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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

59.5

224

184

ERA

3.27

591

519

3760.1

2855

WHIP

1.179

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 28-13 / in Starts: 26-13

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: 2

1964 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1964 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	305	2	Apr 15	PHI		NYM	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	1	1	3	11	0	1	1.00	1.49	35	7	6	2	0	7	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.40	0.399	3.14	0.54%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
2	306	7	Apr 24	PHI		CHC	W,10-0	SHO	W(2-0)	8	9.0	6	0	0	2	9	0	1	0.50	1.55	35	8	9	2	2	6	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.136	.75	0.24%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
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
3	307	12	May 1	PHI	@	MLN	W,5-3	GS-9	W(3-0)	6	8.2	9	3	3	2	8	1	1	1.35	2.12	37	5	12	2	4	9	60			1	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	1	.81	0.332	3.01	0.74%	2.34	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out a4
4	308	16	May 5	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-6	L(3-1)	3	5.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	1.71	2.10	23	7	6	1	3	6	47			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.045	3.78	-0.09%	-0.18	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out d2
5	309	20	May 9	PHI		CIN	W,5-4	GS-5		3	5.0	7	4	4	0	4	0	0	2.45	1.95	22	5	7	0	2	6	41			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.252	4.04	-0.55%	-1.78	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
6	310	24	May 14	PHI		STL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(4-1)	4	7.0	7	2	2	3	8	0	1	2.47	1.96	32	4	10	2	3	6	60			0	0	0	27	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.006	4.08	-0.01%	0.74	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
7	311	28	May 18	PHI	@	HOU	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-1)	3	9.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	2.05	1.94	29	5	17	3	2	1	90			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.357	2.29	0.74%	3.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
8	312	34	May 24	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-3	GS-7	L(5-2)	5	7.0	8	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.11	2.09	30	4	17	6	0	2	58			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.018	3.35	-0.04%	0.92	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
9	313	38	May 29	PHI		HOU	W,7-6	GS-8		4	7.2	6	6	2	1	6	0	0	2.14	2.01	30	3	14	0	5	6	56			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.445	3.61	-0.98%	-2.75	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 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
10	314	42	Jun 3	PHI		LAD	W,1-0	GS-10		4	10.0	8	0	0	4	11	0	1	1.86	2.00	43	14	12	5	0	1	83			2	0	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.78	0.773	8.36	2.17%	4.44	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
11	315	46	Jun 7	PHI		SFG	L,3-4	GS-9		3	8.1	7	3	3	2	8	2	0	2.00	2.24	34	9	9	0	5	6	63			0	0	0	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.025	5.37	0.08%	0.76	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out tie
12	316	51	Jun 13	PHI		NYM	W,8-2	CG	W(6-2)	5	9.0	5	2	2	0	4	2	0	2.00	2.47	30	11	10	2	3	5	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.58	0.190	2.20	0.44%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
13	317	55	Jun 17	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-9	GS-5		3	4.1	7	4	4	2	0	1	0	2.27	2.67	21	3	9	1	4	7	31			0	0	0	19	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.200	5.94	-0.59%	-1.91	1b start tie	5b --- 1 out a1
14	318	56	Jun 18	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-3	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	2.67	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	0.095	9.89	0.27%	0.87	9b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
15	319	60	Jun 21(1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-0	SHO	W(7-2)	2	9.0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	2.07	2.48	27	6	11	1	4	0	97			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.293	2.21	0.87%	3.88	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
16	320	65	Jun 26	PHI	@	STL	W,6-5	GS-8		4	7.0	11	4	4	0	5	0	1	2.26	2.42	33	5	11	2	3	11	44			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.079	6.16	-0.26%	0.08	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out a2
17	321	70	Jun 30	PHI	@	HOU	W,8-1	CG	W(8-2)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.17	2.42	34	9	14	0	3	5	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	2	.36	0.046	1.91	0.15%	2.80	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a7
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
18	322	74	Jul 4	PHI	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS-10	W(9-2)	3	10.0	6	2	2	1	9	1	0	2.14	2.42	36	11	9	0	2	6	80			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.513	8.94	2.48%	2.57	1b start a 1	10b 3 out tie
19	323	78	Jul 11	PHI		CIN	L,1-3	GS-8	L(9-3)	6	8.0	10	3	3	0	2	0	0	2.21	2.40	32	7	13	2	3	10	52			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.066	6.58	-0.25%	0.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
20	324	81	Jul 13	PHI		MLN	W,3-2	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.19	2.42	4	2	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.68	0.429	38.46	1.48%	1.41	9t 12- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
