Lee Tunnell
Byron Lee Tunnell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 30, 1960 in Tyler, TX
School: Baylor University
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1982
Final Game: June 22, 1989
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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
1982 21 PIT NL 1 1 .500 3.93 5 3 2 0 0 0 18.1 17 8 8 1 5 0 4 2 0 0 75 96 1.200 8.3 0.5 2.5 2.0 0.80
1983 22 PIT NL 11 6 .647 3.65 35 25 4 5 3 0 177.2 167 81 72 15 58 3 95 2 5 11 731 102 1.266 8.5 0.8 2.9 4.8 1.64 RoY-9
1984 23 PIT NL 1 7 .125 5.27 26 6 5 0 0 1 68.1 81 44 40 6 40 6 51 0 2 6 317 69 1.771 10.7 0.8 5.3 6.7 1.28
1985 24 PIT NL 4 10 .286 4.01 24 23 1 0 0 0 132.1 126 70 59 11 57 4 74 1 0 3 565 90 1.383 8.6 0.7 3.9 5.0 1.30
1987 26 STL NL 4 4 .500 4.84 32 9 3 0 0 0 74.1 90 45 40 5 34 7 49 1 5 2 335 86 1.668 10.9 0.6 4.1 5.9 1.44
1989 28 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 6.00 10 0 4 0 0 0 12.0 18 8 8 1 6 1 7 0 0 0 59 69 2.000 13.5 0.8 4.5 5.3 1.17
6 Seasons 22 28 .440 4.23 132 66 19 5 3 1 483.0 499 256 227 39 200 21 280 6 12 22 2082 89 1.447 9.3 0.7 3.7 5.2 1.40
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .440 4.23 45 23 7 2 1 0 166 171 88 78 13 69 7 96 2 4 8 715 89 1.447 9.3 0.7 3.7 5.2 1.40
PIT (4 yrs) 17 24 .415 4.06 90 57 12 5 3 1 396.2 391 203 179 33 160 13 224 5 7 20 1688 90 1.389 8.9 0.7 3.6 5.1 1.40
MIN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 6.00 10 0 4 0 0 0 12.0 18 8 8 1 6 1 7 0 0 0 59 69 2.000 13.5 0.8 4.5 5.3 1.17
STL (1 yr) 4 4 .500 4.84 32 9 3 0 0 0 74.1 90 45 40 5 34 7 49 1 5 2 335 86 1.668 10.9 0.6 4.1 5.9 1.44
NL (5 yrs) 21 28 .429 4.18 122 66 15 5 3 1 471.0 481 248 219 38 194 20 273 6 12 22 2023 89 1.433 9.2 0.7 3.7 5.2 1.41
AL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 6.00 10 0 4 0 0 0 12.0 18 8 8 1 6 1 7 0 0 0 59 69 2.000 13.5 0.8 4.5 5.3 1.17

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1987 26 STL NL WS L MIN 0 0 2.08 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 19 1.385 8.3 2.1 4.2 2.1 0.50
1 WS 0 0 2.08 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 19 1.385 8.3 2.1 4.2 2.1 0.50

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
1982 21 PIT NL 5 75 67 8 17 1 0 1 0 2 5 4 .254 .324 .313 .638 .258 21 1 2 1 0 0
1983 22 PIT NL 35 731 663 81 167 25 7 15 9 6 58 95 .252 .311 .379 .690 .272 251 23 2 2 6 3
1984 23 PIT NL 26 317 272 44 81 14 2 6 5 5 40 51 .298 .387 .430 .817 .347 117 5 0 4 1 6
1985 24 PIT NL 24 565 502 70 126 18 4 11 12 10 57 74 .251 .327 .369 .696 .274 185 10 1 3 2 4
1987 26 STL NL 32 335 293 45 90 15 3 5 7 2 34 49 .307 .377 .430 .807 .350 126 13 1 3 4 7
1989 28 MIN AL 10 59 53 8 18 7 0 1 1 0 6 7 .340 .407 .528 .935 .378 28 1 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 132 2082 1850 256 499 80 16 39 34 25 200 280 .270 .341 .394 .734 .298 728 53 6 13 13 21
162 Game Avg. 45 715 635 88 171 27 5 13 12 9 69 96 .270 .341 .394 .734 .298 250 18 2 4 4 7
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
1982 21 PIT NL 5 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 2 67% 55 70 28 3 2 0 3 5.5 0.6 5.1
1983 22 PIT NL 35 25 10 6 9 4 3 13 12 .520 3 2 5 3 12 48% 51 83 26 18 6 3 10 4.0 4.8 6.1
1984 23 PIT NL 26 6 1 2 3 0 1 3 3 .500 0 2 0 0 2 33% 47 64 24 12 2 2 1 3.6 3.1 5.3
1985 24 PIT NL 24 23 4 9 10 1 1 9 14 .391 4 2 0 0 9 39% 49 77 29 19 6 0 11 3.7 4.2 5.6
1987 26 STL NL 32 9 2 2 5 0 1 7 2 .778 1 2 0 0 3 33% 44 62 12 19 4 1 4 6.5 7.6 5.2
5 Seasons 122 66 18 19 29 5 6 34 32 .515 8 9 5 3 28 42% 49 83 12 71 20 6 29 4.3 4.6 5.7
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
1982 21 PIT NL 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.198 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1983 22 PIT NL 35 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 5 0.891 2 1 7 1 0 9 5 5 9 0 9 1 7.8
1984 23 PIT NL 26 20 5 0 5 6 1 5 17% 7 1 17 8 47% 7 1.136 6 10 4 8 2 10 10 10 14 2 16 0 5.5
1985 24 PIT NL 24 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1.068 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1987 26 STL NL 32 23 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 26 7 27% 7 1.070 7 11 5 2 4 17 13 10 9 8 11 2 3.6
1989 28 MIN AL 10 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 14% 7 0.654 1 6 3 1 1 8 5 5 4 3 5 3 3.6 22
6 Seasons 132 66 19 4 9 6 1 5 17% 9 3 58 19 33% 1.009 18 29 19 12 9 45 33 33 38 13 43 6 4.9 22

