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Wally Bunker
Wallace Edward Bunker

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 197 lb.

Debut September 29, 1963
vs. DET 4.0 IP, 10 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 6 ER, L
Final Game May 26, 1971
Born January 25, 1945 in Seattle, WA

Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1963 18 BAL AL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    4.0   10    6    6   1    3    1   0   0    25   0   0 13.50  3.45   26 3.250
 1964 19 BAL AL  19   5  29  29  12   1   0  0  214.0  161   72   64  17   62   96   3   3   850   5   0  2.69  3.59  133 1.042 MVP-12,RoY-2
 1965 20 BAL AL  10   8  34  27   4   1   3  2  189.0  170   79   71  16   58   84   4   2   778   2   0  3.38  3.49  103 1.206
 1966 21 BAL AL  10   6  29  24   3   0   0  0  142.7  151   74   68  16   48   89   2   0   615   2   0  4.29  3.37   78 1.395
 1967 22 BAL AL   3   7  29   9   1   0   7  1   88.0   83   46   40   7   31   51   2   5   365   1   0  4.09  3.17   77 1.295
 1968 23 BAL AL   2   0  18  10   2   1   1  0   71.0   59   25   19   4   14   44   1   2   282   1   0  2.41  2.95  122 1.028
 1969 24 KCR AL  12  11  35  31  10   1   2  2  222.7  198   89   80  29   62  130   4   6   907   3   0  3.23  3.66  113 1.168
 1970 25 KCR AL   2  11  24  15   2   1   4  0  121.7  109   63   57  16   50   59   0   5   514   2   1  4.22  3.72   88 1.307
 1971 26 KCR AL   2   3   7   6   0   0   1  0   32.3   35   19   18   7    6   15   0   0   136   0   0  5.01  3.43   69 1.268
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .536  60  52 206 152  34   5  18  5 1085.3  976  473  423 113  334  569  16  23  4472  16   1  3.51  3.49  100 1.207
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11   9  39  28   6   0   3  0  206.0  185   89   80  21   63  108   3   4   849   3   0  3.51  3.49  100 1.207
 Career High     19  11  35  31  12   1   7  2  222.7  198   89   80  29   62  130   4   6   907   5   1  2.41  3.72  133 1.028

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 18 BAL AL   1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  187    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1964 19 BAL AL  29   72    6    5   2  0   0    2   0  0  10  32  .069  .183  .097  -19    7   2   0   0   0   1 MVP-12,RoY-2
 1965 20 BAL AL  34   55    4    4   0  0   0    5   0  0   7  27  .073  .177  .073  -26    4   3   0   0   0   0
 1966 21 BAL AL  30   48    4    5   3  0   0    2   0  0   4  22  .104  .173  .167   -1    8   3   0   0   0   2
 1967 22 BAL AL  29   26    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  13  .077  .077  .077  -54    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1968 23 BAL AL  18   18    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2  10  .111  .200  .111   -4    2   2   0   0   0   0
 1969 24 KCR AL  35   70    1   10   3  0   0    7   1  0   5  23  .143  .200  .186    9   13   7   0   0   0   1
 1970 25 KCR AL  24   31    3    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   7  13  .065  .237  .065  -12    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1971 26 KCR AL   7    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .000  .100  .000  -69    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      207  331   20   31   8  0   0   17   1  0  36 145  .094  .183  .118  -13   39  19   0   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        259   16   24   6  0   0   13   1  0  28 113  .094  .183  .118  -13   31  15   0   0   0   3
 Career High     35   72    6   10   3  0   0    7   1  0  10  32                          13   7   0   0   0   2

