Adam Dunn
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Adam Troy Dunn
- Bats Left, Throws Right
- Height 6' 6", Weight 275 lb.
- High School New Caney High School
- Debut July 20, 2001
- Born November 9, 1979 in Houston, TX USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Adam Dunn is the only player in Major League history to hit a ball into another state. In 2005, Dunn hit a home run out of Great American Ballpark in Ohio into the Ohio River. However, that part of the river is owned by Kentucky.
Dunn held the single-season major league strikeout record from 2004 until 2007, when Ryan Howard broke his mark. The mark was later taken over by Mark Reynolds.
The similarity scores method shows only two Hall of Famers on the list of the ten most similar players to Dunn: Reggie Jackson and Harmon Killebrew. If he's to make the Hall of Fame, he has to strive for the kind of consistency and long career that they showed.
In 2007, Dunn broke an unusual record: the most home runs by a player hitting exactly the same number in three straight seasons. He had 40 each year from 2005-2007: Mike Schmidt had hit 38 HR each year from 1975 to 1977. Then, in 2008, Dunn hit exactly 40 HR again. This broke the record of Ken Boyer, who hit 24 HR each year from 1961 to 1964.
Ater signing with the Chicago White Sox as a free agent before the [[2011 White Sox|2011] season, Dunn nearly broke a less prestigious mark when he was hitting .160 at the All-Star break. Only John Shelby in 1989, at .157, had a lower average by a player with 200+ AB in the history of the All-Star break. He finished the season at .159 and would have achieved the dubious distinction of the player with the lowest batting average to qualify for the batting title except that he was short six plate appearances to qualify. The season had started on the wrong foot for Dunn when he had to undergo an emergency appendectomy on April 5th. He hardly missed any playing time, but never managed to get his bat going.
On April 6, 2012, Dunn hit a home run on Opening Day against Colby Lewis of the Texas Rangers. It was his 8th opening day homer, tying the record shared by Frank Robinson and Ken Griffey; Dunn had homered on six different opening days, twice banging a pair of homers on that day. He opened the season by striking out in each of Chicago's first 20 games, something no major leaguer had done since at least 1910 (when strikeouts were tracked by batter); the old mark had been much lower, 14 by Howie Goss in 1963.
[edit] Notable Achievements
- 2001 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
- NL All-Star (2002)
- NL Bases on Balls Leader (2008)
- 20-Home Run Seasons: 9 (2002-2010)
- 30-Home Run Seasons: 7 (2004-2010)
- 40-Home Run Seasons: 5 (2004-2008)
- 100 RBI Seasons: 6 (2004, 2005 & 2007-2010)
- 100 Runs Scored Seasons: 3 (2004, 2005 & 2007)
