Mike Dunne
Michael Dennis Dunne
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 27, 1962 in South Bend, IN
High School: Limestone (Bartonville, IL)
School: Bradley University
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1987
Final Game: October 3, 1992
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Standard Pitching

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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 86 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 45 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 68 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 92 1.421 8.5 0.0 4.3 4.3 1.00
5 Seasons 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 68 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 92 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 78 1.622 10.7 0.6 3.9 4.0 1.02

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
5 Seasons 85 2081 1802 255 471 71 9 37 45 16 225 205 .261 .344 .372 .716 .275 671 48 10 27 17 14
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 1 3 5 1 17 74% 55 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% 48 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% 41 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 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 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% 43 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 53 53 2 1 0 1 4.5 6.8 5.0 85 0 1 0 0 85
5 Seasons 85 76 23 30 23 3 6 35 41 .461 6 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

Reliever Pitching*

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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 1.008 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 1.003 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 1.158 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 7.7 40
3 Seasons 44 9 1 2 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 7 1 14% 1.016 2 2 5 2 0 7 4 5 5 1 5 0 6.0 30

Ratio Pitching*

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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 55% 1.5% 10.6% 10.0% 4.9% 23% 1.77 76% 136 22 16%
1988 25 PIT NL 752 52% 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 51% 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 37% 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 53% 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 52% 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 52% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 1.9% 8% 1.16 1.00 76% 15% 0.0% 26% 13 1 8%
5 Seasons 2081 53% 1.8% 9.9% 10.8% 5.6% 25% 0.93 1.32 76% 20% 6.5% 25% 418 48 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 723 2539 3.51 1500 59% 22% 13% 27% 38% 78% 1% 46% 83% 55% 7% 49 21 14% 99 54 4 9% 10 25 29 0 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 Seasons 1351 4733 3.50 2811 59% 22% 13% 27% 38% 78% 1% 46% 83% 54% 6% 86 35 15% 198 105 14 10% 17 45 50 0 7
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 2 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 2 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 2 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 Seasons 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 6 0 78 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 95 1.462 9.0 0.7 4.2 3.8 0.91 95
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

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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 4.81 159.0 176 94 85 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 5.59 29.0 29 20 18 4 18 15 0 1.621 9.0 5.6 4.7 0.83 1.2 10
1992 29 0 1 .000 5.25 12.0 12 8 7 0 6 6 1 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 4
5 Seasons 22 26 .458 4.59 451.0 487 255 230 38 233 195 10 1.596 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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1987 NL--3.031--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--.551--3rd

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

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 6 (1479), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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