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Earl Averill League
8-19-2077
Ed Gunning Second Base
Retired (1982, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .299 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .867 Status Deceased (2019) Option Years 0  
H 2736 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 08-06-1944
HR 368 Drafted Round 2, Pick 22
(1962)
Majors Svc Time 16 years
(31 games)
RBI 1445
SB 456
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D+ Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 5
1B (1.8%) LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 9
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 9
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 10
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1962 Minors 18 17.00 1 / 1 3 / 4 0 / 1 2 / 4 2 / 4 2 / 2 2 / 2 12 / 18
1963 Minors 19 62.00 5 / 7 5 / 5 4 / 8 6 / 9 2 / 8 14 / 14 11 / 11 47 / 62
1964 Minors 20 61.00 10 / 10 2 / 4 6 / 10 4 / 11 5 / 8 5 / 5 13 / 13 45 / 61
1965 Minors 21 72.00 8 / 12 6 / 10 5 / 11 8 / 12 3 / 6 13 / 13 7 / 8 50 / 72
1966 Minors 22 55.00 3 / 9 1 / 5 3 / 8 3 / 7 3 / 9 8 / 8 6 / 9 27 / 55
1967 Majors 23 68.04 2 / 5 3 / 6 2 / 9 2 / 8 3 / 17 9 / 11 7 / 12 28 / 68
1968 Majors 24 67.54 3 / 12 3 / 8 1 / 7 2 / 9 1 / 10 5 / 12 6 / 9 21 / 67
1969 Majors 25 67.65 3 / 11 2 / 9 1 / 8 2 / 6 6 / 15 4 / 7 2 / 11 20 / 67
1970 Majors 26 62.74 3 / 8 2 / 7 1 / 9 2 / 13 2 / 12 6 / 10 1 / 3 17 / 62
1971 Majors 27 67.20 1 / 8 2 / 5 1 / 9 0 / 9 1 / 12 0 / 7 8 / 17 13 / 67
1972 Majors 28 74.84 3 / 13 1 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 12 0 / 12 3 / 14 7 / 74
1973 Majors 29 70.59 1 / 8 1 / 9 0 / 12 0 / 4 1 / 9 0 / 7 1 / 21 4 / 70
1974 Majors 30 46.10 0 / 5 0 / 3 2 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 6 2 / 46
1975 Majors 31 65.49 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 65
1976 Majors 32 66.39 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 8 1 / 10 1 / 14 2 / 66
1977 Majors 33 64.99 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 15 0 / 10 0 / 64
1978 Majors 34 68.70 0 / 14 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 68
1979 Majors 35 65.89 0 / 10 0 / 14 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 13 0 / 65
1980 Majors 36 53.96 142 131 20 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 53
1981 Majors 37 64.80 162 148 0 0 / 7 1 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 15 0 / 11 1 / 64
1982 Majors 38 61.46 162 128 0 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 11 0 / 3 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 11 0 / 61
Total 466 407 20 43 / 184 32 / 155 26 / 174 31 / 169 29 / 199 67 / 194 68 / 220 296 / 1295
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1982-11-01Ed Gunning has retired from the Kansas City Athletics
1981-10-01Ed Gunning of the Kansas City Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1980-06-10Ed Gunning of the Kansas City Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1976-10-18Ed Gunning of the Kansas City Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1974-07-29Ed Gunning of the Kansas City Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 60 days.
1967-03-01The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Moon Griffith to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Johnny Vaughan to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Ed Gunning to the major league team.
1962-04-05The Kansas City Screamin` Eagles have acquired Ed Gunning from the waiver wire.
1962-04-01The Chicago Black Sox have acquired Petie Burg from the waiver wire. The Chicago Black Sox have waived Ed Gunning.