Ron
Dunn
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: January 24, 1950 in Usa, OK, OKLAHOMA CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1982   
Gold Glove 1980    1983    1984   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 4 5 10 9 10 9 8 8 5 4 5
1975 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 5 4 5 10 10 10 9 8 8 5 4 4
1976 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 5 4 5 10 10 10 9 8 8 5 4 5
1977 27 MIL NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 5 4 5 10 10 10 9 8 8 5 4 4
1978 28 MIL NL $ 828,571   4 4 5 5 4 5 10 10 10 8 7 7 5 4 4
1979 29 MIL NL $ 1,450,000   4 4 4 5 4 4 10 10 10 8 7 7 5 4 4
1980 30 MIL NL $ 2,207,143   4 4 4 5 4 5 10 10 10 8 7 7 5 4 4
1981 31 CLN NL $ 4,250,000   4 4 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 8 7 7 6 5 5
1982 32 CLN NL $ 4,250,000   4 4 5 6 5 5 10 10 10 8 7 8 6 5 5
1983 33 SDP NL $ 4,250,000   4 4 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 9 8 8 6 5 5
1984 34 SDP NL $ 4,250,000   4 4 5 5 4 4 10 10 10 9 7 8 6 5 5
1985 35 SDP NL $ 1,000,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10 8 7 8 5 4 5
1986 36 SDP NL $ 1,000,000   4 4 4 3 2 3 10 10 10 8 6 7 5 4 4
1987 37 SDP NL $ 1,000,000   3 3 4 2 1 2 10 9 9 8 7 7 4 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 4 2 1 2 10 9 9 8 6 7 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,250,000   4 4 5 6 5 5 10 10 10 9 8 8 6 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 24 OAK AL 25 88 11 19 7 0 2 10 0 0 9 21 .216 .296 .364 .660 9.2 1.0
    AA   135 519 75 128 53 1 18 58 0 0 92 116 .247 .360 .457 .817 86.9  
1975 25 OAK AL 82 237 26 50 17 0 4 21 0 0 26 52 .211 .291 .333 .624 23.7 2.3
    AAA   27 107 22 34 20 0 4 10 0 0 23 22 .318 .438 .617 1.055 26.0  
1976 26 OAK AL 52 146 15 23 9 0 0 9 0 0 18 38 .158 .248 .219 .468 6.4 0.0
    AAA   25 84 7 14 5 0 2 8 1 1 20 29 .167 .327 .298 .625 9.9  
1977 27 MIL NL 134 383 35 75 27 1 9 52 2 0 37 87 .196 .267 .342 .609 32.4 3.0
1978 28 MIL NL 138 412 46 88 37 1 9 41 0 1 46 90 .214 .291 .374 .664 41.3 5.5
1979 29 MIL NL 135 413 59 103 35 1 9 48 0 0 63 82 .249 .346 .404 .750 60.4 12.9
1980 30 MIL NL 156 505 62 113 53 1 7 62 1 2 49 123 .224 .292 .374 .666 51.6 7.8
1981 31 CLN NL 152 583 71 120 49 2 6 57 1 0 58 133 .206 .277 .328 .604 47.3 3.1
1982 32 CLN NL 89 254 32 66 18 1 8 36 0 0 24 36 .260 .324 .433 .757 35.2 6.2
1983 33 SDP NL 151 489 50 90 26 3 14 50 0 1 50 96 .184 .256 .335 .592 43.2 4.0
1984 34 SDP NL 150 446 55 102 40 1 9 50 1 0 52 99 .229 .306 .383 .689 53.1 10.6
1985 35 SDP NL 73 165 26 41 14 1 1 19 0 0 29 40 .248 .361 .364 .724 21.3 5.1
1986 36 SDP NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   110 233 32 58 18 0 9 36 0 0 45 54 .249 .371 .442 .813 39.9  
1987 37 AAA   69 140 21 44 16 2 1 19 0 0 22 35 .314 .407 .479 .886 25.8  
13 Years Sim 1340 4124 488 890 332 12 78 455 5 4 461 898 .216 .293 .359 .652 424.8 61.5
4 Years AAA 231 564 82 150 59 2 16 73 1 1 110 140 .266 .384 .463 .847 101.6  
1 Years AA 135 519 75 128 53 1 18 58 0 0 92 116 .247 .361 .457 .817 86.9  
5 Years Minors 366 1083 157 278 112 3 34 131 1 1 202 256 .257 .373 .460 .833 188.5  
162 Game Average 498 58 107 40 1 9 55 0 0 55 108 .216 .293 .359 .652 51.4  
Career Highs 156 583 71 120 53 3 14 62 2 2 63 133 .260 .361 .433 .757 60.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2677 305 558 201 7 46 276 5 4 268 607 .208 .279 .340 .619 257.6
vs LH   1447 183 332 131 5 32 179 0 0 193 291 .229 .319 .393 .713 186.2
Home 677 2018 237 415 158 8 31 216 3 1 233 452 .206 .287 .338 .625 201.3
Away 662 2106 251 475 174 4 47 239 2 3 228 446 .226 .300 .379 .679 242.5
RISP   996 0 216 84 4 17 354 0 0 138 223 .217 .305 .360 .665 116.7
Pinch Hitting   39 8 11 4 0 1 9 0 0 10 6 .282 .420 .462 .882 8.0
Close/Late   483 47 124 40 2 12 45 0 0 52 108 .257 .327 .422 .749 66.4
Mar/Apr 219 703 83 151 56 0 21 83 1 1 80 163 .215 .293 .384 .677 81.6
May 211 661 61 132 41 3 11 73 2 1 63 146 .200 .269 .321 .589 57.7
June 225 725 80 163 67 4 12 80 1 0 72 164 .225 .294 .378 .672 80.4