21	325	83	Jul 15	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-3	GS-7	L(9-4)	1	7.0	4	3	2	0	6	1	0	2.21	2.44	26	9	7	0	3	4	65			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.111	3.74	-0.40%	0.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
22	326	87	Jul 19(1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-7		3	6.1	6	3	1	0	6	0	0	2.18	2.37	26	4	10	1	1	6	59			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	1	.84	0.045	5.98	0.19%	0.36	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a2
23	327	92	Jul 23	PHI	@	MLN	W,13-10	GS-2		3	2.0	5	5	5	1	1	2	1	2.43	2.56	13	1	4	0	1	5	26			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.325	4.42	-1.26%	-4.09	1b start tie	2b 3 out d5
24	328	97	Jul 28	PHI		SFG	W,4-0	GS-9	W(10-4)	4	8.1	4	0	0	1	4	0	1	2.31	2.55	32	9	13	2	4	4	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.64	0.285	5.83	1.55%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a4
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	329	101	Aug 1	PHI		LAD	W,10-6	GS-2		3	2.0	4	4	2	0	2	0	0	2.39	2.53	12	3	6	2	0	1	38			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.05	-0.303	7.12	-1.23%	-3.11	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
26	330	103	Aug 5(1)	PHI		HOU	W,4-1	GS-7	W(11-4)	3	7.0	5	1	1	0	5	1	3	2.35	2.60	29	7	9	0	3	5	68			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.298	10.66	1.24%	2.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
27	331	108	Aug 9	PHI		NYM	W,6-0	SHO	W(12-4)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.23	2.53	32	4	18	2	3	4	83			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.311	3.35	1.27%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
28	332	112	Aug 14(1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	W(13-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	7	1	0	2.18	2.56	32	6	12	0	3	5	78			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.77	0.269	5.16	1.08%	2.88	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
29	333	118	Aug 19	PHI		CHC	W,9-5	GS-6		4	6.0	4	4	0	2	11	1	0	2.11	2.55	24	3	4	1	1	4	65			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	.87	-0.207	5.01	-0.72%	-1.34	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
30	334	123	Aug 23	PHI		PIT	W,9-3	GS-7	W(14-4)	3	7.0	8	3	3	1	5	2	0	2.17	2.64	29	9	7	1	1	7	53			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	1	.82	0.031	3.50	0.08%	0.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
31	335	127	Aug 28	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS-9		4	8.1	4	2	2	1	11	0	0	2.17	2.55	31	5	10	2	2	4	77			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.396	3.75	0.84%	3.15	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a2
Sep/Oct				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
32	336	130	Sep 1	PHI		HOU	W,4-3	CG	W(15-4)	3	9.0	8	3	3	1	4	1	1	2.20	2.61	34	10	10	2	3	8	62			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.10	0.470	5.32	1.37%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
33	337	134	Sep 5	PHI		SFG	W,9-3	CG	W(16-4)	3	9.0	9	3	3	3	7	2	1	2.23	2.71	39	12	14	2	0	2	61			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.061	3.16	0.17%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
34	338	139	Sep 9	PHI		STL	L,5-10	GS-6		3	6.0	10	3	3	1	4	2	0	2.29	2.79	28	3	10	1	2	10	43			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	0.037	8.29	0.15%	-0.34	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
35	339	143	Sep 13	PHI	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG(10)	W(17-4)	3	10.0	7	1	1	2	9	0	0	2.23	2.74	38	10	17	2	0	0	81			2	0	0	34	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.58	0.535	8.89	1.81%	3.57	1b start tie	10b 3 out a3
36	340	146	Sep 16	PHI	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS-5	L(17-5)	2	4.1	8	6	6	3	4	1	0	2.41	2.79	24	4	5	0	4	8	24			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.433	3.60	-0.57%	-3.37	1b start a 2	5b 123 1 out d1
37	341	150	Sep 20	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	W(18-5)	3	9.0	5	2	0	0	6	0	0	2.33	2.74	32	9	13	2	7	4	79			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.393	2.20	0.57%	1.76	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
38	342	154	Sep 24	PHI		MLN	L,3-5	GS-6	L(18-6)	3	6.0	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.38	2.75	23	9	5	0	0	6	47			0	1	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.095	5.66	-0.38%	-0.34	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
39	343	157	Sep 27	PHI		MLN	L,8-14	GS-4	L(18-7)	2	3.0	10	7	7	0	0	0	0	2.58	2.75	18	2	6	1	1	10	11			0	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.522	21.55	-5.18%	-4.63	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d2
40	344	160	Sep 30	PHI	@	STL	L,5-8	GS-4	L(18-8)	2	3.1	8	6	5	0	2	1	0	2.71	2.78	20	7	3	1	1	8	24			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	3	.63	-0.277	6.91	-1.82%	-3.98	1b start tie	4b --3 1 out d5
41	345	162	Oct 4	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-0	SHO	W(19-8)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.63	2.75	34	5	17	2	3	6	79			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.228	5.38	1.74%	4.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
							28-13		W-L:19-8,Sv:2	3.3	284.1	248	99	83	46	219	23	14	2.63	2.75	1145	0.65		8%	14%	211	61	4	0%	8	4	0	1064	38	9	3	20	2	17	.97	3.563	5.22	7.91%	33.69

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Bunning Pages

Jim Bunning Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Jim Bunning Pages at Baseball Reference