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%
1982 21 PIT NL 75 37% 1.3% 5.3% 6.7% 2.7% 12% 1.67 83% 13 1 8%
1983 22 PIT NL 731 51% 2.1% 13.0% 7.9% 6.4% 28% 1.58 76% 121 23 19%
1984 23 PIT NL 317 35% 1.9% 16.1% 12.6% 6.9% 27% 2.17 68% 55 5 9%
1985 24 PIT NL 565 52% 2.0% 13.1% 10.1% 5.8% 26% 1.66 74% 102 10 10%
1987 26 STL NL 335 47% 1.5% 14.6% 10.2% 6.9% 26% 1.88 73% 75 13 17%
1989 28 MIN AL 59 42% 1.7% 11.9% 10.2% 13.6% 44% 0.73 1.23 76% 30% 4.0% 4% 13 1 8%
6 Seasons 2082 47% 1.9% 13.5% 9.6% 6.5% 27% 0.73 1.70 74% 30% 4.0% 4% 379 53 14%
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
1989 28 MIN AL 59 223 3.78 131 59% 26% 18% 21% 35% 74% 4% 43% 76% 53% 12% 7 4 10% 6 4 0 14% 0 2 0 0 0
1 Season 59 223 3.78 131 59% 26% 18% 21% 35% 74% 4% 43% 76% 53% 12% 7 4 10% 6 4 0 14% 0 2 0 0 0
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
1982 21 PIT NL 75 17 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
1983 22 PIT NL 731 167 15 0 4 7 8 8 7 34 19 4 56% 10 11 2 259 9 6 60% 9 6 0 0 0 0 8 2 23 0
1984 23 PIT NL 317 81 6 0 9 6 0 3 3 16 12 1 75% 3 6 0 136 5 5 50% 5 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 10 0
1985 24 PIT NL 561 126 11 1 12 7 4 6 5 37 21 5 57% 12 3 0 194 12 10 55% 11 10 0 0 1 0 6 4 5 4
1987 26 STL NL 335 90 5 0 16 5 0 2 3 29 17 2 59% 4 2 0 128 7 2 78% 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
1989 28 MIN AL 59 18 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2078 499 0 0 39 1 43 26 13 20 19 118 70 12 59% 29 22 2 765 34 25 58% 33 23 0 1 1 1 19 7 53 4
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+
1982 21 1 1 .500 3.93 5 3 2 0 0 0 18.1 17 8 8 1 5 0 4 2 0 0 75 96 1.200 8.3 0.5 2.5 2.0 0.80 96
1983 22 12 7 .632 3.67 40 28 6 5 3 0 196.0 184 89 80 16 63 3 99 4 5 11 806 101 1.260 8.4 0.7 2.9 4.5 1.57 101
1984 23 13 14 .481 4.09 66 34 11 5 3 1 264.1 265 133 120 22 103 9 150 4 7 17 1123 90 1.392 9.0 0.7 3.5 5.1 1.46 90
1985 24 17 24 .415 4.06 90 57 12 5 3 1 396.2 391 203 179 33 160 13 224 5 7 20 1688 90 1.389 8.9 0.7 3.6 5.1 1.40 90
1986 25 17 24 .415 4.06 90 57 12 5 3 1 396.2 391 203 179 33 160 13 224 5 7 20 1688 90 1.389 8.9 0.7 3.6 5.1 1.40 90
1987 26 21 28 .429 4.18 122 66 15 5 3 1 471.0 481 248 219 38 194 20 273 6 12 22 2023 89 1.433 9.2 0.7 3.7 5.2 1.41 89
1988 27 21 28 .429 4.18 122 66 15 5 3 1 471.0 481 248 219 38 194 20 273 6 12 22 2023 89 1.433 9.2 0.7 3.7 5.2 1.41 89
1989 28 22 28 .440 4.23 132 66 19 5 3 1 483.0 499 256 227 39 200 21 280 6 12 22 2082 89 1.447 9.3 0.7 3.7 5.2 1.40 89

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1982 21 0 1 .000 4.24 17.0 17 9 8 1 5 4 2 1.294 9.0 2.6 2.1 0.80 0.5 5
1983 22 9 9 .500 4.10 167.0 170 84 76 15 59 89 2 1.371 9.2 3.2 4.8 1.51 0.8 35
1984 23 2 5 .286 6.05 64.0 84 48 43 6 41 48 0 1.953 11.8 5.8 6.8 1.17 0.8 26
1985 24 6 7 .462 4.61 125.0 131 71 64 11 59 70 1 1.520 9.4 4.2 5.0 1.19 0.8 24
1987 26 3 4 .429 4.94 71.0 88 43 39 5 33 47 1 1.704 11.2 4.2 6.0 1.42 0.6 32
1989 28 0 1 .000 6.00 12.0 18 9 8 1 6 7 0 2.000 13.5 4.5 5.3 1.17 0.8 10
6 Seasons 20 27 .426 4.70 456.0 508 264 238 39 203 265 6 1.559 10.0 5.2 1.31 0.8 132

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1983 NL--.647--6th

Shutouts s c a p y
1983 NL--3--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1983 NL--11--4th

Youngest s c a p y
1982 NL--born 1960-10-30--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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