Jim Bunning vs. Clayton Kershaw — Career Comparison

Jim Bunning
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Clayton Kershaw
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

The numbers give Clayton Kershaw a clear advantage over Jim Bunning across the core pitching metrics. Clayton Kershaw led in run prevention (ERA+ 140 vs 86), home run suppression (HR9+ 123 vs 71), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 116 vs 94). Jim Bunning held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 111). Clayton Kershaw was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bunning and Clayton Kershaw

Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.43
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
1.24
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.42
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
0.54
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.7
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.44
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.3
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.9
54.9
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.91
69.91
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.82
87.82
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.12
99.12
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.36
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.08
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1366
3.27
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
804
2.53
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11281
27
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760.1
9
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3433
8.22
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2193
6.91
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
0.89
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
0.74
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1000
2.39
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
2.25
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.23
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2855
6.83
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3052
9.62
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.11
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.34
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.38
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.14
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.08
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15618
37.38
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
11279
35.55
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.09
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1527
3.65
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
2.78
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.29
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.12
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.66
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.018
1.018
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14418
34.51
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10391
32.75
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.38
37.38
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.55
35.55

Fielding Stats for Jim Bunning and Clayton Kershaw

Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.43
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
1.24
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.42
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11280
27
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
9
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
0.49
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.27
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
0.89
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
1.21
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
601
1.44
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
1.52
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
1.38
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
1.48
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.17
96.17
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.51
97.51
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.978
0.978
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.031
1.031
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.82
87.82
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.12
99.12
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.05
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.05
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bunning and Clayton Kershaw

Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
601
257.39
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
464
328.69
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1401
600
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
847
600
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1275
546.04
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
698
494.45
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
91.22
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
113
80.05
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
77.52
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
100
70.84
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
8.99
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
11
7.79
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.71
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
13.7
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
13
9.21
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.26
19.38
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
24.44
17.31
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
112.63
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
129
91.38
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
106.21
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
151
106.97
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
35.12
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
46
32.59
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
32.12
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
40
28.34
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
64.24
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
85
60.21
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26.33
11.28
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19.82
14.04
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.43
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.83
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
34
14.56
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
24.09
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
362
155.03
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
149.47
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
3.87
3.87
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.01
4.01
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
85
36.4
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
77.92
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.57
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
36
15.42
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
10.63
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100