Byron Lee Tunnell is a former Major League Baseball

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 pitcher. Tunnell pitched all or part of six seasons in the majors, between and , for the Pittsburgh Pirates

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, St. Louis Cardinals

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, and Minnesota Twins

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. He also pitched three seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball, from until , for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks

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Following his playing career, Tunnell coach

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ed in the minor leagues for several years, including a brief stint as interim pitching coach with the Cincinnati Reds

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