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: 25-13 / in Starts: 24-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	187	1	Apr 11	DET		CLE	L,5-9	GS-2	L(0-1)	99	1.2	6	6	3	2	1	0	0	16.20	4.97	14	1	4	0	1	6	24			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.370	2.34	-0.48%	-5.19	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d6
2	188	4	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS-6		7	6.0	2	2	1	1	3	0	0	4.70	2.70	22	8	9	0	4	1	64			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.72	0.053	1.69	0.08%	0.96	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
3	189	8	Apr 23(2)	DET		LAA	W,3-2	GS-10		3	10.0	7	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.06	2.06	37	18	4	0	0	5	76			0	2	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	0.294	4.63	0.51%	3.25	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
4	190	11	Apr 27	DET		BOS	L,2-5	GS-7	L(0-2)	3	7.0	6	4	2	0	3	2	0	2.92	3.02	26	9	8	2	2	6	56			0	2	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.134	2.28	-0.27%	-0.33	1t start tie	7t 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	191	15	May 2	DET	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	W(1-2)	4	9.0	11	3	3	2	7	1	0	2.94	3.05	41	10	12	1	2	10	58			0	0	0	38	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.252	3.85	0.50%	1.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
6	192	19	May 6	DET	@	CHW	W,11-8	GS-4		3	4.0	7	6	6	0	2	2	0	4.06	3.58	19	0	10	0	3	7	26			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.351	3.28	-0.79%	-4.00	1b start a 5	4b 3 out d1
7	193	24	May 10	DET		WSA	W,7-1	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	5	1	0	3	7	0	0	3.28	3.28	34	11	8	0	2	5	79			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.67	0.214	2.91	0.55%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
8	194	29	May 14(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-8	GS-2	L(2-3)	3	2.0	8	7	6	3	3	0	0	4.25	3.31	18	3	9	4	2	0	14			1	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	1	.78	-0.437	4.35	-1.46%	-6.03	1b start tie	2b 3 out d5
9	195	33	May 18	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS-7	L(2-4)	3	7.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.88	3.15	27	6	10	2	0	4	66			0	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.216	4.23	0.61%	2.60	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
10	196	37	May 23	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	GS-8		4	7.0	7	2	2	5	3	0	0	3.73	3.23	32	9	8	0	1	7	53			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.89	0.138	10.02	0.44%	1.74	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a1
11	197	42	May 28	DET	@	LAA	W,9-4	GS-6	W(3-4)	4	6.0	4	3	3	1	6	1	0	3.80	3.23	23	7	5	0	2	4	57			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.037	4.23	-0.11%	0.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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	198	47	Jun 2	DET		MIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.36	3.04	32	5	16	0	4	4	84			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.43	0.601	7.22	1.83%	4.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
13	199	52	Jun 6	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	GS-7	L(4-5)	3	6.2	11	7	7	3	5	1	0	3.84	3.14	33	4	10	0	0	11	26			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.243	4.11	-0.73%	-3.74	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d6
14	200	56	Jun 10	DET		CLE	W,2-0	GS-9	W(5-5)	3	8.2	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.48	2.98	30	13	7	1	0	5	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.15	0.532	7.39	2.05%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
15	201	61	Jun 15	DET		BOS	L,1-10	GS-5	L(5-6)	4	5.0	4	5	1	3	3	1	0	3.40	3.13	23	10	3	0	1	4	47			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	-0.205	6.04	-0.59%	-2.38	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
16	202	65	Jun 20	DET	@	WSA	W,5-4	GS-8	W(6-6)	4	7.2	7	4	4	2	10	1	0	3.49	3.08	32	7	6	0	3	7	57			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.069	3.10	0.21%	-0.27	1b start a 3	8b --- 2 out a1
17	203	69	Jun 25(1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS-8	W(7-6)	4	7.1	7	3	3	2	5	1	2	3.50	3.18	33	5	12	1	2	7	55			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.047	7.83	-0.19%	-0.45	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out a3
18	204	75	Jun 30	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	GS-8		4	7.0	8	5	5	2	4	1	0	3.68	3.23	30	8	8	0	0	8	43			2	0	0	27	2	1	1	1	1	0	1.31	-0.383	8.53	-1.49%	-1.96	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 0 out tie
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	205	80	Jul 5(1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.56	3.14	36	11	10	0	0	7	69			0	1	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	2	.62	0.274	3.62	0.97%	2.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
