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James Paul David Bunning (October 23, 1931 – May 26, 2017) was an American professional baseball pitcher and politician from Kentucky who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1999 and a member of the United States Senate from 1999 to 2011.
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Jim Bunning was a tough right-handed sidearm pitcher during his 17-year big league career, but consistency was what he craved, once stating: “I am most proud of the fact I went through nearly 11 years without missing a start. They wrote my name down, and I went to the post.”
May 28, 2017 · Jim Bunning, the only baseball player ever elected both to the U.S. Senate and the Baseball Hall of Fame, died late Friday. He was 85 and, according to his family, died of...
May 28, 2017 · Former U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, a Hall of Fame pitcher who parlayed his sports fame into a political career as an uncompromising advocate for conservative causes, has died at 85.
May 27, 2017 · Jim Bunning, the Hall of Fame pitcher who threw a perfect game and later forged a second career as a fervently conservative and often cantankerous Republican representative and senator from...
Dec 28, 2017 · From his birth on October 23, 1931, to his death on May 26 of this year, Jim Bunning dug into the russet earth of a major- or minor-league pitcher’s mound 796 times. Two of those games, 23...
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In the era before free agency, Jim Bunning proved that great players remain great – regardless of the city they play in. Bunning, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1996, died Friday at the age of 85.
May 27, 2017 · Sen. Jim Bunning, Baseball Hall of Famer-turned public servant, was a champion of conservatism and the embodiment of Kentucky’s tenacious spirit. Bunning’s unique sense of humor and...
May 27, 2017 · Hall of Fame pitcher and former U.S. Senator Jim Bunning passed away on Friday, due to complications from a stroke suffered last October, the Phillies announced on Saturday. He was 85.
