- AP Photo/Paul Beaty
- Against the Tigers on Saturday, Adam Dunn gave Jose Abreu’s back a high-ten as he made sure he didn’t miss the plate after hitting his final homer as a White Sox.
If you just got back to town after the Labor Day weekend, you may have noticed something missing: Adam Dunn.
Dunn is a one-tool player. He had a few escapades in the field here, but mostly DH’d. In his four seasons he swiped four bases in eight tries. Infields shifted radically when he came to the plate, but he wasn’t the kind of batter who could be tricked into trying to hit it where they weren’t; he just kept yanking it to the right side. His average for the Sox, .201, bested Bob Uecker’s career average by a point. He drew a lot of walks and was very amiable.
In his first game with the Sox, Dunn homered, doubled, and knocked in four, as the south-siders won, 15-10, in Cleveland. But that was April Fools’ Day. He hit only one more homer the rest of April, and by the end of the month he was batting .160, with 31 whiffs in 75 at bats. Dunn told reporters he wasn’t concerned. “I’m taking the good ones and swinging at the bad ones,” he said. “But again that’s something I have gone through many, many, many, many, many, many, many times in my career.”
As he did here, he’s started with a bang in Oakland, homering in his first at bat Monday in a win over the Mariners, and driving in a run with a pinch single in a loss yesterday. The White Sox, meantime, are 2-0 in the post-Dunn era, with victories Sunday and last night.
