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AtomicDumpling · 07-26-2008, 11:49 PM

In the past few days Adam Dunn has hit 3 home runs and has passed 5 players on the all-time career home run list.

Adam Dunn has now hit 267 career home runs. He is tied with George Hendrick and Scott Rolen for 160th place in major league history. Dunn also passed George Bell, Vic Wertz and Garret Anderson this week.

Next up on the list are Joe Morgan, Brooks Robinson, Gorman Thomas and Miguel Tejada with 268 home runs.

Dunn’s homer #265 came against New York Mets pitcher Johan Santana, who became the 188th pitcher against whom Adam has homered.

Adam Bomb #266 came against the Mets’ Mike Pelfrey, who became the 189th victim.

#267 was a huge grand slam against Joe Thatcher (victim 190) of the Padres. The blast was the Reds first and only grand slam of the season.

Advice to pitchers: Don’t put the ball in this spot!

Here are some bios for the former great players that Dunn caught with the four dingers:

George Bell - Played Until Age: 34 Career HR: 265 Career AB: 5011 AB/HR: 23.1 Top Season: 47 HRs

Bell was a left fielder who played 12 seasons primarily with the Blue Jays, but he finished up his career with the Cubs and White Sox. He made the All Star team 3 times and won the 1987 AL MVP when he finished with a .308 BA, .352 OBP, .608 SLG, 111 Rs, 47 HRs and 134 RBIs. That is a heck of a season. In 1988 Bell became the first player in the Major Leagues to hit three home runs on an opening day (all of them coming off of Bret Saberhagen). After the 1991 season, Bell was traded from the Cubs to the White Sox for Sammy Sosa, which kicked off Sosa’s legendary career with the Cubs. Bell holds the distinction of having hit the last home run at Exhibition Stadium. George’s younger brother Juan played in the major leagues as well. Bell was involved in an incident in 1985 with Red Sox pitcher Bruce Kison, after being hit by a pitch Kison had thrown. Bell charged the mound, and upon approaching Kison, apparently attempted to karate-kick him with a flying leap, and was summarily ejected from the game. Replays of this incident are frequently included in compilations of impromptu sports fights or bizarre baseball plays.

Vic Wertz - Played Until Age: 38 Career HR: 266 Career AB: 6099 AB/HR: 22.9 Top Season: 32 HRs
Wertz played 17 seasons mostly with the Tigers, Browns, Orioles, Indians, Red Sox, Tigers again and Twins. He made the All Star team 4 times in the 1950s. He was an outfielder and first baseman He missed part of 1955 with polio – yes, polio. In one of the most famous plays in baseball history, Vic Wertz hit the long fly ball that Willie Mays caught over his shoulder in the 1954 World Series. Known as “The Catch”, it went over 450 feet to dead center of the Polo Grounds in New York, and a sportswriter said, "It would have been a home run in any other park, including Yellowstone." Wertz was a very popular player with a winning personality and was known for his extreme baldness.

Garret Anderson - Current Age: 36 Career HR: 266 Career AB: 7785 AB/HR: 29.3 Top Season: 35 HRs

Anderson has played his entire 15 year career with the Angels so far. He is a left fielder and DH. He is the Angels’ career leader in almost every hitting category except home runs ironically. Tim Salmon it 299 homers with the Angels. Anderson has made the All Star team three times and was the All Star Game MVP in 2003. He also won the Home Run Derby that year. He finished second in the 1995 Rookie of the Year voting to Marty Cordova of all people.

Scott Rolen - Current Age: 33 Career HR: 267 Career AB: 5781 AB/HR: 21.7 Top Season: 34 HRs

Rolen has played 13 seasons with the Phillies, Cardinals and Blue Jays as a third baseman. He has made the All Star team 5 times and has won 7 Gold Gloves. Only Brooks Robinson and Mike Schmidt have won more GG awards at 3B. Rolen is considered one of the best defensive third baseman in major league history. He was the 1997 NL Rookie of the Year after having the maximum 130 ABs in 1996. He was hit by a pitch in his last plate appearance of 1996. Since an HBP does not count as an at-bat he barely maintained his eligibility for the Rookie of the Year award in 1997. In January of this year Rolen was traded to the Blue Jays for Troy Glaus, another stellar third baseman.

George Hendrick - Played Until Age: 39 Career HR: 267 Career AB: 7129 AB/HR: 26.7 Top Season: 25 HRs

Hendrick played for 18 seasons with the Athletics, Indians, Padres, Cardinals, Pirates and Angels as an outfielder. He made the All Star team 4 times and won two World Series rings. He was traded five times in his career. Hendrick was a guy that worked his way up the home run list with longevity. He never hit more than 25 HRs in a season, but he consistently hit around 20 until old age caught up with him. Hendrick was known as Silent George for his refusal to speak to the media, but he was a well-liked and popular player. He is currently a coach with the Tampa Bay Rays.

