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Mike Dunne

Michael Dennis Dunne

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 27, 1962 in South Bend, IN
High School: Limestone Community HS (Bartonville, IL)
School: Bradley University (Peoria, IL)
Drafted
by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1987
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Mariners/Padres/WhiteSox 1987-1992

Final Game: October 3, 1992
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1987 24 PIT NL 13 6 .684 3.03 23 23 0 5 1 0 163.1 143 66 55 10 68 8 72 1 4 6 680 135 1.292 7.9 0.6 3.7 4.0 1.06 RoY-2
1988 25 PIT NL 7 11 .389 3.92 30 28 1 1 0 0 170.0 163 88 74 15 88 3 70 5 7 12 752 87 1.476 8.6 0.8 4.7 3.7 0.80
1989 26 TOT MLB 3 10 .231 5.60 18 18 0 1 0 0 99.2 125 73 62 8 46 2 42 3 1 8 461 71 1.716 11.3 0.7 4.2 3.8 0.91
1989 26 PIT NL 1 1 .500 7.53 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.1 21 12 12 1 9 1 4 1 0 1 75 46 2.093 13.2 0.6 5.7 2.5 0.44
1989 26 SEA AL 2 9 .182 5.27 15 15 0 1 0 0 85.1 104 61 50 7 37 1 38 2 1 7 386 77 1.652 11.0 0.7 3.9 4.0 1.03
1990 27 SDP NL 0 3 .000 5.65 10 6 0 0 0 0 28.2 28 21 18 4 17 0 15 0 1 4 134 69 1.570 8.8 1.3 5.3 4.7 0.88
1992 29 CHW AL 2 0 1.000 4.26 4 1 0 0 0 0 12.2 12 7 6 0 6 1 6 1 0 0 54 94 1.421 8.5 0.0 4.3 4.3 1.00
5 Yrs 25 30 .455 4.08 85 76 1 7 1 0 474.1 471 255 215 37 225 14 205 10 13 30 2081 93 1.467 8.9 0.7 4.3 3.9 0.91
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .455 4.08 36 32 0 3 0 0 200 199 108 91 16 95 6 87 4 5 13 879 93 1.467 8.9 0.7 4.3 3.9 0.91
PIT (3 yrs) 21 18 .538 3.65 56 54 1 6 1 0 347.2 327 166 141 26 165 12 146 7 11 19 1507 102 1.415 8.5 0.7 4.3 3.8 0.88
SDP (1 yr) 0 3 .000 5.65 10 6 0 0 0 0 28.2 28 21 18 4 17 0 15 0 1 4 134 69 1.570 8.8 1.3 5.3 4.7 0.88
SEA (1 yr) 2 9 .182 5.27 15 15 0 1 0 0 85.1 104 61 50 7 37 1 38 2 1 7 386 77 1.652 11.0 0.7 3.9 4.0 1.03
CHW (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 4.26 4 1 0 0 0 0 12.2 12 7 6 0 6 1 6 1 0 0 54 94 1.421 8.5 0.0 4.3 4.3 1.00
NL (4 yrs) 21 21 .500 3.80 66 60 1 6 1 0 376.1 355 187 159 30 182 12 161 7 12 23 1641 98 1.427 8.5 0.7 4.4 3.9 0.88
AL (2 yrs) 4 9 .308 5.14 19 16 0 1 0 0 98.0 116 68 56 7 43 2 44 3 1 7 440 79 1.622 10.7 0.6 3.9 4.0 1.02

