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Jim Bunning
Baseball is an outdoor sport in which a pitcher pitches a hard, fist sized ball to the hitting area of a batter. The batter hits the hard ball with a tapered, smooth, cylindrical bat made up of wood or metal. The batsman scores by running counter-clockwise within the four markers called the bases arranged at the corners of a diamond. Baseball is sometimes called hardball to differentiate it from similar games such as softball.
Jim Bunning was a well known baseball player. Jim was elected to the Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee in 1996. His full name was James Paul David Bunning and was nicknamed Jim. Jim Bunning was born on Friday, October 23, 1931, in Southgate, Kentucky. His height was 6 feet 3 inches and weighed 195 pounds. Bunning was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 20, 1955, with the Detroit Tigers which was his first game and his last game was played on September 03, 1971.
After retiring as a player, Bunning managed in the minors for five years, and then entered Kentucky politics. He was elected to the state legislature and ran unsuccessfully for governor. In 1986, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from a heavily Democratic district. Jim Bunning became the first pitcher to record 100 wins and 1,000 strikeouts in both the American and National leagues. Accumulated 224 career wins as a seven-time All-Star selection. Bunning was also a leading figure in the founding of the player’s union and would later serve the state of Kentucky as a United States Senator.
He was a powerful striker of the ball with a lethal shot who back-checked responsibly and played the game cleanly. He, with all his dedication and devotion in his play, has achieved many goals in his overall baseball career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by giving some extra hard work and efforts.
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