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: 16-20 / in Starts: 15-19

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: 2

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	151	1	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	11-11	BS(1)	99	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	5.53	5	1	2	0	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.62	-0.068	13.34	-0.10%	-0.05	11b -23 0 out a2	11b 3 out tie
2	152	3	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GS-4		2	4.0	4	4	4	5	2	0	0	7.20	5.33	21	6	5	1	0	3	35			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.268	4.06	-0.47%	-1.96	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
3	153	6	Apr 26	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS-10		3	10.0	6	1	1	2	8	0	0	3.00	2.79	38	8	14	0	3	6	82			0	0	0	34	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.47	0.619	5.12	1.30%	4.09	1t start tie	10t 3 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
4	154	10	May 1(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	5.1	10	6	6	1	3	1	0	4.87	3.22	26	8	4	0	0	10	26			2	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.461	2.66	-0.78%	-3.74	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d3
5	155	14	May 6	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	L(0-2)	4	8.2	11	3	1	2	13	0	0	3.72	2.32	39	5	9	3	3	10	65			0	0	0	36	1	0	1	1	0	1	2.31	-0.366	4.75	-0.45%	0.76	1b start a 1	9b 123 2 out d1
6	156	18	May 13	DET		KCA	W,4-3	GS-7		6	7.0	6	2	2	0	6	1	0	3.50	2.39	27	7	9	0	2	5	63			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.082	1.34	0.09%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
7	157	23	May 18	DET		WSH	L,0-3	GS-10		4	10.0	6	0	0	2	10	0	0	2.74	2.11	38	14	8	0	2	4	88			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.832	3.06	1.02%	5.09	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
8	158	26	May 22(1)	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(1-2)	3	9.0	6	2	2	3	6	2	0	2.62	2.60	36	8	13	0	4	6	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.277	1.16	0.27%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	159	30	May 28	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GS-9		5	8.2	6	3	2	2	7	1	0	2.54	2.67	34	15	4	0	1	6	67			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.43	-0.010	3.71	-0.02%	0.80	1t start tie	9t 123 2 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
10	160	36	Jun 1	DET		CHW	L,0-6	GS-8	L(1-3)	3	8.0	3	2	2	3	7	0	1	2.51	2.62	28	6	8	0	0	3	72			1	3	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.105	1.63	0.13%	2.07	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
11	161	40	Jun 5(1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	W(2-3)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	1	2.45	2.75	35	11	12	1	0	6	70			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.231	1.71	0.32%	2.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
12	162	46	Jun 10	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	GS-8	W(3-3)	4	7.0	9	4	4	2	8	1	0	2.67	2.77	31	6	8	1	0	7	49			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	.60	0.011	1.56	0.02%	-1.43	1b start a 4	8b --3 0 out a3
13	163	50	Jun 14	DET		BOS	W,2-1	GS-7	W(4-3)	3	7.0	4	1	1	3	13	1	0	2.57	2.71	28	4	5	0	1	3	75			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.233	2.79	0.38%	2.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
14	164	55	Jun 19(1)	DET		BAL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	7.0	6	1	1	3	4	1	0	2.48	2.83	28	5	10	1	2	6	62			0	1	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.18	0.255	4.27	0.56%	2.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
15	165	60	Jun 24	DET		WSH	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-4)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.28	2.70	30	9	13	2	7	2	87			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.364	1.04	0.38%	4.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	166	65	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-6	L(5-5)	4	5.2	6	4	4	2	2	2	0	2.48	2.93	25	6	9	1	3	6	41			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	.74	-0.167	.90	-0.12%	-1.30	1b start tie	6b -2- 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
17	167	70	Jul 4(1)	DET		CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-5)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	2	2.30	2.88	33	6	15	3	0	3	86			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.484	.42	0.13%	4.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	168	74	Jul 8	DET	@	KCA	L,4-5	GS-4		3	4.0	8	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.44	2.90	18	5	2	1	1	8	33			1	1	0	16	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.08	-0.157	.54	-0.05%	-1.03	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
