Wally Bunker
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[edit] Biography
Born on January 25, 1945 in Seattle, Washington, Wally Bunker (Wallace Edward Bunker) played for the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 9 year career. Bunker broke into the bigs on September 29, 1963 with the Baltimore Orioles, and put up a 2.69 ERA in 214 innings pitched in 1964, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Wally Bunker's best season was 1964, when he posted a 2.69 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 96 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | BAL | A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | BAL | A | 29 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 2.69 | 96 | 72 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 214 | 161 | 17 | 62 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 1965 | BAL | A | 34 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 3.38 | 84 | 79 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 189 | 170 | 16 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1966 | BAL | A | 29 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 4.29 | 89 | 74 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 142.2 | 151 | 16 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1967 | BAL | A | 29 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4.09 | 51 | 46 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 83 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 1968 | BAL | A | 18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2.41 | 44 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 59 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1969 | KC | A | 35 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 3.23 | 130 | 89 | 80 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 222.2 | 198 | 29 | 62 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 1970 | KC | A | 24 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 4.22 | 59 | 63 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 121.2 | 109 | 16 | 50 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1971 | KC | A | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5.01 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.1 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 206 | 152 | 60 | 52 | 3.51 | 569 | 473 | 423 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 1085.1 | 976 | 113 | 334 | 16 | 23 | 16 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | BAL | A | P | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1964 | BAL | A | P | 29 | 29 | 214 | 20 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .982 |
| 1965 | BAL | A | P | 34 | 27 | 189 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .976 |
| 1966 | BAL | A | P | 29 | 24 | 142.2 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1967 | BAL | A | P | 29 | 9 | 88 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1968 | BAL | A | P | 18 | 10 | 71 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .933 |
| 1969 | KC | A | P | 35 | 31 | 222.2 | 19 | 43 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 6 | .969 |
| 1970 | KC | A | P | 24 | 15 | 121.2 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 4 | .880 |
| 1971 | KC | A | P | 7 | 6 | 32.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 206 | 152 | 1085.1 | 70 | 179 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 58 | 28 | 12 | .969 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | BAL | A | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | BAL | A | 29 | 72 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .069 | .183 | .097 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1965 | BAL | A | 34 | 55 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | .073 | .177 | .073 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | BAL | A | 30 | 48 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .104 | .173 | .167 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1967 | BAL | A | 29 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | BAL | A | 18 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .200 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | KC | A | 35 | 70 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | .143 | .200 | .186 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1970 | KC | A | 24 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .065 | .237 | .065 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | KC | A | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .100 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 207 | 331 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 17 | .094 | .183 | .118 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 145 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Baltimore Orioles (1963).
- Selected by Kansas City Royals from Baltimore Orioles (25th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
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