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1987 24 PIT NL 163.1 23 23 66 3.64 4.50 0.43 0.17 100.6 4.26 10 1.1 -0.1 2.3 29 .546 .507 $62,500 RoY-2
1988 25 PIT NL 170.0 30 28 88 4.66 3.91 0.19 0.12 97.4 3.74 -18 -2.0 1.9 -0.1 -0.7 -2 .434 .488 $142,500
1989 26 PIT NL 14.1 3 3 12 7.53 3.93 0.23 0.14 99.7 3.82 -6 -0.6 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .314 .497 $222,500
1989 26 SEA AL 85.1 15 15 61 6.43 4.41 0.04 0.16 105.8 4.79 -16 -1.6 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .396 .490 $
1990 27 SDP NL 28.2 10 6 21 6.59 4.16 -0.32 0.03 102.0 4.59 -7 -0.7 .5 0.0 -0.5 -4 .430 .496 $222,500
1992 29 CHW AL 12.2 4 1 7 4.97 4.51 0.24 -0.15 98.1 4.05 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.0 0.0 0 .467 .499 $
5 Seasons 474.1 85 76 255 4.84 4.24 0.22 0.13 100.4 4.17 -38 -3.9 1.0 -0.2 -0.2 11 .454 .496 $650,000
PIT (3 yrs) 347.2 56 54 166 4.30 4.19 0.30 0.14 99.0 3.99 -14 -1.5 1.9 -0.2 1.2 22 .474 .497 $427,500
SDP (1 yr) 28.2 10 6 21 6.59 4.16 -0.32 0.03 102.0 4.59 -7 -0.7 .5 0.0 -0.5 -4 .430 .496 $222,500
SEA (1 yr) 85.1 15 15 61 6.43 4.41 0.04 0.16 105.8 4.79 -16 -1.6 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .396 .490 $
CHW (1 yr) 12.2 4 1 7 4.97 4.51 0.24 -0.15 98.1 4.05 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.0 0.0 0 .467 .499 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1987 24 PIT NL 23 680 596 66 143 18 5 10 8 7 68 72 .240 .317 .337 .654 .257 201 22 1 11 4 8 12
1988 25 PIT NL 30 752 640 88 163 28 1 15 20 7 88 70 .255 .345 .372 .717 .263 238 13 5 11 8 3 10
1989 26 SEA AL 15 386 339 61 104 17 3 7 7 2 37 38 .307 .373 .437 .810 .324 148 11 2 3 5 1 4
1989 26 PIT NL 3 75 64 12 21 3 0 1 3 0 9 4 .328 .419 .422 .841 .339 27 0 1 1 0 1 2
1989 26 TOT MLB 18 461 403 73 125 20 3 8 10 2 46 42 .310 .381 .434 .815 .327 175 11 3 4 5 2 6
1990 27 SDP NL 10 134 116 21 28 4 0 4 4 0 17 15 .241 .338 .379 .718 .247 44 1 0 1 0 0 5
1992 29 CHW AL 4 54 47 7 12 1 0 0 3 0 6 6 .255 .352 .277 .628 .293 13 1 1 0 0 1 1
5 Yrs 85 2081 1802 255 471 71 9 37 45 16 225 205 .261 .344 .372 .716 .275 671 48 10 27 17 14 34
162 Game Avg. 36 879 761 108 199 30 4 16 19 7 95 87 .261 .344 .372 .716 .275 283 20 4 11 7 6 14
MLB Averages .257 .323 .386 .709 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1987 24 PIT NL 17.1 1.8 706 2.2 12.6 -10.4 1.02 1.5 0.6 19.8 2.1 1.02 15.4 0 0 0
1988 25 PIT NL -12.4 -1.3 803 -1.4 12.2 -13.6 1.00 -1.6 0.2 -16.4 -1.7 1.00 -16.0 1 0 1
1989 26 TOT MLB -19.3 -1.9 484 -2.6 6.0 -8.7 .90 -1.8 -1.1 -20.3 -1.9 0.90 -18.9 0 0 0
1989 26 PIT NL -6.1 -0.6 79 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .81 -0.6 -0.1 -5.7 -0.6 0.81 -5.9 0 0 0
1989 26 SEA AL -13.3 -1.3 405 -2.1 5.2 -7.3 .91 -1.2 -1.1 -14.6 -1.4 0.91 -13.1 0 0 0
1990 27 SDP NL -6.0 -0.6 142 -0.8 2.1 -2.9 1.01 -0.5 -0.3 -7.0 -0.7 1.01 -5.1 0 1 3
1992 29 CHW AL -0.5 -0.1 57 -0.1 1.0 -1.0 1.16 -0.0 -0.0 0.5 0.1 1.16 1.0 1 1 1
5 Yrs -21.1 -2.0 2192 -2.7 33.9 -36.6 .99 -2.5 -0.3 -23.4 -2.2 0.99 -23.6 2 2 5

