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	11-20 / in Starts: 6-10
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	1 game
Most Games w/o HR	9 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 30 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	20 (11-7-2)
Avg. MLBer w/ 30 PAs	3
Avg. Runners on Base	18 (9-5-3)

Most Driven In
J Lis	1
Self	1
D Doyle	0

Most Driven In By
Self	1

1971 Batting Game Log

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1971 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	571	3 (2)	Apr 10	PHI		MON	W,4-1	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.31	-0.068	1.77	-0.06%	-0.70	P
2	572	8 (4)	Apr 16	PHI		ATL	L,7-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	573	12 (3)	Apr 22	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.65	0.028	.83	0.02%	0.25	P
4	574	17 (4)	Apr 27	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.49	-0.117	1.34	-0.06%	-0.66	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	575	21 (3)	May 2	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-7	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	.86	-0.002	.76	0.00%	0.03	P
6	576	25 (3)	May 7	PHI		HOU	L,1-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9	.25	-0.006	.14	0.00%	-0.09	P
7	577	29 (3)	May 12	PHI		CHC	L,4-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	9	1.01	-0.050	.35	-0.01%	-0.49	P
8	578	33 (3)	May 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-9	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.214	.417	.631	9	1.10	0.217	.24	0.03%	1.08	P
9	579	37 (3)	May 21	PHI		CIN	L,3-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.200	.385	.585	9	1.33	-0.036	.41	-0.01%	-0.30	P
10	580	41 (3)	May 25	PHI	@	NYM	L,4-5	9-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.188	.357	.545	9	1.20	-0.029	.39	-0.01%	-0.09	P
11	581	46 (4)	May 31 (1)	PHI	@	SDP	W,3-1	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.176	.333	.510	9	1.08	-0.050	.14	0.00%	-0.51	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	582	49 (2)	Jun 4	PHI	@	SFG	W,5-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.176	.333	.510	9						P
13	583	52 (2)	Jun 6 (2)	PHI	@	SFG	L,3-4	9-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.176	.333	.510	9						P
14	584	57 (4)	Jun 12	PHI		SDP	W,3-0	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.150	.278	.428	9	.30	-0.023	.04	0.00%	-0.68	P
15	585	61 (3)	Jun 16	PHI		SFG	W,6-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.136	.250	.386	9	.99	-0.090	.11	-0.01%	-0.86	P
16	586	65 (3)	Jun 20 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,9-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.167	.273	.439	9	1.01	0.014	.07	0.00%	0.17	P
17	587	70 (4)	Jun 25	PHI		PIT	L,4-14	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.167	.273	.439	9						P
18	588	72 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,8-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.160	.261	.421	9	2.83	-0.083	.16	0.00%	-0.56	PH
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	589	77 (4)	Jul 1	PHI		CIN	L,1-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.154	.250	.404	9	.55	-0.013	.01	0.00%	-0.14	P
20	590	82 (4)	Jul 5	PHI	@	ATL	W,6-5	3-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.154	.250	.404	9						P
21	591	89 (6)	Jul 11	PHI		MON	W,11-5	3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.154	.250	.404	9						P
22	592	90	Jul 15	PHI	@	CHC	L,6-7	4-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.154	.250	.404	9						P
23	593	94 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	PHI	@	HOU	L,7-10	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.154	.250	.404	9						P
24	594	97 (2)	Jul 21	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.154	.250	.404	9						P
25	595	104 (6)	Jul 27 (2)	PHI		HOU	L,1-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.154	.250	.404	9						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
26	596	116 (11)	Aug 10	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-6	6-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.154	.250	.404	9						P
27	597	118 (1)	Aug 12	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.148	.240	.388	8	4.76	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-0.55	PH
28	598	122 (3)	Aug 17	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-5	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.148	.240	.388	9						P
29	599	129 (6)	Aug 25	PHI		SDP	L,0-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.148	.240	.388	9						P
30	600	132 (2)	Aug 29	PHI		SFG	L,3-8	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.148	.240	.388	6						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
31	601	137 (4)	Sep 3	PHI		NYM	L,1-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.148	.240	.388	9						P
							11-20		30	25	1	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	9	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	.120	.148	.240	.388		1.17	-0.437	.50	-0.11%	-4.09

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