Erik Plantenberg

Erik John Plantenberg

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 30, 1968 in Renton, WA
High School: Newport HS (Bellevue, WA)
School: San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 16th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1993
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Mariners 1993-1997

Final Game: June 20, 1997
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1990	21	BOS-min	A-	2	3	.400	4.02	16	5	4	0	0	1	40.1	44	26	18	2	19	0	36	0	1	4			1.562	9.8	0.4	4.2	8.0	1.89	ELM · NYPL
1991	22	BOS-min	A+	11	5	.688	3.76	20	20	0	0	0	0	103.0	116	59	43	3	51	1	73	4	0	8	461		1.621	10.1	0.3	4.5	6.4	1.43	LBG · CARL
1992	23	BOS-min	A+	2	3	.400	5.18	21	12	4	0	0	0	81.2	112	69	47	7	36	0	62	5	0	6	384		1.812	12.3	0.8	4.0	6.8	1.72	LBG · CARL
1993	24	SEA-min	AA	2	1	.667	2.01	34	0	13	0	0	1	44.2	38	11	10	0	14	1	49	0	0	1	182		1.164	7.7	0.0	2.8	9.9	3.50	JCK · SOUL
1993	24	SEA	AL	0	0		6.52	20	0	4	0	0	1	9.2	11	7	7	0	12	1	3	1	0	1	53	70	2.379	10.2	0.0	11.2	2.8	0.25
1994	25	SEA-min	AAA,AA	6	8	.429	5.09	33	19	7	1	1	4	122.0	141	88	69	10	70	3	92	2	0	14	565		1.730	10.4	0.7	5.2	6.8	1.31	CGY,JCK · PCL,SOUL
1994	25	SEA	AL	0	0		0.00	6	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	31		1.571	5.1	0.0	9.0	1.3	0.14

1995	26	SDP-min	AA,AAA	2	0	1.000	2.86	22	0	9	0	0	2	22.0	22	7	7	2	2	1	17	2	0	1	85		1.091	9.0	0.8	0.8	7.0	8.50	MEM,LVG · SOUL,PCL
1996	27	CLE-min	AAA,AA	2	2	.500	3.46	36	1	16	0	0	1	54.2	56	23	21	5	16	1	55	0	0	2	232		1.317	9.2	0.8	2.6	9.1	3.44	BFL,CAK · AA,EL
1997	28	PHI-min	AAA	0	2	.000	7.53	18	0	8	0	0	0	14.1	22	12	12	1	9	2	12	0	0	1	74		2.163	13.8	0.6	5.7	7.5	1.33	SWB · IL
1997	28	PHI	NL	0	0		4.91	35	0	9	0	0	0	25.2	25	14	14	1	12	0	12	1	0	2	113	88	1.442	8.8	0.4	4.2	4.2	1.00
1998	29	SFG-min	AAA	4	5	.444	4.42	53	1	17	0	0	1	77.1	78	45	38	6	43	4	67	5	2	10	356		1.565	9.1	0.7	5.0	7.8	1.56	FRE · PCL
1999	30	TBD-BAL-min	AAA	7	5	.583	5.91	40	7	12	0	0	0	80.2	100	59	53	20	41	0	72	1	1	8	371		1.748	11.2	2.2	4.6	8.0	1.76	DHM,ROC · IL
2000	31	HOU-FLA-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	6.41	30	0	7	0	0	1	26.2	23	20	19	5	25	1	18	0	0	4	122		1.800	7.8	1.7	8.4	6.1	0.72	NOR,CGY · PCL
3 Yrs				0	0		4.46	61	0	15	0	0	1	42.1	40	21	21	1	31	1	16	3	0	3	197	101	1.677	8.5	0.2	6.6	3.4	0.52
162 Game Avg.				0	0		4.46	68	0	17	0	0	1	47	45	23	23	1	35	1	18	3	0	3	220	101	1.677	8.5	0.2	6.6	3.4	0.52

SEA (2 yrs)				0	0		3.78	26	0	6	0	0	1	16.2	15	7	7	0	19	1	4	2	0	1	84	126	2.040	8.1	0.0	10.3	2.2	0.21
PHI (1 yr)				0	0		4.91	35	0	9	0	0	0	25.2	25	14	14	1	12	0	12	1	0	2	113	88	1.442	8.8	0.4	4.2	4.2	1.00

AL (2 yrs)				0	0		3.78	26	0	6	0	0	1	16.2	15	7	7	0	19	1	4	2	0	1	84	126	2.040	8.1	0.0	10.3	2.2	0.21
NL (1 yr)				0	0		4.91	35	0	9	0	0	0	25.2	25	14	14	1	12	0	12	1	0	2	113	88	1.442	8.8	0.4	4.2	4.2	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1993	24	SEA	AL	9.2	20	0	7	6.52	5.53	0.36	-0.43	103.0	4.88	-2	-0.2	1.8	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.492	.499	$
1994	25	SEA	AL	7.0	6	0	0	0.00	5.28	0.08	-0.41	97.9	4.69	4	0.4	.8	-0.0	0.4	4	.559	.502	$

1997	28	PHI	NL	25.2	35	0	14	4.91	4.89	0.08	-0.37	103.4	4.59	-1	-0.1	.5	-0.0	0.1	2	.497	.499	$150,000
3 Seasons				42.1	61	0	21	4.46	5.10	0.14	-0.39	102.4	4.67	1	0.1	1.0	-0.2	0.3	5	.501	.500	$150,000

