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: 25-20 / in Starts: 20-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 10

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	31	2	Apr 17	DET	@	KCA	L,4-5	GS-1		99	0.2	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	27.00	2.46	5	1	0	0	0	4	36			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.171	2.69	-0.25%	-1.84	1b start a 3	1b -2- 2 out a1
2	32	3	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,3-8	2-6		0	4.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.60	2.26	15	7	4	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	1	.63	0.154	1.32	0.19%	2.36	2t 12- 2 out d3	6t 3 out d2
3	33	5	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,3-2	10-GF(12)	W(1-0)	2	3.0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.25	2.46	12	3	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	0.401	4.41	0.48%	1.45	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
4	34	6	Apr 22	DET		KCA	L,7-11	8-9	L(1-1)	0	1.1	2	4	2	3	0	0	0	3.86	3.42	9	2	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	2.34	-0.285	5.26	-0.38%	-1.61	8t -2- 1 out tie	9t 123 2 out d2
5	35	8	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	L,4-9	5-5		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.48	3.42	5	1	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.021	1.08	-0.02%	-0.15	5b 1-- 0 out d3	5b 3 out d4
6	36	12	Apr 28(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	8-8		2	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.27	3.46	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	-0.009	4.64	-0.01%	-0.11	8b --- 0 out tie	8b -23 2 out tie
May				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
7	37	14	May 1	DET		NYY	L,4-7	5-6		2	2.0	4	2	1	0	2	0	0	3.46	2.99	10	2	2	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.120	1.27	-0.13%	-1.04	5t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d3
8	38	15	May 2	DET		BOS	W,7-5	9-9		0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.46	3.23	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	-0.071	4.51	-0.07%	-0.33	9t 12- 2 out a2	9t 123 2 out a2
9	39	19	May 6	DET		BAL	L,6-8	9-11		3	2.2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.87	2.58	8	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	0.482	5.52	0.63%	1.86	9t 12- 1 out tie	11t 3 out tie
10	40	21	May 8	DET		WSH	W,11-3	6-GF	S(1)	1	4.0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.29	2.46	13	3	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.067	.47	0.08%	1.93	6t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 8
11	41	23	May 10	DET		CHW	L,4-6	5-7		1	2.2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.01	2.32	12	3	3	0	2	2		2	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.050	1.30	-0.07%	0.13	5t 1-3 1 out d2	7t 3 out d4
12	42	24	May 12	DET		CHW	L,4-5	7-8		1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.90	2.24	5	0	3	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.042	1.09	0.05%	0.71	7t 1-- 2 out d2	8t 3 out d2
13	43	27	May 16	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	0	1.65	2.00	33	6	13	1	2	4	79			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.677	2.63	0.74%	3.46	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
14	44	32	May 21	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS-13		4	13.0	10	1	1	2	11	1	0	1.38	2.06	48	7	19	2	0	9	92			0	1	0	45	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.964	3.18	1.21%	4.66	1b start tie	13b 3 out tie
15	45	38	May 29	DET		KCA	W,4-3	CG	W(3-1)	7	9.0	5	3	3	1	6	2	3	1.65	2.60	36	9	14	3	3	3	70			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.064	1.99	0.06%	1.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
Jun				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
16	46	43	Jun 2(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS-9	W(4-1)	3	8.1	9	1	1	3	6	0	0	1.57	2.54	35	9	8	1	0	9	64			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.43	0.334	3.26	0.46%	2.37	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a2
17	47	48	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,6-3	GS-7	W(5-1)	4	7.0	5	3	2	2	10	1	0	1.67	2.51	28	6	7	2	1	3	65			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.034	1.85	-0.04%	0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
18	48	53	Jun 12	DET		BAL	W,4-2	CG	W(6-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	0	7	2	0	1.71	2.66	32	6	13	1	0	6	74			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.347	1.85	0.43%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	49	57	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(7-1)	3	10.0	3	1	1	3	6	1	0	1.62	2.75	33	5	16	2	3	3	85			0	3	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.618	3.67	1.06%	3.82	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
20	50	61	Jun 21	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS-9	L(7-2)	4	8.0	9	6	5	0	1	0	0	1.95	2.70	34	7	17	1	1	9	43			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	2	1	1.41	-0.536	2.68	-0.62%	-1.89	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out tie
21	51	66	Jun 26	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.87	2.67	32	8	15	0	0	6	72			0	1	0	30	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.20	0.299	1.92	0.29%	3.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
Jul				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
22	52	71	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(9-2)	4	9.0	8	2	2	5	7	1	0	1.88	2.78	40	7	13	1	4	8	65			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.243	1.08	0.14%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	53	76	Jul 5	DET		KCA	W,8-4	CG	W(10-2)	3	9.0	8	4	4	0	7	3	0	2.03	2.96	35	6	14	2	2	8	62			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.092	.33	0.03%	0.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
