Bud Bulling

{{short description|American baseball player (1952–2014)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| image = Bud Bulling.jpg

| name = Bud Bulling

| position = Catcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|12|15}}

| birth_place = Lynwood, California, U.S.

|death_date={{Death date and age|2014|3|8|1952|12|15}}

|death_place=Salem, Oregon, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = July 3

| debutyear = 1977

| debutteam = Minnesota Twins

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = April 14

| finalyear = 1983

| finalteam = Seattle Mariners

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .223

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 3

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 28

| teams =

• Minnesota Twins ({{mlby|1977}})
• Seattle Mariners ({{mlby|1981}}–{{mlby|1983}})

| highlights =

}}

Terry Charles "Bud" Bulling (December 15, 1952 – March 8, 2014) was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Minnesota Twins ({{mlby|1977}}) and Seattle Mariners ({{mlby|1981}}–{{mlby|1983}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesmanjournal/obituary.aspx?n=terry-bulling&pid=170162964 |title=Terry Bulling Obituary: View Terry Bulling's Obituary by StatesmanJournal |publisher=Legacy.com |date=1952-12-15 |accessdate=2014-03-16}}

In 1974, while playing for the Wisconsin Rapids Twins, Bulling was accidentally shot in the abdomen by a teammate. The bullet lodged in his pelvic bone and he spent three days in intensive care.{{cite news |last1=Sheff |first1=Craig |title=Twins' Bulling Lucky to Be Alive After Shooting |url=https://archive.newportbeachlibrary.org/NBPL/0/edoc/1233911/1977-07-13%20-%20Orange%20Coast%20Pilot.pdf |access-date=15 December 2022 |work=Daily Pilot |date=July 13, 1977}}

In {{mlby|1982}}, Bulling caught Gaylord Perry's 300th win.{{cite web |url=http://www.spokesmanreview.com/indians/century/storytemplate.asp?ID=oralhistory4 |title=Era 4: Triple-A returns to Spokane |accessdate=2008-12-19 |author=Jim Price |date=2003-06-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524102609/http://www.spokesmanreview.com/indians/century/storytemplate.asp?ID=oralhistory4 |archivedate=2011-05-24 }}