[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 79 (Tuesday, June 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 21, 1994]
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                     A PERFECT DAY--A PERFECT GAME

  (Mr. MICHEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recall a great moment of 
perfection that occurred 30 years ago to this day.
  On June 21, 1964, which also happened to be Father's Day that year, 
James Paul David Bunning, pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 
first game of a doubleheader, threw a perfect game against the New York 
Mets. There have been only 12 regular season perfect games in all of 
baseball history.
  I am talking, of course, about the same Jim Bunning with whom we are 
so proud to serve here in the House of Representatives.
  Mr. Speaker, during his magnificent career on the baseball diamonds 
of this Nation, Jim Bunning won 224 major league games. His lifetime 
earned run average was 3.27. Just to show he could swing the bat, he 
had seven career home runs, as well.
  It should also be noted that Jim Bunning pitched another no-hitter 
earlier in the American League for the Detroit Tigers against the 
Boston Red Sox on July 20, 1958. That is the thing that is so much 
different here, a no-hitter in the National and the American League, 
for those who are not baseball buffs.
  Mr. Speaker, today I would like everyone to take just a moment to 
salute Jim Bunning's first great career. He was indeed one of the 
greatest baseball pitchers ever to have taken the mound in the history 
of the game.
  I would like to look forward to the day when Jim Bunning is inducted 
into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and certainly hope his chances are not 
diminished by his now being a Member of the Congress.

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