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: 23-20 / in Starts: 21-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 42, Entered with runners on base: 0

1966 Pitching Game Log

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1966 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	385	3	Apr 15	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7		99	7.0	7	2	2	1	9	0	0	2.57	0.41	29	8	7	0	2	4	63			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.016	2.82	0.02%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
2	386	6	Apr 19	PHI		ATL	L,1-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	3	8.0	6	2	1	3	5	0	0	1.80	1.49	32	14	8	1	3	2	66			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.01	0.136	2.64	0.21%	1.64	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
3	387	11	Apr 25	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-1)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.13	1.43	30	15	5	0	2	2	83			2	1	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	.87	0.340	1.83	0.43%	4.10	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
4	388	12	Apr 29	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	9	1	1	1	9	1	1	1.09	1.77	38	14	9	0	6	4	73			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.369	1.94	0.48%	3.14	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
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	389	15	May 3	PHI	@	ATL	L,8-9	GS-6		3	5.1	5	4	4	2	1	2	0	1.88	2.66	23	6	12	2	2	2	41			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.142	2.47	-0.21%	-1.44	1b start a 1	6b --- 1 out a1
6	390	19	May 7	PHI		PIT	W,7-3	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	9	3	3	2	8	1	1	2.09	2.77	39	13	14	9	4	1	63			0	0	0	35	0	0	1	0	0	1	.83	0.250	2.08	0.38%	1.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	391	23	May 12	PHI		LAD	W,5-1	GS-7	W(4-1)	4	6.0	8	1	1	1	2	1	1	2.03	3.02	26	9	7	2	3	6	53			1	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.106	2.32	0.11%	0.76	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a4
8	392	26	May 15	PHI		HOU	W,5-2	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.95	3.02	8	1	4	2	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.144	1.47	0.14%	0.91	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
9	393	28	May 18	PHI		STL	W,4-3	GS-5		2	5.0	5	3	3	1	5	1	1	2.24	3.13	21	4	5	0	1	5	49			1	1	0	18	2	1	0	0	1	0	.68	-0.132	1.21	-0.14%	-0.72	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
10	394	32	May 22	PHI	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	8	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.08	2.89	34	12	12	0	4	4	73			1	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	0	.90	0.220	1.83	0.27%	2.81	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
11	395	36	May 26	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-1	GS-10		3	10.0	5	0	0	2	8	0	0	1.82	2.72	36	6	15	0	0	5	88			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	0.800	3.42	1.08%	4.73	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
12	396	40	May 30(1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,7-2	CG	W(6-1)	3	9.0	7	2	1	2	7	0	0	1.73	2.61	35	9	10	2	5	7	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.64	0.245	1.30	0.30%	1.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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
13	397	46	Jun 3	PHI		SFG	W,6-1	CG	W(7-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	11	1	1	1.66	2.57	35	6	10	0	0	6	81			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.247	2.15	0.46%	3.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	398	50	Jun 7	PHI		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(8-1)	3	9.0	3	1	1	0	14	1	0	1.61	2.43	31	2	14	1	4	1	91			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.68	0.301	1.97	0.52%	3.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	399	54	Jun 11	PHI		STL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(8-2)	3	7.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	0	1.67	2.40	30	7	10	0	3	6	58			1	0	0	28	3	0	2	0	0	0	.81	0.053	2.32	0.09%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
16	400	59	Jun 15(1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS-5		3	5.0	6	5	4	0	2	1	0	1.90	2.49	20	8	6	1	0	4	39			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.242	2.58	-0.43%	-2.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
17	401	64	Jun 19(1)	PHI	@	STL	L,0-1	GS-7	L(8-3)	3	7.0	5	1	1	2	5	1	0	1.87	2.56	27	6	10	3	3	4	66			0	0	0	24	0	0	1	1	0	0	.98	0.173	2.72	0.29%	2.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
18	402	69	Jun 24	PHI		PIT	L,1-3	GS-8	L(8-4)	4	8.0	9	3	3	1	6	3	0	1.96	2.79	34	10	10	1	3	7	57			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.008	1.41	-0.01%	0.64	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
19	403	72	Jun 28	PHI	@	NYM	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-4)	3	9.0	2	0	0	4	8	0	1	1.83	2.76	33	6	13	0	5	1	87			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.752	2.05	0.65%	3.98	1b start tie	9b 3 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
20	404	76	Jul 2	PHI		CHC	W,12-9	GS-4		3	3.2	8	6	4	0	3	1	1	2.03	2.83	21	5	5	1	0	7	28			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	1	1	.94	-0.472	1.68	-0.51%	-4.48	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d4
21	405	81	Jul 6	PHI		NYM	L,5-7	GS-6		3	5.1	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.08	2.81	21	9	5	1	1	4	51			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.045	1.92	0.06%	0.49	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out a1
22	406	85	Jul 10	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-10	GS-4	L(9-5)	3	3.1	6	6	6	3	4	0	0	2.39	2.81	19	2	4	0	1	6	25			0	0	0	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.324	.80	-0.30%	-4.65	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d6
