Dan Plesac

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: February 4, 1962 in Gary, IN us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Crown Point HS (Crown Point, IN) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (26th) of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC).

High School: Crown Point HS (Crown Point, IN)

School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

Debut: April 11, 1986 (Age 24-066d, 15,133rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 28, 2003 (Age 41-236d)
vs. ATL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Agents: Tom Selakovich

Full Name: Daniel Thomas Plesac

Pronunciation: \PLEE-sac\

Twitter: @Plesac19

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Relatives: Uncle of Zach Plesac

3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.9

ERA

3.64

1064

158

1072.0

1041

WHIP

1.286

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Team Record in Appearances: 37-20

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 26

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	52	1	Apr 6	MIL		BOS	W,5-1	9-GF		99	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	5.87	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.008	.35	0.01%	-0.43	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 4
2	53	2	Apr 8	MIL		BOS	W,3-2	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.87	6	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.305	2.83	0.27%	1.13	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
3	54	4	Apr 10	MIL	@	TEX	W,11-8	8-GF		1	1.1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.79	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	.63	0.011	.95	0.01%	-1.33	8b --- 2 out a5	9b end a 3
4	55	5	Apr 11	MIL	@	TEX	W,8-6	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.25	4	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	0.198	4.67	0.19%	0.95	9b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
5	56	8	Apr 14	MIL	@	BAL	W,7-4	8-GF	S(3)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.17	4	3	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.068	1.37	0.09%	0.78	8b 1-- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
6	57	11	Apr 18	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	8-GF	S(4)	3	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.00	2.75	6	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.31	0.206	4.73	0.25%	0.69	8t --- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
7	58	13	Apr 20	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-4	9-GF	S(5)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.32	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.38	0.221	9.14	0.28%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
8	59	17	Apr 26	MIL		BAL	W,5-3	8-GF	S(6)	5	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.00	6	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.61	0.099	3.98	0.15%	0.69	8t --- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
9	60	18	Apr 27	MIL	@	CAL	W,10-7	9-10		0	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.01	5	2	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	0.306	6.21	0.40%	1.33	9b 123 2 out tie	10b 3 out tie
10	61	20	Apr 29	MIL	@	OAK	W,8-7	8-GF	S(7)	1	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	0.66	2.65	7	2	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.49	0.205	5.68	0.28%	0.02	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	62	22	May 1	MIL	@	SEA	W,10-8	8-GF	S(8)	1	1.1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.60	2.47	8	0	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	0.156	6.32	0.21%	0.84	8b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
12	63	23	May 2	MIL	@	SEA	W,6-4	9-GF	S(9)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.56	2.37	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.108	3.15	0.14%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
13	64	27	May 8	MIL		SEA	L,3-4	8-9	BS(1)	5	1.2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	1.02	3.10	8	3	1	0	0	1		2	2	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.44	-0.105	5.48	-0.14%	-1.45	8t 12- 1 out a3	9t 3 out tie
14	65	29	May 10	MIL		SEA	L,1-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.96	2.98	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.14	0.01%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
15	66	31	May 13	MIL		OAK	L,2-8	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.92	2.77	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
16	67	36	May 20	MIL		CHW	W,5-1	9-GF		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.87	2.82	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.018	.94	0.02%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
17	68	37	May 22	MIL		CLE	W,4-2	9-GF	S(10)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	2.82	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	0.084	4.93	0.09%	0.54	9t 1-3 2 out a2	9t end a 2
18	69	41	May 27	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.82	2.87	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.03	0.00%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
19	70	44	May 30	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	S(11)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.78	2.83	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.32	0.217	4.31	0.13%	0.55	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	71	46	Jun 1	MIL		KCR	W,3-2	8-GF	S(12)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.73	2.67	6	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.02	0.309	3.52	0.22%	1.15	8t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
21	72	48	Jun 3	MIL		KCR	W,4-2	9-GF	S(13)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.70	2.52	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.084	1.46	0.07%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
22	73	51	Jun 6	MIL		NYY	W,7-6	8-GF	BW(1-0)	2	1.2	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	1.32	2.87	7	1	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	-0.371	4.68	-0.43%	-1.96	8t -23 1 out a2	9t end tie
23	74	54	Jun 10	MIL	@	DET	W,8-5	8-GF(10)	BW(2-0)	3	3.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.48	2.87	14	5	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	0.001	3.15	0.00%	0.58	8b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 3
24	75	58	Jun 14	MIL	@	NYY	W,6-4	8-GF	BW(3-0)	3	1.1	2	1	1	1	2	0	1	1.71	2.93	8	0	2	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.25	-0.550	4.39	-0.45%	-1.93	8b 1-3 2 out a2	9b end a 2
25	76	61	Jun 17	MIL		MIN	W,8-5	8-GF	S(14)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.62	2.69	5	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.109	.75	0.06%	0.87	8t --- 1 out a1	9t end a 3
26	77	62	Jun 18	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-3	9-GF	S(15)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	2.70	3	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.049	.87	0.04%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
