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: 14-20 / in Starts: 14-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 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	529	5	Apr 12	PHI		PIT	L,1-3	GS-10	L(0-1)	99	9.1	8	3	3	2	6	1	2	2.89	4.03	39	10	11	4	0	8	64			3	0	0	34	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.39	-0.156	2.51	-0.17%	1.36	1t start tie	10t 1-- 1 out d2
2	530	10	Apr 18	PHI	@	NYM	L,0-7	GS-3	L(0-2)	5	2.0	6	4	2	1	1	0	0	3.97	3.87	14	3	3	0	1	6	32			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.307	.93	-0.22%	-4.48	1b start tie	3b -23 0 out d4
3	531	15	Apr 25	PHI	@	SDP	W,1-0	GS-9	W(1-2)	6	8.1	3	0	0	4	6	0	1	2.29	3.50	32	6	12	2	2	3	79			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.609	1.65	0.36%	3.79	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a1
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	532	20	May 1	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-3	GS-6	L(1-3)	5	6.0	5	3	2	3	4	1	0	2.45	3.85	27	5	10	0	0	5	53			2	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	1	.90	-0.080	1.17	-0.06%	-0.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
5	533	25	May 6	PHI		SDP	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	9	3	2	1	7	1	0	2.48	3.65	31	5	9	2	3	9	55			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.005	1.28	0.00%	0.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
6	534	30	May 11	PHI	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	L(1-4)	4	8.0	6	3	3	2	5	1	0	2.66	3.67	31	8	10	4	2	6	61			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.36	0.196	2.27	0.20%	1.11	1b start tie	9b --- 0 out d3
7	535	35	May 18	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-7	L(1-5)	6	7.0	5	2	1	2	4	0	0	2.45	3.48	27	8	10	1	2	3	63			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.032	1.42	-0.02%	1.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
8	536	40	May 23	PHI		STL	L,1-3	GS-8	L(1-6)	4	8.0	7	3	3	1	7	2	0	2.59	3.63	32	7	10	0	2	7	62			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.77	-0.047	.73	-0.03%	0.90	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
9	537	46	May 30	PHI	@	ATL	W,7-5	GS-7	W(2-6)	6	7.0	6	4	4	3	4	1	1	2.87	3.79	28	13	5	1	0	2	50			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.28	-0.064	1.25	-0.04%	-0.30	1b start tie	7b 3 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	538	49	Jun 3	PHI	@	CIN	W,11-4	GS-6	W(3-6)	3	6.0	8	4	3	5	7	0	0	3.01	3.70	31	7	5	1	1	7	44			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.55	-0.143	1.50	-0.08%	-0.86	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
11	539	53	Jun 9	PHI		ATL	W,2-1	GS-6	W(4-6)	5	5.1	1	1	1	0	5	1	0	2.92	3.67	17	4	7	0	0	1	67			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.180	.87	0.12%	1.67	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out a1
12	540	57	Jun 13	PHI		CIN	W,6-3	CG	W(5-6)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	0	2.93	3.69	35	9	13	2	4	7	61			2	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	2	0	.88	0.254	.62	0.11%	1.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
13	541	61	Jun 19	PHI	@	NYM	L,3-13	GS-1	L(5-7)	5	0.2	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	3.66	3.68	10	4	2	0	2	4	8			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.411	1.09	-0.24%	-6.82	1b start tie	1b -2- 2 out d7
14	542	65	Jun 23	PHI		MON	L,1-2	GS-7	L(5-8)	3	7.0	6	2	1	3	6	0	0	3.47	3.56	30	6	10	0	2	5	62			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	1	1	1	.92	0.077	1.01	0.05%	1.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
15	543	70	Jun 28(1)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	8	4	3	2	5	1	0	3.54	3.60	27	8	6	2	0	6	45			1	1	0	23	0	0	1	0	1	0	.95	-0.163	.91	-0.09%	-0.92	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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
16	544	75	Jul 2(1)	PHI		NYM	W,6-1	GS-8	W(6-8)	3	8.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.35	3.46	28	11	9	2	2	2	74			0	1	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	.94	0.278	.69	0.12%	2.90	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
17	545	80	Jul 6	PHI		PIT	L,5-7	GS-7	L(6-9)	3	6.2	13	6	6	0	3	1	0	3.64	3.47	31	9	9	3	2	10	27			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	1	0	.82	-0.347	.33	-0.09%	-3.02	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
