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: 7-8 / in Starts: 2-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 5

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	16	97	Jul 29(2)	DET		WSH	L,1-4	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.2	5	3	2	4	3	0	0	4.91	4.01	19	2	6	2	0	4	40			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.169	.00	0.00%	-1.68	1t start tie	4t 123 2 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
2	17	100	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,4-5	8-GF		2	2.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.18	3.96	9	2	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.33	0.036	.00	0.00%	1.06	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
3	18	101	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,3-18	7-GF		0	2.2	5	2	2	3	2	1	0	4.32	5.61	17	5	2	0	1	5		3	3	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-2.34	7t 123 1 out d12	9t end d15
4	19	104	Aug 5	DET		NYY	W,8-5	3-7	W(1-1)	2	4.1	4	1	1	4	4	1	0	3.55	5.84	21	4	5	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.85	0.190	.01	0.00%	1.56	3t 12- 2 out tie	7t 3 out tie
5	20	107	Aug 8	DET		KCA	W,8-7	3-8	W(2-1)	2	6.0	5	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.38	5.58	26	6	9	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	0.187	.00	0.00%	1.17	3t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out a1
6	21	112	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	12-15	W(3-1)	5	3.2	5	1	1	2	3	1	0	3.22	5.64	18	2	6	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	0.325	.00	0.00%	0.51	12b --- 0 out tie	15b -23 2 out a2
7	22	123	Aug 25	DET	@	BAL	W,7-3	GS-6	W(4-1)	10	6.0	5	3	2	3	3	0	0	3.18	5.05	26	7	8	2	0	5	52			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.15	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
8	23	127	Aug 29	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	2-5		3	3.1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.84	4.61	12	4	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	.45	0.107	.00	0.00%	2.30	2b 1-3 2 out d4	5b 3 out d3
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
9	24	131	Sep 3(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,11-8	GS-5		4	4.2	6	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.22	4.30	21	2	10	1	0	6	41			0	0	1	19	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.07	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.12	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out a4
10	25	133	Sep 4	DET	@	CHW	L,4-11	3-4		0	1.2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.32	4.32	8	0	4	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	0.051	.00	0.00%	1.13	3b 123 1 out d2	4b 3 out d3
11	26	137	Sep 9	DET	@	KCA	W,7-3	7-GF	S(1)	4	3.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.07	4.15	12	1	5	1	3	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.66	0.274	.00	0.00%	1.57	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 4
12	27	141	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,1-5	4-8		4	5.0	3	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.93	4.13	19	5	6	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.015	.00	0.00%	1.64	4t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d5
13	28	144	Sep 16(2)	DET		BOS	W,8-4	5-GF	W(5-1)	1	4.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.68	3.92	14	7	2	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.361	.00	0.00%	2.56	5t 12- 2 out d1	9t end a 4
14	29	147	Sep 21	DET		CLE	L,1-5	8-GF		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	3.86	7	3	3	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.013	.00	0.00%	1.06	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
15	30	150	Sep 24	DET		CHW	L,11-14	3-4		2	1.0	7	7	7	1	0	1	0	3.71	4.13	11	3	0	0	0	7		0	0	2	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	.31	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-5.90	3t --- 1 out d4	4t -2- 1 out d10
							7-8		W-L:5-1,Sv:1	2.5	53.1	55	24	22	28	34	6	0	3.71	4.13	240	0.75		9%	5%	54	44	12	25%	2	0	1	209	9	2	4	2	3	2	1.02	1.320	.00	0.00%	4.62

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