Lee Tunnell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: October 30, 1960 in Tyler, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Baylor University (Waco, TX).

School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)

Debut: September 4, 1982 (Age 21-309d, 14,651st in major league history)
vs. LAD 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: June 22, 1989 (Age 28-235d)
vs. CLE 1.2 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Full Name: Byron Lee Tunnell

Nicknames: Easy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

ERA

4.23

132

483.0

280

WHIP

1.447

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 39 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 13 go ahead

3 Tms
PIT	33
STL	5
MIN	1

Platoon
vs RHB	26
vs LHB	13

Home/Road
Home	20
Away	19

Outs
0	17
1	12
2	10

11 Opps
CHC	9
MON	6
CIN	6
NYM	4
PHI	4
LAD	3
ATL	2
STL	2
SFG	1
SEA	1
HOU	1

32 Batters
Darryl Strawberry	3
Andre Dawson	3
Ron Cey	3
Ryne Sandberg	2
Steve Braun	1
Sixto Lezcano	1
Dann Bilardello	1
Greg Briley	1
Mike Schmidt	1
Lloyd McClendon	1
Bob Horner	1
Warren Cromartie	1
Von Hayes	1
Hubie Brooks	1
Ken Landreaux	1
Keith Moreland	1
Greg Brock	1
Steve Lake	1
Tracy Jones	1
Glenn Davis	1
Ron Oester	1
Claudell Washington	1
Dave Concepción	1
Chris Brown	1
George Hendrick	1
Nick Esasky	1
John Russell	1
Tim Wallach	1
Jay Johnstone	1
Keith Hernandez	1
Jody Davis	1
Pedro Guerrero	1

12 Parks
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	17
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
Busch Stad (STL)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	7
8	2
9	2
89	1
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	35
2	2
1	1
3	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	30
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	20
1--	8
12-	5
--3	3
-2-	2
123	1

65 Runs
RISP	11
0 on	20
1 on	13
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	19

Inning
1	6
2	2
3	3
4	6
5	7
6	4
7	5
8	4
9	2

1-3	11
4-6	17
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	3
+2	3
+1	4
Tied	9
-1	5
-2	4
-3	2
-4..	7

Ahead	12
Tied	9
Behind	18

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	35
0-0	1
1-0	1
1-1	1
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	7
3B	7
1B	5
CF	5
C	4
LF	4
PH	3
2B	3
SS	1

