Adam Dunn hasn’t been in the baseball spotlight for years, but his fans showed up when it mattered.
The former Cincinnati Reds slugger just got elected to the MLB Hall of Pretty Good, a popular social media platform that celebrates players who had solid careers without quite reaching Cooperstown territory.
He crushed the voting with 97% support.
BREAKING NEWS
Adam Dunn has received 97% of 44,933 votes to become the 31st member elected to the Hall of Pretty Good. His 97% ties him with Tim Wakefield for the third-highest voting percentage in Hall of Pretty Good history. pic.twitter.com/HM7dVQNFzg
— MLB Hall of Pretty Good (@hallofgoodpod) November 13, 2025
The Hall of Pretty Good has one main rule: players need to have been worth less than 35 career Wins Above Replacement. It’s basically for guys who were really good but not Hall of Fame good.
Dunn fits perfectly.
The 6-foot-6, 285-pound masher finished his career with 462 home runs. He hit 270 of those bombs for the Reds, where he made his biggest impact.
What made Dunn special wasn’t his .237 batting average – it was everything else. His .364 on-base percentage and power stroke combined for a solid .854 career OPS. The guy knew how to get on base and hit it out when he connected.
From 2004 through 2008, Dunn went on an incredible home run tear. He hit at least 40 homers in five straight seasons, and here’s the weird part – he hit exactly 40 in four of those years. Not 39, not 41. Exactly 40 in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
That’s the kind of consistency that makes you scratch your head.
After his time in Cincinnati, Dunn bounced around to the Nationals, White Sox, Diamondbacks, and Athletics. He had a couple more strong years in Washington, hitting 38 home runs in back-to-back seasons while driving in over 100 runs both times.
The way I see it, Dunn represents a certain type of player from that era. He wasn’t going to win any Gold Gloves or batting titles, but when you needed someone to work a count and potentially take you deep, he was your guy.
His career wrapped up in 2014 with a split season between Chicago and Oakland. Now 46 years old, Dunn can add this fun honor to a career that was exactly what the Hall of Pretty Good celebrates – really, really good baseball.
That 97% voting percentage says it all. Sometimes the fans know exactly who deserves recognition, even if it’s not the traditional kind.
