Xavier Athletic Communications
CINCINNATI – Xavier graduate and former Musketeer baseball standout James "Jim" Bunning (Xavier '53) passed away on Friday, May 26, 2017. Bunning, a Major League Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and former United States Senator, was 85 years old.
Bunning, who was inducted into the Xavier Athletics Hall of Fame in 1995, pitched for the Musketeers' freshman team, throwing three one-hitters in a season. After a single season with Xavier, Bunning was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in 1950. Bunning returned to Xavier from 1952-54, coaching the freshman basketball team and earning a bachelor's degree in Economics in 1953.