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: 36-14

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 11, Entered with runners on base: 24

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	109	1	Apr 4	MIL	@	BAL	W,12-0	9-GF		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.77	3	11	8	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a12	9b end a12
2	110	5	Apr 10	MIL	@	NYY	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		5	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-0.83	3	9	8	1	3	0	1	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	-0.194	3.81	-0.17%	-1.45	8b 123 1 out tie	8b end d 3
3	111	7	Apr 13	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	6.75	4.64	6	24	18	4	1	1	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.099	.43	-0.07%	-1.49	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
4	112	10	Apr 16	MIL		NYY	W,9-2	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.91	3.31	4	19	10	3	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 7
5	113	11	Apr 17	MIL		NYY	W,6-3	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.15	3.23	3	7	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.035	.86	0.02%	0.52	9t 1-- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
6	114	13	Apr 20	MIL		BAL	W,8-6	8-GF	S(2)	2	1.2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.00	3.44	8	27	14	2	3	1	3	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	0.131	1.81	0.07%	0.40	8t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 2
7	115	16	Apr 25	MIL		BOS	L,1-5	9-GF		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.84	3.08	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.002	.07	0.00%	0.77	9t 123 2 out d5	9t end d 5
8	116	18	Apr 27	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-3	8-GF	S(3)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.16	2.53	6	21	15	7	2	4	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.59	0.439	1.61	0.16%	1.38	8b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
9	117	20	Apr 30	MIL		KCR	W,4-1	9-GF	S(4)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.00	2.32	2	7	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.039	.45	0.02%	0.67	9t -2- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
10	118	21	May 1	MIL		KCR	W,10-6	9-GF	S(5)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.86	2.15	2	7	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.037	.51	0.02%	1.18	9t 1-3 1 out a4	9t end a 4
11	119	24	May 4	MIL		TEX	W,6-5	8-GF	S(6)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.54	1.91	7	33	24	2	7	3	2	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	0.336	2.76	0.19%	0.98	8t 12- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
12	120	27	May 7	MIL	@	KCR	W,4-2	9-GF	S(7)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	1.98	3	8	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.090	1.43	0.07%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
13	121	28	May 8	MIL	@	KCR	W,6-2	8-GF(10)	BW(1-0)	0	2.1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	1.80	1.90	10	30	17	4	4	4	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	-0.217	4.05	-0.18%	0.21	8b 1-- 2 out a1	10b end a 4
14	122	33	May 13	MIL		CLE	L,3-4	8-GF	BS(2)	4	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.20	2.65	5	16	11	0	3	2	1	1	0	1		2	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.568	1.72	-0.49%	-2.07	8t 12- 2 out a1	9t end d 1
15	123	36	May 16	MIL		DET	W,3-1	8-GF	S(8)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.96	2.44	6	15	13	1	3	1	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.320	3.22	0.26%	1.98	8t 12- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
16	124	41	May 22	MIL		TOR	W,7-1	9-GF		5	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.86	2.25	5	15	12	4	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
17	125	42	May 23	MIL		TOR	W,9-7	8-GF	S(9)	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.71	2.01	5	22	14	4	5	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.138	.73	0.06%	0.75	8t --- 1 out a1	9t end a 2
18	126	47	May 28	MIL	@	CLE	W,2-0	9-GF	S(10)	4	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.66	1.94	3	13	9	1	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	0.106	2.06	0.04%	0.52	9b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
19	127	49	May 30	MIL	@	TOR	W,4-1	9-GF	S(11)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.59	1.80	4	19	14	1	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.040	.83	0.02%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	128	52	Jun 2	MIL		CAL	W,9-4	8-GF	S(12)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	1.88	7	19	15	2	1	5	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.048	.17	0.02%	0.99	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 5
21	129	56	Jun 6	MIL	@	SEA	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	1.82	3	10	7	1	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.008	.13	0.00%	0.27	8b --- 1 out d2	8b end d 2
22	130	58	Jun 8	MIL	@	SEA	W,8-7	9-GF	S(13)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	1.86	3	14	10	1	2	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	0.203	1.51	0.07%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
23	131	60	Jun 11	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	1.88	2	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.014	.17	0.01%	0.51	8b 1-- 1 out d2	8b end d 2
24	132	62	Jun 13	MIL		SEA	W,3-1	9-GF	S(14)	1	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.61	1.84	6	22	15	5	3	2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.032	.66	0.01%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
25	133	64	Jun 15	MIL		SEA	W,5-1	9-GF	S(15)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.57	1.83	3	10	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.033	.64	0.01%	0.90	9t 12- 1 out a4	9t end a 4
26	134	67	Jun 18	MIL		CHW	W,6-3	9-GF	S(16)	2	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.52	2.06	5	18	8	3	1	0	3	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.069	1.24	0.04%	0.48	9t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 3
