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Lee Tunnell

Byron Lee Tunnell

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Twins 1982-1989

Final Game: June 22, 1989
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:54AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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 98 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 72 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 91 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 72 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) NL 21 28 .429 4.18 122 66 15 5 3 1 471.0 481 248 219 38 194 20 273 6 12 22 2023 90 1.433 9.2 0.7 3.7 5.2 1.41
AL (1 yr) 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 72 2.000 13.5 0.8 4.5 5.3 1.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1982 21 PIT NL 18.1 3 8 11 0 1.2 3 0.3 $
1983 22 PIT NL 177.2 25 81 100 -2 .9 19 1.9 $ RoY-9
1984 23 PIT NL 68.1 6 44 37 1 1.1 -7 -1.0 $
1985 24 PIT NL 132.1 23 70 76 -3 1.1 6 0.6 $130,000
1987 26 STL NL 74.1 9 45 45 1 1.0 0 -0.2 $62,500
1989 28 MIN AL 12.0 0 8 7 0 .6 -1 -0.1 $
6 Seasons 483.0 66 256 276 -3 1.0 20 1.5 $192,500
PIT (4 yrs) 396.2 57 203 224 -4 1.0 21 1.8 $130,000
MIN (1 yr) 12.0 0 8 7 0 .6 -1 -0.1 $
STL (1 yr) 74.1 9 45 45 1 1.0 0 -0.2 $62,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1982 21 PIT NL 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1983 22 PIT NL 35 67 58 2 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 20 .121 .136 .155 .291 -20 9 0 0 8 0 0 1 RoY-9
1984 23 PIT NL 26 15 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
1985 24 PIT NL 24 49 47 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 20 .085 .102 .128 .230 -36 6 0 0 0 1 0 1
1987 26 STL NL 33 20 17 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .235 .235 .235 .471 25 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1989 28 MIN AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 133 156 138 5 16 0 2 0 7 0 1 2 54 .116 .128 .145 .273 -25 20 0 0 15 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 190 168 6 19 0 2 0 9 0 1 2 66 .116 .128 .145 .273 -25 24 0 0 18 1 0
PIT (4 yrs) 90 136 121 4 12 0 2 0 4 0 1 2 49 .099 .113 .132 .245 -32 16 0 0 12 1 0
MIN (1 yr) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 33 20 17 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .235 .235 .235 .471 25 4 0 0 3 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 123 156 138 5 16 0 2 0 7 0 1 2 54 .116 .128 .145 .273 -25 20 0 0 15 1 0
AL (1 yr) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1982 21 PIT NL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1983 22 PIT NL 67 -10 0 1 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1 RoY-9
1984 23 PIT NL 15 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1985 24 PIT NL 49 -8 -1 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $130,000 1
1987 26 STL NL 20 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $62,500 1
5 Seasons 156 -23 -1 1 0 0 14 5 -4 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $192,500
PIT (4 yrs) 136 -21 -1 1 0 0 12 4 -5 -0.8 -5 -0.5 -0.3 $130,000
STL (1 yr) 20 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $62,500

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1982 PIT NL 21 P 5 3 0 18.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.45 1.00 .952 1.96 1.96 0 2 100% 2
1983 PIT NL 22 P 35 25 5 177.2 46 11 35 0 6 1.000 2.33 1.31 .952 1.92 1.91 9 6 40% 8 RoY-9
1984 PIT NL 23 P 26 6 0 68.1 23 8 14 1 1 .957 2.90 0.85 .954 1.88 1.87 5 5 50% 2
1985 PIT NL 24 P 24 23 0 132.1 30 7 23 0 1 1.000 2.04 1.25 .953 1.92 1.92 12 10 45% 5
1987 STL NL 26 P 32 9 0 74.1 18 6 12 0 1 1.000 2.18 0.56 .955 1.91 1.90 7 2 22% 0
1989 MIN AL 28 P 10 0 0 12.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.88 1.85 1 0 0% 0
6 Seasons P 132 66 5 483.0 122 33 88 1 9 .992 2.25 0.92 .953 1.91 1.90 34 25 42% 17
6 Seasons TOT 132 66 5 483.0 122 33 88 1 9 .992 2.25 0.92 .953 1.91 1.90 34 25 42% 17
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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 - 4 (1971), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198524Pittsburgh Pirates$130,0001985 USA Today survey
198726St. Louis Cardinals$62,5001987 USA Today survey
198827St. Louis Cardinals$125,000USA Today, 4/1/88
Career to date (may be incomplete)$317,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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