Shawon Dunston stats
Bio
- Age
- 63 yearsMar 21, 1963
- Height
- 6' 1"
Shawon Dunston played 18 MLB seasons, 1985 to 2002.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,814
- AB
- 5,927
- R
- 736
- H
- 1,597
- HR
- 150
- RBI
- 668
- SB
- 212
- AVG
- .269
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | CHC | 74 | 250 | 40 | 65 | 4 | 18 | 11 | .260 |
| 1986 | CHC | 150 | 581 | 66 | 145 | 17 | 68 | 13 | .250 |
| 1987 | CHC | 95 | 346 | 40 | 85 | 5 | 22 | 12 | .246 |
| 1988 | CHC | 155 | 575 | 69 | 143 | 9 | 56 | 30 | .249 |
| 1989 | CHC | 138 | 471 | 52 | 131 | 9 | 60 | 19 | .278 |
| 1990 | CHC | 146 | 545 | 73 | 143 | 17 | 66 | 25 | .262 |
| 1991 | CHC | 142 | 492 | 59 | 128 | 12 | 50 | 21 | .260 |
| 1992 | CHC | 18 | 73 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .315 |
| 1993 | CHC | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .400 |
| 1994 | CHC | 88 | 331 | 38 | 92 | 11 | 35 | 3 | .278 |
| 1995 | CHC | 127 | 477 | 58 | 141 | 14 | 69 | 10 | .296 |
| 1996 | SF | 82 | 287 | 27 | 86 | 5 | 25 | 8 | .300 |
| 1997 |  CHC/PIT | 132 | 490 | 71 | 147 | 14 | 57 | 32 | .300 |
| 1998 |  SF/CLE | 98 | 207 | 36 | 46 | 6 | 20 | 9 | .222 |
| 1999 |  NYM/STL | 104 | 243 | 35 | 78 | 5 | 41 | 10 | .321 |
| 2000 | STL | 98 | 216 | 28 | 54 | 12 | 43 | 3 | .250 |
| 2001 | SF | 88 | 186 | 26 | 52 | 9 | 25 | 3 | .280 |
| 2002 | SF | 72 | 147 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .231 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 27
- AB
- 51
- R
- 6
- H
- 14
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 3
- SB
- 2
- AVG
- .275
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 6,276
- TB
- 2,463
- XBH
- 504
- HBP
- 41
- IBB
- 44
- GIDP
- 98
- P/PA
- 0.09
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | CHC | 272 | 97 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHC | 611 | 239 | 57 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHC | 359 | 124 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHC | 599 | 205 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | CHC | 512 | 190 | 35 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | CHC | 573 | 232 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | CHC | 534 | 200 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | CHC | 76 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | CHC | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | CHC | 356 | 144 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | CHC | 503 | 225 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | SF | 307 | 117 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | CHC/PIT | 511 | 221 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | SF/CLE | 221 | 83 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | NYM/STL | 255 | 110 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | STL | 231 | 105 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | SF | 193 | 95 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | SF | 153 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 9.1
- RC
- 721.8
- RC/27
- 4.20
- ISOP
- .146
- SECA
- .202
- BB/K
- 0.20
- AB/HR
- 39.5
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | CHC | 1.3 | 31.4 | 4.4 | .128 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 62.5 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHC | 0.6 | 64.5 | 3.8 | .162 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 34.2 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHC | -0.4 | 32.3 | 3.2 | .113 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 69.2 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHC | 0.8 | 56 | 3.3 | .108 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 63.9 | 0 |
| 1989 | CHC | 2.2 | 60.2 | 4.4 | .125 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 52.3 | 0 |
| 1990 | CHC | 1.3 | 67.1 | 4.3 | .163 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 32.1 | 0 |
| 1991 | CHC | 1.6 | 60.3 | 4.1 | .146 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 41 | 0 |
| 1992 | CHC | 0.4 | 9 | 4.6 | .068 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | CHC | 0.0 | 2.2 | 9.9 | .200 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | CHC | -0.4 | 42.5 | 4.4 | .157 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 30.1 | 0 |
| 1995 | CHC | 0.5 | 68.9 | 5.2 | .176 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 34.1 | 0 |
| 1996 | SF | 1.2 | 38.3 | 4.8 | .108 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 57.4 | 0 |
| 1997 | CHC/PIT | 1.0 | 69.5 | 5.1 | .151 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 35 | 0 |
| 1998 | SF/CLE | -1.0 | 21.2 | 3.3 | .179 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 34.5 | 0 |
| 1999 | NYM/STL | 0.0 | 34.6 | 5.1 | .132 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 48.6 | 0 |
| 2000 | STL | 0.2 | 26.2 | 3.9 | .236 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | SF | 1.4 | 27.7 | 5.3 | .231 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 20.7 | 0 |
| 2002 | SF | -1.6 | 10.2 | 2.4 | .054 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 147 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO
Bio
- Age
- 63 yearsMar 21, 1963
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1985
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, NY
Latest performance
Shawon Dunston
Oct 26 · @ LAA · L 6-5
- AB
- 3
- R
- 1
- H
- 1
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 2
- BB
- 0
- SO
- 0
- AVG
- .233
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | AB | R | H | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 26 | at LAAL 6-5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Thu, Oct 24 | vsLAAW 16-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Oct 22 | vsLAAL 10-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Oct 20 | atLAAL 11-10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mon, Oct 14 | vsSTLW 2-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Oct 12 | vsSTLL 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Shawon Dunston's career stats?
Shawon Dunston played 18 seasons for the Cubs, the Giants and the Cardinals. He was a career .269 hitter with 1,597 hits, 150 home runs and 668 RBI. His best season was 1993: a .400 batting average, 0 home runs and 2 RBI.
More on Shawon Dunston
Playoff series
Shawon Dunston played 7 games across 1 MLB postseason in 3 series — 0 won, 3 lost.
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 |  ATL | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | STL | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | LAA | Lost 1-3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Shawon Dunston’s playoff series, round by round
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Shawon Dunston against each club
- vs Colorado Rockies (21)
- vs San Diego Padres (19)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (18)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (17)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (11)
- vs Athletics (8)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (8)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (7)
- vs Chicago Cubs (6)
- vs Houston Astros (6)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (5)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (5)
- vs New York Mets (4)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (4)
- vs Washington Nationals (4)
- vs Atlanta Braves (3)
- vs New York Yankees (2)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (2)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (2)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (1)
- vs Miami Marlins (1)
- vs Seattle Mariners (1)
- vs Texas Rangers (1)
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