20	206	86	Jul 9(2)	DET		LAA	W,6-3	GS-9	W(9-6)	3	8.1	12	3	3	1	10	1	0	3.54	3.08	38	6	9	0	3	12	56			1	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.178	6.42	0.59%	1.18	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
21	207	88	Jul 15	DET		MIN	W,2-1	CG	W(10-6)	5	9.0	4	1	1	2	6	1	2	3.38	3.13	34	6	14	1	2	4	79			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.35	0.544	7.52	1.82%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
22	208	93	Jul 19	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	L(10-7)	3	9.0	5	4	4	2	11	2	1	3.42	3.19	35	5	11	2	0	5	70			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.076	4.40	-0.27%	0.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
23	209	98	Jul 24	DET	@	LAA	W,5-2	CG	W(11-7)	4	9.0	8	2	1	3	1	0	0	3.29	3.19	37	11	15	2	6	7	63			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.52	0.399	8.83	1.39%	3.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
24	210	102	Jul 29	DET		MIN	L,4-5	GS-8	L(11-8)	4	7.2	3	4	2	1	7	0	1	3.24	3.12	29	8	9	0	4	3	67			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.235	7.80	0.83%	1.75	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a1
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
25	211	106	Aug 3	DET		WSA	W,2-1	CG	W(12-8)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.13	3.06	32	5	15	3	1	4	79			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.649	8.13	2.09%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
26	212	108	Aug 5	DET		CLE	W,7-6	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.10	3.07	7	3	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	0.291	11.06	1.01%	1.05	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
27	213	111	Aug 8	DET	@	CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(13-8)	2	9.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.95	3.01	31	8	15	3	1	4	83			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.555	5.88	1.74%	4.49	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
28	214	115	Aug 12	DET	@	MIN	W,17-3	CG	W(14-8)	3	9.0	6	3	3	3	5	0	0	2.96	2.98	35	11	10	0	2	6	65			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	.49	0.022	2.29	0.06%	1.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a14
29	215	119	Aug 16	DET		BAL	L,2-8	GS-7	L(14-9)	3	7.0	8	5	5	5	6	3	0	3.07	3.17	35	4	12	0	2	8	42			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.181	4.98	-0.69%	-1.33	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
30	216	124	Aug 20(2)	DET		BOS	W,7-6	GS-7		3	7.0	12	6	5	1	4	1	0	3.18	3.19	35	8	10	0	3	12	34			1	0	0	33	4	1	1	0	0	1	1.18	-0.330	6.90	-1.16%	-2.33	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
31	217	128	Aug 25	DET	@	WSA	W,6-0	SHO(8)	W(15-9)	4	8.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.07	3.14	27	11	9	1	2	2	81			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.298	4.17	1.18%	3.83	1b start tie	8b 3 out a6
32	218	133	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,4-7	GS-7	L(15-10)	4	7.0	10	4	3	1	4	0	1	3.09	3.12	33	7	10	2	2	10	46			2	0	0	31	4	0	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.070	6.59	-0.29%	-0.33	1t start tie	7t 3 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
33	219	137	Sep 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS-6		3	6.0	6	4	4	0	7	2	0	3.17	3.15	22	2	11	2	3	2	51			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.54	-0.188	5.74	-1.20%	-1.10	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
34	220	142	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS-4	L(15-11)	4	3.1	8	3	2	0	2	0	0	3.20	3.13	18	6	2	0	0	8	36			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.47	-0.231	.53	-0.05%	-2.14	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d2
35	221	146	Sep 13	DET		KCA	W,8-0	SHO	W(16-11)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.08	3.10	35	7	14	0	4	5	80			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.265	.02	0.00%	4.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
36	222	151	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,4-6	GS-8		3	8.0	5	4	4	4	9	2	1	3.12	3.17	34	4	16	2	6	0	61			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.080	.01	0.00%	0.20	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
37	223	155	Sep 23	DET	@	LAA	W,4-2	GS-8	W(17-11)	5	8.0	5	2	2	3	8	1	1	3.10	3.19	33	7	9	1	4	5	69			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	0.346	.00	0.00%	2.48	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a2
38	224	161	Sep 29	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	GS-4		5	4.0	4	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.19	3.23	18	6	4	0	1	4	38			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	1	.73	-0.194	.00	0.00%	-1.86	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
							25-13		W-L:17-11,Sv:1	3.6	268.1	232	113	95	71	194	25	9	3.19	3.23	1110	0.76		5%	12%	209	58	0	---%	13	11	0	1014	35	6	3	18	4	25	1.05	2.868	4.86	8.69%	24.83

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