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Jim
Bunning		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 195
 
Born: October 23, 1931 in Usa, KY, SOUTHGATE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 23 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 6 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 6
1956 24 STL NL $ 300,000 8 6 7 6 7 8 8 6 6 6
1957 25 STL NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 7 7 7 5 6 6
1958 26 STL NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 5 6 7 7 6 7 6
1959 27 STL NL $ 357,143 8 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1960 28 STL NL $ 1,253,571 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1961 29 STL NL $ 1,253,571 7 5 6 5 6 7 6 6 7 6
1962 30 STL NL $ 1,253,571 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 7
1963 31 STL NL $ 1,253,571 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1964 32 CLN NL $ 742,398 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,253,571 8 6 7 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 24 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 25 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 26 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 27 STL NL $ 357,143   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 28 STL NL $ 1,253,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 29 STL NL $ 1,253,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 30 STL NL $ 1,253,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 31 STL NL $ 1,253,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 32 CLN NL $ 742,398   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,253,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1955 23 NYA AL 5 2 .714 9 9 3 0 0 71.3 73 32 9 19 33 4.04 .265 .318 .429 .747 5.8
    AAA   17 5 .773 24 24 3 2 0 174.0 153 44 6 43 173 2.28 .231 .278 .300 .578  
1956 24 NYA AL 3 9 .250 13 13 3 0 0 80.7 103 65 17 37 56 7.25 .307 .376 .540 .916 0.0
  STL NL 6 19 .240 29 29 8 1 0 226.3 216 124 35 77 154 4.93 .249 .311 .434 .745 6.6
  TOT   9 28 .243 42 42 11 1 0 307.0 319 189 52 114 210 5.54 .265 .330 .463 .793 6.6
1957 25 STL NL 7 13 .350 25 25 6 1 0 185.7 178 89 27 68 124 4.31 .250 .316 .415 .731 12.5
1958 26 STL NL 5 21 .192 39 39 8 0 0 272.3 307 169 49 116 175 5.59 .284 .353 .480 .833 2.5
1959 27 STL NL 6 10 .375 22 22 6 0 0 160.7 153 72 13 65 119 4.03 .250 .324 .364 .687 10.8
1960 28 AAA   12 9 .571 28 28 3 0 0 196.0 183 66 20 54 198 3.03 .241 .291 .379 .670  
1961 29 STL NL 1 2 .333 43 0 0 0 2 55.3 48 22 8 16 38 3.58 .231 .292 .394 .686 4.7
    AAA   8 2 .800 12 12 0 0 0 90.7 84 34 10 25 82 3.38 .241 .291 .381 .673  
1962 30 STL NL 3 3 .500 36 0 0 0 4 38.7 41 20 9 13 19 4.66 .270 .333 .500 .833 0.6
1963 31 STL NL 3 2 .600 25 1 0 0 4 38.0 35 22 7 14 21 5.21 .236 .303 .439 .742 1.6
1964 32 AA   18 4 .818 30 30 1 0 0 225.3 170 44 11 57 260 1.76 .205 .256 .290 .546  
8 Years Sim 39 81 .325 241 138 34 2 10 1129.0 1154 615 174 425 739 4.90 .263 .329 .441 .770 45.2
3 Years AAA 37 16 .698 64 64 6 2 0 460.7 420 144 36 122 453 2.81 .237 .286 .350 .636  
1 Years AA 18 4 .818 30 30 1 0 0 225.3 170 44 11 57 260 1.76 .205 .256 .290 .546  
4 Years Minors 55 20 .733 94 94 7 2 0 686.0 590 188 47 179 713 2.47 .227 .277 .331 .608  
Season Average 4 10 .286 30 17 4 0 1 141.1 144 76 21 53 92 4.90 .263 .329 .441 .770  
Career Highs 9 28 .714 43 42 11 1 4 307.0 319 189 52 116 210 5.59 .284 .353 .500 .833  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   598 347 96 208 445   .248 .308 .425 .732
vs LH   556 268 78 217 294   .281 .352 .460 .812
Home 18 42 .300 124 71 10 0 2 577.3 606 336 100 220 393 5.24 .267 .331 .467 .798
Away 21 39 .350 117 67 24 2 8 551.6 548 279 74 205 346 4.55 .258 .324 .413 .736
Mar/Apr 3 12 .200 28 19 3 0 1 138.3 146 80 27 57 86 5.21 .267 .337 .474 .811
May 10 17 .370 37 28 6 1 0 220.3 227 129 37 79 144 5.27 .264 .326 .459 .785
June 9 17 .346 46 28 7 1 0 236.6 243 135 35 98 151 5.13 .265 .336 .445 .782
July 9 8 .529 48 23 3 0 2 189.3 179 77 27 65 119 3.66 .246 .308 .404 .712
August 4 13 .235 38 19 8 0 5 159.0 156 67 18 44 110 3.79 .254 .304 .398 .702
Sep/Oct 4 14 .222 44 21 7 0 2 185.3 203 127 30 82 129 6.17 .278 .351 .460 .810
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1955 23 NYA AL 9 30 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .267 .313 .300 .613 2.5 0.2