27	135	69	Jun 20	MIL		OAK	L,4-5	9-GF		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	2.07	2	6	5	2	0	1	1	1	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	-0.336	2.45	-0.16%	-0.68	9t -2- 2 out tie	9t end d 1
28	136	72	Jun 24	MIL	@	CAL	W,5-4	8-9	BS(3)	3	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.97	2.05	9	28	17	0	6	3	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	-0.214	1.01	-0.06%	-1.05	8b --- 0 out a2	9b 3 out tie
29	137	75	Jun 27	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-5	13-GF(14)	BL(1-1)	2	1.1	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.16	2.11	9	39	22	2	5	2	5	4	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.59	-0.543	2.09	-0.15%	-1.18	13b 1-- 0 out a1	14b end d 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
30	138	80	Jul 3	MIL		MIN	W,4-3	9-GF	S(17)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	2.13	3	12	8	1	0	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	0.161	.44	0.02%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
31	139	82	Jul 5	MIL	@	KCR	W,3-1	9-GF	S(18)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.06	2.08	2	6	5	2	0	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	0.104	.51	0.02%	0.52	9b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
32	140	83	Jul 6	MIL	@	KCR	W,4-2	9-GF	S(19)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	2.10	2	6	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	0.104	.57	0.02%	0.52	9b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
33	141	85	Jul 8	MIL	@	MIN	W,5-3	8-GF	S(20)	1	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.93	2.07	7	16	11	1	2	2	4	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.26	0.239	.90	0.04%	1.02	8b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 2
34	142	86	Jul 9	MIL	@	MIN	W,5-4	9-GF	S(21)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.89	2.03	3	9	7	0	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	0.112	1.33	0.03%	0.26	9b --- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
35	143	87	Jul 10	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-2	9-GF	S(22)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.08	2.05	5	21	13	2	2	0	5	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	0.091	.99	0.02%	-0.50	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
36	144	89	Jul 15	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-2	9-GF	S(23)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	2.06	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	0.047	1.13	0.02%	0.32	9b -2- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
37	145	90	Jul 16	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-3	9-GF	S(24)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.01	2.03	3	11	8	0	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	0.200	2.13	0.10%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
38	146	93	Jul 19	MIL		KCR	W,3-1	9-GF	S(25)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.96	1.99	3	11	9	1	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.073	.76	0.04%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
39	147	94	Jul 20	MIL		KCR	L,0-4	13-GF(13)		0	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.36	2.08	5	19	10	0	1	0	4	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	-0.401	1.82	-0.24%	-3.10	13t 12- 1 out tie	13t end d 4
40	148	97	Jul 23	MIL		TEX	L,4-7	9-GF		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.51	2.09	5	20	13	1	2	3	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.148	.58	-0.09%	-1.16	9t 1-3 0 out tie	9t end d 3
41	149	100	Jul 26	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.45	2.02	3	13	8	3	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.030	.32	0.02%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
42	150	106	Jul 31	MIL	@	BOS	L,0-5	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	2.04	4	22	16	4	0	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
43	151	108	Aug 3	MIL		NYY	W,6-5	9-GF	S(26)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.35	1.96	3	12	10	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	0.161	.23	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
44	152	110	Aug 5(2)	MIL	@	BAL	W,3-1	9-GF	S(27)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.30	1.94	3	10	8	1	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.085	.10	0.01%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
45	153	117	Aug 12	MIL		BAL	W,8-3	9-GF		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	1.91	4	17	11	1	2	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.006	.02	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
46	154	120	Aug 15	MIL		BAL	W,4-1	9-GF	S(28)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.20	1.85	3	14	11	3	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.032	.05	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
47	155	124	Aug 19	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-4	10-GF(10)	S(29)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	1.87	3	9	6	2	1	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.040	.07	0.00%	0.49	10b --- 0 out a3	10b end a 3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
48	156	142	Sep 7	MIL		CHW	L,2-7	7-7		18	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.12	1.93	5	23	12	3	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.29	0.011	.32	0.01%	0.49	7t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
49	157	145	Sep 11	MIL		SEA	W,5-3	9-GF	S(30)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	1.90	4	14	11	1	3	1	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.083	.78	0.03%	-0.02	9t -23 0 out a4	9t end a 2
50	158	146	Sep 12	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-2	9-GF	BL(1-2)	0	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.41	1.97	5	18	10	2	0	0	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.19	-0.891	4.22	-0.54%	-2.17	9b --- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
							36-14		W-L:1-2,Sv:30,BSv:5	2.0	52.1	46	14	14	12	52	2	0	2.41	1.97	211	760	67%	11%	15%	0.70		19%	5%	1		38	42%	2	1	0	197	7	2	2	2	0	0	1.74	0.092	1.29	-0.73%	8.15

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