All-Time MLB Players From Louisiana: Jim Bullinger

There have been a number of individuals from Lafayette, and the Acadiana area, that have played in Major League Baseball over the years.

Obviously, the entire state of Louisiana has produced even more.

As a matter of fact, 246 people born in the state of Louisiana have appeared in a Major League Baseball game, beginning in 1874, with John Peters of New Orleans, who played 11 years, with the likes of the Chicago White Stockings, Milwaukee Grays, Providence Grays, Buffalo Bisons, and Pittsburgh Alleghenys.

All summer, we’ll preview a player from the state of Louisiana that appeared in Major League baseball, starting with players from Lafayette, before spotlighting players from the Acadiana area, and then a few from the state itself.

Yesterday, we spotlighted Casey Daigle.

Today, we feature Jim Bullinger.

Born in New Orleans in 1965, Bullinger, a right-handed pitcher, played parts of 7 seasons in Major League Baseball, with the Chicago Cubs (1992-1996), Montreal Expos (1997), and the Seattle Mariners (1998).

Bullinger went to high school at Archbishop Rummel, and then played his college baseball at UNO, before being selected by the Cubs in the 9th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.

The 6-foot-2, 185-pound Bullinger made his Major League debut on May 27, 1992, pitching 2.0 innings against the San Francisco Giants.

Bullinger went on to appear in 39 games for the Cubs in 1992, including 9 as a starter, going 2-8, to go along with a 4.68 ERA.

After pitching in only 15 big league games in 1993, Bullinger made a fulltime return to the Cubs in 1994, going 6-2 with a 3.60 ERA., before throwing a career-high 150.0 innings in 1995, going 12-8 with a 4.14 ERA.

In 1996, his final year with the Cubs, Bullinger went 6-10 with a 6.54 ERA., before moving on to the Expos, where he went 7-12 with a 5.56 ERA. in 1997.

After joining the Mariners in 1998, Bullinger pitched in only 5.2 innings in the final year of his career.

In parts of seven MLB seasons, Bullinger appeared in 186 games, including 89 as a starter, going 34-41 with a 5.06 ERA.