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Jim Bunning
James Paul David Bunning

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.

MLB Debut July 20, 1955
Final Game September 3, 1971
Born October 23, 1931 in Southgate, KY
Died May 26, 2017 (age 85)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1956 24 BAA AL   2   5  .286  36   0   0  28  10   0   57.2   53   238   33   29   9   16   0   1   35   2  0  4.53  
 1957 25 DEA AL  20   9  .690  39  37   9   1   0   4  276.2  247  1125  118  114  47   79   1   4  186   7  0  3.71  CY-3
 1958 26 DEA AL  19   5  .792  32  32   4   0   0   3  230.2  193   946   81   79  29   90   6   4  218   3  5  3.08  CY-2
 1959 27 DEA AL  13  19  .406  38  38   6   0   0   1  268.0  264  1149  149  123  43   99   1   7  201   1  1  4.13  
 1960 28 DEA AL  20   9  .690  38  38  11   0   0   5  276.0  235  1113   94   89  23   67   4   5  226   3  0  2.90  CY-2
 1961 29 DEA AL  18   8  .692  37  37   9   0   0   1  266.0  289  1166  161  144  37   92   4   8  189   2  0  4.87  CY-4
 1962 30 DEA AL  15  10  .600  38  36   6   0   0   0  258.1  271  1102  125  109  24   70   0   6  182   3  0  3.80  CY-9
 1963 31 DEA AL  18  10  .643  41  40   6   1   0   1  266.2  302  1164  143  131  42   81   3   8  190   7  0  4.42  
 1964 32 DEA AL  15  14  .517  42  38   5   2   1   0  281.1  252  1153  108   98  40   60   5   4  224   0  0  3.14  
         SLN NL   0   1  .000   2   2   0   0   0   0   15.0   14    64   13   11   5    1   0   0    8   0  0  6.60  CY-9
         TOT     15  15  .500  44  40   5   2   1   0  296.1  266  1217  121  109  45   61   5   4  232   0  0  3.31 
 1965 33 SLN NL  19  12  .613  37  37   6   0   0   2  278.0  268  1173  122  102  27   67   6  10  284   0  0  3.30  CY-9
 1966 34 SLN NL  25   6  .806  39  39  10   0   0   4  299.2  208  1162   80   70  27   64   6  12  245   4  0  2.10  CY-1
 1967 35 SLN NL  13   6  .684  22  22   6   0   0   4  170.1  122   666   47   37   7   35   4   5  142   2  0  1.95  
         NYN NL   7   5  .583  14  14   8   0   0   2  115.1   78   445   34   27   8   22   3   1   84   1  0  2.11  CY-2
         TOT     20  11  .645  36  36  14   0   0   6  285.2  200  1111   81   64  15   57   7   6  226   3  0  2.02 
 1968 36 PIN NL   0   0  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0    1.0    0     3    0    0   0    0   0   0    1   0  0  0.00  
 1969 37 CHA AL   4  12  .250  19  19   3   0   0   1  122.2  117   527   75   66   9   51   0   4   99   3  0  4.84  
         ATN NL   7   6  .538  16  16   2   0   0   0  119.0  106   476   47   47  12   22   0   3   83   2  0  3.55  
         TOT     11  18  .379  35  35   5   0   0   1  241.2  223  1003  122  113  21   73   0   7  182   5  0  4.21 
 1970 38 NYA AL  13  12  .520  33  33   5   0   0   1  234.0  244   994  119  111  29   65   1   5  151   4  0  4.27  
 1971 39 NYA AL   3   0 1.000  30   2   0   8   0   0   62.1   74   269   30   28   8   16   0   1   36   0  0  4.04  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 16 Seasons     231 149  .608 554 480  96  40  11  29 3598.2 3337 14935 1579 1415 426  997  44  88 2784  44  6  3.54
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With DEA     138  84  .622 305 296  56   4   1  15 2123.2 2053  8918  979  887 285  638  24  46 1616  26  6  3.76
   With SLN      57  25  .695 100 100  22   0   0  10  763.0  612  3065  262  220  66  167  16  27  679   6  0  2.60
   With NYA      16  12  .571  63  35   5   8   0   1  296.1  318  1263  149  139  37   81   1   6  187   4  0  4.22
   With CHA       4  12  .250  19  19   3   0   0   1  122.2  117   527   75   66   9   51   0   4   99   3  0  4.84
   With ATN       7   6  .538  16  16   2   0   0   0  119.0  106   476   47   47  12   22   0   3   83   2  0  3.55
   With NYN       7   5  .583  14  14   8   0   0   2  115.1   78   445   34   27   8   22   3   1   84   1  0  2.11
   With BAA       2   5  .286  36   0   0  28  10   0   57.2   53   238   33   29   9   16   0   1   35   2  0  4.53
