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: 18-22 / in Starts: 17-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 3

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	111	1	Apr 10	DET		CHW	L,7-9	GS-5		99	4.1	9	3	3	3	3	1	0	6.23	6.24	24	5	5	3	0	8	33			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.182	3.52	-0.28%	-1.35	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d2
2	112	4	Apr 14	DET	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-4	L(0-1)	3	4.0	5	4	4	2	3	3	0	7.56	9.14	19	5	6	2	0	3	37			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.197	1.75	-0.23%	-2.11	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
3	113	10	Apr 23	DET		CLE	L,4-10	3-3		8	1.0	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	8.68	9.94	5	1	1	0	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.122	.99	-0.09%	-2.64	3t 123 0 out d2	3t 3 out d7
4	114	13	Apr 26	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-5	L(0-2)	2	5.0	7	4	4	0	4	1	1	8.16	7.92	23	5	6	0	2	7	41			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.208	.79	-0.09%	-1.51	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
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
5	115	16	May 1	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(0-3)	4	10.0	9	4	3	3	8	2	0	5.92	6.49	42	9	13	3	1	9	65			0	0	0	39	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.65	-0.046	.97	-0.02%	1.17	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
6	116	20	May 5	DET		BOS	W,8-3	CG	W(1-3)	3	9.0	6	3	3	3	6	1	0	5.13	5.72	38	7	16	2	4	6	66			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	.85	0.074	.47	0.02%	1.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	117	24	May 9	DET		KCA	W,7-4	CG	W(2-3)	3	9.0	10	4	4	1	11	1	0	4.89	4.91	38	8	8	0	0	10	61			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.034	.56	0.02%	0.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	118	27	May 14	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	4	2	2	4	5	1	0	4.38	4.78	34	11	10	0	4	4	72			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.337	1.01	0.18%	2.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
9	119	31	May 18	DET	@	BOS	W,14-2	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	7	2	2	5	5	1	0	4.03	4.75	38	5	16	3	4	7	65			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.093	.21	0.03%	2.57	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a12
10	120	35	May 23	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	6	4	4	2	6	2	0	4.02	4.75	33	6	14	0	3	5	63			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.319	.43	0.15%	0.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
11	121	42	May 30(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-8		6	7.2	8	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.86	4.50	34	7	13	2	0	8	57			1	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.252	2.64	0.30%	2.11	1b start tie	8b 123 2 out a2
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
12	122	47	Jun 4	DET		NYY	L,3-14	GS-3	L(5-4)	4	3.0	6	7	7	1	2	1	1	4.50	4.62	17	4	5	2	0	4	20			1	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.414	2.18	-0.55%	-5.45	1t start tie	3t 3 out d6
13	123	51	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	6	3	3	1	7	0	0	4.35	4.28	34	7	13	2	3	6	69			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.246	3.24	0.40%	1.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
14	124	56	Jun 13	DET	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS-4	L(6-5)	4	4.0	6	5	5	1	2	3	0	4.65	4.62	19	5	6	0	0	5	31			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.348	3.23	-0.82%	-3.13	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
15	125	60	Jun 17	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS-7	L(6-6)	3	7.0	4	4	3	1	7	2	0	4.59	4.62	27	11	4	0	1	4	61			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	1	.56	-0.064	2.42	-0.17%	-0.69	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
16	126	64	Jun 21(1)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.0	5	3	3	4	7	0	0	4.54	4.47	29	6	7	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.072	4.31	0.19%	1.43	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
17	127	68	Jun 25	DET		BOS	W,10-5	GS-8	W(7-6)	3	7.1	10	5	5	2	5	2	1	4.64	4.56	34	3	13	2	4	10	41			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.017	2.73	-0.03%	-1.14	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a2
18	128	73	Jun 29	DET		KCA	L,3-10	GS-3		3	2.1	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.63	4.51	10	2	3	0	0	2	50			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.026	3.31	0.05%	0.35	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out a1
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
19	129	77	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,5-6	GS-8		3	7.0	11	5	5	3	3	1	1	4.73	4.56	32	2	12	3	1	11	35			2	1	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.466	5.27	-1.29%	-2.01	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out d1
20	130	80	Jul 5	DET		CLE	L,4-5	10-GF(10)		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	4.55	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.091	4.28	0.16%	1.20	10t 1-3 1 out d1	10t end d 1
21	131	83	Jul 10	DET	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	8	1	0	4.52	4.43	35	8	10	1	2	7	71			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.251	1.87	0.21%	2.48	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