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1987 24 PIT NL 23 23 13 6 4 1 1 13 10 .565 2 3 5 1 17 74% 54.5 89 18 16 7 2 11 4.0 4.0 7.1
1988 25 PIT NL 30 28 7 11 10 1 3 15 13 .536 2 5 1 0 16 57% 47.8 63 15 24 7 0 13 3.9 3.8 6.0 93 8 8 7 4 158
1989 26 TOT MLB 18 18 3 10 5 1 2 4 14 .222 1 3 1 0 6 33% 0.0 75 18 21 11 1 9 3.9 4.1 5.5 88 5 7 5 0 111
1989 26 PIT NL 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33.3 49 25 5 1 0 2 5.2 7.6 4.8 83 1 2 0 0 88
1989 26 SEA AL 15 15 2 9 4 0 2 3 12 .200 1 2 1 0 6 40% 42.1 75 18 16 10 1 7 3.7 3.6 5.7 89 4 5 5 0 111
1990 27 SDP NL 10 6 0 3 3 0 0 2 4 .333 1 1 0 0 2 33% 42.8 63 25 10 4 1 2 3.9 1.8 3.5 62 5 1 0 0 93
1992 29 CHW AL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 53.0 53 53 2 1 0 1 4.5 6.8 5.0 85 0 1 0 0 85
5 Yrs 85 76 23 30 23 3 6 35 41 .461 7 12 7 1 41 54% 48 89 15 73 30 4 36 4.0 3.9 6.0 88 18 17 12 4 158
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.3 4.3 6.2 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1988 25 PIT NL 30 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 50% 7 1.004 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0 15
1990 27 SDP NL 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 1.008 0 1 3 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 5.8 29
1992 29 CHW AL 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 0 0% 2 1.156 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 7.7 40
3 Yrs 44 9 1 2 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 7 1 14% 1.013 2 2 5 2 0 7 4 5 5 1 5 0 6.0 30

