Michael Dunn (baseball)

Michael Dunn
Miami Marlins — No. 40
Pitcher
Born: May 23, 1985 (1985-05-23) (age 26) Farmington, New Mexico
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
MLB debut
September 4, 2009 for the New York Yankees
Career statistics (through 2011)
Win–loss record	7-6
Earned run average	3.24
Strikeouts	100
Teams
New York Yankees (2009) Atlanta Braves (2010) Florida/Miami Marlins (2011–present)

Michael G. Dunn (born May 23, 1985) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins.

Baseball career

Dunn played collegiate baseball for the Community College of Southern Nevada from 2003 to 2005. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in 14th round (419th overall) of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.

New York Yankees

He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 33rd round (999th overall) of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft and signed.

Dunn was initially an outfielder, but the Yankees converted him into a pitcher.^[1] He made his minor league debut in 2006, pitching for both the GCL Yankees and the Staten Island Yankees. Dunn spent the entire 2007 season with the Charleston RiverDogs, going 12-5 with a 3.42 ERA.

Dunn spent the majority of the 2008 season in single A, playing for the Tampa Yankees, going 4-7 in 30 games. He also played in 1 game in 2008 with the Trenton Thunder Double-A team.

Dunn was added to the Yankees' 40-man roster following the 2008 season to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.^[2] He pitched in 2009 for the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, until, on September 1, he was called up to the major leagues for the first time.^[3] He made his major league debut on September 4, 2009 against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Atlanta Braves

On December 22, 2009 the New York Yankees traded Dunn, OF Melky Cabrera and pitching prospect Arodys Vizcaino to re-acquire Javier Vázquez from the Braves with LHP Boone Logan.^[4]

Florida/Miami Marlins

On November 16, 2010, Dunn was traded to the Florida Marlins with Omar Infante for Dan Uggla.^[5]

References

1. ^ By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com (2010-03-19). "Dunn takes long road to join Yankees | yankees.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090901&content_id=6735124&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy&partnerId=rss_nyy. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 
2. ^ "Yankees add pitchers Anthony Claggett, Michael Dunn, Christian Garcia and Steven Jackson to roster | yankees.com: Official Info" (Press release). Newyork.yankees.mlb.com. http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20081120&content_id=3686874&vkey=pr_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 
3. ^ "Game 132: Yankees at Orioles (updates with Girardi pre-game audio) | The Lohud Yankees Blog". Yankees.lhblogs.com. 2009-09-01. http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2009/09/01/game-132-yankees-at-orioles/. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 
4. ^ "Yankees acquire pitcher Javier Vazquez from Braves for Melky Cabera, Prospects". ESPN.com. 2009-12-22. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4764085. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 
5. ^ http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Florida-Marlins-Atlanta-Braves-Dan-Uggla-trade-talks-111610

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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Name	Dunn, Mike
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Date of birth	May 23, 1985
Place of birth	Farmington, New Mexico
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