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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Team Record in Appearances: 5-10 / in Starts: 2-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 10, Entered with runners on base: 3

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	88	Jul 20	DET		BAL	L,3-6	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.2	8	6	6	2	5	0	1	7.04	2.24	34	4	14	1	0	8	42			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.619	.74	-0.20%	-2.42	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d3
2	2	92	Jul 24(1)	DET		WSH	W,7-3	GS-9	W(1-1)	3	8.2	10	3	3	3	8	0	0	4.96	1.88	39	6	12	3	0	10	57			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	.77	0.260	.67	0.14%	0.63	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a4
3	3	99	Jul 29	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	5.0	5	4	3	4	5	1	0	5.06	2.70	24	8	3	2	0	4	44			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	0	1	.89	-0.115	1.30	-0.10%	-1.29	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	4	106	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-6	L(1-3)	6	6.0	5	3	3	3	4	1	0	4.94	3.14	25	7	7	2	0	4	51			1	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.093	.77	-0.06%	-0.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
5	5	111	Aug 10	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-7		4	6.1	5	2	2	4	8	2	1	4.54	3.73	28	2	8	3	0	5	59			1	0	0	23	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.37	-0.105	1.45	-0.07%	0.03	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a2
6	6	114	Aug 13	DET		CHW	W,9-8	9-GF	W(2-3)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4.41	3.87	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.037	.22	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
7	7	117	Aug 17	DET		CLE	W,9-5	GS-5		3	4.0	7	5	5	2	1	3	0	5.12	4.82	20	3	7	1	0	7	27			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.195	.09	-0.01%	-3.05	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out a2
8	8	122	Aug 21(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS-2	L(2-4)	3	1.1	5	4	4	3	0	1	0	5.85	5.29	12	2	2	1	0	5	25			1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.293	.01	0.00%	-3.90	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out d4
9	9	126	Aug 25(2)	DET		BOS	L,4-6	4-4		3	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	6.15	5.25	7	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.166	.00	0.00%	-1.51	4t --- 0 out d1	4t 3 out d3
10	10	132	Aug 31	DET		WSH	W,7-4	8-GF	S(1)	5	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.86	5.11	6	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.073	.00	0.00%	0.98	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	133	Sep 2	DET	@	KCA	L,6-7	5-5		1	0.2	2	3	3	4	1	0	0	6.39	5.30	8	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.149	.00	0.00%	-3.27	5b --- 0 out d2	5b 123 2 out d5
12	12	138	Sep 7	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-2	L(2-5)	4	2.0	5	5	5	3	2	0	0	7.09	5.28	13	2	1	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.305	.00	0.00%	-3.92	1b start tie	2b 3 out d5
13	13	141	Sep 10	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	6-6		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.99	5.24	1	0	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.075	.00	0.00%	1.52	6b 123 1 out d2	6b 3 out d2
14	14	150	Sep 20	DET		KCA	W,7-3	5-GF	W(3-5)	9	4.2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	6.35	5.01	18	4	8	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.192	.00	0.00%	3.34	5t -23 1 out a4	9t end a 4
15	15	152	Sep 24(1)	DET		CLE	L,2-8	8-8		3	0.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.35	5.01	2	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-2.89	8t 12- 2 out d3	8t -2- 2 out d6
							5-10		W-L:3-5,Sv:1	3.7	51.0	59	38	36	32	37	8	3	6.35	5.01	241	0.69		12%	0%	56	41	7	29%	3	0	0	203	8	2	2	3	0	1	.99	-1.464	.60	-0.30%	-15.30

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