One highlight of the season occurred on Father's Day, when Jim Bunning pitched a perfect game against the New York Mets, the first in Phillies history.

** Jim Bunning pitches a perfect game for the Philadelphia Phillies, the first in the National League since 1880.

Bunning pitched his first no-hitter on July 20, 1958, for the Detroit Tigers against the Boston Red Sox.

In his first season with the Phillies, Bunning entered play on June 21 with a 6 – 2 record on the season.

Through the first four innings, Bunning totaled four strikeouts through twelve batters.

The no-hitter was the first by a Tiger since Jim Bunning in.

Along with outfielder Johnny Callison and pitchers Chris Short and Jim Bunning, Allen led the Phillies to a six-and-a-half game hold on first place with just twelve games to play in an exceptionally strong National League.

In 1983, she defeated Republican Jim Bunning to become Kentucky's first woman governor.

Bunning pitched the seventh perfect game in Major League Baseball history on June 21, 1964, against the New York Mets.

* June 21 – Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a perfect game in a 6-0 victory over the New York Mets.

When Jim Bunning was pitching his perfect game in 1964, he deliberately violated this superstition, talking to his teammates about the perfect game's progress in order to dispel the tension in the dugout.

The perfect game made him the fifth pitcher in Major League history ( after Cy Young, Jim Bunning, Nolan Ryan, and Hideo Nomo ) to pitch a no-hitter in both leagues.

In, Taylor hit. 281 and collected career-highs in runs ( 102 ) and hits ( 182 ), and the next season, he made the defensive play that saved Jim Bunning ’ s perfect game.

Bunning would routinely shake off catchers ' pitch signs that he knew to be signaled into the game from the dugout by Mauch.

Bunning, who at the time had seven children, said that his game, pitched on Father's Day, could not have come at a more appropriate time.

Boots Day opened the game by grounding out to Bunning.

His victory was even more remarkable since six-term incumbent Jim Bunning made a successful run for the Senate in 1998, winning largely by winning his old district by a margin that Democrat Scotty Baesler couldn't make up in the rest of the state.

Wise would have joined Cy Young and Jim Bunning as pitchers who had hurled no-hitters in both leagues ( Nolan Ryan, Hideo Nomo and Randy Johnson have done it since ).

Baesler won a narrow primary victory over Louisville businessman Charlie Owen and Lieutenant Governor Steve Henry, but was very narrowly defeated in the general election by fellow congressman Jim Bunning, a Republican.

But Maloney was overshadowed by eventual Baseball Hall of Fame pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale of the Dodgers, Bob Gibson of the Cardinals, Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry of the San Francisco Giants, Tom Seaver of the Mets, Ferguson Jenkins of the Cubs, and other prominent National League contemporaries like Jim Bunning.

:::: Then-Sen. Bunning had an established career as a Major League Baseball pitcher prior to running for public office.

After retiring from baseball, Bunning returned to his native northern Kentucky and was subsequently elected to the city council, and then the state senate, in which he served as minority leader.

In 1986, Bunning was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 4th congressional district, and served in the House from 1987 to 1999.

Bunning gave his farewell speech to the Senate on December 9, 2010, and was succeeded by current Senator Rand Paul on January 3, 2011.

Bunning was born in Southgate, Kentucky, the son of Gladys ( née Best ) and Louis Aloysius Bunning.

The " Nine Mile River Swim " between Wisbech and Sutton Bridge in the River Nene was won four times in the 1930s by Ernie ( Bunny ) Bunning.

When the swim was moved to the swimming pool as a 220 yard race David Bunning, his son, won the cup four times in the 1960s.

Jim Bunning ( named to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996 ) was the winning pitcher while Bill Stoneman took the loss.

" In that year the market was rebuilt to a design by J. B. Bunning, the City architect.

The building was designed by the architectural firm of Bunning and Madden.

Although early polls showed Mongiardo at a significant disadvantage against Bunning, who had more name recognition and campaign funds, Mongiardo was able to make large gains on account of several missteps committed by Bunning and other Kentucky Republicans, including Bunning's admission not to have read newspapers articles on the Iraq war and claims made against Mongiardo regarding his staff's violence against Bunning's wife, his sexual preference, and his physical likeness to Saddam Hussein's sons, for the last of which Bunning later apologized.

Mongiardo responded with statements about his co-sponsorship of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in Kentucky and his intent to vote in favor of a Federal Marriage Amendment, and he argued that Bunning was removed from the interests of families.

However, by 2000 Baesler was badly wounded from his narrow loss to Bunning two years earlier.

Jim Bunning was Collins ' opponent in the 1983 gubernatorial election.

Bunning was not personable on the campaign trail and had difficulty finding issues that would draw traditionally Democratic voters to him.

The bill also passed on June 13, 2007 in a Senate committee, but was never brought to the floor for a vote, reportedly due to a hold placed on the measure by Senator Jim Bunning ( R-KY ).

In 2003, Senator Jim Bunning announced that federal funding was being extended to McCreary County Airport.

Though Ashburn and Roberts were gone, younger pitchers Art Mahaffey, Chris Short, and rookie Ray Culp ; veterans Jim Bunning and screwballer Jack Baldschun ; and fan favorites Cookie Rojas, Johnny Callison, and NL Rookie of the Year Richie Allen brought the team within a hairsbreadth of the World Series in 1964 after strong showings in 1962 and 1963.

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Bunning pitched for the Detroit Tigers ( 1955 – 63 ).

Mauch decided to start his two pitching aces, Jim Bunning and Chris Short, in 7 of the last 10 games, 6 of those starts on 2 days rest ( all of which they lost ).