Steve Dunning

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: May 15, 1949 in Denver, CO us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA).

High School: University HS (San Diego, CA)

School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: June 14, 1970 (Age 21-030d, 13,002nd in major league history)
vs. MIL 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: September 30, 1977 (Age 28-138d)
vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Steven John Dunning

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

ERA

4.56

136

613.2

390

WHIP

1.511

Summary of 82 Home Runs Allowed

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

4 leading off, 0 walk-off, 12 tying, 28 go ahead

5 Tms
CLE	59
TEX	13
MON	6
CAL	2
OAK	2

Platoon
vs LHB	42
vs RHB	40

Home/Road
Home	44
Away	38

Outs
0	31
2	28
1	23

18 Opps
DET	12
CHW	10
WSA	9
BOS	9
OAK	8
NYY	8
BAL	7
MIL	6
MIN	3
KCR	2
STL	1
CHC	1
CIN	1
CAL	1
NYM	1
PHI	1
ATL	1
CLE	1

59 Batters
Boog Powell	4
Jim Northrup	3
Ron Blomberg	3
Frank Howard	3
Reggie Smith	3
Aurelio Rodríguez	3
Rich Reese	2
Sal Bando	2
Mike Andrews	2
Joe Rudi	2
Rick Monday	2
Tommy Harper	2
John Briggs	2
Carlos May	2
Ed Herrmann	2
Willie Horton	2
Syd O'Brien	1
Mike Schmidt	1
Tom Paciorek	1
Harmon Killebrew	1
George Scott	1
Del Unser	1
Ed Kranepool	1
Bob Oliver	1
Lenny Randle	1
Rico Carty	1
Dwight Evans	1
Thurman Munson	1
Bobby Murcer	1
Bill Freehan	1
Henry Cruz	1
Bernie Allen	1
Pat Kelly	1
Gene Tenace	1
Oscar Gamble	1
Joe Morgan	1
Buddy Bradford	1
Dave May	1
Keith Hernandez	1
Mike Epstein	1
Dick Billings	1
Roberto Peña	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Ed Brinkman	1
Paul Casanova	1
Mickey Stanley	1
Bobby Grich	1
Don Buford	1
Joe Wallis	1
Billy Conigliaro	1
Jim Spencer	1
Jim Lyttle	1
Earl Williams	1
Tommy McCraw	1
Earl Wilson	1
Amos Otis	1
Roy White	1
Tony Conigliaro	1
Gates Brown	1

16 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	35
Tiger Stad (DET)	6
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	5
Memor. Stad (BAL)	5
Arlington St (ARL)	4
RFK Stad (WAS)	4
Shea Stad (NYC)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
Parc Jarry (MON)	3
County Stad (MIL)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	31
9	29
8	8
89	2

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	42
2·HR gms	11
3·HR gms	6

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	46
1--	18
--3	5
12-	4
-2-	4
123	2
1-3	2
-23	1

129 Runs
RISP	18
0 on	46
1 on	27
2 on	7
3 on	2
Any on	36

Inning
1	5
2	7
3	11
4	9
5	20
6	12
7	9
8	4
9	5

1-3	23
4-6	41
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	5
+2	9
+1	11
Tied	22
-1	11
-2	9
-3	5
-4..	5

Ahead	30
Tied	22
Behind	30

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	18
LF	13
CF	12
3B	10
RF	9
C	8
DH	4
2B	3
SS	3
PH	1
P	1

OrderPos
3rd	18
4th	15
6th	12
1st	10
7th	9
5th	8
2nd	6
9th	2
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	32
Low Lev	32