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1963 18 BAL AL    2    1    1  27.0    91| .500  .250| .500  .316| .500  .387|1.000  .704| 187  .968   0.2   0.0   0%
 1964 19 BAL AL   84   70    2   0.8    96| .069  .256| .183  .324| .097  .397| .280  .721| -19  .042 -11.7  -1.2   0%
 1965 20 BAL AL   65   54    1   0.5    93| .073  .253| .177  .323| .073  .388| .250  .711| -26  .021  -9.3  -1.0   0%
 1966 21 BAL AL   55   48    1   0.6    89| .104  .247| .173  .314| .167  .381| .340  .695|  -1  .028  -6.2  -0.7   0%
 1967 22 BAL AL   27   25    0   0.0    84| .077  .243| .077  .312| .077  .365| .154  .677| -54  .000  -5.0  -0.6   0%
 1968 23 BAL AL   22   18    1   1.5    81| .111  .239| .200  .308| .111  .354| .311  .662|  -4  .172  -2.3  -0.3   0%
 1969 24 KCR AL   82   68    3   1.2    95| .143  .254| .200  .331| .186  .384| .386  .715|   9  .090  -8.7  -0.9 100%
 1970 25 KCR AL   39   30    1   0.9    97| .065  .257| .237  .331| .065  .392| .302  .723| -12  .054  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1971 26 KCR AL   10    9    0   0.0    91| .000  .254| .100  .326| .000  .377| .100  .702| -69  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       386  323   10   0.8    92| .094  .252| .183  .323| .118  .384| .301  .707| -13  .051 -49.7  -5.4 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1963 18 BAL AL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  2.02    1    4.0
 1964 19 BAL AL   P   29     20   34    1    3  .982  .957  1.86  0.72  2.27  1.90   29  214.0
 1965 20 BAL AL   P   34      8   32    1    0  .976  .950  1.18  0.75  1.90  2.04   27  189.0
 1966 21 BAL AL   P   29      8   19    0    3 1.000  .951  0.93  0.75  1.70  1.99   24  142.7
 1967 22 BAL AL   P   29      4   20    0    1 1.000  .956  0.83  0.74  2.45  1.96    9   88.0
 1968 23 BAL AL   P   18      5    9    1    0  .933  .959  0.78  0.73  1.77  1.89   10   71.0
 1969 24 KCR AL   P   35     19   43    2    6  .969  .951  1.77  0.69  2.51  1.88   31  222.7
 1970 25 KCR AL   P   24      5   17    3    0  .880  .952  0.92  0.67  1.63  1.86   15  121.7
 1971 26 KCR AL   P    7      1    5    0    0 1.000  .952  0.86  0.77  1.67  1.98    6   32.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1963 18 BAL AL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  2.02    1    4.0
 1964 19 BAL AL   P   29     20   34    1    3  .982  .957  1.86  0.72  2.27  1.90   29  214.0
 1965 20 BAL AL   P   34      8   32    1    0  .976  .950  1.18  0.75  1.90  2.04   27  189.0
 1966 21 BAL AL   P   29      8   19    0    3 1.000  .951  0.93  0.75  1.70  1.99   24  142.7
 1967 22 BAL AL   P   29      4   20    0    1 1.000  .956  0.83  0.74  2.45  1.96    9   88.0
 1968 23 BAL AL   P   18      5    9    1    0  .933  .959  0.78  0.73  1.77  1.89   10   71.0
 1969 24 KCR AL   P   35     19   43    2    6  .969  .951  1.77  0.69  2.51  1.88   31  222.7
 1970 25 KCR AL   P   24      5   17    3    0  .880  .952  0.92  0.67  1.63  1.86   15  121.7
 1971 26 KCR AL   P    7      1    5    0    0 1.000  .952  0.86  0.77  1.67  1.98    6   32.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 206     70  179    8   13  .969  .953  1.21  0.72  2.06  1.94  152 1085.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       206     70  179    8   13  .969  .953  1.21  0.72  2.07  1.94  152   1085

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1966   WS    BAL LAD     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  1   9     6   0   1   6 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1966   WS    BAL LAD     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1964-AL-12-0.08
Car-949-0.08 shares

ERA
1964 AL-2.69-6

Wins
1964 AL-19-3

Won-Loss %
1964 AL-.792-1
1966 AL-.625-8

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1964 AL-1.042-4
1969 AL-1.168-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1964 AL-6.77-3

Bases on Balls/9IP
1969 AL-2.51-6

Comp. Games
1964 AL-12-6

Home Runs Allow.
1969 AL-29-3

Adjusted ERA+
1964 AL-133-6

Youngest Player
1963 AL-18-1
1964 AL-19-3

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 20 (1045) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 14.0 (530) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 12.0 (827) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.
October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Baltimore Orioles as the 25th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Wally Bunker's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1964-AL-12-0.08 Car-949-0.08 shares	ERA 1964 AL-2.69-6	Wins 1964 AL-19-3	Won-Loss % 1964 AL-.792-1 1966 AL-.625-8	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1964 AL-1.042-4 1969 AL-1.168-9	Hits Allowed/9IP 1964 AL-6.77-3
Bases on Balls/9IP 1969 AL-2.51-6	Comp. Games 1964 AL-12-6	Home Runs Allow. 1969 AL-29-3	Adjusted ERA+ 1964 AL-133-6	Youngest Player 1963 AL-18-1 1964 AL-19-3