BIOGRAPHY
Dane Dunning was born September 20, 1995, in San Diego, California. He is a pitcher for the Texas Rangers in the MLB.
Abbott attended Junipero Serra High School in San Diego, California. As a senior, he went 7-2 with a 1.52 ERA. Undrafted out of high school in the 2014 MLB draft, he enrolled and played college baseball at Loyola Marymount University. In 2016, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League. As a junior in 2017, he went 11-2 with a 1.74 ERA in 15 starts and threw a perfect game. After the season, he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the second round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.
Abbott signed with the Cubs and made his professional season with the Eugene Emeralds, compiling a 3.86 ERA over 14 innings. He pitched 2018 with the South Bend Cubs and Myrtle Beach Pelicans, going 8-6 with a 2.50 ERA in 22 starts between the two clubs, and spent 2019 with the Tennessee Smokies, pitching to an 8-8 record with a 3.01 ERA over 26 starts, striking out 166 over 146 2⁄3 innings.
The Cubs added Abbott to their 40-man roster after the 2020 season.
On June 1, 2021, Dunning recorded his first major league hit, a single off of Colorado Rockies starter Germán Márquez. Dunning finished the 2021 season after posting a 5–10 record with a 4.51 ERA and 114 strikeouts over 117+2⁄3 innings.
Dunning went 4–8 with a 4.46 ERA and 137 strikeouts over 153+1⁄3 innings for Texas in 2022.
Dunning and the Texas Rangers would win the 2023 World Series after defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks in 5 games.