23	407	87	Jul 15	PHI		SFG	L,1-8	GS-7	L(9-6)	4	6.2	4	5	5	2	4	2	3	2.57	3.01	28	7	8	0	2	4	48			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	0	.53	-0.184	1.18	-0.25%	-2.23	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d5
24	408	92	Jul 19	PHI	@	HOU	L,2-8	GS-4	L(9-7)	3	4.0	8	4	4	0	3	1	0	2.72	3.04	20	7	3	1	0	7	33			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.357	2.45	-0.42%	-2.31	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
25	409	96	Jul 23	PHI	@	SFG	W,8-0	SHO	W(10-7)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.58	2.94	31	13	9	0	0	3	87			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.36	0.239	.81	0.33%	4.26	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
26	410	100	Jul 27	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS-11		3	11.0	6	1	1	2	12	0	3	2.48	2.87	44	11	10	2	2	6	91			0	1	0	37	1	0	1	0	1	1	2.04	0.684	2.21	0.45%	3.61	1b start tie	11b 3 out tie
27	411	103	Jul 31(1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	W(11-7)	3	9.0	11	1	1	0	5	0	1	2.41	2.82	38	14	12	0	1	6	66			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.297	.67	0.21%	3.10	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
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
28	412	108	Aug 4	PHI		HOU	W,12-2	CG	W(12-7)	3	9.0	9	2	2	0	10	0	0	2.39	2.71	36	11	8	2	0	7	71			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.122	.89	0.12%	2.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
29	413	112	Aug 9	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(12-8)	4	7.0	6	3	3	2	5	1	1	2.44	2.76	30	9	7	0	0	6	56			3	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	.69	-0.077	1.23	-0.08%	0.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
30	414	115	Aug 13(1)	PHI	@	ATL	W,4-2	GS-9	W(13-8)	3	8.2	7	2	2	3	7	0	1	2.42	2.75	37	10	10	4	3	6	66			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.27	0.271	1.65	0.21%	1.80	1b start a 3	9b 12- 2 out a2
31	415	120	Aug 17	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	GS-7		3	7.0	6	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.43	2.75	28	9	6	1	0	5	63			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.075	1.30	0.07%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
32	416	124	Aug 21(2)	PHI		NYM	L,1-5	GS-8	L(13-9)	3	8.0	4	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.42	2.71	28	11	7	1	2	4	70			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.070	1.68	0.07%	1.64	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
33	417	128	Aug 25	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(14-9)	3	9.0	8	1	1	0	7	0	0	2.37	2.65	33	11	9	2	3	6	74			0	1	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	0	.97	0.423	.65	0.17%	3.10	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
34	418	133	Aug 29	PHI		SFG	W,5-1	CG	W(15-9)	3	9.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.32	2.63	32	12	15	0	0	3	77			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.63	0.196	.12	0.02%	3.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
35	419	137	Sep 2	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-0	SHO	W(16-9)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	6	0	1	2.24	2.59	32	18	4	0	2	3	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.285	.14	0.04%	3.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
36	420	142	Sep 6	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS-7	L(16-10)	3	7.0	7	3	3	1	5	1	0	2.28	2.61	27	4	11	2	3	6	55			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.084	.39	-0.02%	0.22	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
37	421	144	Sep 10	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	GS-8	L(16-11)	3	8.0	3	2	1	3	7	1	1	2.25	2.65	30	8	8	1	0	3	74			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	.72	0.069	.31	0.02%	1.64	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
38	422	147	Sep 14	PHI	@	SFG	W,2-0	SHO	W(17-11)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.18	2.61	32	11	6	0	0	5	83			0	2	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.710	.20	0.06%	4.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
39	423	151	Sep 19	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-6	GS-6	L(17-12)	4	6.0	8	6	5	2	7	3	0	2.29	2.72	28	8	4	0	2	7	39			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.377	.04	-0.02%	-3.49	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
40	424	155	Sep 24	PHI		STL	W,5-4	CG	W(18-12)	4	9.0	10	4	4	2	10	0	0	2.34	2.67	39	10	8	0	0	9	59			4	0	0	37	3	3	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.263	.00	0.00%	0.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
41	425	157	Sep 26	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	11-GF(11)	W(19-12)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.33	2.68	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.128	.00	0.00%	0.46	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
42	426	158	Sep 28(1)	PHI		PIT	L,1-2	GS-8	L(19-13)	1	8.0	8	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.33	2.70	33	10	12	1	2	6	61			3	1	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	1	.87	0.125	.00	0.00%	1.64	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
43	427	162	Oct 2(2)	PHI		LAD	L,3-6	GS-5	L(19-14)	3	5.0	5	4	4	2	4	1	0	2.41	2.73	22	5	7	0	1	4	43			2	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	1	0	.80	-0.219	.00	0.00%	-1.72	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
							23-20		W-L:19-14,Sv:1	3.0	314.0	260	91	84	55	252	26	19	2.41	2.73	1254	1.03		6%	10%	195	64	0	---%	22	11	0	1165	45	10	8	14	5	12	.93	5.536	1.43	4.86%	49.84

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