Bio
- Debut
- 1955
Bio
- Debut
- 1955
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 591
- W
- 224
- L
- 184
- ERA
- 3.27
- IP
- 3760.1
- K
- 2,855
- BB
- 1,000
- WHIP
- 1.18
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | DET | 15 | 3 | 5 | 6.35 | 51.0 | 37 | 32 | 1.78 |
| 1956 | DET | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3.71 | 53.1 | 34 | 28 | 1.56 |
| 1957 | DET | 45 | 20 | 8 | 2.69 | 267.1 | 182 | 72 | 1.07 |
| 1958 | DET | 35 | 14 | 12 | 3.52 | 219.2 | 177 | 79 | 1.22 |
| 1959 | DET | 40 | 17 | 13 | 3.89 | 249.2 | 201 | 75 | 1.18 |
| 1960 | DET | 36 | 11 | 14 | 2.79 | 252.0 | 201 | 64 | 1.12 |
| 1961 | DET | 38 | 17 | 11 | 3.19 | 268.0 | 194 | 71 | 1.13 |
| 1962 | DET | 41 | 19 | 10 | 3.59 | 258.0 | 184 | 74 | 1.30 |
| 1963 | DET | 39 | 12 | 13 | 3.88 | 248.1 | 196 | 69 | 1.26 |
| 1964 | PHI | 41 | 19 | 8 | 2.63 | 284.1 | 219 | 46 | 1.03 |
| 1965 | PHI | 39 | 19 | 9 | 2.60 | 291.0 | 268 | 62 | 1.08 |
| 1966 | PHI | 43 | 19 | 14 | 2.41 | 314.0 | 252 | 55 | 1.00 |
| 1967 | PHI | 40 | 17 | 15 | 2.29 | 302.1 | 253 | 73 | 1.04 |
| 1968 | PIT | 27 | 4 | 14 | 3.88 | 160.0 | 95 | 48 | 1.35 |
| 1969 |  PIT/LAD | 34 | 13 | 10 | 3.69 | 212.1 | 157 | 59 | 1.28 |
| 1970 | PHI | 34 | 10 | 15 | 4.11 | 219.0 | 147 | 56 | 1.32 |
| 1971 | PHI | 29 | 5 | 12 | 5.48 | 110.0 | 58 | 37 | 1.48 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 151
- SHO
- 40
- K/9
- 6.8
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | DET | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | DET | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | DET | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | DET | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | DET | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | DET | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | DET | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | PHI | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | PHI | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | PHI | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | PHI | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | PIT | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | PIT/LAD | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | PHI | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | PHI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Jim Bunning's career stats?
Jim Bunning played 17 seasons for the Tigers, the Phillies and the Pirates. He had 224 wins and 2,855 strikeouts with a 3.27 ERA over 3,760.1 innings. His best season was 1957: 20 wins, a 2.69 ERA and 182 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
17 seasons, 1955 to 1971
Jim Bunning led MLB in strikeouts (pitching) (1967); finished top 10 in a stat 8 times.
All-time career rank
- 22nd in strikeouts (pitching) (2,855)
- 68th in wins (pitching) (224)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Wins: 1965 (10th), 1966 (8th), 1967 (7th)
- ERA: 1967 (9th)
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 1965 (5th), 1966 (2nd), 1967 (1st)
- WHIP: 1966 (6th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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