The Adam Dunn Game Used Thread

[Juan Gris]

Here is the Nike Diamond Pro Dri-FIT fielding glove used by Adam Dunn during his 2001 rookie season. Dunn signed and inscribed this with "1st Glove" and an accompanying signed LOA details this as being his "1st major league game used glove". There aren't a ton of pictures available from his 2001 rookie year but I was able to find style/photo matches for this glove from:

-2001 Louisville RiverBats minor league game.
-2001 All-star Futures Game (played July 1, 2001 at Safeco Field in Seattle).
-Reds vs. Cubs at Cinergy Field on September 18, 2001 (the first Reds game played after 9/11/01).

This glove shows excellent use which you can see in person should you visit the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Museum this year.

[skyking26]

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From the Cincinnati Reds:

Congratulations to Adam Dunn on being named the next inductee into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame!

Dunn (2001-08) was the top vote-getter selected by fans, Reds alumni and select members of the media through the Modern Player Ballot.

Well deserved

[truvalue123]

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A nice autograph to boot!

[Juan Gris]

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From the Cincinnati Reds:

Congratulations to Adam Dunn on being named the next inductee into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame!

Dunn (2001-08) was the top vote-getter selected by fans, Reds alumni and select members of the media through the Modern Player Ballot.

[Juan Gris]

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Some more lineup cards to share:

On top:
-July 23, 2001, Reds at Braves, Reds won 5-4.
-Adam Dunn's 4th career game, going 2 for 4 off starting pitcher Tom Glavine, including a leadoff single to start a 5-run 8th inning for the Reds.
-Blue carbon copy filled out/signed by Reds Manager Bob Boone, given to Braves. White Braves batting order, presumably filled out by Bobby Cox.

On bottom:
-September 24, 2012, Indians at White Sox, Chicago won 5-4.
-Dunn had 4 RBI off 2 home runs (#40 and #41 on season).
-From an interview after the game: "The last homer, that probably was the most important so far in my career," Dunn said. "That was a win we needed."

[Juan Gris]

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In chronological order from the top left, my Adam Dunn game used baseballs.

[Juan Gris]

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id be interested in any Dunn AS or postseason bats; jerseys, WBC etc if u ever sell anything

I'm not sure if you were asking me or everyone for those items but this is not an Items Wanted thread. Dunn never even had a postseason at-bat...

[skyking26]

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id be interested in any Dunn AS or postseason bats; jerseys, WBC etc if u ever sell anything

[Juan Gris]

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Here is a 2003 to 2004 Louisville Slugger I13L model bat with a good deal of use, pine tar and a nicely repaired handle crack. Dunn only ordered this color of model in 2003 and 2004 which makes sense as the bat finish exhibits some of the cracking known to occur with the UV polyurethane finish LVS experimented with from 2000-2004. You can read more about that whole mess here: http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_f...eferrerid=9289

[Juan Gris]

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Next are some game used lineup cards.

On the left:
-April 10, 2000, Dayton Dragons (Cincinnati Reds Affiliate) vs. Michigan Mud Cats (Houston Astros Affiliate).
-Signed by 20 total players (5 from Dragons, 15 from Mud Cats) including early autographs from both Adam Dunn and Austin Kearns.

On the right:
-June 22, 2005, Reds vs. Cardinals, Great American Ball Park.
-Reds won 7-6.
-Adam Dunn hit 2 home runs off LH Mark Mulder (Career #137, #138).
-Tony La Russa passed Sparky Anderson in Games Managed (card is signed by La Russa).

[Juan Gris]

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Here's a beautiful Louisville Slugger B345 model bat with a long tape job on the handle and a number of photo matches. There's a circle-style MLB Authentication sticker indicating the bat was broken on May 26, 2006 in Cincinnati against the Diamondbacks (Dunn had 3 hits that day). Years ago I posted about this bat asking for help locating more photo matches, in particular to those of him hitting a home run (http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_f...ad.php?t=61291). Dunn hit 6 home runs during the time frame I can verify he was actively using this bat and I hope to someday establish more matches.

[Juan Gris]

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On August 5, 2014, the White Sox were down 15-0 to the Rangers at U.S. Cellular Field when Adam Dunn made his Major League pitching debut. Pitching the top of the 9th Inning, Dunn gave up 1 walk, 2 hits and 1 run (9.00 ERA). This is the lineup card from that game and you'll note the change moving Dunn from "DH" to "1". A big thank you to helf35 for hunting this down for me at Soxfest!

[Juan Gris]

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i was just reading another forum the other day and some of the members were bashing a member for being too lazy to do a google search to answer his own question rather than posting on the board and expecting others to do his work.

Then I opened this thread and read your post. I am absolutely blown away by the amount of work some collectors do to add provenance to their collections.

Seriously, great job.

Thank you for the kind words! It took longer to put together than I'd like to admit but once I had the general idea I decided to see it through (albeit broken up over several months of free time).

I know just what you mean about people inquiring about their own game used items. Sometimes it's laziness and other times they just don't know how to access and use available sources. This forum and its members have been a wealth of info to me over the years and I try to help when I can. If anyone needs help with something feel free to email me at the address in my signature.

[aallanson]

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i was just reading another forum the other day and some of the members were bashing a member for being too lazy to do a google search to answer his own question rather than posting on the board and expecting others to do his work.

Then I opened this thread and read your post. I am absolutely blown away by the amount of work some collectors do to add provenance to their collections.

Seriously, great job.

[Juan Gris]

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Back on 3/6/15, I posted photos of my 2013 Adam Dunn MM38-A Marucci bat (see post #41 in this thread). At that time, I'd only located a photo match to Dunn’s 425th career home run hit in Minnesota on June 20, 2013. Now that I’ve had time to look for MLB TV photo matches, I’m able to present the complete lifespan of this bat. The knob is stamped 6/10/13 and I was able to confirm the bat broke while hitting a single on 6/28/13.

Through 28 plate appearances over 8 games, Dunn put up a .429 Batting Average with this bat, including:
-9 Hits (5 Singles, 1 Double, 3 Home Runs)
-7 Walks
-5 Strikeouts
-9 RBI

What follows is a photo match from each of the 28 plate appearances featuring this bat. Each picture specifies the date and result in a white font. The pictures go in order from left to right, starting at the top.