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: 16-19 / in Starts: 16-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 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	76	1	Apr 15	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	3	0	2	3	1	0	0.00	3.92	36	11	14	2	0	6	68			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.45	0.358	3.81	0.56%	1.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
2	77	6	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,2-4	GS-9	L(1-1)	4	8.0	6	4	4	4	1	4	1	2.12	7.06	33	8	13	0	0	6	51			0	1	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.164	2.54	-0.27%	-0.38	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out d2
3	78	11	Apr 25	DET	@	CLE	L,2-12	GS-4	L(1-2)	4	3.1	5	8	8	4	4	1	0	5.31	7.15	20	7	1	0	0	4	18			0	0	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.05	-0.338	3.27	-0.63%	-5.51	1b start tie	4b -23 1 out d5
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
4	79	16	May 2	DET	@	BOS	L,0-6	GS-7	L(1-3)	6	7.0	5	3	1	3	5	0	0	4.28	5.91	29	9	8	1	0	4	61			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.028	2.60	0.05%	0.47	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
5	80	20	May 7(2)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-11	GS-2	L(1-4)	4	1.0	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	4.76	6.11	8	2	1	0	0	2	38			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.223	3.65	-0.34%	-2.51	1b start tie	2b 12- 0 out d2
6	81	24	May 11	DET		KCA	W,10-3	GS-2		3	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.75	5.87	8	2	4	0	0	2	48			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.012	2.53	-0.02%	0.00	1t start tie	2t 3 out d1
7	82	36	May 25(1)	DET		WSH	W,7-2	GS-7	W(2-4)	13	6.0	7	2	2	3	3	1	1	4.46	5.83	28	5	9	1	3	7	50			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	0.043	1.05	0.02%	0.62	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a1
8	83	40	May 30(1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6	GS-4		4	3.1	7	5	5	0	3	3	0	5.22	6.38	16	2	4	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.284	.94	-0.23%	-2.68	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 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
9	84	43	Jun 3	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	GS-5	L(2-5)	3	5.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	2	5.04	5.86	22	4	5	3	0	6	52			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.027	.83	-0.01%	0.20	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
10	85	47	Jun 7	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-3		3	3.0	5	3	3	4	3	1	0	5.29	6.04	17	1	4	0	0	5	36			0	1	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.187	.90	-0.12%	-1.62	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
11	86	49	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	L,4-9	3-3		1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.44	6.02	3	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.113	.43	-0.05%	-2.57	3b 12- 2 out d3	3b 3 out d6
12	87	51	Jun 11(2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-3	GS-9	W(3-5)	1	8.2	8	3	2	8	12	0	0	4.92	5.48	43	4	11	3	0	8	62			0	0	0	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.085	.46	0.05%	0.69	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out a6
13	88	56	Jun 15(2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-5)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	4.25	4.87	32	6	13	1	0	4	84			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.452	1.87	0.55%	4.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
14	89	59	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,7-1	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	14	1	0	3.86	4.46	34	3	10	2	0	5	85			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.265	1.82	0.33%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
15	90	66	Jun 28	DET		BOS	L,5-6	GS-6		7	5.2	5	4	4	3	6	1	0	4.03	4.44	24	4	6	1	0	5	46			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.198	1.98	-0.18%	-1.23	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d3
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
16	91	70	Jul 2	DET		KCA	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-5)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.63	4.23	33	11	12	4	0	2	81			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.432	1.05	0.28%	4.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
17	92	74	Jul 6	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.39	4.03	35	8	14	1	0	6	74			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.583	.79	0.23%	3.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
18	93	76	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.1	11	4	4	1	9	0	1	3.53	3.82	31	4	6	1	0	10	43			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.164	.91	-0.07%	-1.31	1b start a 4	7b 123 1 out a2
19	94	82	Jul 16	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-6)	4	7.0	6	3	3	3	10	1	0	3.55	3.76	30	2	10	1	0	5	60			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.090	1.44	-0.08%	0.14	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
20	95	86	Jul 20(1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-6)	3	9.0	0	0	0	2	12	0	1	3.28	3.54	30	5	10	1	1	0	97			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.465	.32	0.12%	4.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
21	96	90	Jul 24	DET		NYY	L,7-10	GS-8	L(8-7)	3	7.1	8	6	6	2	4	2	0	3.52	3.66	31	11	11	0	0	3	40			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.385	.14	-0.03%	-2.26	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out d1
22	97	96	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,8-11	GS-4		4	3.1	5	5	4	2	3	1	0	3.70	3.73	16	1	5	0	0	5	33			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.353	.01	0.00%	-3.52	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d1
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
23	98	100	Aug 2	DET		BAL	W,8-7	GS-3		3	2.2	5	5	5	1	2	2	0	3.96	3.89	15	3	4	0	0	5	29			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.294	.01	0.00%	-3.82	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out tie
24	99	108	Aug 11	DET		KCA	W,3-2	GS-9	W(9-7)	8	8.2	6	2	2	3	8	1	0	3.85	3.85	35	7	11	1	0	6	69			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.351	.00	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a1
25	100	114	Aug 16	DET	@	KCA	L,7-8	GS-5		4	4.1	6	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.04	3.82	21	4	7	1	0	6	31			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.13	-0.398	.01	0.00%	-3.12	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 1 out d2
26	101	119	Aug 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(9-8)	5	7.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	1	3.97	3.82	28	6	10	1	0	5	63			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	0.026	.00	0.00%	1.08	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
27	102	123	Aug 27(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-7	L(9-9)	4	7.0	5	3	3	3	8	0	0	3.97	3.72	30	6	8	0	0	5	60			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.13	-0.085	.00	0.00%	0.47	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d1
28	103	127	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS-7	L(9-10)	3	7.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	1	3.96	3.68	32	7	14	2	0	5	50			1	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	1	0	.64	-0.120	.00	0.00%	0.24	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
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
29	104	132	Sep 4	DET		CHW	W,11-4	GS-7	W(10-10)	3	7.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.96	3.71	28	5	12	2	0	6	54			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	.71	0.139	.00	0.00%	0.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
30	105	136	Sep 9	DET		WSH	W,7-1	CG	W(11-10)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.82	3.71	32	6	17	1	0	3	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.238	.00	0.00%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
31	106	140	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,13-2	CG	W(12-10)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	11	2	0	3.73	3.69	34	5	11	1	0	6	77			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.068	.00	0.00%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
32	107	144	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(13-10)	3	9.0	7	2	2	3	8	1	0	3.65	3.66	36	9	9	2	0	7	70			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.381	.00	0.00%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
33	108	148	Sep 21	DET		CLE	L,1-3	GS-5	L(13-11)	3	5.0	4	3	0	3	3	1	1	3.57	3.73	22	6	5	2	0	4	53			0	1	0	18	1	0	1	1	0	2	.72	-0.123	.00	0.00%	-0.50	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
34	109	151	Sep 25	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	W(14-11)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	1	1	3.46	3.73	34	5	15	1	0	6	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.59	0.220	.00	0.00%	3.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
35	110	154	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-4	L(14-12)	2	3.2	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.52	3.74	16	4	6	0	0	4	39			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.082	.00	0.00%	-0.56	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d2
							16-19		W-L:14-12	3.6	219.2	188	96	86	79	177	28	10	3.52	3.74	922	0.61		7%	1%	172	56	2	100%	6	4	1	822	34	0	4	11	4	6	.92	0.494	.89	0.14%	7.56

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