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Steve Dunning
Steven John Dunning

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.
School Stanford University

Debut June 14, 1970
  vs. MIL 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W
Final Game September 30, 1977
Born May 15, 1949 in Denver, CO

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1970 21 CLE AL   4   9  19  17   0   0   1  0   94.3   93   55   52  16   54   77   4   3   421   3   0  4.96  3.90   79 1.558
 1971 22 CLE AL   8  14  31  29   3   1   1  1  184.0  173   98   92  25  109  132   5   8   811   5   2  4.50  3.81   85 1.533
 1972 23 CLE AL   6   4  16  16   1   0   0  0  105.0   98   39   38  16   43   52   0   2   441   8   1  3.26  3.25  100 1.343
 1973 24 TOT AL   2   8  27  15   2   0   4  0  112.3  118   78   69  13   65   48   1   7   509   2   1  5.53  3.75   68 1.629
         CLE AL   0   2   4   3   0   0   0  0   18.0   17   15   13   2   13   10   0   3    83   0   1  6.50  3.98   61 1.667
         TEX AL   2   6  23  12   2   0   4  0   94.3  101   63   56  11   52   38   1   4   426   2   0  5.34  3.71   69 1.622
 1974 25 TEX AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    2.3    3    5    5   2    3    1   0   0    12   1   0 19.29  3.55   18 2.571
 1976 27 TOT      2   6  36   7   1   0   8  0   97.3  102   59   47   8   39   76   2   6   427   5   0  4.35  3.72   86 1.449
         CAL AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   1  0    6.0    9    9    5   2    6    4   0   0    37   1   0  7.50  3.31   44 2.500
         MON NL   2   6  32   7   1   0   7  0   91.3   93   50   42   6   33   72   2   6   390   4   0  4.14  3.75   91 1.380
 1977 28 OAK AL   1   0   6   0   0   0   4  0   18.3   17    8    8   2   10    4   0   2    78   1   0  3.93  3.99  102 1.473
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .359  23  41 136  84   7   1  18  1  613.7  604  342  311  82  323  390  12  28  2699  25   4  4.56  3.71   81 1.511
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  12  42  25   2   0   5  0  189.7  186  105   96  25   99  120   3   8   834   7   1  4.56  3.71   81 1.511
 Career High      8  14  36  29   3   1   8  1  184.0  173   98   92  25  109  132   5   8   811   8   2  3.26  3.90  100 1.343

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 21 CLE AL  19   31    0    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  14  .161  .188  .161   -4    5   3   0   0   0   0
 1971 22 CLE AL  32   55    5   10   1  0   1    7   0  0   4  19  .182  .233  .255   34   14   8   1   0   0   0
 1972 23 CLE AL  20   33    6    9   1  0   3    4   0  0   3   9  .273  .333  .576  163   19   3   0   0   0   0
 1976 27 TOT     36   15    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   7  .133  .235  .133    5    2   3   0   0   0   0
         MON NL  32   15    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   7  .133  .235  .133    5    2   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      145  134   11   26   2  0   4   12   0  0  10  49  .194  .248  .299   52   40  17   1   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        150   12   29   2  0   4   13   0  0  11  55  .194  .248  .299   52   45  19   1   0   0   0
 Career High     36   55    6   10   1  0   3    7   0  0   4  19                          19   8   1   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1970 21 CLE AL   35   29    1   0.9   101| .161  .263| .188  .337| .161  .401| .349  .738|  -4  .057  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1971 22 CLE AL   68   54    4   2.0    99| .182  .265| .233  .338| .255  .393| .488  .732|  34  .216  -5.2  -0.6   0%
 1972 23 CLE AL   39   27    7   7.0    86| .273  .251| .333  .320| .576  .362| .909  .682| 163  .767   2.3   0.3   0%
 1976 27 TOT      20   16    1   1.7    96| .133  .268| .235  .336| .133  .382| .368  .718|   5  .164  -1.9  -0.2   0%
         MON NL   20   16    1   1.7    96| .133  .268| .235  .336| .133  .382| .368  .718|   5  .164  -1.9  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       162  126   13   2.8    96| .194  .261| .248  .333| .299  .386| .547  .719|  52  .338  -9.4  -1.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1970 21 CLE AL P 19 7 17 2 2 .923 .952 1.26 0.67 2.29 1.86 17 94.3 1971 22 CLE AL P 31 13 38 2 0 .962 .959 1.65 0.77 2.49 1.98 29 184.0 1972 23 CLE AL P 16 2 16 2 0 .900 .952 1.12 0.75 1.54 1.86 16 105.0 1973 24 TOT AL P 27 9 17 3 0 .897 .949 0.96 0.86 2.08 1.86 15 112.3 CLE AL P 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.75 0.85 1.50 1.85 3 18.0 TEX AL P 23 9 14 3 0 .885 .950 1.00 0.86 2.20 1.86 12 94.3 1974 25 TEX AL P 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 0.80 3.91 1.96 0 2.3 1976 27 TOT P 36 8 14 3 0 .880 .948 0.61 0.73 2.03 1.88 7 97.3 CAL AL P 4 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 0.25 0.85 1.50 1.80 0 6.0 MON NL P 32 8 13 2 0 .913 .950 0.66 0.72 2.07 1.88 7 91.3 1977 28 OAK AL P 6 1 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.67 0.83 1.97 1.97 0 18.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 21 CLE AL P 19 7 17 2 2 .923 .952 1.26 0.67 2.29 1.86 17 94.3 1971 22 CLE AL P 31 13 38 2 0 .962 .959 1.65 0.77 2.49 1.98 29 184.0 1972 23 CLE AL P 16 2 16 2 0 .900 .952 1.12 0.75 1.54 1.86 16 105.0 1973 24 TOT AL P 27 9 17 3 0 .897 .949 0.96 0.86 2.08 1.86 15 112.3 CLE AL P 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.75 0.85 1.50 1.85 3 18.0 TEX AL P 23 9 14 3 0 .885 .950 1.00 0.86 2.20 1.86 12 94.3 1974 25 TEX AL P 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 0.80 3.91 1.96 0 2.3 1976 27 TOT P 36 8 14 3 0 .880 .948 0.61 0.73 2.03 1.88 7 97.3 CAL AL P 4 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 0.25 0.85 1.50 1.80 0 6.0 MON NL P 32 8 13 2 0 .913 .950 0.66 0.72 2.07 1.88 7 91.3 1977 28 OAK AL P 6 1 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.67 0.83 1.97 1.97 0 18.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 136 41 105 12 3 .924 .953 1.07 0.76 2.14 1.90 84 613.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 136 41 105 12 3 .924 .953 1.07 0.76 2.14 1.90 84 614
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts/9IP
1971 AL-6.46-9

Home Runs Allow.
1971 AL-25-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1971 AL-109-4

Wild Pitches
1971 AL-8-10

HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1626) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1970 amateur draft.

May 10, 1973: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Texas Rangers for Dick Bosman and Ted Ford.

February 25, 1975: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Chicago White Sox for Stan Perzanowski.

December 11, 1975: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Bill Melton to the California Angels for Jim Spencer and Morris Nettles.

May 5, 1976: Purchased by the Montreal Expos from the California Angels.

November 6, 1976: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Pat Scanlon and Tony Scott to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bill Greif, Angel Torres, and Sam Mejias.

August 12, 1977: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Oakland Athletics for Randy Scarbery.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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