1956 24 NYA AL 13 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .045 .045 .045 .091 -1.2 0.0
  STL NL 29 70 7 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 21 .186 .208 .229 .437 3.3 0.0
  TOT   42 92 7 14 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 28 .152 .170 .185 .355 2.1 0.0
1957 25 STL NL 25 63 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 .095 .094 .095 .189 -1.9 0.0
1958 26 STL NL 39 84 4 12 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 33 .143 .143 .155 .298 0.1 0.0
1959 27 STL NL 22 53 5 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .208 .222 .226 .449 2.0 0.0
1961 29 STL NL 43 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1962 30 STL NL 36 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.3
1963 31 STL NL 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2 0.0
8 Years Sim 241 330 23 52 6 0 0 10 1 0 4 102 .158 .169 .176 .345 5.0 0.5
162 Game Average 221 15 34 4 0 0 6 0 0 2 68 .158 .169 .176 .345 3.4  
Career Highs 43 92 7 14 3 0 0 4 1 0 2 33 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   188 12 30 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 54 .160 .172 .160 .331 0.5
vs LH   142 11 22 6 0 0 5 1 0 2 48 .155 .166 .197 .363 1.7
Home 110 158 12 24 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 52 .152 .163 .165 .327 -0.1
Away 117 172 11 28 4 0 0 8 1 0 3 50 .163 .175 .186 .361 2.3
RISP   73 0 6 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 27 .082 .080 .096 .176 -3.2
Close/Late   30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .067 .097 .067 .163 -1.3
Mar/Apr 19 45 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .067 .067 .067 .133 -2.5
May 28 73 2 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 25 .123 .133 .151 .284 -0.9
June 42 67 5 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .134 .134 .134 .269 -1.1
July 40 52 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 23 .135 .135 .154 .288 -0.6
August 22 45 6 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .200 .213 .222 .435 1.6
Sep/Oct 40 48 8 15 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 10 .313 .353 .354 .707 5.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1955 23 NYA AL P 9 9 71.3 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.51    
1956 24 NYA AL P 13 13 80.7 5 11 1 0 .941 1.79    
  STL NL P 29 29 226.3 14 29 3 1 .935 1.71    
  TOT   P 42 42 307.0 19 40 4 1 .937 1.73    
1957 25 STL NL P 25 25 185.7 16 26 2 2 .955 2.04    
1958 26 STL NL P 39 39 272.3 14 40 2 3 .964 1.78    
1959 27 STL NL P 22 22 160.7 9 20 1 2 .967 1.62    
1961 29 STL NL P 43 0 55.3 0 9 1 1 .900 1.46    
1962 30 STL NL P 36 0 38.7 3 6 0 2 1.000 2.10    
1963 31 STL NL P 25 1 38.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.18    
Career Totals   241 138 1129.0 66 153 10 11 .956 1.75    
Career Highs   43 42 307.0 19 40 4 3 1.000 2.10    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1956-5-19
1958-1-21
 Hits Allowed
1958-7-307
 Homeruns Allowed
1956-8-35
1958-3-49
 Walks Allowed
1958-7-116
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  6. Earl Wilson (936)
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  8. Bob Bruce (936)
  9. Eric King (932)
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  1. Virgil Jester (997)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1955
Earned first career win on 5/3/1955
Had first career hit on 5/7/1955, off Joe Haynes (MIN)
Traded from New York (A) to St. Louis on 6/1/1956 (Going to STL: P Jim Bunning, LF Tito Francona, RF Dale Mitchell. Going to NYA: 2B Bobby Brown, LF Ralph Kiner, 1B Earl Torgeson)
Injured on 7/19/1957 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 8/21/1958 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $357,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/10/1959 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 8-9 weeks
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,253,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/20/1960 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/14/1960 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,253,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,253,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,253,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/9/1964 to a 3-year deal worth $742,398 per year
 
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