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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

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-22 / in Starts: 3-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 10

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	67	7	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	L,2-8	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.2	4	4	2	2	3	0	0	3.86	2.57	21	5	7	0	0	4	45			0	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.022	1.37	-0.02%	0.09	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d2
2	68	11	Apr 19	CLE		MIL	L,7-10	GS-4		4	4.0	3	3	3	5	2	1	0	5.19	5.34	20	0	10	0	5	3	41			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.145	1.30	-0.12%	-1.05	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
3	69	15	Apr 22(2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	GS-5	L(0-2)	2	4.2	4	5	5	3	3	0	0	6.75	4.59	19	4	5	1	2	4	36			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.21	-0.177	1.59	-0.14%	-1.79	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	70	25	May 6(1)	CLE		OAK	L,0-12	2-6		13	4.2	6	3	3	3	2	1	0	6.50	5.07	23	9	3	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.020	.25	-0.02%	-0.12	2t --3 1 out d5	6t 3 out d8
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Texas Rangers
5	71	26	May 12	TEX		OAK	L,2-4	6-GF		5	3.2	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	5.82	4.37	15	4	4	2	0	4		3	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	.69	-0.021	.39	-0.01%	0.88	6t 123 1 out d1	9t end d 2
6	72	28	May 14(1)	TEX		MIN	W,7-6	3-5		1	1.2	1	2	2	5	2	0	0	6.17	4.71	11	3	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.072	.49	-0.02%	-1.20	3t 12- 2 out d3	5t 123 1 out d3
7	73	32	May 17	TEX		KCR	L,1-6	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.68	4.78	6	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.05	0.004	.03	0.00%	0.91	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
8	74	39	May 26	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-10	2-GF(8)		8	6.1	6	3	0	5	1	0	0	4.55	4.74	29	8	9	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	24	1	0	1	3	0	2	.20	-0.021	.03	0.00%	-0.15	2b --- 2 out d4	8b end d 5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	75	44	Jun 1	TEX		BAL	W,4-3	6-7	BS(1)	5	1.1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4.36	4.93	7	2	2	0	0	0		2	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.72	-0.026	.40	0.00%	-0.10	6t 12- 1 out a1	7t 12- 2 out a1
10	76	51	Jun 9	TEX		BOS	L,1-12	GS-6	L(0-3)	7	5.1	5	5	5	3	1	1	0	4.93	5.12	24	12	3	1	1	5	36			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.168	.10	-0.01%	-1.14	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d2
11	77	56	Jun 16	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-9	GS-1	L(0-4)	6	0.2	3	5	5	3	0	0	0	6.00	5.31	8	1	1	0	0	3	23			1	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.366	.11	-0.02%	-4.88	1b start tie	1b --3 2 out d5
12	78	64	Jun 24(2)	TEX	@	KCR	L,6-10	3-8		7	4.1	6	4	4	5	0	0	0	6.23	5.38	23	7	6	0	1	5		1	0	2	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.007	.02	0.00%	-2.13	3b 1-- 2 out d4	8b 1-- 0 out d6
13	79	70	Jun 30(1)	TEX		KCR	L,3-8	GS-6		5	6.0	3	2	1	2	3	0	0	5.66	5.04	24	11	5	0	1	3	61			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	1	2	1.31	0.144	.05	0.00%	0.73	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	80	76	Jul 4(1)	TEX		CHW	L,0-2	CG	L(0-5)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	1	0	5.09	4.86	34	11	13	0	1	7	66			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.128	.01	0.00%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
15	81	83	Jul 9	TEX	@	DET	W,9-7	GS-5		4	4.1	7	7	7	2	0	3	0	5.74	5.42	22	6	8	1	0	6	19			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.571	.00	0.00%	-4.74	1b start tie	5b --- 1 out d3
16	82	88	Jul 14	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-2		4	1.1	4	4	4	1	2	1	0	6.19	5.55	9	0	2	1	1	4	31			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.286	.00	0.00%	-3.67	1b start tie	2b -2- 1 out d4
17	83	92	Jul 19	TEX		MIL	L,1-4	CG	L(0-6)	4	9.0	8	4	4	2	6	0	0	5.92	5.10	36	13	8	2	1	7	59			0	1	1	32	2	1	0	1	1	1	.96	-0.034	.00	0.00%	0.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
18	84	99	Jul 28	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-6	GS-5		8	4.0	7	4	4	3	3	0	0	6.08	5.01	22	5	4	1	1	7	32			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.199	.00	0.00%	-1.65	1b start tie	5b -23 0 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	85	104	Aug 1	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-5	2-7		3	5.1	3	2	2	4	4	0	0	5.90	4.90	22	6	5	0	2	3		2	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	1	1	0	0	.37	-0.007	.00	0.00%	0.63	2b 1-3 2 out d3	7b 3 out d4
20	86	111	Aug 7(2)	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-3	5-5		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.88	4.89	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.47	5b 1-3 2 out d2	5b 3 out d2
21	87	114	Aug 11	TEX		CLE	L,2-5	7-GF		3	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.70	4.79	9	4	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.14	0.001	.00	0.00%	1.05	7t 1-3 1 out d3	9t end d 4
22	88	116	Aug 13	TEX		BAL	L,4-7	5-7		1	2.1	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	5.65	4.78	12	3	2	0	0	4		1	1	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.23	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.79	5t -2- 2 out d4	7t 3 out d6
23	89	123	Aug 21	TEX		BOS	L,9-15	GS-2	L(0-7)	7	1.2	6	4	4	2	0	2	0	5.94	5.10	12	1	3	1	0	6	25			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.299	.00	0.00%	-3.19	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d4
24	90	129	Aug 27	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-6	4-6		5	2.2	3	3	3	0	1	1	1	6.07	5.17	12	1	6	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-1.17	4b 12- 1 out d3	6b 3 out d6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	91	147	Sep 16	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-9	GS-5	L(0-8)	19	5.0	4	6	5	4	4	2	0	6.22	5.35	24	9	3	0	0	4	37			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.482	.00	0.00%	-3.73	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
26	92	153	Sep 20(2)	TEX		CAL	W,8-3	GS-7	W(1-8)	3	6.1	11	3	2	1	2	0	0	6.01	5.17	30	7	9	1	3	11	42			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	1	.76	0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.68	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a5
27	93	158	Sep 25	TEX	@	CAL	W,4-1	GS-9	W(2-8)	4	9.0	7	1	0	2	2	0	0	5.53	4.98	34	13	10	1	4	7	71			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	2	0	1	1.30	0.468	.00	0.00%	2.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
							5-22		W-L:2-8,BSv:1	4.4	112.1	118	78	69	65	48	13	1	5.53	4.98	509	1.12		5%	9%	115	42	18	22%	11	2	2	435	25	6	2	13	5	9	.86	-2.084	.23	-0.35%	-22.32

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