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'''James Paul David "Jim" Bunning''', born October 23, 1931 (age {{age|1931|10|23}}), is the former U.S. [[Senator]] from the state of [[Kentucky]]. He is a member of the [[Republican Party]].  

'''James Paul David "Jim" Bunning''', born October 23, 1931 &ndash; May 17, 2017), was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Senator]] from the state of [[Kentucky]]. He was also a major league [[baseball]] player.  

==Early Life and Education==

==Background==

Bunning was born in Southgate, Kentucky to Gladys Best and Louis Aloysius Bunning. He graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati in 1949 and later received a bachelor's degree in economics from Xavier University. In 1952, Bunning married Mary Catherine Theis, with whom he has had five daughters and four sons.

Bunning was born in Southgate, Kentucky to Gladys Best and Louis Aloysius Bunning. He graduated from St. Xavier High School in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], in 1949 and later received a bachelor's degree in economics from Xavier University. In 1952, Bunning married Mary Catherine Theis, with whom he had five daughters and four sons.

==Major League Baseball career==

==Major League Baseball career==

As a youngster in Northern Kentucky, Bunning fell in love with [[baseball]] and even then he displayed a competitive spirit and a willingness to work hard. That combination carried him on to a highly successful 17-year career as a Major League Baseball player after his graduation from Xavier University with an Economics degree. Jim Bunning's first game as a major league pitcher was on July 20, 1955. He pitched for the [[Detroit Tigers]] from 1955 to 1963, moving to the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] from 1964 through 1967, to the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1968 through the middle of the 1969 season, finished the 1969 season on the [[Los Angeles]] Dodgers, and returned to the Phillies in 1970, retiring in 1971. He wore uniform number 15 on the 1955 Tigers, switched to 14 in 1956, which was the number he wore for the Tigers, Phillies, and Pirates until he was traded to the Dodgers in 1969. For the Dodgers, he wore number 17, but returned to number 14 when he returned to the Phillies, who retired the number upon his election to the Hall of Fame. Bunning pitched his first no-hitter on July 20, 1958, for the Detroit Tigers against the [[Boston Red Sox]]. His second, for the Philadelphia Phillies, was a perfect game, which came against the [[New York Mets]] on June 21, 1964, Father's Day. Bunning's perfect game was the first in the National League in 84 years. He is one of only five players to throw a no-hitter in both leagues. He played in the All-Star Games in 1957, 1959, every year from 1961 through 1964, and in 1966. In 1996 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame via the Veterans Committee. Bunning has received the most votes cast by the BBWAA during the course of all players' Hall of Fame eligibility periods, collecting well over 3,000 votes.

As a youngster in Northern Kentucky, Bunning fell in love with baseball and even then he displayed a competitive spirit and a willingness to work hard. That combination carried him on to a highly successful 17-year career as a Major League Baseball player after his graduation from Xavier University with an Economics degree. Jim Bunning's first game as a major league pitcher was on July 20, 1955. He pitched for the [[Detroit Tigers]] from 1955 to 1963, moving to the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] from 1964 through 1967, to the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1968 through the middle of the 1969 season, finished the 1969 season on the [[Los Angeles]] Dodgers, and returned to the Phillies in 1970, retiring in 1971. He wore uniform number 15 on the 1955 Tigers, switched to 14 in 1956, which was the number he wore for the Tigers, Phillies, and Pirates until he was traded to the Dodgers in 1969. For the Dodgers, he wore number 17, but returned to number 14 when he returned to the Phillies, who retired the number upon his election to the Hall of Fame. Bunning pitched his first no-hitter on July 20, 1958, for the Detroit Tigers against the [[Boston Red Sox]]. His second, for the Philadelphia Phillies, was a perfect game, which came against the [[New York Mets]] on June 21, 1964, Father's Day. Bunning's perfect game was the first in the National League in 84 years. He is one of only five players to throw a no-hitter in both leagues. He played in the All-Star Games in 1957, 1959, every year from 1961 through 1964, and in 1966. In 1996 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame via the Veterans Committee. Bunning has received the most votes cast by the BBWAA during the course of all players' Hall of Fame eligibility periods, collecting well over 3,000 votes.

==Political career==

==Political career==

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