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: 15-19 / in Starts: 15-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 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	495	5	Apr 12	PIT		PHI	L,1-8	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	2.0	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	22.50	3.01	12	3	2	0	1	5	26			1	0	0	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.318	1.73	-0.37%	-3.72	1t start tie	3t -2- 0 out d4
2	496	10	Apr 17	PIT		NYM	W,4-0	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	6.0	3	0	0	2	9	0	0	5.63	1.13	21	5	3	0	0	2	73			0	2	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.347	1.78	0.38%	2.66	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
3	497	15	Apr 23	PIT	@	NYM	L,0-2	GS-6	L(1-2)	5	6.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.50	1.37	24	4	9	1	2	6	55			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.002	1.50	0.00%	0.77	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
4	498	20	Apr 30(1)	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	W(2-2)	6	9.0	5	1	1	2	10	1	0	3.13	1.77	33	3	13	0	4	5	81			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	0.530	3.30	0.66%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 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	499	25	May 4	PIT	@	MON	L,4-6	GS-6		3	6.0	5	2	1	2	5	0	0	2.79	1.78	27	5	10	1	0	5	59			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.33	0.057	2.53	0.07%	0.72	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
6	500	29	May 10	PIT		LAD	L,1-4	GS-3	L(2-3)	5	3.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	1	3.38	1.98	18	6	2	0	1	7	33			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.192	2.16	-0.20%	-1.67	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
7	501	32	May 14	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	GS-8	L(2-4)	3	8.0	5	2	1	2	6	0	1	2.93	2.01	31	7	10	0	0	5	70			2	0	0	28	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.06	0.106	1.67	0.10%	1.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
8	502	36	May 20	PIT	@	SDP	W,6-3	GS-8	W(3-4)	5	7.1	9	3	3	2	10	0	0	3.04	1.79	32	4	7	1	2	9	56			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.160	1.19	0.12%	0.64	1b start a 1	8b 12- 1 out a4
9	503	41	May 25(1)	PIT	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	W(4-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	6	8	0	0	2.72	1.94	38	7	12	0	0	5	75			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.50	0.611	1.85	0.45%	3.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
10	504	45	May 30(1)	PIT		HOU	W,9-3	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	5	3	3	5	7	0	0	2.76	2.03	35	6	12	0	3	5	67			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.102	1.02	0.08%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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	505	50	Jun 4	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	GS-8		4	8.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.70	2.02	32	8	11	0	2	8	59			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.20	0.094	1.16	0.06%	1.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
12	506	53	Jun 8(1)	PIT	@	ATL	L,10-11	GS-2		3	1.2	4	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.12	2.08	11	3	1	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.293	.70	-0.14%	-3.50	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d4
13	507	57	Jun 12	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	9	3	1	3	5	0	0	2.89	2.12	39	20	2	0	0	9	63			1	1	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.37	0.266	.95	0.11%	1.00	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
14	508	61	Jun 16	PIT		CHC	W,9-8	GS-4		3	3.1	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.30	2.15	20	3	5	1	1	8	22			0	0	0	18	1	2	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.370	1.05	-0.24%	-3.70	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out a1
15	509	65	Jun 20	PIT	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS-3		3	2.1	4	5	4	2	1	1	1	3.61	2.39	14	6	1	0	0	3	30			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.390	1.05	-0.28%	-4.14	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out a2
16	510	70	Jun 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-6	L(6-5)	3	6.0	7	3	3	0	4	1	0	3.67	2.45	25	4	10	0	5	7	50			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.056	1.69	-0.06%	0.07	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
17	511	74	Jun 28	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-4	GS-7	W(7-5)	3	7.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	0	3.59	2.52	27	4	10	0	2	5	63			1	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.182	.87	0.09%	1.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
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
