MLB / Players

Steve Dunning

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 205 lb
BornMay 15, 1949 · Denver, CO, USA
MLB debutJune 14, 1970
Final gameSeptember 30, 1977
Seasons7 (1970–1977)

Cleveland Indians 1970–1973; Texas Rangers 1973–1974; California Angels 1976; Montreal Expos 1976; Oakland Athletics 1977

Percentile snapshot

1971 season — qualified pitchers

G
31
8.5
GS
29
19.5
W
8
9.8
L
14
25.6
SV
1
82.9
CG
3
2.4
SHO
1
13.4
H
173
78
ER
92
28
BB
109
6.1
SO
132
47.6
HR
25
15.9
IP
184.0
17.1
ERA
4.50
2.4
WHIP
1.533
2.4
K/9
6.46
79.3
FIP
4.55
0
FIP-
122.1
8.5
ERA+
82.8
6.1
sWAR
0.2
6.1

of 83 qualified 1971 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
0.1
47.6

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
197019353105000111400.161.188.161.349-18.6-4.7.168-0.3
1971326855510101741900.182.233.255.48824.333.7.2320.2
19722039336910343900.273.333.576.909171.2163.2.4121.6
197331000000000000-1.2
19741000000000000-0.4
19763620150200002700.133.235.133.3698.05.9.2000.0
197760000000000000.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1970191749000935254771694.34.961.5587.354.85124.678.4-0.3
197131298141311739210913225184.04.501.5336.464.55122.182.80.2
19721616640109838435216105.03.261.3434.464.49141.597.41.6
197327152802011869654813112.35.531.6293.854.99132.668.1-1.2
19741000000353122.319.292.5713.8616.71466.418.6-0.4
197636726010102473976897.34.351.4497.033.4296.382.20.0
19776010000178104218.33.931.4731.965.36133.4102.30.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
145
PA
162
AB
134
R
11
H
26
2B
2
3B
0
HR
4
RBI
12
BB
10
SO
49
SB
0
BA
.1940
OBP
.2483
SLG
.2985
OPS
.5468

Pitching

G (P)
136
GS
84
W
23
L
41
SV
1
CG
7
SHO
1
IP
614
SO (P)
390
BB allowed
323
ERA
4.561
WHIP
1.5106
K/9
5.72

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1972-09-06MIL @ CLE Gameday222101106
1972-09-02CLE @ MIN Gameday312001205
1971-05-11ATH @ CLE Gameday211001404
1972-09-19DET @ CLE Gameday211001114
1971-05-27CLE @ BAL Gameday502000102

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1971-05-01CLE @ ATH Gameday8.16114130
1976-08-07CHC @ WSH Gameday9.04221110
1971-07-21CLE @ ATH Gameday9.04325101
1970-07-17CLE @ KC Gameday8.02002100
1971-05-27CLE @ BAL Gameday8.0755581

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.