From the Collection: Adam Dunn, dh, Chicago White Sox

Posted on July 19, 2018 • Posted Under Allen and Ginter • No Comments

Adam Dunn is one of my all-time favorite players.

Drafted by the Reds in 1998 in the 2nd round. Was considered a good prospect, but was generally rated the Reds #2 behind OF Austin Kearns. Dunn would go on to have the more successful career, spending 14 seasons in the majors.

Looking at his career numbers is a little shocking that he was only twice tagged for an All-Star team.

Eight seasons of at least 38 HR.
Led the league in walks twice–and strikeouts four times.
Retired with 462 HR, a 124 OPS+ and amassed 17.4 WAR.

He was the quintessential three outcome player and did about as well as anyone in baseball history.

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	Awards
2001	21	CIN	NL	66	244	64	19	43	4	2	38	74	.262	.371	.578	.948	136	RoY-4
2002	22	CIN	NL	158	535	133	26	71	19	9	128	170	.249	.400	.454	.854	121	AS
2003	23	CIN	NL	116	381	82	27	57	8	2	74	126	.215	.354	.465	.819	116
2004	24	CIN	NL	161	568	151	46	102	6	1	108	*195*	.266	.388	.569	.956	147	MVP-28
2005	25	CIN	NL	160	543	134	40	101	4	2	114	*168*	.247	.387	.540	.927	140	MVP-26
2006	26	CIN	NL	160	561	131	40	92	7	0	112	*194*	.234	.365	.490	.855	114
2007	27	CIN	NL	152	522	138	40	106	9	2	101	165	.264	.386	.554	.940	136
2008	28	TOT	NL	158	517	122	40	100	2	1	*122*	164	.236	.386	.513	.898	131
2009	29	WSN	NL	159	546	146	38	105	0	1	116	177	.267	.398	.529	.928	144
2010	30	WSN	NL	158	558	145	38	103	0	1	77	199	.260	.356	.536	.892	138	MVP-21
2011	31	CHW	AL	122	415	66	11	42	0	1	75	177	.159	.292	.277	.569	54
2012	32	CHW	AL	151	539	110	41	96	2	1	*105*	*222*	.204	.333	.468	.800	114	AS
2013	33	CHW	AL	149	525	115	34	86	1	1	76	189	.219	.320	.442	.762	105
2014	34	TOT	AL	131	429	94	22	64	1	1	71	159	.219	.337	.415	.752	115
14 Y	14 Y	14 Y	14 Y	2001	6883	1631	462	1168	63	25	1317	2379	.237	.364	.490	.854	124
162	162	162	162	162	557	132	37	95	5	2	107	193	.237	.364	.490	.854	124

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/15/2018.

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From the Collection: Adam Dunn, dh, Chicago White Sox