Dan Runzler Pitcher

     
 

Born: March 30, 1985
Santa Monica, CA
Height: 6-4
Weight: 210
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Drafted: 9th round, 2007 by SF; 17th round, 2006 by SEA
How Acquired: Minor league free agent (Jan. 2019)
College: UC-Riverside
High School: Chaminade Prep (CA)

Photo © Kelly O'Connor

Released (July 2019)

Scouting Report: Tall left-hander with filled-out frame. Smooth mechanics from a 3/4 arm slot. High leg kick. Heavily relises on his 93-95 mph four-seam fastball.  Below-average control. Also mixes in a low-80s slider. Needs to get it over the plate to stay effective. Has a high-80s show-me changeup that grades out as below-average.  Won two World Series with San Francisco, ended up in the indy leagues in 2018.  Bullpen depth arm has some back-end bullpen potential with tweaks to his breaking ball that include improved control.

 
   
    Career Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l % era g gs sv ip h r er hr bb so whip k/bb k/9
  2005 UC Riverside NCAA Coll   20 0 0 --- 8.59 7 0 0 7.0 2 8 7 0 8 6 1.36 0.75 7.36
  2006 UC Riverside NCAA Coll   21 3 3 0.500 4.14 28 0 1 41.0 31 21 19 0 27 52 1.40 1.93 11.32
  2007 UC Riverside NCAA Coll   22 4 6 0.400 5.06 22 10 0 69.0 77 53 39 4 44 73 1.75 1.66 9.48
  2007 AZL Giants Ariz Rk SF 22 1 2 0.333 3.44 15 0 4 18.0 15 8 7 1 6 24 1.15 4.00 11.78
  2007 Salem-Keizer Nwst A- SF 22 0 0 --- 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 1 4.00 0.50 9.00
  2008 Salem-Keizer Nwst A- SF 23 0 1 0.000 2.10 27 0 0 30.0 19 8 7 1 21 43 1.33 2.05 12.90
  2008 Augusta SAL A SF 23 0 1 0.000 5.47 20 0 0 24.2 25 18 15 2 19 26 1.78 1.37 9.49
  2009 Augusta SAL A SF 24 1 1 0.500 0.68 19 0 11 26.0 8 2 2 0 13 45 0.80 3.46 15.38
  2009 San Jose Calif A+ SF 24 1 0 1.000 0.84 19 0 5 21.0 8 3 2 1 4 26 0.56 6.50 10.97
  2009 Connecticut East AA SF 24 3 0 1.000 0.96 7 0 1 9.0 5 1 1 1 7 11 1.29 1.57 10.61
  2009 Fresno PCL AAA SF 24 0 0 --- 0.00 2 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0.00 4.50
  2009 San Francisco NL MLB SF 24 0 0 --- 1.04 11 0 0 8.2 6 1 1 1 5 11 1.27 2.20 11.42
  2010 AZL Giants Ariz Rk SF 25 0 0 --- 0.00 1 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -- 0.00 18.00
  2010 San Jose Calif A+ SF 25 0 0 --- 0.00 1 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -- 0.00 18.00
  2010 Fresno PCL AAA SF 25 0 1 0.000 3.86 6 0 0 7.0 8 4 3 0 4 5 1.71 1.25 6.43
  2010 San Francisco NL MLB SF 25 3 0 1.000 3.03 41 0 0 32.2 29 12 11 1 20 37 1.50 1.85 10.19
  2011 Fresno PCL AAA SF 26 2 3 0.400 3.98 17 10 0 52.0 47 32 23 2 32 59 1.52 1.84 10.21
  2011 San Francisco NL MLB SF 26 1 2 0.333 6.26 31 1 0 27.0 29 21 19 0 16 25 1.65 1.56 8.23
  2012 San Jose Calif A+ SF 27 0 2 0.000 6.00 3 2 0 3.0 3 3 2 1 1 1 1.33 1.00 3.00
  2012 Fresno PCL AAA SF 27 0 2 0.000 6.00 29 0 1 27.0 36 21 18 2 14 33 1.85 2.36 11.00
  2012 San Francisco NL MLB SF 27 0 0 --- 0.00 6 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 3 5 1.09 1.67 12.27
  2013 Fresno PCL AAA SF 28 3 7 0.300 5.68 51 0 1 52.0 58 39 33 5 37 50 1.82 1.35 8.60
  2014 Fresno PCL AAA SF 29 1 5 0.167 3.30 39 0 1 46.0 38 23 17 2 36 53 1.60 1.47 10.29
  2015 Sugar Land Atl Ind - 30 0 0 --- 0.52 19 0 2 17.0 12 1 1 0 3 20 0.87 6.67 10.38
  2015 Reno PCL AAA Ari 30 0 1 0.000 5.26 39 0 0 37.2 48 25 22 2 28 40 2.02 1.43 9.56
  2016 Sugar Land Atl Ind - 31 0 1 0.000 1.95 33 0 2 27.2 36 10 6 1 10 29 1.66 2.90 9.43
  2016 Rochester IL AAA Min 31 1 2 0.333 5.82 20 0 0 21.2 24 17 14 0 16 18 1.85 1.13 7.48
  2017 Indianapolis IL AAA Pit 32 1 4 0.200 3.05 40 0 7 41.0 43 15 14 3 22 36 1.57 1.64 7.84
  2017 Pittsburgh NL MLB Pit 32 0 0 --- 4.50 8 0 0 4.0 7 4 2 2 2 4 2.25 2.00 9.00
  2018 Sugar Land Atl Ind - 33 4 2 0.667 2.81 53 0 1 48.0 46 20 15 1 27 58 1.52 2.15 10.88
  2019 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 34 1 1 0.500 5.40 22 0 1 26.2 26 19 16 3 15 22 1.54 1.47 7.42
  2019 Sugar Land ATex Ind --- 34 1 0 1.000 1.15 16 0 2 15.2 17 3 2 0 3 17 1.28 5.60 9.77
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: ---
First Pro Contract: June 18, 2007 (SEA)
Signing Bonus: $67,500
MiLB Debut: June 2007 (AZL Giants)		 Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut: September 4, 2009 (SF)
     
  Awards
South Atlantic League All-Star (2009)
2010 MiLB.com Relief Pitcher of the Year
2019 International League All-Star		 SoxProspects.com Awards
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