18	546	84	Jul 11	PHI	@	CHC	W,10-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.68	3.41	26	4	8	3	2	5	53			1	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.055	.11	-0.01%	0.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
19	547	88	Jul 18	PHI	@	SDP	W,7-4	GS-6	W(7-9)	6	5.0	9	3	3	0	6	0	0	3.75	3.28	24	4	7	1	3	7	43			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.152	.20	-0.02%	-1.59	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a4
20	548	93	Jul 22	PHI	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS-9	W(8-9)	3	8.2	5	2	2	0	6	0	2	3.64	3.19	33	9	11	0	0	5	72			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	.91	0.333	.45	0.10%	1.98	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out a3
21	549	98	Jul 28	PHI		LAD	L,2-6	GS-7	L(8-10)	5	7.0	10	5	5	0	4	0	0	3.78	3.10	31	10	10	0	4	7	41			3	1	0	28	2	1	0	0	1	1	1.05	-0.273	.68	-0.11%	-1.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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
22	550	101	Aug 1(1)	PHI		SFG	W,6-5	GS-7		3	7.0	7	4	4	6	3	1	0	3.85	3.25	33	9	8	0	0	7	44			1	0	0	27	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.22	-0.083	.48	-0.02%	-0.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
23	551	107	Aug 6(1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(8-11)	4	8.0	5	4	3	1	6	1	0	3.82	3.25	30	9	9	1	1	5	63			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	.48	-0.116	.15	-0.02%	-0.10	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
24	552	113	Aug 11	PHI	@	HOU	W,6-5	GS-9	W(9-11)	4	8.2	11	5	5	0	5	1	0	3.90	3.23	35	15	7	1	1	8	47			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	.81	0.156	.10	0.01%	-0.87	1b start a 3	9b 1-- 2 out a1
25	553	118	Aug 16	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS-6	L(9-12)	4	6.0	7	4	3	2	5	1	1	3.92	3.28	28	10	4	0	0	6	47			4	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.160	.12	-0.01%	-0.86	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
26	554	123	Aug 21(1)	PHI		HOU	W,9-3	CG	W(10-12)	4	9.0	10	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.87	3.30	36	10	16	1	3	8	57			0	1	0	35	2	1	0	0	1	0	.63	0.231	.01	0.00%	1.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
27	555	128	Aug 26	PHI		CIN	L,5-6	GS-6	L(10-13)	4	5.1	11	6	6	0	3	2	0	4.05	3.39	25	7	6	3	1	9	25			1	2	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.431	.04	-0.01%	-3.59	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d4
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
28	556	133	Sep 1	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	4.00	3.40	26	8	10	4	1	5	62			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.112	.21	0.01%	1.92	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
29	557	138	Sep 6	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-6		4	5.1	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.03	3.39	27	6	9	0	2	6	42			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	2	1	1.61	-0.124	.02	0.00%	-0.59	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out tie
30	558	144	Sep 10	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-6		3	6.0	7	2	2	4	4	0	1	4.00	3.41	28	10	5	2	1	4	50			1	0	0	22	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.17	0.064	.00	0.00%	1.02	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
31	559	149	Sep 16	PHI		PIT	L,3-5	GS-5	L(10-14)	5	5.0	10	5	4	1	2	0	0	4.08	3.38	26	8	6	0	3	9	30			2	0	0	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.285	.00	0.00%	-2.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
32	560	154	Sep 22	PHI		NYM	L,6-7	GS-6		5	5.2	2	3	3	2	4	0	0	4.09	3.35	21	3	10	0	3	2	55			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.155	.00	0.00%	1.50	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a1
33	561	158	Sep 27	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	GS-6	L(10-15)	4	6.0	9	4	4	1	4	0	0	4.15	3.31	29	11	7	0	2	6	41			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-1.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
34	562	160	Sep 30	PHI		MON	L,4-5	6-7		2	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.11	3.30	9	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.94	0.070	.00	0.00%	0.98	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
							14-20		W-L:10-15	4.2	219.0	233	111	100	56	147	19	8	4.11	3.30	937	0.94		7%	10%	192	51	0	---%	29	7	0	850	34	12	9	12	11	9	1.04	-0.826	.71	-0.14%	-4.31

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