Adam Dunn

Adam Dunn
- No. 32
Designated hitter / first baseman / outfielder
Born: November 9, 1979 Houston , Texas , United States
Beats: Left	Throws: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
July 20,  2001  with the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB assignment
September 28,  2014  at the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Batting average	, 237
Hits	1,631
Home runs	462
Runs batted in	1,168
Teams
Cincinnati Reds (2001-2008) Arizona Diamondbacks (2008) Washington Nationals (2009-2010) Chicago White Sox (2011-2014) Oakland Athletics (2014)
Awards
2 × All-Star (2002, 2012 ) AL Comeback Player of the Year 2012

Adam Troy Dunn (born November 9, 1979 ), nicknamed " Big Donkey ", is an American baseball player for the Chicago White Sox . Here he plays in the positions of first baseman, outfielder and designated hitter . He hits left-handed and throws right-handed. On August 18, 2012, he hit his 400th home run.

biography

Cincinnati Reds

Dunn was an exceptional American football quarterback at New Caney High School in Texas. After graduating from high school, he was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the 1998 MLB Draft . Dunn made his debut on July 20, 2001. The following month, he set a new record in the National League for most hits by a rookie with 12 hits . In 2004 he had his best performance of the season so far with 46 home runs.

Arizona Diamondbacks

On August 11, 2008, Dunn was sold to the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2008 he walked 19.1% of his at-bats, the highest average in the MLB. On the other hand, he was hit 164 times in 651 at-bats.

Washington Nationals

On February 11, 2009, Dunn signed a $ 20 million deal with the Washington Nationals .

On his first appearance for the Nationals, Dunn hit a home run and had four RBIs. On July 4th, he hit his 300th home run of his career. During the 2009 season, Dunn began playing mostly in first base position.

On July 7, 2010, at the Nationals game against the San Diego Padres , he hit three home runs in one game for the first time in his career. Dunn and Alfonso Soriano are the only Nationals players who managed to hit three runs and two solo home runs.

Chicago White Sox

On December 2, 2010, Dunn signed a 4-year deal for $ 56 million with the Chicago White Sox. On April 6, 2011, Dunn underwent appendectomy that forced him to pause 5 games. By then he had a batting average of .286, hit a home run and had five RBIs. Upon his return, Dunn struggled to build on his old strength. However, he did not succeed. He finished the season with an AVG of .159, an OBP of .292 and SLG of .277, hitting eleven home runs and doing 42 RBIs. That was by far the worst season of his career. In addition, he set a new Chicago White Sox negative record with 177 strikeouts. With 60 errors, Dunn tops the list of all active leftfielders in the MLB with the most errors. Frustrated with his poor performance in 2011, Dunn promised that "something like this won't happen again."

By the end of May 2012, Dunn hit more home runs than in the entire 2011 season and had the most walks in the American League .

On July 1, he was elected to the team of the 83rd All Star Game 2012 in Kansas City with four other Chicago White Sox players . That was his 2nd choice in the All-Star Team after 2002.

Dunn hit three hits in one game on July 24, 2012 . His second three-hit game since April 20, 2012. One hit was a home run, his 30th home run of the season by then. On August 13, in the game against the Kansas City Royals , Dunn hit his 35th home run of the season, which was the 400th of his career. This makes him the 50th MLB player with 400 or more home runs.
Dunn finished the 2012 season with a batting average of .204, 41 home runs and 96 RBIs. For this achievement he was named AL Comeback Player of the Year by Sporting News .

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ^ Dunn deal: D-backs acquire sluggers. MLB.com, archived from the original on June 10, 2011 ; accessed on July 1, 2019 . 
2. ^ Adam Dunn Statistics and History. baseball-reference.com, accessed November 1, 2012 . 
3. ^ Dunn, Nationals agree to two-year, $ 20 million deal. SportsIllustrated.com, archived from the original on June 29, 2011 ; accessed on November 1, 2012 . 
4. ^ Nats sign Dunn to two-year, $ 20M deal. MLB.com, accessed November 1, 2012 . 
5. ↑ Dunn belts 300th career homer. MLB.com, archived from the original on May 27, 2011 ; accessed on July 1, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Dunn hammers has trick of homers to lift Nats. MLB.com, archived from the original ; accessed on July 1, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Free-spending Sox sign Dunn, Pierzynski, hope to bring back Konerko. (No longer available online.) ChicagoTribune.com, formerly the original ; accessed on July 1, 2019 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
8. ^ Dunn deal: White Sox unveiled new slugger. MLB.com, accessed November 1, 2012 . 
9. ↑ Adam Dunn goes under appendectomy. ESPN.com, accessed November 1, 2012 . 
10. ^ Adam Dunn Game by Game Stats and Performance. ESPN.com, accessed November 1, 2012 . 
11. ↑ Active Leaders & Records for Errors Committed as LF. baseball-reference.com, accessed November 1, 2012 . 
12. ^ White Sox's Dunn plans to change offseason routine. ChicagoTribune.com, accessed November 1, 2012 . 
13. ^ White Sox 'Sale, Konerko, Dunn get all-star nods; Peavy up for vote. ChicagoSuntimes.com, accessed November 1, 2012 . 
14. ^ Adam Dunn Stas & Summary. MLB.com, accessed November 1, 2012 . 
15. ↑ White Sox come away with milestones but no win. MLB.com, accessed November 1, 2012 . 
16. ^ White Sox's Dunn named comeback player of the year. (No longer available online.) SportingNews.com, formerly the original ; accessed on July 1, 2019 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )