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Hall-of-Fame pitcher Jim Bunning, who threw no-hitter for Tigers in 1958, dies at 85

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Hall-of-Fame pitcher Jim Bunning, who played for the Detroit Tigers from 1955 to 1963, died on Friday, the Associated Press reported. He was 85.

Bunning won 224 games in a 17-year major-league career and pitched the first perfect game in modern National League history.

He became the first pitcher after 1900 to throw no-hitters in both the American and National Leagues.

He belonged to a rare group of major league pitchers to throw a perfect game in the modern era.

Bunning was inducted to the Hall of Fame by the veteran's committee in 1996.