Adam Dunn - Current Age: 28 Career HR: 267 Career AB: 3670 AB/HR: 13.75 Top Season: 46 HRs

Dunn is on a pace for 45 homers, 105 RBIs, 85 Runs, 117 BBs, .386 OBP, .547 SLG and .933 OPS for the season. Dunn leads the Reds in HRs, RBIs, BBs, OBP, SLG and OPS and is second behind Phillips in runs scored despite being only 5th in at-bats and 3rd in plate appearances.

Dunn has the 12th-best OPS in all of baseball. He is 18th in RBIs in the majors despite having markedly fewer RBI opportunities than most of the people in front of him.

Here are the top 10 in HRs in 2008 in the major leagues.
30 Howard
29 Dunn
26 Braun, Quentin
25 Sizemore, Burrell, Utley
24 H. Ramirez, Uggla
23 Hamilton, Ludwick, A. Gonzalez

Players that Adam Dunn has passed on the career home run list this season:
267 George Hendrick, Scott Rolen
266 Vic Wertz, Garret Anderson
265 George Bell
264 Bobby Thomson
262 Danny Tartabull
260 Javy Lopez, Tim Wallach
259 Magglio Ordonez
256 Vada Pinson, Bob Allison, Larry Parrish, Alfonso Soriano
255 Kirk Gibson, John Mayberry, John Olerud
253 Larry Doby (HOF), Joe Gordon, Andre Thornton, Todd Zeile
252 Joe Torre, Brett Boone, Bobby Murcer
251 Robin Yount (HOF), Cy Williams, Tony Armas
249 Jose Valentin
248 Goose Goslin (HOF), Ted Simmons, Derrek Lee
247 Vern Stephens, Matt Stairs
246 Ken Singleton
245 Mickey Tettleton, Deron Johnson
244 Hack Wilson (HOF), Lou Whitaker, Tony Clark
242 Dusty Baker, Roy Campanella (HOF), Wally Berger, Sal Bando
241 Jesse Barfield, Cecil Cooper, Rick Monday
240 Roberto Clemente (HOF), Jeff Burroughs
239 Ken Caminiti, Dolph Camilli
238 Ray Lankford, Earl Averill (HOF)

(HOF) = Hall of Fame

Adam Dunn has passed 52 players including 7 Hall of Famers this season.

