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Jim BunningWWikipedia↗

Bats: R Β· Throws: R Β· Born 1931-10-23 Β· Played 1955–1971 Β· Career WAR 59.6 (bWAR) Β·

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πŸ“‹ Game logs β†’

Batting

YearTeamLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSWAR
1955DETAL15150300000005.200.200.200.4000.0
1956DETAL15184620010005.333.333.444.7770.2
1957DETAL45941020211400529.213.253.287.5400.7
1958DETAL3675714200300324.187.218.213.4310.0
1959DETAL4089717011700525.191.234.247.4810.2
1960DETAL3881213100402322.160.188.173.361-0.2
1961DETAL38100613100400230.130.147.140.287-0.8
1962DETAL4395923211500119.242.255.316.5710.5
1963DETAL4184413110500415.155.193.190.383-0.1
1964PHINL4199412200800029.121.120.141.261-0.5
1965PHINL39103622101400125.214.221.252.4730.3
1966PHINL431061019300500339.179.200.208.4080.0
1967PHINL401048173021200133.163.171.250.4210.2
1968PITNL275105100300017.098.098.118.216-0.3
1969PITNL254732000100312.043.100.043.143-0.6
1969LANNL9180200010006.111.111.111.222
1970PHINL357119000600218.127.149.127.276-0.5
1971PHINL31251300120019.120.148.240.388-0.1
Total6011275822132147750234362.167.189.206.395-1.0

Pitching

YearTeamLgWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHERHRBBSOERAWHIPWAR
1955DETAL3515800151.05936832376.351.784-0.9
1956DETAL5115300153.15522628343.711.5560.8
1957DETAL20845301411267.12148033721822.691.0706.3
1958DETAL141235341030219.21888628791773.521.2153.1
1959DETAL171340351411249.222010837752013.891.1823.8
1960DETAL111436341030252.02177820642012.791.1156.6
1961DETAL171138371241268.02329525711943.191.1313.8
1962DETAL191041351226258.026210328741843.591.3024.8
1963DETAL12133935621248.124510738691963.881.2641.5
1964PHINL19841391352284.12488323462192.631.0345.5
1965PHINL19939391570291.02538423622682.601.0828.0
1966PHINL191443411651314.02608426552522.411.0039.0
1967PHINL171540401660302.12417718732532.291.0397.8
1968PITNL4142726310160.0168691448953.881.350-1.5
1969PITNL1092525400156.01476610491243.811.2560.9
1969LANNL319910056.16521510333.361.331
1970PHINL10153433400219.023310019561474.111.3203.1
1971PHINL5122916101110.0126671137585.481.482-2.0
Total22418459151915140163760.134331366372100028553.271.17960.6

Fielding

YearTeamLgPosGGSInnPOAEDP
1955DETALP15851.04811
1956DETALP15353.12600
1957DETALP4530266.2121900
1958DETALP3534219.291600
1959DETALP4035249.2111631
1960DETALP3634252.0113100
1961DETALP3837268.1212936
1962DETALP4135258.0171301
1963DETALP3935248.1182511
1964PHINLP4139284.1103132
1965PHINLP3939291.0294032
1966PHINLP4341314.0183020
1967PHINLP4040302.1163311
1968PITNLP2726160.061721
1969PITNLP2525156.04912
1969LANNLP9956.11600
1970PHINLP3433219.0122721
1971PHINLP2916110.051611
Total5915193760.02063722320

Awards

YearAwardLg
1957TSN All-StarML
1964TSN All-StarNL

Hall of Fame ballots

YearVoted byVotesNeededInducted
1977BBWAA146288No
1978BBWAA181285No
1979BBWAA147324No
1980BBWAA177289No
1981BBWAA164301No
1982BBWAA138312No
1983BBWAA138281No
1984BBWAA201303No
1985BBWAA214297No
1986BBWAA279319No
1987BBWAA289310No
1988BBWAA317321No
1989BBWAA283336No
1990BBWAA257333No
1991BBWAA282333No
1995VeteransNo
1996VeteransYes

Ejections (3)

DateAsReason
1963-05-18PlayerBalls and strikes
1970-05-21PlayerBench jockeying
1970-09-22PlayerBalls and strikes (Threw glove)