   With PIN       0   0  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0    1.0    0     3    0    0   0    0   0   0    1   0  0  0.00
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     224 184  .549 591 519 151  39  16  40 3761.1 3433 15618 1527 1366 372 1000  98 160 2855  47  8  3.27
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1956 24 BAA AL  30   23   3.6  15          6   1   0  .167   0    3    1  .333    1    0 1.000 -102   
 1957 25 DEA AL  44  123   4.0   0  5.43  104  22   4  .212   0   13   12  .923   22   10  .688   27   
 1958 26 DEA AL  45   94   3.7   0  5.56   86  11   0  .128   0    5    5 1.000   13    6  .684  -48   
 1959 27 DEA AL  44  145   4.8   0  4.79   90  17   4  .189   4    9    3  .333   16    7  .696   17   
 1960 28 DEA AL  44  100   3.2   0  5.89   92  19   0  .207   0   15   15 1.000   13    1  .929  -37   
 1961 29 DEA AL  48  156   5.2   0  6.08   96   6   0  .062   4   14    8  .571    7    7  .500  105   
 1962 30 DEA AL  46  131   4.6   0  5.28   86  22   0  .256   0   15   14  .933   11    6  .647  -28   
 1963 31 DEA AL  48  166   5.7   0  5.50   88  11   0  .125   1    8    6  .750    9    2  .818   32   
 1964 32 DEA AL  48  114   3.6   1  3.79   81   6   0  .074   2    9    6  .667    4    2  .667    9   
         SLN NL  27    7   4.2   0  3.50    4   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  146   
         TOT         122   3.7   1         85   6   0  .071   2    9    6  .667    4    2  .667
 1965 33 SLN NL  42  118   3.8   0  4.51   95  25   1  .263   3   16   13  .812   11    9  .550   12   
 1966 34 SLN NL  38   82   2.4   0  4.21   96  18   0  .188   1    8    6  .750   18   12  .600  -95   
 1967 35 SLN NL  49   44   2.3   0  3.55   52   5   0  .096   1    7    4  .571    6    4  .600  -98   
         NYN NL  43   29   2.2   0  3.50   34   4   0  .118   0    8    8 1.000    2    6  .250  -85   
         TOT          73   2.3   0         86   9   0  .105   1   15   12  .800    8   10  .444
 1968 36 PIN NL   0    0    .0   0          0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000 -717   
 1969 37 CHA AL  46   59   4.4   0  3.11   31   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000   11    6  .647  -25   
         ATN NL  40   43   3.3   0  4.75   42   2   0  .048   0    4    4 1.000    8    3  .727  -82   
         TOT         103   3.8   0         73   2   0  .027   0    5    5 1.000   19    9  .679
 1970 38 NYA AL  48  119   4.6   0  4.61   71   9   0  .127   1    9    7  .778    8    2  .800  -27   
 1971 39 NYA AL  45   37   5.4   0  7.50   19   2   0  .105   0    5    5 1.000    3    1  .750  -29   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 16 Seasons         1598   4.0  16       1173 180   9  .153  17  149  118  .792  163   84  .660  -15   5
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 49.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 151.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1960 WS    DEA SFN   L    3  3.50   1-2   0  3  18.0  15   7  12  16
 1961 WS    DEA SFN   W    2  3.21   1-0   0  2  14.0  13   5   7  17
 1962 WS    DEA SFN   L    2  4.15   1-1   0  2  13.0  17   6   2   4
 1964 WS    DEA CIN   L    2  2.57   1-1   0  2  14.0  13   4   3  14
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1956  BAA   63-91   Pat Carr
 1957  DEA   88-66   Tom Austad
 1958  DEA   95-59   Tom Austad
 1959  DEA   84-70   Tom Austad
 1960  DEA   96-58   Tom Austad
 1961  DEA  101-53   Tom Austad
 1962  DEA   95-67   Alan Boodman
 1963  DEA   88-74   Steve Dewing, Alan Boodman
 1964  DEA   97-66   Steve Dewing
 1964  SLN   67-95   Mike Rescigno
 1965  SLN   74-88   Mike Rescigno
 1966  SLN   83-79   Mike Rescigno
 1967  SLN   98-64   Mike Rescigno
 1967  NYN   51-111  Chris Colucci, Steve Dewing
 1968  PIN   80-82   Dave Jackson
 1969  CHA   77-85   Ben Lea
 1969  ATN   85-77   Brandon Colvin
 1970  NYA   98-64   Chris Kohlwes
 1971  NYA   90-72   Chris Kohlwes

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