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: 9-18 / in Starts: 9-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 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	468	1	Apr 10	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-9		99	8.0	5	4	4	3	5	1	0	4.50	3.89	30	9	8	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.36	-0.038	2.92	-0.05%	0.01	1b start a 1	9b 12- 0 out a2
2	469	4	Apr 14	PIT	@	LAD	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.12	2.33	33	8	11	1	1	5	84			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.322	1.72	0.45%	3.15	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
3	470	7	Apr 19	PIT		SFG	L,2-5	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	7.2	9	5	5	1	4	2	0	3.28	3.20	33	6	13	1	0	9	44			0	0	0	31	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.357	2.90	-0.57%	-2.20	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d3
4	471	11	Apr 24	PIT		LAD	W,4-3	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	8.0	7	3	3	2	6	1	0	3.31	3.21	33	8	10	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	0.083	2.64	0.10%	-0.02	1t start tie	8t 3 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
5	472	18	May 2	PIT		CHC	L,0-1	GS-8	L(2-2)	7	8.0	11	1	1	0	4	1	1	2.88	3.25	35	12	7	1	2	11	60			1	0	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.167	2.57	0.22%	1.98	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
6	473	22	May 6	PIT	@	ATL	W,2-1	GS-8	W(3-2)	3	7.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.64	3.08	28	7	11	0	0	4	67			0	0	0	26	0	2	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.193	2.08	0.21%	1.33	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a1
7	474	28	May 13	PIT		STL	L,0-1	GS-8	L(3-3)	6	8.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.43	2.91	30	8	10	1	2	5	71			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.194	2.02	0.31%	1.98	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
8	475	32	May 18	PIT		CIN	L,3-8	GS-5	L(3-4)	4	4.2	5	4	4	0	1	0	1	2.83	2.88	20	7	6	0	1	5	39			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.350	2.02	-0.38%	-2.41	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d1
9	476	36	May 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-6	GS-3		3	2.1	8	5	5	0	2	1	1	3.45	3.06	16	4	1	0	0	8	23			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.409	1.10	-0.28%	-4.59	1b start a 1	3b 12- 1 out d4
10	477	40	May 30(1)	PIT		NYM	L,3-6	GS-6	L(3-5)	7	5.0	10	5	4	4	3	0	1	3.72	3.14	28	5	5	0	1	10	28			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.04	-0.309	1.89	-0.34%	-3.49	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d5
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
11	478	46	Jun 4	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-5	GS-5	L(3-6)	4	5.0	5	3	2	2	5	0	0	3.72	3.03	18	3	3	1	0	5	50			0	2	0	16	0	0	0	2	0	0	.87	-0.190	.80	-0.11%	-1.25	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
12	479	50	Jun 8	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS-6	L(3-7)	3	6.0	6	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.78	3.10	26	11	6	0	3	6	45			1	0	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.23	-0.115	.79	-0.04%	-0.79	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
13	480	54	Jun 12	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(3-8)	3	8.0	10	4	3	4	5	1	0	3.74	3.20	36	9	8	0	0	10	49			1	0	0	31	4	0	1	2	0	1	1.36	-0.279	.92	-0.11%	-0.93	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
14	481	67	Jun 23	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	GS-6	L(3-9)	10	6.0	6	2	2	2	2	2	0	3.69	3.45	25	8	7	0	0	6	52			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.049	.52	-0.03%	0.23	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
15	482	71	Jun 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	W(4-9)	4	9.0	8	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.45	3.31	38	10	11	2	1	7	71			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.267	.87	0.16%	2.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
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	483	77	Jul 4(2)	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-10)	5	5.1	5	4	1	1	6	2	0	3.36	3.42	24	6	6	2	0	5	53			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	2	.78	-0.357	1.56	-0.43%	-2.30	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d2
17	484	85	Jul 12	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	GS-3	L(4-11)	7	2.1	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.54	3.38	14	4	3	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.257	.56	-0.08%	-2.46	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out d3
18	485	99	Jul 26(2)	PIT		STL	W,5-4	GS-7		13	7.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	1	3.56	3.36	29	9	6	0	1	6	54			0	2	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.088	.03	0.00%	-0.40	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
19	486	104	Jul 30(2)	PIT		ATL	W,5-4	GS-6		3	5.2	8	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.69	3.30	25	9	5	0	1	8	38			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.251	.04	-0.01%	-2.04	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out tie
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
20	487	110	Aug 4	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-2	GS-7	L(4-12)	4	7.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	1	3.56	3.32	28	9	9	0	0	4	64			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.124	.03	0.00%	1.68	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
21	488	115	Aug 9	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS-		4	2.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.50	3.26	8						57						7			0		0
22	489	125	Aug 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	GS-4	L(4-13)	9	3.2	8	7	7	1	3	1	2	3.88	3.36	20	3	3	0	1	8	19			0	1	0	17	2	1	1	0	0	0	.73	-0.262	.00	0.00%	-3.93	1b start tie	4b -23 2 out d5
23	490	129	Aug 23	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	7-9		3	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.79	3.33	11	4	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.82	0.276	.00	0.00%	1.13	7b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
24	491	133	Aug 27	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	9	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.77	3.35	35	11	9	0	0	9	54			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.67	-0.177	.00	0.00%	0.07	1b start a 2	8b 3 out tie
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
25	492	138	Sep 1	PIT		ATL	L,7-8	GS-		4	5.2	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.81	3.31	25						44						23			0		1
26	493	143	Sep 7	PIT		NYM	L,3-4	GS-3	L(4-14)	5	2.1	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.98	3.39	13	2	3	1	0	6	29			2	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.347	.00	0.00%	-2.95	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d2
27	494	158	Sep 23(2)	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	GS-7		15	6.1	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.88	3.39	23	4	10	2	0	2	64			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.239	.00	0.00%	1.84	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
							9-18		W-L:4-14	4.4	160.0	168	75	69	48	95	14	8	3.88	3.39	684	1.01		3%	4%	158	50	0	---%	10	7	0	617	26	8	6	15	2	5	1.10	-1.970	1.24	-0.96%	-13.95

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