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	28-13 / in Starts: 26-13
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	18 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 109 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	65 (32-27-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 109 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	65 (33-20-10)

Most Driven In
J Herrnstein	2
T Taylor	2
G Triandos	2
C Dalrymple	1
W Covington	1
D Cater	0
R Amaro	0

Most Driven In By
J Callison	2
D Allen	1
T GonzÃ¡lez	1

1964 Batting Game Log

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1964 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	312	2 (1)	Apr 15	PHI		NYM	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.46	-0.140	3.29	-0.19%	-0.85	P
2	313	7 (4)	Apr 24	PHI		CHC	W,10-0	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	9	.26	0.035	.76	0.06%	1.31	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
3	314	12 (4)	May 1	PHI	@	MLN	W,5-3	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	9	1.31	0.041	4.88	0.09%	0.04	P
4	315	16 (3)	May 5	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.308	.615	9	.93	-0.046	3.06	-0.09%	-0.39	P
5	316	20 (3)	May 9	PHI		CIN	W,5-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	1.04	-0.025	3.79	-0.06%	-0.21	P
6	317	24 (3)	May 14	PHI		STL	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.235	.471	9	1.26	-0.093	4.03	-0.18%	-0.71	P
7	318	28 (3)	May 18	PHI	@	HOU	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.190	.381	9	.64	-0.063	2.22	-0.13%	-0.82	P
8	319	34 (5)	May 24	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	1.30	-0.049	5.15	-0.12%	-0.37	P
9	320	38 (3)	May 29	PHI		HOU	W,7-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.160	.160	.320	9	.33	-0.024	1.20	-0.05%	-0.60	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
10	321	42 (3)	Jun 3	PHI		LAD	W,1-0	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.58	-0.134	7.39	-0.38%	-0.81	P
11	322	46 (3)	Jun 7	PHI		SFG	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.129	.129	.258	9	.40	-0.029	2.03	-0.09%	-0.50	P
12	323	51 (4)	Jun 13	PHI		NYM	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.74	0.132	2.82	0.30%	0.84	P
13	324	55 (3)	Jun 17	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-9	GS-5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.132	.132	.263	9	.83	-0.061	4.09	-0.18%	-0.85	P
14	325	56	Jun 18	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.132	.132	.263	7						P
15	326	60 (3)	Jun 21 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.167	.310	9	.49	0.006	2.43	0.02%	1.16	P
16	327	65 (4)	Jun 26	PHI	@	STL	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.156	.200	.356	9	.53	0.005	2.93	0.02%	-0.04	P
17	328	70 (4)	Jun 30	PHI	@	HOU	W,8-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.208	.375	9	.44	0.098	2.29	0.31%	1.33	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
18	329	74 (3)	Jul 4	PHI	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS-11	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.216	.392	9	1.35	-0.019	10.88	-0.09%	-0.30	P
19	330	78 (3)	Jul 11	PHI		CIN	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.170	.208	.377	9	1.12	-0.051	7.13	-0.20%	-0.43	P
20	331	81 (2)	Jul 13	PHI		MLN	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.170	.208	.377	9						P
21	332	83 (1)	Jul 15	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.164	.200	.364	9	.78	-0.038	4.58	-0.13%	-0.35	P
22	333	87 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.155	.190	.345	9	.62	-0.050	4.44	-0.22%	-0.78	P
23	334	92 (4)	Jul 23	PHI	@	MLN	W,13-10	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.155	.155	.190	.345	9						P
24	335	97 (4)	Jul 28	PHI		SFG	W,4-0	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.148	.180	.328	9	.39	-0.029	3.50	-0.16%	-0.44	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	336	101 (3)	Aug 1	PHI		LAD	W,10-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.148	.180	.328	9						P
26	337	103 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	PHI		HOU	W,4-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.175	.317	9	1.44	-0.066	10.00	-0.28%	-0.66	P
27	338	108 (4)	Aug 9	PHI		NYM	W,6-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.138	.169	.308	9	.39	-0.010	2.64	-0.04%	-0.37	P
28	339	112 (3)	Aug 14 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.130	.159	.290	9	.45	-0.047	3.00	-0.19%	-0.85	P
29	340	118 (5)	Aug 19	PHI		CHC	W,9-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.129	.157	.286	9	1.13	-0.041	6.47	-0.14%	-0.39	P
30	341	123 (4)	Aug 23	PHI		PIT	W,9-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.123	.151	.274	9	1.33	-0.099	5.70	-0.25%	-1.43	P
31	342	127 (3)	Aug 28	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.130	.156	.286	9	.73	0.042	2.58	0.09%	0.10	P
Sep/Oct		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
32	343	130 (2)	Sep 1	PHI		HOU	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.127	.127	.152	.278	9	.98	-0.038	4.76	-0.11%	-0.53	P
33	344	134 (3)	Sep 5	PHI		SFG	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.120	.145	.265	9	.16	-0.015	.74	-0.04%	-0.67	P
34	345	139 (4)	Sep 9	PHI		STL	L,5-10	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.119	.119	.143	.262	9	1.68	-0.082	11.54	-0.34%	-1.10	P
35	346	143 (3)	Sep 13	PHI	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.114	.114	.136	.250	9	1.53	-0.190	8.59	-0.64%	-1.78	P
36	347	146 (2)	Sep 16	PHI	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.133	.244	9	.90	-0.042	1.96	-0.06%	-0.39	P
37	348	150 (3)	Sep 20	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.118	.118	.140	.258	9	.50	0.095	1.21	0.14%	1.30	P
38	349	154 (3)	Sep 24	PHI		MLN	L,3-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.117	.117	.138	.255	9	.48	-0.012	3.21	-0.05%	-0.09	P
39	350	157 (2)	Sep 27	PHI		MLN	L,8-14	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.117	.116	.138	.254	9	1.58	0.029	26.14	0.29%	0.19	P
40	351	160 (2)	Sep 30	PHI	@	STL	L,5-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.116	.115	.137	.251	9	.42	-0.011	4.59	-0.07%	-0.10	P
41	352	162 (1)	Oct 4	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.120	.141	.261	9	.44	-0.016	5.63	-0.13%	0.39	P
							28-13		109	99	4	12	2	0	0	8	0	0	29	0	9	1	1	2	0	0	.121	.120	.141	.261		.83	-1.037	4.37	-3.27%	-10.14

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