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Lee Tunnell
Byron Lee Tunnell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.
School Baylor University

Debut September 4, 1982
  vs. LAD 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game June 22, 1989
Born October 30, 1960 in Tyler, TX

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1982 21 PIT NL   1   1   5   3   0   0   2  0   18.3   17    8    8   1    5    4   2   0    75   0   0  3.93  3.75   96 1.200
 1983 22 PIT NL  11   6  35  25   5   3   4  0  177.7  167   81   72  15   58   95   2  11   731   3   5  3.65  3.71  102 1.266 RoY-9
 1984 23 PIT NL   1   7  26   6   0   0   5  1   68.3   81   44   40   6   40   51   0   6   317   6   2  5.27  3.63   69 1.771
 1985 24 PIT NL   4  10  24  23   0   0   1  0  132.3  126   70   59  11   57   74   1   3   565   4   0  4.01  3.60   90 1.383
 1987 26 STL NL   4   4  32   9   0   0   3  0   74.3   90   45   40   5   34   49   1   2   335   7   5  4.84  4.17   86 1.668
 1989 28 MIN AL   1   0  10   0   0   0   4  0   12.0   18    8    8   1    6    7   0   0    59   1   0  6.00  4.16   69 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .440  22  28 132  66   5   3  19  1  483.0  499  256  227  39  200  280   6  22  2082  21  12  4.23  3.75   89 1.447
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   9  45  22   1   1   6  0  165.7  171   87   77  13   68   96   2   7   715   7   4  4.23  3.75   89 1.447
 Career High     11  10  35  25   5   3   5  1  177.7  167   81   72  15   58   95   2  11   731   7   5  3.65  4.17  102 1.266

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 21 PIT NL   5    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1983 22 PIT NL  35   58    2    7   0  1   0    3   0  0   1  20  .121  .136  .155  -20    9   8   0   0   0   0 RoY-9
 1984 23 PIT NL  26   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .083  .083  .083  -53    1   3   0   0   0   0
 1985 24 PIT NL  24   47    2    4   0  1   0    1   0  1   1  20  .085  .102  .128  -36    6   0   1   0   0   0
 1987 26 STL NL  33   17    1    4   0  0   0    3   0  0   0   5  .235  .235  .235   25    4   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      133  138    5   16   0  2   0    7   0  1   2  54  .116  .128  .145  -25   20  15   1   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        168    6   19   0  2   0    9   0  1   2  66  .116  .128  .145  -25   24  18   1   0   0   0
 Career High     35   58    2    7   0  1   0    3   0  1   1  20                           9   8   1   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1982 21 PIT NL    5    5    0   0.0    98| .000  .270| .000  .334| .000  .392| .000  .726|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1983 22 PIT NL   67   59    2   0.9    99| .121  .267| .136  .336| .155  .395| .291  .731| -20  .056  -9.9  -1.0   0%
 1984 23 PIT NL   15   14    0   0.0    95| .083  .264| .083  .330| .083  .384| .166  .714| -53  .000  -2.5  -0.3   0%
 1985 24 PIT NL   49   45    1   0.6    94| .085  .259| .102  .327| .128  .386| .230  .712| -36  .028  -8.7  -0.9   0%
 1987 26 STL NL   20   16    1   1.7   108| .235  .271| .235  .341| .235  .423| .470  .764|  25  .130  -1.9  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       156  139    4   0.8    98| .116  .264| .128  .333| .145  .394| .273  .727| -25  .041 -24.2  -2.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 21 PIT NL P 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 1.00 0.70 2.46 1.97 3 18.3 1983 22 PIT NL P 35 11 35 0 6 1.000 .952 1.31 0.68 2.33 1.92 25 177.7 1984 23 PIT NL P 26 8 14 1 1 .957 .952 0.85 0.67 2.90 1.88 6 68.3 1985 24 PIT NL P 24 7 23 0 1 1.000 .952 1.25 0.68 2.04 1.92 23 132.3 1987 26 STL NL P 32 6 12 0 1 1.000 .957 0.56 0.62 2.18 1.91 9 74.3 1989 28 MIN AL P 10 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.66 0.00 1.88 0 12.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 21 PIT NL P 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 1.00 0.70 2.46 1.97 3 18.3 1983 22 PIT NL P 35 11 35 0 6 1.000 .952 1.31 0.68 2.33 1.92 25 177.7 1984 23 PIT NL P 26 8 14 1 1 .957 .952 0.85 0.67 2.90 1.88 6 68.3 1985 24 PIT NL P 24 7 23 0 1 1.000 .952 1.25 0.68 2.04 1.92 23 132.3 1987 26 STL NL P 32 6 12 0 1 1.000 .957 0.56 0.62 2.18 1.91 9 74.3 1989 28 MIN AL P 10 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.66 0.00 1.88 0 12.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 132 33 88 1 9 .992 .953 0.92 0.66 2.25 1.91 66 483.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 132 33 88 1 9 .992 .953 0.92 0.66 2.25 1.91 66 483
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1987   WS    STL MIN     L   2   0   2.08  0  0  0  0   4.1   4   1   2   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1987   WS    STL MIN     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1983 NL-.647-6

Shutouts
1983 NL-3-5

Wild Pitches
1983 NL-11-4

Youngest Player
1982 NL-21-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1935) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1587) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft.

December 20, 1986: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

February 6, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 6, 1987: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 4, 1988: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

February 13, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

October 15, 1989: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Pittsburgh Pirates$130,000
1987St. Louis Cardinals$62,500
Career (may be incomplete)$192,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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