Adam Dunn

That day, Dunn struck out three times against Chicago Cubs right-hander Mark Prior, raising his season total to 191 and surpassing Bobby Bonds' single season strikeout record of 189, set in 1970.

He finished the season with 195 strikeouts and had a strikeout percentage of 34.3%, both of which led all of MLB.

Adam Troy Dunn (born November 9, 1979), nicknamed "Big Donkey", is an American former professional baseball left fielder and first baseman.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Arizona Diamondbacks, Washington Nationals, Chicago White Sox, and Oakland Athletics.

He is a two-time MLB All-Star.

Dunn batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

After his graduation from high school, the Cincinnati Reds drafted Dunn in the second round (50th overall) of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft.

Dunn had previously committed to play football for the University of Texas at Austin.

The Reds and Dunn agreed to a deal which allowed him to play minor league baseball during the summer and return to Austin in August to prepare for football.

Dunn redshirted his freshman season and served as a backup to Major Applewhite.

When star recruit Chris Simms committed to Texas, Dunn was asked to move to the tight end position.

As a result, he left the Longhorns to concentrate on baseball in 1999.

Despite his high strikeout totals, Dunn exhibited good plate discipline.

Throughout his career, he was among the major league leaders in number of pitches per at-bat.

While his career batting average was .237, Dunn finished his career with an on-base percentage above .360.

He was annually among the league leaders in both bases on balls and strikeouts.

Dunn made his MLB debut on July 20, 2001, and set a National League rookie record for the most home runs in a month by hitting 12 in August.

In his rookie season, Dunn played in 66 games, batting .262 with 19 home runs and 43 RBIs.

Dunn would receive a single vote in 2001 National League Rookie of the Year voting, tying him for fourth place with Bud Smith.

In 2002, Dunn hit .249 with 26 home runs and 76 RBIs as well as a career-high 128 walks and a .400 on-base percentage.

At mid-season, Dunn was hitting .300 with 17 home runs and 54 RBIs, earning him a selection to the 2002 National League All-Star team.

In that game, Dunn hit a ball to center field that was a few feet from being a game ending home run (the game famously ended in a tie).

He also walked in his only other plate appearance.

Dunn's 2003 season was a steep decline from his previous All-Star campaign as he hit just .215 with 27 home runs and 57 RBIs.

Along with his struggles at the plate, Dunn led all major league outfielders in errors, with 10, and suffered a thumb sprain while attempting a diving catch in mid-August that forced him to miss the remainder of the season.

Dunn's most productive season came in 2004, when he posted career highs in batting average (.266), home runs (46), runs (105), hits (151), slugging percentage (.569), and on-base plus slugging (OPS) (.957).

On September 30, 2004, Dunn once again got his name in Major League Baseball's record book.

On August 10, 2004, Dunn hit the longest home run in the history of Great American Ball Park, a 535-foot blast to straightaway center that went over the batter's eye and bounced off Mehring Way into a section of the Ohio River that is considered part of Kentucky.

Dunn's 46 home runs in 2004 were the fourth most in Cincinnati Reds history.

That year, he joined Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan as the only Reds players to score 100 runs, drive in 100 runs, and draw 100 walks in a single season.

Dunn's 2005 season was similar to the previous year, with a slight dip in production as he hit .247 with 40 home runs and 101 RBIs while once again leading in strikeouts (168) and strikeout percentage (30.9%).

By reaching the 40 home run plateau for a second consecutive season, Dunn became the fourth player in Reds history to hit 40 home runs in multiple seasons.

Prior to the start of the 2006 season, Dunn signed a 2-year, $18 million extension that bought out his final two years of arbitration, as well as a club option for a third year in 2008.

Dunn once again hit 40 home runs, but once again saw a decrease in his average (.234) and RBIs (92).

He held the record until Ryan Howard broke it on September 27, 2007.

He is 6 ft in height and weighs 285 lb. He is tied for most opening day home runs at eight with Frank Robinson and Ken Griffey Jr., and on August 18, 2012, he became the 50th MLB player to hit 400 career home runs.

He also ranked third on the all-time strikeout list at the time of his retirement, with 2,379, and fourth for the most Golden sombreros (at least four strikeouts in a game) at 19, tied with Bo Jackson.

He also holds the American League record for most strikeouts in a season with 222, which he set in 2012.

Dunn was a standout quarterback at New Caney High School in Texas.

He finished his career with an at bats per home run ratio of 14.89, according to Baseball Reference, placing him 11th all-time.