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	5.82	4.03	15	4	4	0	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	.22	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-1.77	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 5
26	588	122	Aug 17	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-5	5-6		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.71	3.98	6	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.86	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
27	589	129	Aug 25	PHI		SDP	L,0-7	9-GF		7	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.66	3.95	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
28	590	132	Aug 29	PHI		SFG	L,3-8	7-GF		3	3.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	5.50	3.89	12	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.008	.00	0.00%	1.30	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
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
29	591	137	Sep 3	PHI		NYM	L,1-7	8-GF		4	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.48	3.87	8	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	.02	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.13	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
							9-20		W-L:5-12,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.9	110.0	126	72	67	37	58	11	6	5.48	3.87	484	1.53		5%	9%	95	43	6	67%	12	5	0	424	29	3	7	12	5	4	1.13	-2.022	.44	-0.51%	-25.77

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