27	78	64	Jun 20	MIL	@	TOR	W,3-2	8-GF	S(16)	1	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.50	2.73	5	2	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.33	0.376	5.76	0.30%	1.14	8b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
28	79	65	Jun 21	MIL	@	TOR	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	2.73	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.036	1.29	0.04%	0.58	8b 1-- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
29	80	68	Jun 24	MIL	@	BOS	L,7-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.43	2.82	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.036	.49	0.02%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
30	81	69	Jun 26	MIL		TOR	W,10-5	8-GF	W(4-0)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.37	2.67	6	1	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.43	0.062	.40	0.04%	1.55	8t 12- 1 out d2	9t end a 5
31	82	71	Jun 28	MIL		TOR	W,11-5	8-GF		1	1.2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.32	2.48	6	0	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.018	.11	0.01%	1.55	8t 12- 1 out a6	9t end a 6
32	83	73	Jun 30	MIL		DET	L,5-8	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.29	2.35	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.035	.24	0.01%	2.42	9t 123 0 out d3	9t end d 3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	84	75	Jul 2	MIL	@	CAL	L,7-9	9-12		1	4.0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.17	2.24	14	4	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.32	0.576	1.29	0.19%	2.13	9b --- 0 out tie	12b 3 out tie
34	85	77	Jul 4	MIL	@	CAL	W,2-1	9-GF	S(17)	1	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.15	2.38	6	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	6.60	0.211	3.95	0.08%	0.53	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
35	86	81	Jul 8	MIL	@	SEA	L,2-5	10-GF(11)	L(4-1)	3	1.1	4	3	2	0	1	1	0	1.49	2.62	8	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	-0.195	1.14	-0.05%	-2.15	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 3
36	87	84	Jul 11	MIL	@	OAK	L,5-6	7-GF(8)	BL(4-2)	2	1.1	3	3	3	1	2	1	0	1.99	2.87	8	1	3	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.630	.44	-0.11%	-2.26	7b 1-- 2 out a2	8b end d 1
37	88	85	Jul 12	MIL	@	OAK	W,4-3	9-GF	S(18)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.97	2.83	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	0.212	.91	0.04%	0.53	9b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
38	89	86	Jul 16	MIL		CAL	W,6-4	8-GF	S(19)	3	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.89	2.79	8	2	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	0.297	.82	0.06%	1.53	8t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
39	90	88	Jul 18	MIL		CAL	L,6-12	7-8	BL(4-3)	1	1.1	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	2.35	3.09	8	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	-0.526	.53	-0.09%	-2.31	7t --- 2 out a1	8t 3 out d2
40	91	93	Jul 23	MIL		OAK	W,12-5	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.30	3.05	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 7
41	92	96	Jul 26	MIL		OAK	W,7-4	8-GF	S(20)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.25	2.98	5	2	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.063	.17	0.01%	0.92	8t -2- 2 out a3	9t end a 3
42	93	97	Jul 27	MIL	@	TEX	L,4-5	8-GF	BL(4-4)	0	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.53	3.08	6	2	2	2	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.82	-0.582	1.53	-0.11%	-1.45	8b -2- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
43	94	99	Jul 29	MIL	@	TEX	W,9-8	9-GF(12)	BW(5-4)	1	3.1	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.39	2.90	12	3	4	2	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	0.222	.62	0.03%	1.18	9b 1-3 2 out a1	12b end a 1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
44	95	103	Aug 2	MIL		CHW	L,3-7	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.35	2.84	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
45	96	104	Aug 4	MIL		BAL	W,9-8	9-11	BS(9)	1	2.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.53	3.01	11	3	4	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	-0.008	.27	0.00%	-1.29	9t 1-- 1 out a3	11t 3 out tie
46	97	107	Aug 7	MIL	@	CHW	W,7-4	10-GF(10)	S(21)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.49	2.99	5	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	0.049	.62	0.01%	0.56	10b --- 0 out a3	10b end a 3
47	98	110	Aug 9	MIL	@	CHW	W,8-4	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	2.99	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.022	.08	0.00%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
48	99	113	Aug 12	MIL		TEX	L,3-12	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.42	2.93	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d9	9t end d 9
49	100	117	Aug 16	MIL	@	BAL	W,6-2	8-GF	S(22)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.35	2.84	6	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.115	.14	0.01%	1.07	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 4
50	101	119	Aug 18	MIL	@	CLE	L,8-9	9-11		1	2.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.26	2.79	9	3	3	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	0.510	.76	0.09%	2.06	9b 12- 1 out tie	11b 3 out tie
51	102	130	Aug 30	MIL		MIN	L,6-10	8-GF	BS(10)	11	2.0	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	2.20	2.91	9	1	4	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.69	-0.254	.63	-0.06%	-2.02	8t 123 0 out a1	9t end d 4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
52	103	132	Sep 2	MIL	@	KCR	W,3-2	9-GF	S(23)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.17	2.88	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	0.221	.83	0.04%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
53	104	134	Sep 4	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-2	11-GF(12)	L(5-5)	1	1.2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.12	2.90	8	2	4	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.60	-0.126	1.29	-0.03%	-0.29	11b 1-- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
54	105	137	Sep 7	MIL		TOR	L,3-5	8-8	BL(5-6)	2	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.45	2.94	6	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.69	-0.564	.42	-0.08%	-2.69	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 1-- 2 out d2
55	106	147	Sep 18	MIL	@	DET	L,6-7	7-7		10	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.42	2.91	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.53	7b --- 0 out d7	7b 3 out d7
56	107	151	Sep 22(2)	MIL		NYY	L,8-10	7-7	BS(12)	3	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	2.91	3	0	1	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	-0.241	.01	0.00%	-1.83	7t 123 1 out a3	7t 12- 2 out tie
57	108	152	Sep 23	MIL		NYY	W,8-7	7-8	BS(13)	0	1.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.61	2.92	8	0	2	0	0	4		3	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	-0.619	.00	0.00%	-3.09	7t 123 2 out a2	8t 12- 2 out d1
							37-20		W-L:5-6,Sv:23,BSv:13	1.7	79.1	63	30	23	23	89	8	3	2.61	2.92	325	0.88		7%	1%	45		44	36%	4	3	3	296	7	0	1	7	2	7	2.10	1.066	1.99	2.33%	9.85

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