Chasing his first berth in the Major League Baseball Playoffs, Adam Dunn, who was just traded to the Oakland A’s has announced that this will be his final season in the game. Dunn, who currently has 460 career Home Runs, and hit the 40 Home Run mark in a season five consecutive years (2004-2008) currently is 36th all-time and fifth among active players.
Dunn, an All Star twice in his career (2002 & 2012) may possess a low career Batting Average of .237, but he did lead have two seasons leading his respective League in Walks twice and has a more than respectable On Base Percentage of .365, though this is countered with four seasons leading in the category of Strikeouts.
As potent as Adam Dunn could be with his bat, he was far from equal with his glove. He would never have a positive number in Defensive bWAR and has a career number in that regard and plummeted his overall bWAR to 16.6, which is not exactly a number that would get him off of the first ballot for Hall of Fame voting.
Still, the fans of Adam Dunn paid to see him hit the long ball, which he was one of the best at. We thank him for the Homers and the memories and will have a soft spot for Oakland this September.
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