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1970-06-14	Tommy Harper	MIL	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 3	2	--3	2	1	5	20%	69%		Home Run; T. Kubiak Scores
2	2	2	1	1970-06-20	Earl Wilson	DET	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	9	1	12%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1970-06-30	Boog Powell	BAL		CLE	behind 0-1	b 3	1	1--	2	3	3	22%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Buford Scores
4	4	4	2	1970-06-30	Don Buford	BAL		CLE	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---	1	1	7	11%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	5	3	1970-06-30	Boog Powell	BAL		CLE	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	---	1	3	3	8%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1970-07-04	Billy Conigliaro	BOS		CLE	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	7	7	13%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	7	2	1970-07-04	Mike Andrews	BOS		CLE	tied 1-1	b 7	1	---	1	1	4	22%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	8	3	1970-07-04	Reggie Smith	BOS		CLE	ahead 2-1	b 7	1	---	1	2	8	11%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	9	1	1970-07-12 (1)	Tony Conigliaro	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	1--	2	4	9	15%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Smith Scores
10	10	10	1	1970-07-21	Ed Herrmann	CHW	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	2	11%	61%		Home Run
11	11	11	1	1970-07-26 (1)	Bob Oliver	KCR	@	CLE	tied 2-2	t 6	2	-23	3	6	3	34%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Rojas Scores; A. Otis Scores
12	12	12	1	1970-07-31	Syd O'Brien	CHW		CLE	tied 0-0	b 3	1	-2-	2	1	5	18%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Knoop Scores
13	13	13	1	1970-08-27	Roberto Peña	MIL	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	6	10%	71%		Home Run
14	14	14	1	1970-08-31	Aurelio Rodríguez	WSA		CLE	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	5	12%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	15	2	1970-08-31	Frank Howard	WSA		CLE	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	1--	2	3	7	7%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Unser Scores
16	16	16	1	1970-09-10	Frank Howard	WSA	@	CLE	behind 1-8	t 5	2	1--	2	3	7	3%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Unser Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1971-04-26	Jim Spencer	CAL		CLE	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	1--	2	2	3	7%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Alomar Scores
18	18	2	1	1971-05-05	Amos Otis	KCR	@	CLE	behind 0-1	t 6	0	1--	2	3	8	28%	67%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Keough Scores
19	19	3	1	1971-05-11	Rick Monday	OAK	@	CLE	behind 2-5	t 5	0	12-	3	6	8	24%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Epstein Scores; S. Bando Scores
20	20	4	1	1971-05-17	Tommy McCraw	WSA		CLE	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	1	3	9	7%	17%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
21	21	5	2	1971-05-17	Paul Casanova	WSA		CLE	behind 2-6	b 9	0	---	1	7	2	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	6	1	1971-05-22	Jim Lyttle	NYY	@	CLE	behind 0-1	t 7	1	---	1	6	9	21%	46%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	7	1	1971-05-27	Boog Powell	BAL		CLE	behind 4-10	b 8	2	---	1	5	3	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	8	1	1971-06-01	John Briggs	MIL		CLE	behind 1-3	b 6	0	1--	2	5	7	29%	57%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Voss Scores
25	25	9	1	1971-06-06	Rich Reese	MIN		CLE	tied 0-0	b 4	1	-2-	2	5	3	20%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Killebrew Scores
26	26	10	1	1971-06-20 (1)	Aurelio Rodríguez	DET	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	5	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	11	2	1971-06-20 (1)	Jim Northrup	DET	@	CLE	behind 1-4	t 3	1	12-	3	2	9	24%	48%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Lolich Scores; A. Rodríguez Scores
28	28	12	1	1971-06-25	Willie Horton	DET		CLE	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	1	4	9	15%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	13	1	1971-07-04	Frank Howard	WSA	@	CLE	behind 0-2	t 4	1	--3	2	4	7	17%	47%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Randle Scores
30	30	14	2	1971-07-04	Del Unser	WSA	@	CLE	tied 2-2	t 5	2	1--	2	1	8	27%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Cullen Scores
31	31	15	3	1971-07-04	Lenny Randle	WSA	@	CLE	ahead 4-2	t 7	2	---	1	2	4	9%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	16	1	1971-07-21	Sal Bando	OAK		CLE	behind 1-3	b 9	0	1--	2	5	5	46%	62%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Odom Scores
33	33	17	1	1971-07-31	Rick Monday	OAK	@	CLE	behind 0-1	t 6	2	--3	2	2	8	32%	63%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Campaneris Scores
34	34	18	2	1971-07-31	Gene Tenace	OAK	@	CLE	ahead 2-1	t 7	2	-2-	2	7	2	20%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Bando Scores
35	35	19	1	1971-08-13	John Briggs	MIL		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	3	17%	74%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. Harper Scores
36	36	20	1	1971-08-22	Pat Kelly	CHW	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	9	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	21	2	1971-08-22	Mike Andrews	CHW	@	CLE	ahead 2-1	t 5	2	---	1	3	3	13%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	22	3	1971-08-22	Carlos May	CHW	@	CLE	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	1--	2	5	7	15%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Melton Scores
39	39	23	1	1971-08-27	Harmon Killebrew	MIN	@	CLE	behind 1-3	t 5	2	1-3	3	4	5	37%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Carew Scores; T. Oliva Scores
40	40	24	1	1971-09-02	Bill Freehan	DET		CLE	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	---	1	6	2	8%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	25	1	1971-09-14 (2)	Dick Billings	WSA	@	CLE	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	4	2	13%	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1972-07-23 (2)	Carlos May	CHW		CLE	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	12%	67%		Home Run
