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Players · D · Pitcher · 2025

Dane Dunning

Age
31
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 4"
Weight
225 lb
Number
#27
Born
December 20, 1994 in Orange Park, FL, United States
MLB debut
August 19, 2020
Drafted
2016, round 1
College
Florida
High school
Clay
Salary, 2025
$2.66M
dbWAR
5.2
7 season(s)
IP
20.2
ERA
6.97
FIP
5.07
K/9
9.1
FIP−
122
100 = avg

Dane Dunning was a relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. In 2025 he struck out 21 batters over 20.2 innings across 12 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 6.97 was 67.6% higher than the league average of 4.16 — the second worst on his team, and 514th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.07 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 25.1% of swings (11.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.1%. His -0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2025.

FIP5.07
K/99.1
WHIP1.50
WAR-.1

WAR by season

2.20.9-0.4202122232425

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2025ATL/TEX12020.200224162176.975.071.509.13.0168122-0.1
2024TEX261595.0570975691405.315.171.448.63.8130127-0.4
2023TEX3526172.2127016371140553.704.271.267.32.985992.2
2022TEX2929153.148015876137624.464.451.438.03.61121121.0
2021TEX2725117.2510012659114434.513.941.448.73.3106921.8
2020CWS7734.0200251535133.973.991.129.33.489890.6

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2021TEX24100001.333.333.333.000.5000.0%25.0%.292-0.1830.1—

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB464190511.220.304.293.26623.9%
vs RHB4943154210.349.408.674.45220.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Dane Dunning throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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CutterSinkerChangeupSliderKnuckle curve

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Cutter39.5%14788.72,24447.6%25.0%30.233.673
Sinker29.8%11190.22,12039.6%17.8%29.276.846
Changeup18.0%6785.51,88247.8%32.4%15.267.686
Slider9.1%3480.42,39347.1%33.3%9——
Knuckle Curve3.0%1175.72,25545.5%0.0%0——
Dane Dunning's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.