Jack Dunn Notable

b. October 6, 1872 · Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1897–1898, Brooklyn Superbas 1899–1900, Philadelphia Phillies 1900–1901, Baltimore Orioles 1901, New York Giants 1902–1904

Jack Dunn played for five clubs across eight seasons as a shortstop, opening with the Brooklyn Bridegrooms in 1897 and closing with the New York Giants in 1904.

Across 490 games he batted .245, with 397 hits and 197 runs. He finished with 1 home run, 54 doubles and 55 stolen bases. He went 64 and 59 with a 4.11 earned run average, pitching 1,076 innings in 142 games. He struck out 171, completed 103 of his 118 starts and threw 3 shutouts.

He played 143 games at third base, with 266 assists and 55 errors. He turned 18 double plays. He also played 142 games as pitcher.

He was born in Meadville, PA, USA on October 6, 1872, and died on October 22, 1928. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1897	BRO	36	131	20	29	4	0	0	17	4	10	2	.221
1898	BRO	51	167	21	41	0	1	0	19	7	10	3	.246
1899	BRO	43	122	21	30	2	1	0	16	3	3	3	.246
1900	BRO/PHI	20	59	5	16	1	0	0	6	1	3	1	.271
1901	BLA/PHI	98	363	42	91	9	4	0	36	22	27	10	.251
1902	NYG	100	342	26	72	11	1	0	14	20	34	13	.211
1903	NYG	78	257	35	62	15	1	0	37	15	20	12	.241
1904	NYG	64	181	27	56	12	2	1	19	11	15	11	.309
Career	—	490	1622	197	397	54	10	1	164	83	122	55	.245

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1897	BRO	14	9	25	21	0	216.2	251	110	66	26	4.57
1898	BRO	16	21	41	37	0	322.2	352	129	82	66	3.60
1899	BRO	23	13	41	34	2	299.1	323	123	86	48	3.70
1900	BRO/PHI	8	9	20	16	0	143.0	175	82	57	18	5.16
1901	BLA/PHI	3	4	11	8	0	64.1	85	35	28	6	4.90
1902	NYG	0	3	3	2	0	26.2	28	11	12	6	3.71
1904	NYG	0	0	1	0	1	4.0	3	2	3	1	4.50
Career	—	64	59	142	118	3	1076.2	1217	492	334	171	4.11

On this day & linked events

1872

Born October 6, 1872

Meadville, PA, USA

1928

Died October 22, 1928

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