24	54	80	Jul 12	DET		BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(11-2)	6	9.0	8	3	3	3	6	2	0	2.10	3.10	38	11	11	2	3	7	62			1	0	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	0.211	.28	0.03%	1.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
25	55	85	Jul 17	DET		NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	L(11-3)	4	7.0	8	5	4	3	3	2	2	2.25	3.31	33	4	14	2	4	7	43			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.207	.27	-0.04%	-1.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
26	56	89	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GS-9		3	9.0	6	5	5	4	3	3	1	2.42	3.58	37	12	11	1	1	6	54			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.066	.05	0.00%	-0.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
27	57	93	Jul 26	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(12-3)	4	9.0	2	2	2	3	4	1	0	2.39	3.61	32	10	13	5	3	2	76			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	1	0	.96	0.461	.16	0.05%	2.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
28	58	98	Jul 31	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-8	W(13-3)	4	7.1	9	3	3	3	2	1	0	2.45	3.67	34	10	12	0	3	7	47			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.15	0.037	.04	0.00%	1.06	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
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
29	59	103	Aug 6	DET		CLE	L,1-5	GS-6	L(13-4)	5	6.0	4	4	4	1	6	3	1	2.57	3.82	24	4	8	1	1	4	53			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.131	.00	0.00%	-1.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
30	60	108	Aug 11(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-5	GS-9	W(14-4)	4	8.2	12	5	1	3	5	0	0	2.50	3.74	42	7	15	2	4	12	50			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	1	1	2	.68	0.138	.00	0.00%	-0.17	1b start a 4	9b 12- 2 out a4
31	61	111	Aug 13(2)	DET	@	KCA	L,2-3	14-GF(14)		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	3.74	2	0	1	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.82	-0.189	.01	0.00%	-0.43	14b 12- 0 out tie	14b end d 1
32	62	113	Aug 15	DET	@	KCA	L,2-7	GS-4	L(14-5)	1	4.0	7	5	5	2	1	1	0	2.69	3.81	21	4	7	0	1	7	27			0	0	0	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.340	.00	0.00%	-3.11	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d4
33	63	115	Aug 17	DET		CHW	W,9-8	7-9		1	2.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	3.79	10	2	6	0	1	2		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.86	7t 12- 1 out d1	9t 3 out d2
34	64	118	Aug 20	DET		BAL	W,5-1	CG	W(15-5)	2	9.0	7	1	0	0	10	0	0	2.53	3.62	35	5	13	0	0	7	81			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.71	0.208	.00	0.00%	3.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
35	65	122	Aug 24	DET		WSH	L,3-6	GS-8	L(15-6)	3	8.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	2	2.65	3.67	34	5	17	2	2	7	47			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	1	0	.74	-0.209	.00	0.00%	-1.14	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
36	66	126	Aug 28	DET		BOS	L,0-1	GS-8	L(15-7)	3	8.0	2	1	1	3	7	1	0	2.59	3.66	27	5	10	0	2	2	78			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.252	.00	0.00%	2.86	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
37	67	128	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	10-GF(10)		1	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.59	3.67	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	-0.439	.00	0.00%	-1.36	10b 1-- 2 out tie	10b end d 1
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
38	68	130	Sep 1	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(16-7)	1	9.0	3	1	1	2	3	1	1	2.52	3.70	34	13	12	2	2	3	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	.90	0.273	.00	0.00%	3.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
39	69	134	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(17-7)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.50	3.61	36	8	15	2	4	6	68			1	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.182	.00	0.00%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
40	70	137	Sep 11(1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-0	SHO	W(18-7)	4	9.0	8	0	0	1	6	0	1	2.41	3.54	35	8	12	0	1	7	76			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.502	.00	0.00%	4.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
41	71	142	Sep 15(1)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	W(19-7)	3	9.0	5	1	0	4	9	0	0	2.32	3.48	37	10	10	0	4	4	80			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.58	0.269	.00	0.00%	3.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
42	72	146	Sep 21	DET	@	KCA	L,3-6	GS-3	L(19-8)	5	2.2	5	4	4	1	3	2	0	2.44	3.56	14	1	5	1	1	4	34			0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.250	.00	0.00%	-2.93	1b start tie	3b --3 2 out d4
43	73	149	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-9		1	9.0	7	4	4	2	7	3	0	2.50	3.64	37	9	12	1	2	7	62			1	0	0	34	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.32	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.21	1b start a 1	9b 3 out tie
44	74	152	Sep 27	DET		KCA	L,7-9	GS-4		3	3.1	8	7	7	1	4	1	0	2.70	3.65	19	4	2	1	0	8	19			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.626	.00	0.00%	-5.33	1t start tie	4t --- 1 out d1
45	75	154	Sep 29	DET		KCA	W,7-4	3-6	W(20-8)	1	3.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.67	3.63	13	5	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.163	.00	0.00%	1.70	3t --- 1 out d2	6t 3 out d1
							25-20		W-L:20-8,Sv:1	2.8	266.2	214	91	79	72	182	33	11	2.67	3.63	1081	0.62		6%	10%	197	61	16	38%	8	9	0	980	30	5	5	11	8	11	1.05	3.759	1.06	4.30%	34.41

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