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Dan Plesac
Daniel Thomas Plesac
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 4, 1962 in Gary, IN
Schools: North Carolina State University
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1986
Final Game: September 28, 2003
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Standard Pitching

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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
1986 24 MIL AL 10 7 .588 2.97 51 0 33 0 0 14 91.0 81 34 30 5 29 1 75 0 0 4 377 147 1.209 8.0 0.5 2.9 7.4 2.59
1987 25 MIL AL 5 6 .455 2.61 57 0 47 0 0 23 79.1 63 30 23 8 23 1 89 3 0 6 325 177 1.084 7.1 0.9 2.6 10.1 3.87 AS
1988 26 MIL AL 1 2 .333 2.41 50 0 48 0 0 30 52.1 46 14 14 2 12 2 52 0 6 4 211 165 1.108 7.9 0.3 2.1 8.9 4.33 AS,MVP-22
1989 27 MIL AL 3 4 .429 2.35 52 0 51 0 0 33 61.1 47 16 16 6 17 1 52 0 0 0 242 164 1.043 6.9 0.9 2.5 7.6 3.06 AS
1990 28 MIL AL 3 7 .300 4.43 66 0 52 0 0 24 69.0 67 36 34 5 31 6 65 3 0 2 299 87 1.420 8.7 0.7 4.0 8.5 2.10
1991 29 MIL AL 2 7 .222 4.29 45 10 25 0 0 8 92.1 92 49 44 12 39 1 61 3 1 2 402 94 1.419 9.0 1.2 3.8 5.9 1.56
1992 30 MIL AL 5 4 .556 2.96 44 4 13 0 0 1 79.0 64 28 26 5 35 5 54 3 1 3 330 131 1.253 7.3 0.6 4.0 6.2 1.54
1993 31 CHC NL 2 1 .667 4.74 57 0 12 0 0 0 62.2 74 37 33 10 21 6 47 0 2 5 276 84 1.516 10.6 1.4 3.0 6.8 2.24
1994 32 CHC NL 2 3 .400 4.61 54 0 14 0 0 1 54.2 61 30 28 9 13 0 53 1 0 0 235 91 1.354 10.0 1.5 2.1 8.7 4.08
1995 33 PIT NL 4 4 .500 3.58 58 0 16 0 0 3 60.1 53 26 24 3 27 7 57 1 0 1 259 120 1.326 7.9 0.4 4.0 8.5 2.11
1996 34 PIT NL 6 5 .545 4.09 73 0 30 0 0 11 70.1 67 35 32 4 24 6 76 0 0 4 300 107 1.294 8.6 0.5 3.1 9.7 3.17
1997 35 TOR AL 2 4 .333 3.58 73 0 18 0 0 1 50.1 47 22 20 8 19 4 61 0 0 2 215 127 1.311 8.4 1.4 3.4 10.9 3.21
1998 36 TOR AL 4 3 .571 3.78 78 0 16 0 0 4 50.0 41 23 21 4 16 1 55 1 0 0 203 122 1.140 7.4 0.7 2.9 9.9 3.44
1999 37 TOT MLB 2 4 .333 5.89 64 0 11 0 0 1 44.1 50 30 29 7 17 2 53 0 0 3 198 81 1.511 10.2 1.4 3.5 10.8 3.12
1999 37 TOR AL 0 3 .000 8.34 30 0 5 0 0 0 22.2 28 21 21 4 9 1 26 0 0 2 104 59 1.632 11.1 1.6 3.6 10.3 2.89
1999 37 ARI NL 2 1 .667 3.32 34 0 6 0 0 1 21.2 22 9 8 3 8 1 27 0 0 1 94 139 1.385 9.1 1.2 3.3 11.2 3.38
2000 38 ARI NL 5 1 .833 3.15 62 0 14 0 0 0 40.0 34 21 14 4 26 2 45 0 0 3 182 152 1.500 7.7 0.9 5.9 10.1 1.73
2001 39 TOR AL 4 5 .444 3.57 62 0 5 0 0 1 45.1 34 18 18 4 24 5 68 1 0 1 190 129 1.279 6.8 0.8 4.8 13.5 2.83
2002 40 TOT MLB 3 3 .500 4.21 60 0 8 0 0 1 36.1 27 17 17 6 18 3 41 0 0 0 154 99 1.239 6.7 1.5 4.5 10.2 2.28
2002 40 TOR AL 1 2 .333 3.38 19 0 3 0 0 0 13.1 11 5 5 1 6 0 14 0 0 0 58 138 1.275 7.4 0.7 4.1 9.5 2.33
2002 40 PHI NL 2 1 .667 4.70 41 0 5 0 0 1 23.0 16 12 12 5 12 3 27 0 0 0 96 82 1.217 6.3 2.0 4.7 10.6 2.25
2003 41 PHI NL 2 1 .667 2.70 58 0 9 0 0 2 33.1 29 12 10 3 11 1 37 1 0 1 141 148 1.200 7.8 0.8 3.0 10.0 3.36
18 Seasons 65 71 .478 3.64 1064 14 422 0 0 158 1072.0 977 478 433 105 402 54 1041 17 10 41 4539 117 1.286 8.2 0.9 3.4 8.7 2.59
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .478 3.64 67 1 27 0 0 10 68 62 30 27 7 25 3 66 1 1 3 286 117 1.286 8.2 0.9 3.4 8.7 2.59
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
MIL (7 yrs) 29 37 .439 3.21 365 14 269 0 0 133 524.1 460 207 187 43 186 17 448 12 8 21 2186 128 1.232 7.9 0.7 3.2 7.7 2.41
TOR (5 yrs) 11 17 .393 4.21 262 0 47 0 0 6 181.2 161 89 85 21 74 11 224 2 0 5 770 110 1.294 8.0 1.0 3.7 11.1 3.03
ARI (2 yrs) 7 2 .778 3.21 96 0 20 0 0 1 61.2 56 30 22 7 34 3 72 0 0 4 276 147 1.459 8.2 1.0 5.0 10.5 2.12