22	132	88	Jul 15	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG(5)	L(8-7)	4	5.0	7	3	3	1	5	1	1	4.55	4.43	23	4	5	0	3	7	45			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.100	.66	-0.07%	-0.56	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
23	133	93	Jul 19	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(8-8)	3	7.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.46	4.36	29	3	13	0	4	7	55			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.081	.51	0.03%	1.31	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
24	134	96	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,11-2	CG	W(9-8)	3	9.0	4	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.32	4.29	32	8	14	2	5	4	75			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	.44	0.176	.26	0.06%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
25	135	100	Jul 27	DET		BAL	L,2-5	GS-6	L(9-9)	3	6.0	5	4	4	2	1	1	0	4.38	4.33	23	6	9	2	3	5	45			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	.80	-0.171	.36	-0.05%	-0.90	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
26	136	104	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,5-6	GS-4	L(9-10)	3	4.0	8	4	4	1	4	0	0	4.49	4.26	20	2	5	0	2	8	33			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.202	.24	-0.04%	-1.93	1t start tie	4t 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
27	137	106	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,4-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.46	4.21	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.040	.10	0.01%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
28	138	110	Aug 7	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	4	3	3	3	4	0	0	4.46	4.16	25	8	6	0	1	4	53			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	1	1	.95	-0.039	.13	0.00%	0.05	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
29	139	113	Aug 11	DET		CHW	W,8-1	CG	W(10-10)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	8	0	0	4.29	4.01	37	3	17	2	4	8	74			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	.40	0.190	.03	0.01%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
30	140	117	Aug 15	DET		CLE	W,9-6	GS-6	W(11-10)	3	6.0	6	6	6	1	4	3	1	4.44	4.16	26	1	13	1	5	6	39			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.280	.01	0.00%	-2.90	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
31	141	121	Aug 20	DET		NYY	W,14-2	CG	W(12-10)	4	9.0	5	2	1	1	9	0	0	4.28	4.01	32	6	12	2	0	4	79			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.49	0.026	.00	0.00%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
32	142	127	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,3-2	GS-8	W(13-10)	5	7.2	3	2	2	5	11	0	0	4.21	3.92	30	5	6	0	2	3	71			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.210	.00	0.00%	1.52	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out a1
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
33	143	131	Sep 1	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-10)	5	9.0	3	0	0	3	8	0	1	4.03	3.84	33	6	12	2	0	3	86			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.367	.00	0.00%	4.35	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
34	144	135	Sep 5	DET		KCA	W,5-4	GS-9	W(15-10)	3	8.0	6	4	4	3	6	3	1	4.05	3.97	34	4	14	1	3	6	57			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.329	.00	0.00%	-0.25	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
35	145	137	Sep 7(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,14-15	9-GF	BL(15-11)	1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.08	3.97	3	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.77	-0.684	.00	0.00%	-2.05	9b 12- 0 out a2	9b end d 1
36	146	139	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(16-11)	1	9.0	3	1	1	4	9	1	1	3.96	3.96	35	6	12	1	3	3	82			2	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.502	.00	0.00%	3.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
37	147	143	Sep 13	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS-8	L(16-12)	3	7.0	11	4	4	1	8	1	0	4.00	3.91	33	8	5	0	2	11	46			2	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.101	.00	0.00%	0.03	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out d2
38	148	147	Sep 18	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS-7	L(16-13)	4	7.0	4	1	1	2	9	1	0	3.92	3.88	26	6	5	0	0	4	72			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.197	.00	0.00%	2.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
39	149	149	Sep 20	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.90	3.89	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	0.194	.00	0.00%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
40	150	150	Sep 22	DET		KCA	W,6-4	GS-6	W(17-13)	1	5.1	5	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.89	3.89	23	5	6	0	1	5	53			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	1	0	1	.92	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.17	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a3
							18-22		W-L:17-13,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.2	249.2	220	111	108	75	201	37	11	3.89	3.89	1037	0.59		7%	13%	212	56	7	71%	13	8	0	942	34	4	0	12	3	11	.99	-0.179	1.16	-1.89%	12.55

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