1945
Born January 25, 1945
Seattle, WA, USA
Wally Bunker Notable
Wally Bunker divided nine seasons between two clubs as a pitcher: the Baltimore Orioles from 1963, then the Kansas City Royals through 1971.
He went 60 and 52 with a 3.51 earned run average, pitching 1,085 innings in 206 games. He struck out 569, completed 34 of his 152 starts and threw 5 shutouts. Across 207 games he batted .094, with 31 hits and 20 runs. He finished with 8 doubles and 1 stolen base.
He was born in Seattle, WA, USA on January 25, 1945. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| The Sporting News Rookie Pitcher of the Year | 1 | 1964 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | BAL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| 1964 | BAL | 29 | 72 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 0 | .069 |
| 1965 | BAL | 34 | 55 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 0 | .073 |
| 1966 | BAL | 30 | 48 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 0 | .104 |
| 1967 | BAL | 29 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | .077 |
| 1968 | BAL | 18 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .111 |
| 1969 | KCR | 35 | 70 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 1 | .143 |
| 1970 | KCR | 24 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 0 | .065 |
| 1971 | KCR | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .000 |
| Career | — | 207 | 331 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 36 | 145 | 1 | .094 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | BAL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13.50 |
| 1964 | BAL | 19 | 5 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 214.0 | 161 | 64 | 62 | 96 | 2.69 |
| 1965 | BAL | 10 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 189.0 | 170 | 71 | 58 | 84 | 3.38 |
| 1966 | BAL | 10 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 142.2 | 151 | 68 | 48 | 89 | 4.29 |
| 1967 | BAL | 3 | 7 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 88.0 | 83 | 40 | 31 | 51 | 4.09 |
| 1968 | BAL | 2 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 71.0 | 59 | 19 | 14 | 44 | 2.41 |
| 1969 | KCR | 12 | 11 | 35 | 31 | 2 | 222.2 | 198 | 80 | 62 | 130 | 3.23 |
| 1970 | KCR | 2 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 121.2 | 109 | 57 | 50 | 59 | 4.22 |
| 1971 | KCR | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 32.1 | 35 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 5.01 |
| Career | — | 60 | 52 | 206 | 152 | 5 | 1085.1 | 976 | 423 | 334 | 569 | 3.51 |
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