Steve Dunning
[edit] Biography
Born on May 15, 1949 in Denver, Colorado, Steve Dunning (Steven John Dunning) played for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos, California Angels and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 7 year career. Dunning broke into the bigs on June 14, 1970 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 4.96 ERA in 94.1 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Steve Dunning's best season was 1971, when he posted a 4.50 ERA and struck out 132 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1970
| CLE
| A
| 19
| 17
| 4
| 9
| 4.96
| 77
| 55
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 94.1
| 93
| 16
| 54
| 3
| 3
| 4
|
| 1971
| CLE
| A
| 31
| 29
| 8
| 14
| 4.50
| 132
| 98
| 92
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 184
| 173
| 25
| 109
| 5
| 8
| 5
|
| 1972
| CLE
| A
| 16
| 16
| 6
| 4
| 3.26
| 52
| 39
| 38
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 105
| 98
| 16
| 43
| 8
| 2
| 0
|
| 1973
| TEX
| A
| 23
| 12
| 2
| 6
| 5.34
| 38
| 63
| 56
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 94.1
| 101
| 11
| 52
| 2
| 4
| 1
|
| 1973
| CLE
| A
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 6.50
| 10
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 17
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1973
| TOT
| A
| 27
| 15
| 2
| 8
| 5.53
| 48
| 78
| 69
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 112.1
| 118
| 13
| 65
| 2
| 7
| 1
|
| 1974
| TEX
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19.29
| 1
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.1
| 3
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| MON
| N
| 32
| 7
| 2
| 6
| 4.14
| 72
| 50
| 42
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 91.1
| 93
| 6
| 33
| 4
| 6
| 2
|
| 1976
| CAL
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.50
| 4
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 2
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| Total
|
| 36
| 7
| 2
| 6
| 4.35
| 76
| 59
| 47
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 97.1
| 102
| 8
| 39
| 5
| 6
| 2
|
| 1977
| OAK
| A
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3.93
| 4
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18.1
| 17
| 2
| 10
| 1
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 32
| 7
| 2
| 6
| 4.14
| 72
| 50
| 42
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 91.1
| 93
| 6
| 33
| 4
| 6
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 104
| 77
| 21
| 35
| 4.63
| 318
| 292
| 269
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 522.1
| 511
| 76
| 290
| 21
| 22
| 10
|
| Total
|
|
| 136
| 84
| 23
| 41
| 4.56
| 390
| 342
| 311
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 613.2
| 604
| 82
| 323
| 25
| 28
| 12
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1970
| CLE
| A
| P
| 19
| 17
| 94.1
| 7
| 17
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 2
| .923
|
| 1971
| CLE
| A
| P
| 31
| 29
| 184
| 13
| 38
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 15
| 12
| 1
| .962
|
| 1972
| CLE
| A
| P
| 16
| 16
| 105
| 2
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| .900
|
| 1973
| TEX
| A
| P
| 23
| 12
| 94.1
| 9
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 2
| 2
| .885
|
| 1973
| CLE
| A
| P
| 4
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1973
| TOT
| A
| P
| 27
| 15
| 112.1
| 9
| 17
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 2
| 2
| .897
|
| 1974
| TEX
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 2.1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1976
| MON
| N
| P
| 32
| 7
| 91.1
| 8
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 6
| 0
| .913
|
| 1976
| CAL
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1976
| Total
|
| P
| 36
| 7
| 97.1
| 8
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 6
| 0
| .880
|
| 1977
| OAK
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 18.1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 136
| 84
| 613.2
| 41
| 105
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 8
| 34
| 25
| 6
| .924
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1970
| CLE
| A
| 19
| 31
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .161
| .188
| .161
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| CLE
| A
| 32
| 55
| 5
| 10
| 1
| 7
| .182
| .233
| .255
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 19
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| CLE
| A
| 20
| 33
| 6
| 9
| 3
| 4
| .273
| .333
| .576
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| TEX
| A
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| CLE
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| TOT
| A
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| TEX
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| MON
| N
| 32
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .133
| .235
| .133
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| CAL
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| Total
|
| 36
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .133
| .235
| .133
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| OAK
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 32
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .133
| .235
| .133
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 113
| 119
| 11
| 24
| 4
| 12
| .202
| .250
| .319
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 42
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 145
| 134
| 11
| 26
| 4
| 12
| .194
| .248
| .299
| 2
| 0
| 10
| 49
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1970).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Texas Rangers in exchange for Dick Bosman and Ted Ford (May 10, 1973).
- Traded by Texas Rangers to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Stan Perzanowski (February 25, 1975).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bill Melton to California Angels in exchange for Jim Spencer and Morris Nettles (December 11, 1975).
- Sold by California Angels to Montreal Expos (May 5, 1976).
- Traded by Montreal Expos with Pat Scanlon and Tony Scott to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Bill Greif, Angel Torres and Sam Mejias (November 6, 1976).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Randy Scarbery (August 12, 1977).
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