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1987 24 PIT NL 680 45% 1.5% 10.6% 10.0% 4.9% 23% 1.77 76% 136 22 16%
1988 25 PIT NL 752 48% 2.0% 9.3% 11.7% 5.9% 27% 0.96 1.21 75% 20% 8.0% 35% 136 13 10%
1989 26 TOT MLB 461 49% 1.7% 9.1% 10.0% 6.7% 25% 0.88 1.06 78% 19% 4.9% 16% 103 11 11%
1989 26 PIT NL 75 63% 1.3% 5.3% 12.0% 5.3% 19% 0.88 0.70 79% 21% 5.3% 41% 19 0 0%
1989 26 SEA AL 386 47% 1.8% 9.8% 9.6% 7.0% 26% 0.88 1.14 77% 19% 4.9% 11% 84 11 13%
1990 27 SDP NL 134 48% 3.0% 11.2% 12.7% 6.0% 29% 0.83 1.15 72% 22% 8.0% 7% 30 1 3%
1992 29 CHW AL 54 48% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 1.9% 8% 1.16 1.00 76% 15% 0.0% 26% 13 1 8%
5 Yrs 2081 47% 1.8% 9.9% 10.8% 5.6% 25% 0.93 1.32 76% 20% 6.5% 25% 418 48 11%
MLB Averages 40% 2.1% 14.9% 8.6% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.2% 22% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 25 PIT NL 726 2545 3.51 1502 59% 22% 13% 27% 38% 78% 1% 46% 83% 55% 7% 49 21 14% 100 54 4 9% 10 25 26 1 0
1989 26 TOT MLB 440 1499 3.41 895 60% 22% 12% 26% 40% 78% 1% 46% 84% 55% 6% 25 11 16% 71 35 6 8% 5 12 21 0 6
1989 26 PIT NL 75 249 3.32 149 60% 21% 9% 26% 41% 77% 2% 46% 85% 57% 8% 6 3 9% 7 5 2 25% 0 2 0 0 3
1989 26 SEA AL 365 1250 3.42 746 60% 22% 12% 26% 40% 78% 1% 46% 84% 54% 5% 19 8 18% 64 30 4 6% 5 10 21 0 3
1990 27 SDP NL 134 490 3.66 298 61% 21% 13% 31% 34% 79% 0% 48% 83% 50% 6% 8 2 16% 21 12 4 20% 1 6 0 0 1
1992 29 CHW AL 54 205 3.80 118 58% 23% 14% 29% 35% 77% 5% 44% 82% 57% 7% 4 1 13% 7 4 0 17% 1 2 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1354 4739 3.50 2813 59% 22% 13% 27% 38% 78% 1% 46% 83% 54% 6% 86 35 15% 199 105 14 10% 17 45 47 1 7
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1987 24 PIT NL 680 143 10 0 20 2 8 5 5 46 26 2 57% 12 6 1 235 8 7 53% 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 18 0
1988 25 PIT NL 752 163 21 3 15 0 23 12 3 11 4 42 23 6 55% 10 12 2 271 20 7 74% 20 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 39 0
1989 26 TOT MLB 461 125 17 1 8 0 10 4 4 7 1 31 19 2 61% 6 8 0 191 10 2 83% 8 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1989 26 PIT NL 75 21 4 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 5 3 0 60% 2 1 0 38 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 26 SEA AL 386 104 13 1 7 0 6 4 3 6 1 26 16 2 62% 4 7 0 153 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1990 27 SDP NL 134 28 2 0 4 0 4 3 1 2 2 7 5 0 71% 5 4 0 53 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1992 29 CHW AL 54 12 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 25% 1 0 0 25 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 2081 471 47 4 37 0 60 21 16 25 12 130 74 11 57% 34 30 3 775 45 16 74% 42 15 3 1 0 0 4 0 78 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1987 24 13 6 .684 3.03 23 23 0 5 1 0 163.1 143 66 55 10 68 8 72 1 4 6 680 135 1.292 7.9 0.6 3.7 4.0 1.06 135
1988 25 20 17 .541 3.48 53 51 1 6 1 0 333.1 306 154 129 25 156 11 142 6 11 18 1432 107 1.386 8.3 0.7 4.2 3.8 0.91 107
1989 26 23 27 .460 3.97 71 69 1 7 1 0 433.0 431 227 191 33 202 13 184 9 12 26 1893 96 1.462 9.0 0.7 4.2 3.8 0.91 96
1990 27 23 30 .434 4.07 81 75 1 7 1 0 461.2 459 248 209 37 219 13 199 9 13 30 2027 93 1.469 8.9 0.7 4.3 3.9 0.91 93
1991 28 23 30 .434 4.07 81 75 1 7 1 0 461.2 459 248 209 37 219 13 199 9 13 30 2027 93 1.469 8.9 0.7 4.3 3.9 0.91 93
1992 29 25 30 .455 4.08 85 76 1 7 1 0 474.1 471 255 215 37 225 14 205 10 13 30 2081 93 1.467 8.9 0.7 4.3 3.9 0.91 93

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1987 24 11 6 .647 3.10 157.0 141 60 54 10 67 69 1 1.325 8.1 3.8 4.0 1.03 0.6 23
1988 25 7 10 .412 4.87 159.0 176 96 86 16 95 65 5 1.704 10.0 5.4 3.7 0.68 0.9 30
1989 26 3 7 .300 6.32 94.0 129 73 66 8 47 40 3 1.872 12.4 4.5 3.8 0.85 0.8 18
1990 27 1 2 .333 5.70 30.0 28 21 19 4 17 16 0 1.500 8.4 5.1 4.8 0.94 1.2 10
1992 29 0 1 .000 5.73 11.0 13 8 7 0 6 5 1 1.727 10.6 4.9 4.1 0.83 0.0 4
5 Yrs 22 26 .458 4.63 451.0 487 258 232 38 232 195 10 1.594 9.7 3.9 0.84 0.8 85

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1987 NL  3.03 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1987 NL  13 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1987 NL  .684 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 NL  7.880 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1987 NL  5 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1988 NL  88 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 NL  0.551 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1988 NL  12 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1987 NL  135 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1987 NL  17 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1987 NL  1.8 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
1987 NL  19.77 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
1987 NL  2.1 (10th)

                                         

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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