SEA (2 yrs)				16.2	26	0	7	3.78	5.42	0.24	-0.42	100.9	4.80	2	0.2	1.6	-0.1	0.2	4	.507	.501	$
PHI (1 yr)				25.2	35	0	14	4.91	4.89	0.08	-0.37	103.4	4.59	-1	-0.1	.5	-0.0	0.1	2	.497	.499	$150,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1993	24	SEA	AL	20	53	39	7	11	2	0	0	0	0	12	3	.282	.462	.333	.795	.306	13	0	1	1	0	1	1
1994	25	SEA	AL	6	31	23	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	.174	.387	.174	.561	.182	4	0	1	0	0	0	1

1997	28	PHI	NL	35	113	98	14	25	10	0	1	1	0	12	12	.255	.339	.388	.727	.279	38	3	1	1	1	0	1
3 Yrs				61	197	160	21	40	12	0	1	1	1	31	16	.250	.379	.344	.723	.271	55	3	3	2	1	1	3
162 Game Avg.				68	220	178	23	45	13	0	1	1	1	35	18	.250	.379	.344	.723	.271	61	3	3	2	1	1	3
MLB Averages																.268	.337	.418	.755	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1993	24	SEA	AL	-1.7	-0.2	54	0.2	1.0	-0.8	1.22	-0.2	0.4	-2.9	-0.3	1.22	-2.6	9	2	8
1994	25	SEA	AL	3.9	0.4	33	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.41	0.2	0.0	3.4	0.3	0.41	2.2	1	1	3

1997	28	PHI	NL	-1.1	-0.1	115	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	.36	-0.2	-0.5	-4.2	-0.4	0.36	-0.1	2	8	21
3 Yrs				1.1	0.1	202	0.0	1.8	-1.8	.60	-0.2	0.3	-3.7	-0.4	0.60	-0.6	12	11	32

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1993	24	SEA	AL	20	20	4	0	0	1	1	0	100%	9	6	21	5	24%	9	1.218	9	2	8	11	0	9	11	9	1	15	2	5	1.5	10
1994	25	SEA	AL	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	3	1	33%	6	.410	1	1	3	2	0	4	1	5	2	2	2	3	3.5	19

1997	28	PHI	NL	35	35	9	0	0	0	0	0		4	3	18	9	50%	8	.364	2	8	21	5	2	28	12	23	4	21	5	7	2.2	12
3 Yrs				61	61	15	0	0	1	1	0	100%	14	10	42	15	36%		.601	12	11	32	18	2	41	24	37	7	38	9	15	2.1	12

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1993	24	SEA	AL	53	49%	0.0%	5.7%	22.6%	3.8%	18%	1.69	1.89	68%	19%	0.0%	8%	19	0	0%
1994	25	SEA	AL	31	26%	0.0%	3.2%	22.6%	0.0%	0%	2.50	2.17	71%	14%	0.0%	17%	6	0	0%

1997	28	PHI	NL	113	43%	0.9%	10.6%	10.6%	9.7%	44%	1.31	1.64	76%	20%	3.1%	11%	15	3	20%
3 Yrs				197	42%	0.5%	8.1%	15.7%	6.6%	33%	1.53	1.78	73%	19%	2.0%	11%	40	3	8%
MLB Averages					44%	2.6%	16.2%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	0.83	1.10	71%	21%	7.9%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1993	24	SEA	AL	52	199	3.83	104	52%	29%	12%	25%	35%	71%	4%	37%	84%	46%	17%	9	4	17%	9	6	1	67%	0	4	1	0	0
1994	25	SEA	AL	31	114	3.68	61	54%	30%	10%	25%	36%	70%	0%	38%	86%	58%	6%	2	1	23%	7	0	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0

1997	28	PHI	NL	100	374	3.74	216	58%	23%	13%	27%	37%	77%	0%	44%	83%	54%	9%	9	3	18%	18	9	0	36%	4	6	13	0	0
3 Yrs				183	687	3.75	381	55%	26%	12%	26%	36%	74%	1%	41%	83%	52%	11%	20	8	19%	34	15	1	40%	4	11	14	0	0
MLB Averages						3.69		61%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	56%	6%			19%				28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1993	24	SEA	AL	53	11	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	100%	1	1	0	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1994	25	SEA	AL	31	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	1	14	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0

1997	28	PHI	NL	113	25	6	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	1	5	3	2	60%	1	2	0	38	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				197	40	7	1	1	1	9	0	1	0	1	11	9	2	82%	3	3	1	79	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1993	24	6.52	20	4	1	9.2	11	7	7	0	12	1	3	1	1	53	70	2.379	10.2	0.0	11.2	2.8	0.25	70
1994	25	3.78	26	6	1	16.2	15	7	7	0	19	1	4	2	1	84	126	2.040	8.1	0.0	10.3	2.2	0.21	126
1995	26	3.78	26	6	1	16.2	15	7	7	0	19	1	4	2	1	84	126	2.040	8.1	0.0	10.3	2.2	0.21	126
1996	27	3.78	26	6	1	16.2	15	7	7	0	19	1	4	2	1	84	126	2.040	8.1	0.0	10.3	2.2	0.21	126
1997	28	4.46	61	15	1	42.1	40	21	21	1	31	1	16	3	3	197	101	1.677	8.5	0.2	6.6	3.4	0.52	101

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1993	24	0	1	.000	6.30	10.0	11	8	7	0	12	3	1	2.300	9.9	10.8	2.7	0.25	0.0	20
1994	25	0	0		0.00	9.0	6	0	0	0	10	1	2	1.778	6.0	10.0	1.0	0.10	0.0	6

1997	28	1	1	.500	4.68	25.0	25	14	13	1	12	12	1	1.480	9.0	4.3	4.3	1.00	0.4	35
3 Yrs		1	2	.333	4.09	44.0	42	22	20	1	34	16	4	1.727	8.6		3.3	0.47	0.2	61

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