League Leaders Who Led?
Jim Bunning

Jim Bunning

1955–1971  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'3", 190 lb  ·  b. 1931 Southgate, KY

Career 224–184 · 3.27 ERA · 2,855 SO · 3760.1 IP · 601 G · 213 H · 7 HR · 75 RBI · .167 AVG

Seasons leading his league
9
4 best in baseball 5 league only
56 Top-5 finishes
5 Title seasons
5 Categories led
1967 Best season

Spanning 1957–1967, peaking at 3 titles in 1967.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 190th League titles 9
  • 215th Best in baseball 4
  • 78th Top-5 finishes 56

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Strikeouts 3 1st 2 yrs (1959–1960) 1967 253 1959 AL 201 1960 AL 201 1957 #2 1958 #2 1961 #3 1962 #2 1963 #2 1966 #2
Shutouts 2 1st 2 yrs (1966–1967) 1966 5 1967 6 1961 #3 1964 #2 1965 #3
Innings Pitched 2 1st — 1967 302.1 1957 AL 267.1 1959 #2 1961 #3 1962 #3 1966 #2
Strikeouts / 9 1 1st — 1960 AL 7.18 1958 #2 1959 #2
Wins 1 1st — 1957 AL 20 1967 #3
Walks + Hits / IP — #2 — 1957 #2 1960 #2 1966 #3 1967 #2
Earned Run Average — #2 — 1957 #3 1960 #2 1967 #2

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1967 3 SO 253 IP 302.1 SHO 6
1966 1 SHO 5
1960 2 SO 201 K/9 7.18
1959 1 SO 201
1957 2 W 20 IP 267.1

Pitching

17 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1955 DET AL 3 5 6.35 15 8 1 51.0 59 36 8 32 37 1.78
1956 DET AL 5 1 3.71 15 3 1 53.1 55 22 6 28 34 1.56
1957 DET AL 20 8 2.69 45 30 1 267.1 214 80 33 72 182 1.07
1958 DET AL 14 12 3.52 35 34 0 219.2 188 86 28 79 177 1.22
1959 DET AL 17 13 3.89 40 35 1 249.2 220 108 37 75 201 1.18
1960 DET AL 11 14 2.79 36 34 0 252.0 217 78 20 64 201 1.12
1961 DET AL 17 11 3.19 38 37 1 268.0 232 95 25 71 194 1.13
1962 DET AL 19 10 3.59 41 35 6 258.0 262 103 28 74 184 1.30
1963 DET AL 12 13 3.88 39 35 1 248.1 245 107 38 69 196 1.26
1964 PHI NL 19 8 2.63 41 39 2 284.1 248 83 23 46 219 1.03
1965 PHI NL 19 9 2.60 39 39 0 291.0 253 84 23 62 268 1.08
1966 PHI NL 19 14 2.41 43 41 1 314.0 260 84 26 55 252 1.00
1967 PHI NL 17 15 2.29 40 40 0 302.1 241 77 18 73 253 1.04
1968 PIT NL 4 14 3.88 27 26 0 160.0 168 69 14 48 95 1.35
1969 PIT +1 NL 13 10 3.69 34 34 0 212.1 212 87 15 59 157 1.28
1970 PHI NL 10 15 4.11 34 33 0 219.0 233 100 19 56 147 1.32
1971 PHI NL 5 12 5.48 29 16 1 110.0 126 67 11 37 58 1.48
Career — — 224 184 3.27 591 519 16 3760.1 3,433 1,366 372 1,000 2,855 1.18

Batting

17 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1955 DET AL 15 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1956 DET AL 15 18 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 .333 .333 .444 .778
1957 DET AL 45 94 10 20 2 1 1 4 5 29 0 .213 .253 .287 .540
1958 DET AL 36 75 7 14 2 0 0 3 3 24 0 .187 .218 .213 .431
1959 DET AL 40 89 7 17 0 1 1 7 5 25 0 .191 .234 .247 .481
1960 DET AL 38 81 2 13 1 0 0 4 3 22 0 .161 .188 .173 .361
1961 DET AL 38 100 6 13 1 0 0 4 2 30 0 .130 .147 .140 .287
1962 DET AL 43 95 9 23 2 1 1 5 1 19 0 .242 .255 .316 .571
1963 DET AL 41 84 4 13 1 1 0 5 4 15 0 .155 .193 .191 .384
1964 PHI NL 41 99 4 12 2 0 0 8 0 29 0 .121 .120 .141 .261
1965 PHI NL 39 103 6 22 1 0 1 4 1 25 0 .214 .221 .252 .474
1966 PHI NL 43 106 10 19 3 0 0 5 3 39 0 .179 .200 .208 .408
1967 PHI NL 40 104 8 17 3 0 2 12 1 33 0 .164 .171 .250 .421
1968 PIT NL 27 51 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 17 0 .098 .098 .118 .216
1969 PIT +1 NL 34 65 3 4 0 0 0 2 3 18 0 .062 .103 .062 .164
1970 PHI NL 35 71 1 9 0 0 0 6 2 18 0 .127 .149 .127 .275
1971 PHI NL 31 25 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 9 0 .120 .148 .240 .388
Career — — 601 1,275 82 213 21 4 7 75 34 362 0 .167 .188 .206 .395

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 591 206 372 23 20 .962