OrderPos
5th	8
3rd	7
7th	6
4th	5
2nd	5
6th	4
8th	2
1st	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1982-09-24	Tim Wallach	MON		PIT	ahead 5-4	b 8	0	---		1	5	5	7%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1983-05-03	Ken Landreaux	LAD		PIT	ahead 4-1	b 5	0	---		1	2	8	4%	94%		Home Run (Deep CF)
3	3	2	1	1983-05-16	Darryl Strawberry	NYM	@	PIT	ahead 5-1	t 5	2	--3		2	3	9	6%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Brooks Scores
4	4	3	1	1983-05-26	Ron Oester	CIN		PIT	behind 1-6	b 6	0	---		1	5	4	4%	9%		Home Run
5	5	4	1	1983-06-05	Jay Johnstone	CHC		PIT	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---		1	5	7	16%	56%		Home Run
6	6	5	1	1983-06-20 (1)	Ryne Sandberg	CHC	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	4	10%	58%		Home Run
7	7	6	2	1983-06-20 (1)	Ron Cey	CHC	@	PIT	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	---		1	4	5	6%	91%		Home Run
8	8	7	1	1983-06-29	Ron Cey	CHC		PIT	ahead 3-0	b 8	1	1--		2	5	5	2%	100%		Home Run; L. Durham Scores
9	9	8	1	1983-07-31 (1)	Keith Hernandez	NYM		PIT	behind 2-6	b 8	0	---		1	3	3	4%	7%		Home Run
10	10	9	1	1983-08-06	Andre Dawson	MON	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	0	12-		3	3	8	18%	78%		Home Run; T. Raines Scores; B. Little Scores
11	11	10	2	1983-08-06	Andre Dawson	MON	@	PIT	ahead 3-2	t 3	0	---		1	3	8	10%	72%		Home Run
12	12	11	3	1983-08-06	Warren Cromartie	MON	@	PIT	ahead 4-2	t 3	1	---		1	5	9	9%	79%		Home Run
13	13	12	1	1983-08-08	Mike Schmidt	PHI		PIT	ahead 11-4	b 7	2	12-		3	3	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Dernier Scores/unER; G. Matthews Scores/unER; M. Schmidt Scores/unER
14	14	13	1	1983-09-12	Steve Braun	STL	@	PIT	behind 4-7	t 7	0	---		1	8	PH	8%	17%		Home Run
15	15	14	1	1983-09-22	Ron Cey	CHC		PIT	behind 1-8	b 9	1	---		1	5	5	0%	0%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
16	16	15	1	1983-09-28	Darryl Strawberry	NYM	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--		2	3	9	18%	68%		Home Run; M. Wilson Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1984-04-30	George Hendrick	STL	@	PIT	tied 3-3	t 9	2	-2-		2	4	9	45%	92%		Home Run; L. Smith Scores
18	18	2	1	1984-05-29	Dann Bilardello	CIN		PIT	behind 2-4	b 6	1	1--		2	8	2	29%	54%		Home Run; R. Oester Scores
19	19	3	1	1984-06-22 (2)	Sixto Lezcano	PHI	@	PIT	behind 2-3	t 3	1	12-		3	6	9	29%	71%		Home Run; M. Schmidt Scores; T. Corcoran Scores
20	20	4	1	1984-06-27	Ryne Sandberg	CHC		PIT	behind 0-1	b 1	0	1--	3,(1-1) ..1C1B1X	2	2	4	17%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Dernier Scores
21	21	5	2	1984-06-27	Jody Davis	CHC		PIT	tied 5-5	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	2	15%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
22	22	6	1	1984-09-26	Steve Lake	CHC	@	PIT	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	12-		3	7	2	21%	93%		Home Run; R. Hassey Scores; G. Woods Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1985-05-12	Greg Brock	LAD		PIT	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---		1	6	3	12%	63%		Home Run
24	24	2	1	1985-05-19	Dave Concepción	CIN	@	PIT	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	1--		2	7	6	12%	89%		Home Run; N. Esasky Scores
25	25	3	1	1985-07-10	Pedro Guerrero	LAD	@	PIT	behind 3-4	t 5	2	--3		2	4	7	28%	61%		Home Run; M. Duncan Scores
26	26	4	1	1985-07-26	Chris Brown	SFG		PIT	behind 0-1	b 6	1	12-		3	5	5	41%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Trillo Scores; C. Davis Scores
27	27	5	1	1985-07-31	Von Hayes	PHI	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	8	11%	59%		Home Run
28	28	6	1	1985-08-05	Andre Dawson	MON	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	1	--3		2	3	9	14%	69%		Home Run; V. Law Scores
29	29	7	1	1985-08-17	Darryl Strawberry	NYM	@	PIT	behind 0-2	t 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	9	28%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Carter Scores
30	30	8	1	1985-08-28	Bob Horner	ATL		PIT	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---		1	4	3	10%	79%		Home Run
31	31	9	1	1985-09-02	Claudell Washington	ATL	@	PIT	behind 3-5	t 7	1	---		1	9	PH	11%	25%		Home Run
32	32	10	1	1985-09-19	Hubie Brooks	MON		PIT	behind 0-4	b 4	2	123		4	7	PH	37%	51%		Home Run; A. Dawson Scores/unER; T. Francona Scores/unER; D. Frobel Scores/unER; H. Brooks Scores/unER
33	33	11	1	1985-10-04 (2)	John Russell	PHI		PIT	behind 0-4	b 4	2	1--		2	7	7	14%	25%		Home Run; O. Virgil Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1987-05-17	Lloyd McClendon	CIN	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	7	2	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	2	2	1987-05-17	Tracy Jones	CIN	@	STL	behind 1-10	t 7	2	---		1	1	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	3	1	1987-05-23	Glenn Davis	HOU		STL	behind 1-4	b 4	0	---		1	4	3	10%	30%		Home Run
37	37	4	1	1987-06-02	Nick Esasky	CIN		STL	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---		1	7	3	13%	42%		Home Run (LF-CF)
38	38	5	1	1987-06-07	Keith Moreland	CHC		STL	behind 0-9	b 4	0	1--		2	6	5	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Davis Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1989-06-15	Greg Briley	SEA	@	MIN	ahead 7-5	t 8	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	2	7	10%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Vizquel Scores