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Pitched a perfect game against the New York Mets on Father's Day, 1964, the first perfect game in the National League since 1880. Retired from baseball in 1971. Elected senator from Kentucky in 1998.<p><b>Wife:</b> Mary Catherine Theis (m. 1952)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Barbara<br><b>Son:</b> Jim<br><b>Daughter:</b> Joan<br><b>Daughter:</b> Cathy<br><b>Son:</b> Bill<br><b>Daughter:</b> Bridgett<br><b>Son:</b> Mark<br><b>Son:</b> David<br><b>Daughter:</b> Amy<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/675/000068471/">BS, Xavier University (1953)</a><br><p> <a href="/gov/261/000052105/">US Senator, Kentucky</a> (1999-2011)<br> <a href="/gov/311/000052155/">US Congressman, Kentucky</a> (1987-98)<br> <a href="/gov/111/000121745/">Kentucky State Senate</a> (1979-83)<br> <a href="/org/825/000041702/">Lions Club</a> <br> <a href="/org/327/000136916/">National Student Leadership Conference</a> Honorary Board of Advisors<br> <a href="/org/432/000068228/">Special Olympics</a> <br> <a href="/org/444/000050294/">Washington Legal Foundation</a> National Board of Advisors<br> <a href="/honors/351/000044219/">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> 1996<br> <a href="/event/910/000140490/">Draft Deferment</a> 2-S<br> <a href="/event/910/000140490/">Draft Deferment</a> family deferment<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">SPORTS FRANCHISE HISTORY</font><br> <a href="/sports/628/000085373/">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (1970-71)<br> <a href="/sports/624/000085369/">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> (1969)<br> <a href="/sports/629/000085374/">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> (1968-69)<br> <a href="/sports/628/000085373/">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (1964-67)<br> <a href="/sports/649/000085394/">Detroit Tigers</a> (1955-63)<br><p> <b>Official Website:</b><br><a href="http://bunning.senate.gov/" target=_blank>http://bunning.senate.gov/</a><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=32099"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=32099">Jim Bunning</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=32099" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>