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	30-13 / in Starts: 24-11
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 102 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	60 (32-17-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 102 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (33-19-10)

Most Driven In
S Boros	2
D McAuliffe	1
B Morton	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
A Kaline	4
B Bruton	1
Self	1
C Maxwell	1
C FernÃ¡ndez	1
R Colavito	1

1962 Batting Game Log

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1962 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	228	1	Apr 9	DET	@	WSA	L,1-4	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						PR
2	229	2	Apr 13	DET		NYY	W,5-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.33	-0.008	.68	-0.01%	-0.30	P
3	230	4 (1)	Apr 17	DET		WSA	W,9-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.44	-0.031	.88	-0.04%	-1.13	P
4	231	8 (3)	Apr 22	DET	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS-5	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	.43	0.033	.78	0.04%	1.05	P
5	232	12 (3)	Apr 27	DET		LAA	W,13-4	GS-6	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	9	.80	0.083	1.80	0.11%	0.79	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	233	15 (2)	May 1	DET	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.308	.665	9	1.57	-0.133	4.12	-0.21%	-0.80	P
7	234	16	May 2	DET	@	KCA	L,8-12	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.357	.308	.665	9						PR
8	235	19 (2)	May 5	DET	@	MIN	L,2-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.286	.619	9	1.95	-0.055	4.10	-0.07%	-0.59	P
9	236	22 (2)	May 9	DET	@	LAA	W,6-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.235	.513	9	.70	-0.053	1.36	-0.06%	-0.61	P
10	237	28 (5)	May 16	DET		MIN	L,4-8	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.222	.250	.222	.472	9	1.40	-0.027	2.42	-0.03%	-0.29	P
11	238	30 (1)	May 19	DET	@	CLE	W,9-3	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.286	.421	.707	9	.63	0.087	.93	0.08%	1.00	P
12	239	32 (1)	May 20 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,8-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.273	.400	.673	9	.22	-0.005	.33	-0.01%	-0.15	P
13	240	34 (1)	May 24	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.231	.333	.564	9	1.75	-0.176	3.18	-0.19%	-1.30	P
14	241	39 (4)	May 28	DET		BAL	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.241	.407	.649	9	.43	-0.017	.95	-0.02%	0.19	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
15	242	45 (5)	Jun 2	DET		CLE	W,5-3	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.267	.429	.695	9	.99	0.039	3.07	0.07%	0.39	P
16	243	48 (2)	Jun 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.257	.394	.651	9	1.00	-0.103	3.04	-0.19%	-0.84	P
17	244	54 (5)	Jun 10 (2)	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.237	.361	.598	9	1.14	-0.089	2.60	-0.12%	-0.71	P
18	245	57 (2)	Jun 16	DET		BOS	L,2-4	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.237	.361	.598	9						P
19	246	62 (4)	Jun 21	DET		WSA	W,6-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.231	.351	.582	9	1.37	-0.047	1.79	-0.04%	-0.38	P
20	247	68 (5)	Jun 26 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.214	.325	.539	9	.76	-0.058	1.20	-0.06%	-0.65	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	248	74 (5)	Jul 1	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.222	.326	.548	9	.94	0.047	1.71	0.05%	0.57	P
22	249	80 (5)	Jul 6	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.213	.311	.524	9	1.33	-0.073	2.14	-0.07%	-0.56	P
23	250	86 (5)	Jul 14	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.204	.298	.502	9	.79	-0.040	1.05	-0.03%	-0.39	P
24	251	90 (3)	Jul 19	DET	@	LAA	L,1-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.212	.300	.512	9	1.09	-0.143	.69	-0.05%	-1.62	P
25	252	95 (4)	Jul 24	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.204	.288	.492	9	1.56	-0.085	.76	-0.03%	-0.69	P
26	253	99 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	DET		LAA	W,7-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.193	.273	.466	9	1.58	-0.132	.68	-0.03%	-1.28	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	254	104 (4)	Aug 3	DET		MIN	L,4-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.183	.259	.442	9	.79	-0.065	.16	-0.01%	-0.45	P
28	255	107 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	DET		MIN	W,5-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.183	.259	.442	9						P
29	256	109 (1)	Aug 7	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.177	.250	.427	9	.65	-0.032	.08	0.00%	-0.25	P
30	257	115 (5)	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.185	.254	.439	9	1.20	-0.014	.15	0.00%	-0.61	P
31	258	118 (2)	Aug 14 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.185	.254	.439	9						P
32	259	120 (1)	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.191	.258	.449	9	.46	-0.022	.02	0.00%	-0.08	P
33	260	124 (3)	Aug 21	DET		CLE	W,10-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.171	.181	.243	.423	9	.22	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-0.46	P
34	261	129 (4)	Aug 26 (1)	DET		WSA	W,5-3	GS-7	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.213	.288	.501	9	.50	0.073	.09	0.01%	0.96	P
35	262	133 (3)	Aug 31	DET		CHW	W,5-2	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.228	.312	.540	9	1.07	0.134	.03	0.00%	0.28	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	263	138 (4)	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.244	.325	.569	9	.79	0.096	.05	0.00%	0.70	P
37	264	142 (3)	Sep 9	DET		MIN	W,10-9	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.247	.325	.572	9	1.19	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.63	P
38	265	147 (4)	Sep 13	DET		BOS	W,14-6	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.270	.337	.607	9	.35	0.083	.00	0.00%	1.07	P
39	266	149 (1)	Sep 15	DET	@	LAA	W,7-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.270	.337	.607	9						P
40	267	151 (1)	Sep 18	DET	@	MIN	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.261	.326	.587	9	.83	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.59	P
41	268	155 (3)	Sep 22	DET	@	KCA	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.255	.319	.574	9	.68	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.41	P
42	269	158 (2)	Sep 26	DET		LAA	L,5-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.255	.319	.574	9						P
43	270	161 (2)	Sep 30	DET		KCA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.255	.316	.571	9	.36	0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
							30-13		102	95	9	23	2	1	1	5	1	0	19	1	4	1	1	1	0	0	.242	.255	.316	.571		.90	-0.836	1.11	-0.90%	-8.97

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