July 197 577 58 118 41 2 7 68 0 1 71 127 .205 .290 .319 .609 55.4
August 228 674 99 154 55 1 13 71 1 0 83 136 .228 .311 .371 .682 80.3
Sep/Oct 260 784 107 172 72 2 14 80 0 1 92 162 .219 .301 .370 .671 88.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 24 OAK AL 3B 25 25 189.0 12 62 2 4 .974 3.52   0.6
    2B 4 0 6.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
1975 25 OAK AL 2B 58 57 465.0 121 221 14 61 .961 6.62   2.2
    3B 19 17 136.7 8 42 1 4 .980 3.29   0.6
    SS 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1976 26 OAK AL 2B 39 37 317.3 56 144 7 31 .966 5.67   1.7
    3B 12 4 60.0 4 18 0 1 1.000 3.30   0.3
1977 27 MIL NL 2B 108 94 838.0 245 385 18 109 .972 6.77   3.2
    3B 12 6 61.0 6 18 0 2 1.000 3.54   0.4
1978 28 MIL NL 2B 136 130 1112.0 297 549 31 123 .965 6.85   5.7
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1979 29 MIL NL 2B 130 126 1091.7 242 500 25 119 .967 6.12   4.2
    3B 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 30 MIL NL 3B 155 154 1343.3 82 377 6 33 .987 3.08   5.2
1981 31 CLN NL 3B 151 150 1340.0 86 348 12 27 .973 2.91   5.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1982 32 CLN NL 3B 46 42 364.0 29 104 3 9 .978 3.29   2.1
    2B 31 6 102.3 18 38 1 5 .982 4.93   0.3
    1B 2 1 9.7 8 0 1 1 .889 7.45   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 33 SDP NL 3B 145 144 1237.3 87 388 9 42 .981 3.46   4.8
    2B 8 0 12.7 4 2 1 0 .857 4.27   0.0
1984 34 SDP NL 3B 147 145 1214.3 84 305 7 25 .982 2.88   3.7
    SS 3 0 14.3 2 5 0 0 1.000 4.40   0.0
    2B 3 0 6.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80   0.0
1985 35 SDP NL 3B 51 40 364.3 31 89 0 2 1.000 2.96   1.8
    2B 21 5 71.7 14 32 0 5 1.000 5.78   0.3
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1986 36 SDP NL 2B 2 1 9.0 2 3 0 2 1.000 5.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  3B 769 727 6321.0 430 1753 40 149 .982 3.11   24.7
  2B 541 456 4033.6 999 1885 97 455 .967 6.43   17.8
  SS 6 0 18.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.0
  1B 2 1 9.7 8 0 1 1 .889 7.45   0.0
  LF 3 0 8.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.13   0.0
Career Totals   1321 1184 10390.3 1441 3643 139 605 .973 4.40   42.5
Career Highs   155 154 1343.3 298 550 31 123 1.000 6.86    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1976 26 OAK AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1982 32 CLN NL 7 21 3 7 3 0 2 6 0 0 1 4 .333 .348 .762 1.110
1985 35 SDP NL 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393
Career Post-Season Batting 10 29 4 8 3 0 2 6 0 0 2 6 .276 .313 .586 .899
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1980-4-156
Doubles
1978-6-37
1979-6-35
1980-1-53
1981-2-49
1984-4-40
Strikeouts
1980-5-123
1981-1-133
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. Harlond Clift (887)
  7. Jose Pagan (886)
  8. Al Smith (885)
  9. Bill Sorrell (883)
  10. Graig Nettles (880)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Oakland in 1974
Injured on 7/7/1974 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Had first career hit (double) on 9/1/1974, off Doug Rau (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 9/10/1974, off Randy Jones (LAD)
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $828,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/2/1979 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,207,143 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1980
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/6/1981 to a 4-year deal worth $4,250,000 per year
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1982
Traded from Cleveland (N) to San Diego on 3/4/1983 (Going to SDP: 3B Ron Dunn. Going to CLN: P Dan Morogiello, P Ron Schueler)
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1983
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1984
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/24/1985 to a 4-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year