Jim Bunning, a Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher and former U.S. congressman, died Friday, May 26, 2017. He was 85. He was the first modern pitcher to throw no-hitters in both the American League and National League. He pitched his first no-hitter for the Detroit Tigers July 20, 1958, and threw a perfect game for the Philadelphia Phillies June 21, 1964. It was the first perfect game in the National League in 84 years, and the first perfect game in big league baseball since Don Larsen’s in the 1956