19	169	78	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,2-11	GS-6	L(6-6)	7	5.0	6	6	6	3	6	1	1	2.75	2.98	23	4	5	0	0	4	34			0	0	0	19	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.39	-0.404	1.71	-0.30%	-3.46	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d4
20	170	82	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,6-8	GS-7	L(6-7)	3	6.0	6	8	7	4	6	0	1	3.08	2.98	30	8	5	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.552	.89	-0.25%	-4.87	1t start tie	7t --3 0 out d3
21	171	87	Jul 24	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-6		3	6.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.01	2.91	23	4	5	0	0	5	63			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.162	.81	0.08%	1.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
22	172	91	Jul 29	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS-7	L(6-8)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.93	2.82	28	8	6	1	0	6	67			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.215	.35	0.04%	2.52	1b start tie	7b 3 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	173	96	Aug 2(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-9		3	8.0	2	1	1	2	11	0	1	2.85	2.73	29	5	8	1	0	2	83			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.476	.18	0.05%	3.34	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a2
24	174	100	Aug 7(1)	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(7-8)	4	9.0	5	2	0	3	11	0	0	2.69	2.64	34	5	10	2	1	5	81			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.04	0.220	.04	0.01%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
25	175	103	Aug 10	DET		BAL	L,2-4	8-GF		2	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.67	2.63	6	2	2	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.60	0.066	.01	0.00%	1.43	8t 12- 1 out d2	9t end d 2
26	176	105	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-8		1	8.0	12	4	3	2	3	0	0	2.70	2.62	37	4	17	0	0	11	45			0	0	0	34	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.26	0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.21	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
27	177	110	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(7-9)	3	8.0	7	3	1	1	7	1	0	2.63	2.63	31	9	8	0	1	6	66			3	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.006	.01	0.00%	0.91	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
28	178	115	Aug 21(1)	DET		CLE	W,6-4	GS-5	W(8-9)	4	5.0	7	4	4	0	2	2	0	2.75	2.74	22	6	7	1	2	7	39			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.199	.01	0.00%	-1.46	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
29	179	120	Aug 26	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-7	L(8-10)	4	7.0	8	5	2	1	6	1	0	2.75	2.75	28	7	6	0	3	8	52			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	2	1	1	1.22	-0.244	.01	0.00%	-1.51	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d1
30	180	125	Aug 30(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(8-11)	3	9.1	10	3	2	3	10	0	1	2.71	2.70	41	7	10	0	5	10	65			0	1	0	36	6	0	1	1	0	1	1.50	-0.114	.00	0.00%	1.51	1b start tie	10b 1-- 1 out d1
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
31	181	129	Sep 4(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-5	W(9-11)	4	5.0	5	2	1	1	1	0	0	2.69	2.70	22	5	10	1	1	5	51			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	1	.76	0.099	.00	0.00%	0.44	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a3
32	182	135	Sep 8	DET		BOS	L,1-6	GS-7	L(9-12)	3	7.0	8	5	5	2	4	2	1	2.81	2.82	32	4	14	3	2	7	43			0	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	1	1	.86	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-1.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
33	183	140	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	W(10-12)	4	9.0	3	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.74	2.81	32	9	14	1	3	3	83			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	.96	0.460	.00	0.00%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
34	184	144	Sep 18(1)	DET		CHW	L,4-8	GS-6	L(10-13)	4	5.2	12	6	6	2	2	0	0	2.90	2.82	29	7	6	0	0	12	21			0	2	0	24	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.11	-0.418	.00	0.00%	-3.45	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d3
35	185	147	Sep 23	DET		KCA	L,1-4	GS-7	L(10-14)	4	7.0	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.89	2.85	28	8	9	0	4	7	57			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	.91	0.084	.00	0.00%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
36	186	151	Sep 27	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-14)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	2	2.79	2.86	32	10	14	0	2	3	82			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.699	.00	0.00%	4.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							16-20		W-L:11-14,BSv:1	3.6	252.0	217	92	78	64	201	20	11	2.79	2.86	1027	0.79		4%	10%	203	60	4	50%	11	11	0	923	43	4	7	17	6	10	1.12	2.448	1.41	2.23%	31.80

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