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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-22 / in Starts: 17-18
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	25 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 102 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	81 (42-28-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 102 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (33-19-10)

Most Driven In
L Berberet	2
F Bolling	2
R Bridges	1
T Lepcio	1
Self	1
C Maxwell	0

Most Driven In By
H Kuenn	3
Self	1
C Maxwell	1
T Lepcio	1
A Kaline	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	112	1	Apr 10	DET		CHW	L,7-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.81	-0.021	2.05	-0.03%	-0.24	P
2	113	4 (2)	Apr 14	DET	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.99	-0.025	1.89	-0.03%	-0.22	P
3	114	10 (5)	Apr 23	DET		CLE	L,4-10	3-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	115	13 (2)	Apr 26	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.06	0.089	.76	0.04%	0.77	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	116	16 (2)	May 1	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	1.34	-0.046	.79	-0.02%	-0.12	P
6	117	20 (3)	May 5	DET		BOS	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	9	1.19	0.016	.65	0.01%	-0.42	P
7	118	24 (3)	May 9	DET		KCA	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	9	.98	-0.004	.70	0.00%	-0.04	P
8	119	27 (2)	May 14	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	9	1.40	-0.155	1.23	-0.08%	-1.56	P
9	120	31 (3)	May 18	DET	@	BOS	W,14-2	CG	5	4	2	4	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.524	.842	9	.58	0.205	.34	0.07%	5.26	P
10	121	35 (3)	May 23	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.269	.440	.709	9	.33	-0.033	.26	-0.02%	-0.62	P
11	122	42 (6)	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.300	.429	.729	9	1.13	0.022	2.27	0.03%	0.33	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	123	47 (4)	Jun 4	DET		NYY	L,3-14	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.290	.414	.704	9	2.01	-0.046	4.44	-0.06%	-0.48	P
13	124	51 (3)	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.206	.250	.353	.603	9	1.45	-0.191	3.87	-0.31%	-3.58	P
14	125	56 (4)	Jun 13	DET	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.243	.343	.586	9	.99	-0.025	3.86	-0.06%	-0.22	P
15	126	60 (3)	Jun 17	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.256	.351	.608	9	.65	0.024	2.80	0.06%	0.15	P
16	127	64 (3)	Jun 21 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.262	.350	.612	9	.33	-0.010	1.44	-0.03%	-0.07	P
17	128	68 (3)	Jun 25	DET		BOS	W,10-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.214	.267	.333	.600	9	1.19	-0.166	3.87	-0.32%	-1.65	P
18	129	73 (4)	Jun 29	DET		KCA	L,3-10	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.261	.326	.586	9	1.68	-0.077	5.17	-0.14%	-0.93	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	130	77 (3)	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.245	.304	.549	9	1.09	-0.080	5.04	-0.22%	-0.58	P
20	131	80 (2)	Jul 5	DET		CLE	L,4-5	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.245	.304	.549	9						P
21	132	83 (2)	Jul 10	DET	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.245	.300	.545	9	.51	-0.044	.72	-0.04%	-0.43	P
22	133	88 (4)	Jul 15	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG(5)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.241	.294	.535	9	.46	-0.012	.51	-0.01%	-0.10	P
23	134	93 (4)	Jul 19	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.232	.283	.515	9	1.23	-0.063	.68	-0.02%	-0.50	P
24	135	96 (2)	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,11-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.237	.286	.523	9	.42	-0.030	.25	-0.01%	-0.42	P
25	136	100 (3)	Jul 27	DET		BAL	L,2-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.230	.276	.505	9	1.22	-0.072	.55	-0.02%	-0.78	P
26	137	104 (3)	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,5-6	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.230	.276	.505	9	2.18	-0.009	.62	0.00%	-0.09	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	138	106 (1)	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,4-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.230	.276	.505	9						P
28	139	110 (3)	Aug 7	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.222	.267	.489	9	.91	-0.051	.13	0.00%	-0.43	P
29	140	113 (2)	Aug 11	DET		CHW	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.209	.250	.459	9	.09	-0.009	.01	0.00%	-0.61	P
30	141	117 (3)	Aug 15	DET		CLE	W,9-6	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.214	.242	.457	9	1.36	0.019	.01	0.00%	0.03	P
31	142	121 (3)	Aug 20	DET		NYY	W,14-2	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.205	.232	.437	9	.34	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-2.02	P
32	143	127 (5)	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,3-2	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.224	.239	.463	9	.61	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.41	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	144	131 (3)	Sep 1	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.228	.243	.471	9	.31	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.40	P
34	145	135 (3)	Sep 5	DET		KCA	W,5-4	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.179	.229	.244	.473	9	1.34	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-0.83	P
35	146	137 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,14-15	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.229	.244	.473	9						P
36	147	139 (1)	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.218	.232	.450	9	.98	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-1.47	P
37	148	143 (3)	Sep 13	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	9	1.06	-0.024	.00	0.00%	0.05	P
38	149	147 (3)	Sep 18	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.217	.230	.447	9	1.08	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.38	P
39	150	149 (1)	Sep 20	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.217	.230	.447	9						P
40	151	150	Sep 22	DET		KCA	W,6-4	GS-6	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.234	.247	.481	9	1.20	0.097	.00	0.00%	0.97	P
							18-22		102	89	7	17	0	1	1	7	5	0	25	0	8	0	2	5	0	0	.191	.234	.247	.481		.91	-1.051	1.06	-1.22%	-11.23

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