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	25-13 / in Starts: 24-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	18 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 104 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	57 (26-18-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 104 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (33-20-10)

Most Driven In
S Boros	2
C FernÃ¡ndez	1
D McAuliffe	1

Most Driven In By
A Kaline	4
B Morton	1
B Bruton	1

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 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	190	1	Apr 11	DET		CLE	L,5-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	191	4 (2)	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.96	-0.052	2.26	-0.07%	-0.46	P
3	192	8 (3)	Apr 23 (2)	DET		LAA	W,3-2	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.07	-0.037	3.10	-0.07%	-0.21	P
4	193	11 (2)	Apr 27	DET		BOS	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.93	-0.047	3.09	-0.10%	-0.42	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
5	194	15 (3)	May 2	DET	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.85	-0.079	2.82	-0.16%	-1.43	P
6	195	19 (3)	May 6	DET	@	CHW	W,11-8	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.96	0.026	3.61	0.06%	0.77	P
7	196	24 (4)	May 10	DET		WSA	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	9	.74	0.037	3.18	0.10%	-0.09	P
8	197	29 (4)	May 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	9						P
9	198	33 (3)	May 18	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.95	-0.047	4.44	-0.13%	-0.41	P
10	199	37 (3)	May 23	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.82	-0.064	4.36	-0.21%	-0.61	P
11	200	42 (4)	May 28	DET	@	LAA	W,9-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.130	.130	.261	9	.77	-0.040	3.68	-0.11%	-0.36	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	201	47 (4)	Jun 2	DET		MIN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.115	.115	.115	.231	9	.96	-0.108	4.86	-0.33%	-1.42	P
13	202	52 (4)	Jun 6	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.103	.103	.207	9	1.53	-0.124	7.65	-0.37%	-1.27	P
14	203	56 (3)	Jun 10	DET		CLE	W,2-0	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.094	.094	.188	9	.96	-0.072	6.18	-0.28%	-0.80	P
15	204	61 (4)	Jun 15	DET		BOS	L,1-10	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.84	-0.024	4.01	-0.07%	-0.24	P
16	205	65 (3)	Jun 20	DET	@	WSA	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.25	-0.001	1.29	0.00%	0.00	P
17	206	69 (3)	Jun 25 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.52	-0.058	3.43	-0.23%	-1.02	P
18	207	75 (5)	Jun 30	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.093	.114	.093	.207	9	1.32	-0.008	8.55	-0.03%	-0.67	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	208	80 (4)	Jul 5 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.106	.125	.106	.231	9	.43	-0.013	2.54	-0.05%	-1.09	P
20	209	86 (5)	Jul 9 (2)	DET		LAA	W,6-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.115	.098	.213	9	.62	-0.095	3.42	-0.32%	-1.95	P
21	210	88 (1)	Jul 15	DET		MIN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.145	.130	.275	9	.91	0.032	5.07	0.11%	0.15	P
22	211	93 (4)	Jul 19	DET		BAL	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.172	.158	.330	9	.76	0.040	4.52	0.14%	0.41	P
23	212	98 (4)	Jul 24	DET	@	LAA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.177	.164	.341	9	.52	-0.036	2.99	-0.13%	-0.36	P
24	213	102 (3)	Jul 29	DET		MIN	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.156	.169	.156	.325	9	.84	-0.131	4.92	-0.46%	-1.43	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	214	106 (3)	Aug 3	DET		WSA	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.162	.149	.311	9	1.20	-0.097	6.46	-0.31%	-1.12	P
26	215	108 (1)	Aug 5	DET		CLE	W,7-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.149	.162	.149	.311	9						P
27	216	111 (2)	Aug 8	DET	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.153	.141	.294	9	.85	-0.090	4.42	-0.28%	-0.99	P
28	217	115 (3)	Aug 12	DET	@	MIN	W,17-3	CG	6	6	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.167	.169	.335	9	.32	0.071	1.50	0.20%	0.68	P
29	218	119 (3)	Aug 16	DET		BAL	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.163	.165	.327	9	.87	-0.048	5.53	-0.18%	-0.58	P
30	219	124 (4)	Aug 20 (2)	DET		BOS	W,7-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.159	.160	.319	9	.38	-0.020	2.24	-0.07%	-0.22	P
31	220	128 (3)	Aug 25	DET	@	WSA	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.163	.165	.327	9	.28	-0.017	1.86	-0.07%	-0.05	P
32	221	133 (4)	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,4-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.159	.161	.320	9	.86	-0.044	5.91	-0.18%	-0.36	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	222	137 (3)	Sep 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.156	.157	.313	9	1.12	-0.059	11.88	-0.38%	-0.54	P
34	223	142 (4)	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.144	.163	.156	.319	9	.45	0.005	.16	0.00%	0.02	P
35	224	146 (3)	Sep 13	DET		KCA	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.156	.149	.305	9	.38	-0.061	.01	0.00%	-1.24	P
36	225	151 (4)	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.134	.152	.144	.296	9	.89	-0.068	.01	0.00%	-0.51	P
37	226	155 (3)	Sep 23	DET	@	LAA	W,4-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.131	.149	.141	.290	9	.60	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.53	P
38	227	161 (5)	Sep 29	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.147	.140	.287	9	.74	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.17	P
							25-13		104	100	6	13	1	0	0	4	2	0	30	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	.130	.147	.140	.287		.75	-1.379	3.60	-3.98%	-18.50

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