Loading ...Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips reached a couple of milestones yesterday, but our friend and correspondent Michael Howes over at the Reds Listserv reminds us that Adam Dunn has joined some pretty good company as well:
A couple of Dunn’s teammates finally knocked him in today, pushing Dunn to 91 runs scored on the season.
Dunn became only the third Reds player in history to have four seasons with 90 runs and 90 RBI.
Frank Robinson had five 90 R/RBI seasons as a Red: 1959, 1961-62, and 1964-65. In those 5 years Robinson scored 569 runs and had 594 RBI. Ted Kluszewski had four 90 R/RBI seasons as a Red from 1953-56. In those 4 years (in a row!), Klu scored 408 runs and had 464 RBI.
Dunn has now done it four years in a row (and this season isn’t over). In these last 4 years, he’s scored 402 runs and had 390 RBI.
Other Reds to accomplish this feat:
–Tony Perez and Vada Pinson did it 3 seasons each.
–Sean Casey, George Foster, Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench, Gus Bell, and Frank McCormick did it 2 seasons each.
– Ken Griffey, Jr., Greg Vaughn, Reggie Sanders, Eric Davis, Bobby Tolan, Deron Johnson, Wally Post, Ival Goodman, Pat Duncan, Cy Seymour and Sam Crawford did it one year each.
Interesting numbers, Mike.
Chad, don’t try and confuse me with numbers, we all know that Dunn plays drunk all the time (read that somewhere).
Cincinnati isn’t going to realize what it lost until he’s gone and putting up similar numbers for better teams
So are we getting a pack of gum or a case of beer for him in the offseason? We couldn’t even give this schlob away to the rich, DH-friendly confines of the AL this year.
Maybe the Reds can trade him for Milt Pappas.
If the Reds want to get rid of Dunn, just renew his contract at 13 mil and plenty of other teams will pursue him in the off-season.
I’ve had my doubts about Dunn in the past, but this year he’s won me over. He has improved his game in the field and you cannot ignore the offensive numbers he continues to put up. And he’s durable–something we have not been able to assume for the team’s other outfielders the past five years. If the Reds don’t pick up his option, the organization’s a joke and not interested in winning in the foreseeable future. But then again, you better check by blood alcohol content….
cryptic, the durability attribute is a very good one. The guy would play all 162 games if penciled in.
Something that Griffey isn’t capable of and Hamilton may very well not be either.
Dunn could very well be today’s Lou Gehrig – Cal Ripken so let’s stop resting him.
Still the second worst outfielder in the NL, next to Bonds.
Still amazingly un-clutch, though his .236 with RISP is higher than his career average of .219.
Still an awful baserunner.
Please don’t ever mention him in the same sentence with Gehrig again.
Still, he has improved this year, and if he’s better next year, he might get close to being worth what we’re paying him.
The Donk hasn’t won me over, but he doesn’t disgust me quite as much as he used to.