07-26-2008, 11:49 PM	#64
AtomicDumpling KungFu Fighter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hamilton, OH Posts: 2,355	Re: Tracking Adam Dunn on the All-Time Career Home Run List In the past few days Adam Dunn has hit 3 home runs and has passed 5 players on the all-time career home run list. Adam Dunn has now hit 267 career home runs. He is tied with George Hendrick and Scott Rolen for 160th place in major league history. Dunn also passed George Bell, Vic Wertz and Garret Anderson this week. Next up on the list are Joe Morgan, Brooks Robinson, Gorman Thomas and Miguel Tejada with 268 home runs. Dunn’s homer #265 came against New York Mets pitcher Johan Santana, who became the 188th pitcher against whom Adam has homered. Adam Bomb #266 came against the Mets’ Mike Pelfrey, who became the 189th victim. #267 was a huge grand slam against Joe Thatcher (victim 190) of the Padres. The blast was the Reds first and only grand slam of the season. Advice to pitchers: Don’t put the ball in this spot! Here are some bios for the former great players that Dunn caught with the four dingers: George Bell - Played Until Age: 34 Career HR: 265 Career AB: 5011 AB/HR: 23.1 Top Season: 47 HRs Bell was a left fielder who played 12 seasons primarily with the Blue Jays, but he finished up his career with the Cubs and White Sox. He made the All Star team 3 times and won the 1987 AL MVP when he finished with a .308 BA, .352 OBP, .608 SLG, 111 Rs, 47 HRs and 134 RBIs. That is a heck of a season. In 1988 Bell became the first player in the Major Leagues to hit three home runs on an opening day (all of them coming off of Bret Saberhagen). After the 1991 season, Bell was traded from the Cubs to the White Sox for Sammy Sosa, which kicked off Sosa’s legendary career with the Cubs. Bell holds the distinction of having hit the last home run at Exhibition Stadium. George’s younger brother Juan played in the major leagues as well. Bell was involved in an incident in 1985 with Red Sox pitcher Bruce Kison, after being hit by a pitch Kison had thrown. Bell charged the mound, and upon approaching Kison, apparently attempted to karate-kick him with a flying leap, and was summarily ejected from the game. Replays of this incident are frequently included in compilations of impromptu sports fights or bizarre baseball plays. Vic Wertz - Played Until Age: 38 Career HR: 266 Career AB: 6099 AB/HR: 22.9 Top Season: 32 HRs Wertz played 17 seasons mostly with the Tigers, Browns, Orioles, Indians, Red Sox, Tigers again and Twins. He made the All Star team 4 times in the 1950s. He was an outfielder and first baseman He missed part of 1955 with polio – yes, polio. In one of the most famous plays in baseball history, Vic Wertz hit the long fly ball that Willie Mays caught over his shoulder in the 1954 World Series. Known as “The Catch”, it went over 450 feet to dead center of the Polo Grounds in New York, and a sportswriter said, "It would have been a home run in any other park, including Yellowstone." Wertz was a very popular player with a winning personality and was known for his extreme baldness. Garret Anderson - Current Age: 36 Career HR: 266 Career AB: 7785 AB/HR: 29.3 Top Season: 35 HRs Anderson has played his entire 15 year career with the Angels so far. He is a left fielder and DH. He is the Angels’ career leader in almost every hitting category except home runs ironically. Tim Salmon it 299 homers with the Angels. Anderson has made the All Star team three times and was the All Star Game MVP in 2003. He also won the Home Run Derby that year. He finished second in the 1995 Rookie of the Year voting to Marty Cordova of all people. Scott Rolen - Current Age: 33 Career HR: 267 Career AB: 5781 AB/HR: 21.7 Top Season: 34 HRs Rolen has played 13 seasons with the Phillies, Cardinals and Blue Jays as a third baseman. He has made the All Star team 5 times and has won 7 Gold Gloves. Only Brooks Robinson and Mike Schmidt have won more GG awards at 3B. Rolen is considered one of the best defensive third baseman in major league history. He was the 1997 NL Rookie of the Year after having the maximum 130 ABs in 1996. He was hit by a pitch in his last plate appearance of 1996. Since an HBP does not count as an at-bat he barely maintained his eligibility for the Rookie of the Year award in 1997. In January of this year Rolen was traded to the Blue Jays for Troy Glaus, another stellar third baseman. George Hendrick - Played Until Age: 39 Career HR: 267 Career AB: 7129 AB/HR: 26.7 Top Season: 25 HRs Hendrick played for 18 seasons with the Athletics, Indians, Padres, Cardinals, Pirates and Angels as an outfielder. He made the All Star team 4 times and won two World Series rings. He was traded five times in his career. Hendrick was a guy that worked his way up the home run list with longevity. He never hit more than 25 HRs in a season, but he consistently hit around 20 until old age caught up with him. Hendrick was known as Silent George for his refusal to speak to the media, but he was a well-liked and popular player. He is currently a coach with the Tampa Bay Rays. Adam Dunn - Current Age: 28 Career HR: 267 Career AB: 3670 AB/HR: 13.75 Top Season: 46 HRs Dunn is on a pace for 45 homers, 105 RBIs, 85 Runs, 117 BBs, .386 OBP, .547 SLG and .933 OPS for the season. Dunn leads the Reds in HRs, RBIs, BBs, OBP, SLG and OPS and is second behind Phillips in runs scored despite being only 5th in at-bats and 3rd in plate appearances. Dunn has the 12th-best OPS in all of baseball. He is 18th in RBIs in the majors despite having markedly fewer RBI opportunities than most of the people in front of him. Here are the top 10 in HRs in 2008 in the major leagues. 30 Howard 29 Dunn 26 Braun, Quentin 25 Sizemore, Burrell, Utley 24 H. Ramirez, Uggla 23 Hamilton, Ludwick, A. Gonzalez Players that Adam Dunn has passed on the career home run list this season: 267 George Hendrick, Scott Rolen 266 Vic Wertz, Garret Anderson 265 George Bell 264 Bobby Thomson 262 Danny Tartabull 260 Javy Lopez, Tim Wallach 259 Magglio Ordonez 256 Vada Pinson, Bob Allison, Larry Parrish, Alfonso Soriano 255 Kirk Gibson, John Mayberry, John Olerud 253 Larry Doby (HOF), Joe Gordon, Andre Thornton, Todd Zeile 252 Joe Torre, Brett Boone, Bobby Murcer 251 Robin Yount (HOF), Cy Williams, Tony Armas 249 Jose Valentin 248 Goose Goslin (HOF), Ted Simmons, Derrek Lee 247 Vern Stephens, Matt Stairs 246 Ken Singleton 245 Mickey Tettleton, Deron Johnson 244 Hack Wilson (HOF), Lou Whitaker, Tony Clark 242 Dusty Baker, Roy Campanella (HOF), Wally Berger, Sal Bando 241 Jesse Barfield, Cecil Cooper, Rick Monday 240 Roberto Clemente (HOF), Jeff Burroughs 239 Ken Caminiti, Dolph Camilli 238 Ray Lankford, Earl Averill (HOF) (HOF) = Hall of Fame Adam Dunn has passed 52 players including 7 Hall of Famers this season.