On september 30, 2004, dunn once again got his name in major league baseballs record book. He quit college football after his freshman year and became a bigleague allstar by age 21. Most of his fans think he is a sure thing to make the hall of fame and that he has many great years ahead of him. Adam dunn is going to surpass 400 career homeruns during the 2012 season, after eight years with the reds, two with the white sox, and two with the nationals. Created by bill james, it is a sabermetric measurement of hitting performance that seeks to evaluate the number of bases a player gained independent of batting average. Adam dunn is the author of rivers of gold, the big dogs, and saint underground. Adam troy dunn born november 9, 1979, nicknamed big donkey, is an american former professional baseball left fielder and first baseman. Secondary average, or seca, is a baseball statistic that measures the sum of extra bases. The longest home runs in mlb history bleacher report latest. Exreds first baseman adam dunn retires after 14 seasons. Dunn was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on july 20, 2001, with the cincinnati reds. Adam dunn mlb player profile page from whatifsports.
Then the sox got laroche who couldnt even be an adam dunn, but felt pretty much along the same lines. His biographical data, yearbyyear hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats where applicable, career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous itemsofinterest are presented by baseball almanac on this comprehensive bobby abreu baseball stats. Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract. Elections to the national baseball hall of fame for 2020 proceeded according to rules most recently amended in 2016.
Adam dunn was born on friday, november 9, 1979, in houston, texas. Adam dunn is credited as baseball player mlb, outfield with the cincinnati reds. Sponsor this pageattach your namecompany to the adam dunn page and 1 help support the baseball cube 2 remove ads from this page for. His biographical data, yearbyyear hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats where applicable, career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous itemsofinterest are presented by baseball almanac on this comprehensive adam dunn baseball stats page. He is an actor, known for the audition 2007, sunday night baseball 1990 and top chef 2006. Adam dunn is already among the most feared lefthanded sluggers in the game, a fan favorite and a highly collected player. He played in major league baseball for the cincinnati reds, arizona diamondbacks, washington nationals, chicago white sox and oakland athletics. July 7 immediately after entering in the eighth inning of a 44 tie with the washington nationals with two outs and austin kearns on first base, alan embree picks off kearns to end the inning. In 2002, dunns first full season in the big leagues, only three other players derrek lee, mike. Adam troy dunn born november 9, 1979, nicknamed big donkey, is an american former professional baseball first baseman, outfielder, and designated hitter.
July 4 adam dunn of the washington nationals hits his 300th home run off atlanta braves starter tommy hanson. Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry. The leading destination for sports card and collectible enthusiasts. Shop comcs extensive selection of adam dunn serial numbered baseball cards. Veteran slugger adam dunn is retiring from baseball after 14 seasons. Buy adam dunn cards online adam dunn baseball price guide. Adam dunn played just 44 games with the arizona diamondbacks, but one of. Shop adam dunn autographed baseball and more authentic, autographed and gameused items at amazons sports collectibles store. Before turning professional, hatteberg attended washington state university, where he played college baseball for the cougars. The entire playing career for adam dunn is displayed above. Chicagoafter his batting average slumped to a historically low. Growing up adam troy dunn was born on november 9, 1979, in houston, texas. Adam dunn was born on november 9, 1979 in houston, texas, usa as adam troy dunn. Who would you rather have playing first on your team, hernandez or adam dunn.
Falcons warrick dunn captain in the community annual award given. In some ways, i always thought todd frazier was worse, and im glad hes gone from the sox. Adam dunn trades and transactions by baseball almanac. She was a contributing writer for smithsonian baseball and has authored a childrens book about the worlds biggest baseball bat, which is pictured above. If you are the type of fan who truly enjoys intelligent debate and thinks you can teach others why adam dunn did or did not deserve the player of the month award in 2005, join us on baseball fever. In all of baseball history, youd be hard pressed to find a statistically weirder career than adam dunns. Adam dunn baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats, along. And for better or worse, todays game is filled with more adam dunns than ever before. He is a twotime mlb allstar dunn batted lefthanded and threw righthanded. Join facebook to connect with adam dunn and others you may know.
Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books rules scoring. Adam dunndhsure his numbers suggest cleanup, but id much rather they have to pitch around dunn to get to paulie than vice versa. During his mlb career, spanning from 1995 through 2008, he played for the boston red sox, oakland athletics, and cincinnati reds. Adam dunn is the author of the novels rivers of gold, the big dogs, and saint underground, the forthcoming novel the unfathomable deep, and cowriter with eric anderson of the forthcoming novel osiris he spent years as a freelance writer cultivating an extensive series of networks among the military, intelligence, law enforcement, and financial communities. Of course, adam dunn without elite power isnt adam dunn, but thats the danger with comparisons. In a book written by two former espn sports center anchors the claim was made that keith hernandez should be in the baseball hall of fame because he revolutionized the way fhe postion of first baseman is played on the major leagues level. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank. It was one of five home runs baseball almanac listed as going at least 500 feet.
His business model includes individual plans for each title from editorial through targeted marketing and streamlined production, all. Drafted by the cincinnati reds in the 2nd round of the 1998 mlb june amateur draft from new caney hs new caney, tx high school. Organize and price your collections as we offer instant access to the worlds leading trading card and collectibles databases. Dunn books was founded in 2015 as a 21 st century digitalprintondemand publishing company by author and literary entrepreneur adam dunn. He may have never been an elite level defensive player or a perennial. Scott allen hatteberg born december 14, 1969 is an american former professional first baseman and catcher. Get in the game with our wide selection of sports books, including sports biographies, memoirs by famous athletes, and more. Sb nation is the largest independent sports media brand, consisting of, and over 300 fancentric team communities. If you are aware of any other unusual, less known, not as publicized baseball awards won by adam dunn please contact us with details.
Analysis dunn never got in the game tuesday in his first taste of the postseason in his 14year career, but the 34yearold is content to pack it in after a successful run with the reds. He has been married to rachel brown since november 27, 2006. Usf baseball alltime roster a abel, robert 200910 abramson, jacob200506 abramson, jonathan2007aceret, duffy. She has given presentations and taught a class on the history of professional baseball in louisville. Dunn announced his retirement from baseball following the athletics seasonending loss in tuesdays american league wild card game, reports. The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is ed by retrosheet. Clicking on an indivdiual season will display the teams roster for that season. Adam dunn biography, birth date, birth place and pictures. I really think adam dunn could have been a much better player if he really had a passion for the game the way some players do. For information regarding statistical abbreviations, please view the statistics legend.
Babe ruth was the first player to hit three home runs in game at least once both leagues, once with the new york yankees in 1930, and once in the national league, with the boston braves in 1935 merv connors had eight career home runs, the fewest career home runs by any player with a 3homer game on their resume rafael palmeiro 569 hrs, david ortiz 541 hrs, and gary sheffield 509 hrs. Buy from many sellers and get your cards all in one shipment. Adam dunn was one of the more notable players in baseball throughout his 14year career. Chicago white sox traded 1b adam dunn and cash to oakland athletics for rhp nolan sanburn.
I remember the 3 outcomes of adam dunn very well when he was with the white sox. But, he made it pretty clear in a lot of his interviews that he wasnt one of those guys who lived an breathed baseball. He played in major league baseball mlb for the cincinnati reds, arizona diamondbacks, washington nationals, chicago white. He was the second of skip and pat dunns three boys. Hes adam dunn one of those special talents who comes around once every 20 years, you know what i mean. Dunn will strikeout a ton, and maybe he makes pk lead off too many 2nd innings, but i think dunn needs protection from pk, rather than the other way. As in the past, the baseball writers association of america bbwaa voted by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players. Baseball 20 mlb home run derby 2020 closer report injury report prospect rankings mlb champions apps mlb mlb ballpark milb first pitch r. This adam dunn baseball card checklist includes every known baseball card that adam dunn has appeared on, in chronological order. Adam dunn is an example of a recent player who has a low batting average but an excellent. After a dissapointing 2011 season dunn is back to crushing homeruns with the sox. Adam dunn news rotowire fantasy football, baseball. He played in major league baseball mlb for the cincinnati reds, arizona diamondbacks, washington nationals, chicago white sox, and oakland athletics. He played in major league baseball mlb for the cincinnati reds, arizona.
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