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	25-20 / in Starts: 20-10
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 104 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	67 (36-22-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 104 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (33-20-10)

Most Driven In
R Wilson	1
J Porter	1
F House	1
Self	1
F Bolling	0
H Kuenn	0
R Bertoia	0

Most Driven In By
F Bolling	2
D Philley	2
H Kuenn	1
B Tuttle	1
J Groth	1
J Finigan	1
Self	1
C Maxwell	0

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 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	31	2 (1)	Apr 17	DET	@	KCA	L,4-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	32	3	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,3-8	2-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.06	0.030	2.22	0.04%	0.35	P
3	33	5 (1)	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,3-2	10-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.76	-0.043	3.48	-0.05%	-0.15	P
4	34	6	Apr 22	DET		KCA	L,7-11	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
5	35	8 (1)	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	L,4-9	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
6	36	12 (3)	Apr 28 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						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
7	37	14 (1)	May 1	DET		NYY	L,4-7	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
8	38	15	May 2	DET		BOS	W,7-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
9	39	19 (3)	May 6	DET		BAL	L,6-8	9-11	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	2.24	0.074	4.88	0.10%	0.38	P
10	40	21 (1)	May 8	DET		WSH	W,11-3	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.19	-0.009	.39	-0.01%	-1.12	P
11	41	23 (1)	May 10	DET		CHW	L,4-6	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
12	42	24	May 12	DET		CHW	L,4-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
13	43	27 (2)	May 16	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	9	.88	-0.011	1.62	-0.01%	-0.46	P
14	44	32 (4)	May 21	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS-14	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.286	.500	9	2.47	-0.312	5.15	-0.39%	-1.64	P
15	45	38 (5)	May 29	DET		KCA	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.333	.353	.686	9	2.01	0.040	3.12	0.04%	0.31	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
16	46	43 (4)	Jun 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.238	.273	.286	.558	9	.66	0.009	1.51	0.01%	0.02	P
17	47	48 (4)	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,6-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.292	.273	.564	9	1.04	-0.007	1.87	-0.01%	0.03	P
18	48	53 (4)	Jun 12	DET		BAL	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.259	.240	.499	9	.77	-0.057	1.60	-0.07%	-0.94	P
19	49	57 (3)	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.290	.276	.566	9	1.38	-0.038	3.93	-0.07%	0.06	P
20	50	61 (3)	Jun 21	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.314	.281	.596	9	.63	0.013	1.20	0.02%	-0.18	P
21	51	66 (4)	Jun 26	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.289	.257	.547	9	1.15	-0.115	1.84	-0.11%	-1.53	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
22	52	71 (4)	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.231	.286	.256	.542	9	.90	0.057	.88	0.03%	-0.15	P
23	53	76 (4)	Jul 5	DET		KCA	W,8-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.238	.505	9	.64	-0.100	.32	-0.03%	-1.56	P
24	54	80 (3)	Jul 12	DET		BOS	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.271	.244	.515	9	.74	-0.001	.19	0.00%	-0.06	P
25	55	85 (4)	Jul 17	DET		NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.260	.234	.494	9	1.29	-0.073	.40	-0.01%	-0.74	P
26	56	89 (3)	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.264	.240	.504	9	1.70	-0.006	.10	0.00%	-0.48	P
27	57	93 (3)	Jul 26	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.208	.250	.226	.476	9	.77	0.072	.13	0.01%	1.17	P
28	58	98 (4)	Jul 31	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.228	.478	9	.54	0.000	.02	0.00%	-0.51	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
29	59	103 (4)	Aug 6	DET		CLE	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.203	.242	.220	.462	9	1.68	-0.176	.01	0.00%	-1.32	P
30	60	108 (4)	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-5	GS-9	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.254	.222	.476	9	.31	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.71	P
31	61	111 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,2-3	14-GF(14)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.254	.222	.476	9						P
32	62	113 (1)	Aug 15	DET	@	KCA	L,2-7	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.265	.222	.487	9	.83	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.38	P
33	63	115 (1)	Aug 17	DET		CHW	W,9-8	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.261	.219	.480	9	3.73	-0.098	.01	0.00%	-0.58	P
34	64	118 (2)	Aug 20	DET		BAL	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.194	.250	.209	.459	9	.32	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
35	65	122 (3)	Aug 24	DET		WSH	L,3-6	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.203	.257	.217	.474	9	1.52	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
36	66	126 (3)	Aug 28	DET		BOS	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.250	.211	.461	9	1.16	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
37	67	128 (1)	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.250	.211	.461	9						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
38	68	130 (1)	Sep 1	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.187	.238	.200	.438	9	.59	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.94	P
39	69	134 (3)	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.203	.250	.241	.491	9	1.56	0.304	.00	0.00%	3.11	P
40	70	137 (2)	Sep 11 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.250	.277	.527	9	.50	0.093	.00	0.00%	0.42	P
41	71	142 (4)	Sep 15 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.209	.253	.291	.543	9	.37	0.018	.00	0.00%	-1.11	P
42	72	146 (3)	Sep 21	DET	@	KCA	L,3-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.250	.287	.537	9	.71	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
43	73	149 (2)	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.250	.286	.536	9	.85	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.49	P
44	74	152 (2)	Sep 27	DET		KCA	L,7-9	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.245	.280	.524	9	1.09	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.05	P
45	75	154 (1)	Sep 29	DET		KCA	W,7-4	3-6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.253	.287	.540	9	.79	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.25	P
							25-20		104	94	10	20	2	1	1	4	5	0	29	0	5	0	5	6	0	0	.213	.253	.287	.540		1.01	-0.399	1.03	-0.53%	-7.68

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