18	512	78	Jul 2	PIT		PHI	L,4-14	GS-4	L(7-6)	3	4.0	5	5	5	1	6	1	1	3.88	2.58	18	3	2	1	0	5	37			0	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.385	.40	-0.11%	-3.22	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
19	513	83	Jul 9(1)	PIT		MON	W,4-3	GS-8		6	7.1	4	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.87	2.69	27	6	12	0	0	4	59			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.13	-0.006	.22	0.00%	0.42	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a1
20	514	88	Jul 13(1)	PIT	@	STL	W,3-0	GS-8	W(8-6)	3	8.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.61	2.64	27	6	13	2	1	3	79			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.88	0.469	.22	0.07%	3.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
21	515	93	Jul 17	PIT	@	MON	L,4-5	GS-8	L(8-7)	3	7.0	10	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.77	2.73	33	9	16	8	2	3	38			0	0	0	30	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.61	-0.524	.38	-0.08%	-2.44	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out d1
22	516	99	Jul 27	PIT		SDP	W,4-1	GS-8	W(9-7)	9	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.64	2.64	26	11	1	1	0	6	67			0	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.225	.20	0.02%	1.74	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
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
23	517	104	Aug 1	PIT		SFG	L,1-5	GS-7	L(9-8)	4	7.0	3	3	3	1	9	2	0	3.65	2.71	26	8	5	0	0	3	67			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.117	.31	-0.03%	0.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
24	518	109	Aug 7	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-6	GS-6	L(9-9)	5	5.1	7	6	6	1	5	1	0	3.88	2.74	24	4	7	0	0	7	34			1	0	0	23	3	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.163	.06	-0.01%	-3.36	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out d5
25	519	114	Aug 13	PIT	@	SFG	W,10-5	GS-8	W(10-9)	5	7.2	7	5	2	4	3	0	2	3.81	2.81	34	10	9	0	0	6	50			1	0	0	27	3	0	0	2	1	1	1.22	0.009	.08	0.00%	-1.82	1b start a 2	8b 12- 2 out a2
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to Los Angeles Dodgers
26	520	119	Aug 19	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-0	GS-7	W(11-9)	5	6.1	8	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.66	2.72	26	8	5	0	1	7	63			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.29	0.181	4.33	0.37%	1.77	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out a2
27	521	123	Aug 23	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-7		3	7.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	0	3.61	2.73	26	10	3	0	0	5	65			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.022	2.21	0.05%	1.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
28	522	127	Aug 28	LAD		MON	L,5-9	GS-4		4	4.0	5	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.69	2.80	20	4	4	0	3	5	41			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.195	2.94	-0.35%	-1.32	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
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
29	523	131	Sep 1	LAD		NYM	W,10-6	GS-7	W(12-9)	3	6.2	9	6	5	1	3	2	1	3.80	2.94	31	8	18	5	1	0	36			2	1	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.151	2.39	-0.32%	-3.38	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out a3
30	524	135	Sep 5	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-4	GS-5	L(12-10)	3	4.1	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	3.91	2.98	19	6	5	0	1	6	33			1	1	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.170	3.17	-0.35%	-1.45	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d2
31	525	139	Sep 9	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-2	GS-8		3	8.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.79	2.94	29	11	10	2	0	6	68			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.30	0.315	5.27	0.77%	2.66	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
32	526	143	Sep 13	LAD		SDP	W,7-2	CG	W(13-10)	3	9.0	9	2	1	0	5	0	0	3.67	2.87	34	10	10	0	1	9	68			3	0	0	34	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.10	0.257	3.92	0.55%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
33	527	148	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	L,5-6	GS-5		3	5.0	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.71	2.85	24	8	6	0	0	9	38			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.140	9.06	-0.61%	-0.90	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
34	528	152	Sep 21	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-6		3	6.0	6	2	2	5	3	0	0	3.69	2.88	29	7	8	0	0	6	50			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	0.044	5.46	0.12%	0.69	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
							15-19		W-L:13-10	3.9	212.1	212	97	87	59	157	15	7	3.69	2.88	892	0.89		5%	7%	188	53		---%	17	9	0	817	39	10	4	17	3	12	1.10	0.509	1.98	0.92%	-3.34

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