43	43	2	2	1972-07-23 (2)	Ed Herrmann	CHW		CLE	behind 1-3	b 8	0	---	1	7	2	13%	26%		Home Run
44	44	3	1	1972-08-02 (1)	Boog Powell	BAL	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	---	1	4	3	13%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	4	2	1972-08-02 (1)	Bobby Grich	BAL	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	---	1	6	6	9%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	5	1	1972-08-06 (1)	Jim Northrup	DET	@	CLE	behind 0-2	t 6	2	---	1	6	8	11%	25%		Home Run (Deep CF)
47	47	6	1	1972-08-11	Mickey Stanley	DET		CLE	behind 0-5	b 9	0	---	1	7	8	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	7	1	1972-08-19	Mike Epstein	OAK	@	CLE	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	1	4	3	11%	38%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	8	1	1972-08-23	Rich Reese	MIN	@	CLE	behind 0-2	t 7	0	---	1	5	3	12%	28%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	9	1	1972-09-06 (1)	Dave May	MIL	@	CLE	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	1	3	8	15%	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	10	1	1972-09-15	Reggie Smith	BOS		CLE	behind 0-3	b 6	2	1--	2	4	9	19%	30%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Yastrzemski Scores
52	52	11	1	1972-09-19 (1)	Ed Brinkman	DET	@	CLE	behind 0-3	t 7	0	---	1	8	6	7%	15%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	12	1	1972-09-23	Bernie Allen	NYY	@	CLE	behind 0-2	t 4	0	1--	2	6	5	22%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Callison Scores
54	54	13	2	1972-09-23	Roy White	NYY	@	CLE	tied 2-2	t 5	1	---	1	2	7	17%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	14	3	1972-09-23	Ron Blomberg	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 3-2	t 5	1	1--	2	4	3	19%	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Murcer Scores
56	56	15	1	1972-10-01 (2)	Bobby Murcer	NYY		CLE	behind 1-2	b 5	2	---	1	4	8	20%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	16	2	1972-10-01 (2)	Ron Blomberg	NYY		CLE	tied 2-2	b 5	2	---	1	5	3	19%	70%		Home Run (RF Line)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1973-04-19	George Scott	MIL	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	1--	2	4	3	15%	80%		Home Run; J. Briggs Scores
59	59	2	1	1973-05-06 (1)	Joe Rudi	OAK	@	CLE	ahead 7-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	7	1%	98%		Home Run
60	60	3	1	1973-06-09	Carlton Fisk	BOS	@	TEX	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	--3	2	3	2	10%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Smith Scores
61	61	4	1	1973-07-04 (1)	Buddy Bradford	CHW	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 5	1	---	1	8	8	16%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	5	1	1973-07-09	Jim Northrup	DET		TEX	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	9	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	6	2	1973-07-09	Gates Brown	DET		TEX	behind 3-4	b 5	1	12-	3	3	DH	33%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Brinkman Scores; M. Stanley Scores
64	64	7	3	1973-07-09	Willie Horton	DET		TEX	ahead 6-4	b 5	1	---	1	4	7	8%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	8	1	1973-07-14	Tommy Harper	BOS		TEX	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	7	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
66	66	9	1	1973-08-21	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 2	1	--3	2	9	9	14%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Griffin Scores
67	67	10	2	1973-08-21	Reggie Smith	BOS	@	TEX	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	1--	2	3	DH	15%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Aparicio Scores
68	68	11	1	1973-08-27	Earl Williams	BAL		TEX	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	12-	3	7	3	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Baylor Scores; B. Robinson Scores
69	69	12	1	1973-09-16	Joe Rudi	OAK		TEX	behind 0-1	b 3	2	123	4	6	7	38%	84%		Home Run; B. North Scores; S. Bando Scores; G. Tenace Scores
70	70	13	2	1973-09-16	Sal Bando	OAK		TEX	tied 4-4	b 5	0	1--	2	3	5	21%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Campaneris Scores/unER
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1974-04-28 (1)	Ron Blomberg	NYY		TEX	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	1-3	3	6	DH	11%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Murcer Scores/unER; G. Nettles Scores/Team unER; R. Blomberg Scores/Team unER
72	72	2	2	1974-04-28 (1)	Thurman Munson	NYY		TEX	ahead 6-0	b 3	2	---	1	7	2	2%	98%		Home Run (LF Line); T. Munson Scores/Team unER
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
73	73	1	1	1976-04-17	Aurelio Rodríguez	DET	@	CAL	ahead 1-0	t 7	1	---	1	7	5	13%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
74	74	2	1	1976-05-02 (1)	Rico Carty	CLE		CAL	ahead 8-3	b 7	2	1--	2	4	DH	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Bell Scores
75	75	3	1	1976-06-06	Tom Paciorek	ATL	@	MON	ahead 7-6	t 6	2	1--	2	6	3	22%	86%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (CF-RF); E. Williams Scores
76	76	4	1	1976-07-05	Joe Morgan	CIN	@	MON	ahead 6-1	t 6	1	123	4	3	4	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Billingham Scores; P. Rose Scores; K. Griffey Scores
77	77	5	1	1976-07-26 (2)	Joe Wallis	CHC		MON	behind 0-3	b 9	0	---	1	1	8	5%	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
78	78	6	1	1976-09-06 (2)	Keith Hernandez	STL	@	MON	behind 0-1	t 6	1	---	1	3	3	17%	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
79	79	7	1	1976-09-13	Mike Schmidt	PHI		MON	ahead 4-2	b 5	0	---	1	3	5	7%	90%		Home Run
80	80	8	1	1976-09-28 (1)	Ed Kranepool	NYM		MON	behind 3-4	b 8	0	---	1	4	3	33%	60%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
81	81	1	1	1977-09-06	Oscar Gamble	CHW	@	OAK	ahead 5-2	t 8	1	---	1	7	PH	4%	96%		Home Run
82	82	2	2	1977-09-06	Henry Cruz	CHW	@	OAK	ahead 6-2	t 9	2	---	1	3	8	1%	99%		Home Run