Jim Bunning

Jim Bunning
Pitcher
Born: October 23, 1931 Southgate , United States
Died on: May 26, 2017 Southgate , United States
Suggested: Right	Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
July 20,  1955  with the  Detroit Tigers
Last MLB assignment
September 3,  1971  with the  Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Win - Loss	224-184
ERA	3.27
Strikeouts	2,855
Teams
Detroit Tigers ( 1955 - 1963 ) Philadelphia Phillies ( 1964 - 1967 ) Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1968 - 1969 ) Los Angeles Dodgers (1969) Philadelphia Phillies ( 1970 - 1971 )
Awards
9 × All-Star ( 1957 , 1959 , 1961 - 1964 , 1966 ) Perfect Game on June 21, 1964 No-hitter on July 20, 1958 In his honor, the number 14 is no longer awarded at the Philadelphia Phillies
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	1996
Quota	Veterans Committee

Jim Bunning

James Paul David "Jim" Bunning (born October 23, 1931 in Southgate , Campbell County , Kentucky , United States ; † May 26, 2017 ) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB), who later started a career as politicians struck and from 1999 to 2011 for the Republican party to the Senate of the United States belonged.

Sports career

In 1955, Bunning first appeared in the MLB as a pitcher in the ranks of the Detroit Tigers . In 1964 he moved to the Philadelphia Phillies , for which he played until 1967, then he played in 1968 and 1969 for the Pittsburgh Pirates . During the 1969 season he also played nine games for the Los Angeles Dodgers . In 1970 Bunning returned to the Phillies, where he ended his athletic career in 1971. In his career he achieved a record of 224 wins with 184 defeats , the earned run average over his career is 3.27 with a total of 2,855 strikeouts .

Bunnings skill level can also be seen from the fact that he was elected to the "All Star Team" in 1957, 1959, 1961 to 1964 and 1966. In 1996 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame . Another notable feat by Bunning in baseball was throwing a Perfect Game against the New York Mets on June 21, 1964 in New York City . By 2009, this had only been achieved eighteen times in the history of the MLB.

Political career

His political career began in 1977 with the election to the City Council of Fort Thomas , Kentucky, where he spent two years exercised his position. He then immediately ran for the Kentucky Senate , was elected and in 1983 showed clear ambitions to become governor of Kentucky. As a Republican candidate, however, he was defeated by the Democrat Martha Layne Collins . In 1986 he was successful in the Congress elections . He remained in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1999 before being elected to the Senate.

Verbal lapses

In 2004, Bunning met a Democratic challenger, Daniel Mongiardo , who as a doctor and state senator of Kentucky had a good chance in the new elections , whereupon Bunning clearly missed his word and tone.

The contentious controversy got out of hand when Bunning his Italian-born adversaries such described that "he one of Saddam Hussein's sons remember" ( "like one of Saddam Hussein's sons."). Given the public outrage, he forced an apology. His further behavior, such as B. his allegations against Mongiardo that this Bunnings wife physically attacked her "green and bruises", and the apparent use of a teleprompter in a television debate led various media scholars to conclude that Bunnings was mentally and emotionally fit for the job doubtful.

Campaign Funding and Re-election

Bunning had around $ 4 million available for his campaign, while Mongiardo only had $ 600,000. Belatedly, the Democratic Party realized that Bunnings' bizarre behavior had a real chance of voting, and added $ 800,000 to Mongiardo's budget , the majority of which was invested in commercials .

After a series of inadmissible campaign donations , ugly homophobic attacks against Mongiardo, and George W. Bush's huge lead in the presidential election, Bunning narrowly won the election on November 2, 2004, which none of the campaign analysts had previously thought possible.

In July 2009, Bunning declared that he would not run for re-election in 2010. With Rand Paul , a Republican was again elected to succeed him.

death

On May 26, 2017, Bunning died in his hometown and hometown of Southgate at the age of 85 from complications from a stroke that he suffered in October 2016.

Web links

Commons : Jim Bunning  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Media analysis ( Memento from June 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• Jim Bunning in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Jim Bunning in nndb (English)
• Player information and statistics from MLB  or  ESPN  or  baseball reference  or  fangraphs  or  baseball reference (minor league) (English)
• Jim Bunning in the Baseball Hall of Fame (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On the 2004 election campaign (offline).
2. ↑ Michael Monks: Senator Jim Bunning Dies at 85. In: rcnky.com. May 27, 2017, accessed May 27, 2017.