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	16-22 / in Starts: 15-19
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 93 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	55 (26-19-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 93 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	57 (30-17-9)

Most Driven In
F Bolling	2
R Wilson	1
S Bilko	1
L Berberet	0
O Virgil	0
H Chiti	0
C FernÃ¡ndez	0

Most Driven In By
N Cash	1
A Kaline	1
F Bolling	0
E Yost	0

1960 Batting Game Log

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1960 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	152	1	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	11-12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	153	3 (1)	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.80	-0.021	2.33	-0.04%	-0.24	P
3	154	6 (2)	Apr 26	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS-11	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.50	-0.016	5.22	-0.03%	-0.29	P
4	155	9 (2)	Apr 29	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6						PR
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
5	156	10	May 1 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.56	-0.129	4.39	-0.22%	-1.02	P
6	157	14 (3)	May 6	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	9	.80	-0.026	1.64	-0.03%	-0.09	P
7	158	18 (3)	May 13	DET		KCA	W,4-3	GS-7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	9	1.54	-0.004	2.89	0.00%	0.06	P
8	159	21 (2)	May 15 (2)	DET		KCA	L,4-5	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	7						PR
9	160	23 (1)	May 18	DET		WSH	L,0-3	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.308	.538	9	1.22	-0.093	2.49	-0.11%	-0.64	P
10	161	26 (2)	May 22 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.250	.438	9	.66	-0.063	1.08	-0.06%	-1.55	P
11	162	30 (3)	May 28	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.158	.158	.211	.368	9	.76	-0.081	1.96	-0.13%	-0.80	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
12	163	36 (5)	Jun 1	DET		CHW	L,0-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.190	.333	9	1.25	-0.093	2.53	-0.11%	-0.75	P
13	164	40 (3)	Jun 5 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.120	.160	.280	9	.81	-0.111	1.87	-0.16%	-1.59	P
14	165	46 (5)	Jun 10	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.138	.138	.172	.310	9	.16	-0.019	.41	-0.03%	-0.68	P
15	166	50 (3)	Jun 14	DET		BOS	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.129	.161	.290	9	.90	-0.049	2.46	-0.08%	-0.43	P
16	167	55 (4)	Jun 19 (1)	DET		BAL	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.152	.182	.333	9	.87	0.019	3.16	0.04%	0.10	P
17	168	60 (4)	Jun 24	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.162	.162	.189	.351	9	.40	0.026	.69	0.03%	0.91	P
18	169	65 (4)	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.184	.342	9	1.47	-0.055	1.77	-0.04%	-0.44	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
19	170	70 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.195	.220	.415	9	.69	0.068	.30	0.02%	0.53	P
20	171	74 (3)	Jul 8	DET	@	KCA	L,4-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.214	.405	9	1.80	-0.064	.91	-0.02%	-0.58	P
21	172	78 (3)	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,2-11	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.205	.209	.414	9	.84	0.009	1.03	0.01%	0.06	P
22	173	82 (3)	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,6-8	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.217	.222	.440	9	1.87	0.194	1.43	0.09%	1.39	P
23	174	87 (4)	Jul 24	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.213	.217	.430	9	1.68	-0.059	1.32	-0.03%	-0.48	P
24	175	91 (3)	Jul 29	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	.188	.204	.208	.412	9	.95	-0.048	.33	-0.01%	-0.40	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
25	176	96 (4)	Aug 2 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.216	.220	.436	9	1.85	0.235	.30	0.02%	1.29	P
26	177	100 (3)	Aug 7 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.218	.208	.426	9	1.04	-0.091	.04	0.00%	-1.03	P
27	178	103 (2)	Aug 10	DET		BAL	L,2-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.218	.208	.426	9						P
28	179	105 (1)	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.224	.200	.424	9	1.02	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.07	P
29	180	110 (4)	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.213	.190	.403	9	1.13	-0.086	.01	0.00%	-0.56	P
30	181	115 (4)	Aug 21 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.206	.183	.390	9	.83	-0.057	.01	0.00%	-0.69	P
31	182	120 (4)	Aug 26	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.212	.190	.403	9	1.03	-0.020	.01	0.00%	-0.30	P
32	183	125 (4)	Aug 30 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.200	.179	.379	9	2.18	-0.218	.00	0.00%	-1.33	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
33	184	129 (3)	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.194	.174	.368	9	.85	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.59	P
34	185	135 (5)	Sep 8	DET		BOS	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.189	.169	.358	9	.63	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.27	P
35	186	140 (4)	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.182	.162	.344	9	.33	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
36	187	144 (3)	Sep 18 (1)	DET		CHW	L,4-8	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.190	.171	.361	9	.45	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.02	P
37	188	147 (2)	Sep 23	DET		KCA	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.185	.167	.352	9	.98	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
38	189	151 (3)	Sep 27	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.160	.188	.173	.361	9	1.09	0.062	.00	0.00%	0.27	P
							16-22		93	81	2	13	1	0	0	4	3	0	22	0	8	1	3	1	0	2	.160	.188	.173	.361		1.02	-0.929	1.16	-0.90%	-10.94

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