PIT (2 yrs) 10 9 .526 3.86 131 0 46 0 0 14 130.2 120 61 56 7 51 13 133 1 0 5 559 113 1.309 8.3 0.5 3.5 9.2 2.61
PHI (2 yrs) 4 2 .667 3.51 99 0 14 0 0 3 56.1 45 24 22 8 23 4 64 1 0 1 237 112 1.207 7.2 1.3 3.7 10.2 2.78
CHC (2 yrs) 4 4 .500 4.68 111 0 26 0 0 1 117.1 135 67 61 19 34 6 100 1 2 5 511 87 1.440 10.4 1.5 2.6 7.7 2.94
AL (12 yrs) 40 54 .426 3.47 627 14 316 0 0 139 706.0 621 296 272 64 260 28 672 14 8 26 2956 122 1.248 7.9 0.8 3.3 8.6 2.58
NL (8 yrs) 25 17 .595 3.96 437 0 106 0 0 19 366.0 356 182 161 41 142 26 369 3 2 15 1583 108 1.361 8.8 1.0 3.5 9.1 2.60

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1999 37 ARI NL NLDS L NYM 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 81.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 NLDS 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 81.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1993 31 CHC NL 57 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 32 CHC NL 54 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1995 33 PIT NL 58 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 34 PIT NL 73 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 35 TOR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 36 TOR AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 37 TOT MLB 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 37 TOR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 37 ARI NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 38 ARI NL 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 39 TOR AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 40 TOT MLB 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 40 PHI NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 41 PHI NL 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Seasons 441 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .067 .067 .067 .133 -65 1 1 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .067 .067 .067 .133 -65 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (5 yrs) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARI (2 yrs) 91 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT (2 yrs) 131 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .111 .222 -42 1 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (2 yrs) 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 111 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 427 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .067 .067 .067 .133 -65 1 1 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 37 ARI NL NLDS NYM L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 MIL AL 24 P 51 0 91.0 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 1.19 0.24 .958 1.83 0.68
1987 MIL AL 25 P 57 0 79.1 14 0 12 2 1 .857 1.36 0.21 .957 1.84 0.67 AS
1988 MIL AL 26 P 50 0 52.1 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.03 0.12 .967 1.77 0.67 AS,MVP-22
1989 MIL AL 27 P 52 0 61.1 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.47 0.19 .960 1.86 0.66 AS
1990 MIL AL 28 P 66 0 69.0 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.04 0.12 .950 1.77 0.59
1991 MIL AL 29 P 45 10 92.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.68 0.16 .957 1.80 0.58
1992 MIL AL 30 P 44 4 79.0 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.03 0.20 .956 1.72 0.56
1993 CHC NL 31 P 57 0 62.2 10 0 9 1 2 .900 1.29 0.16 .960 1.84 0.54
1994 CHC NL 32 P 54 0 54.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.49 0.06 .967 1.86 0.54
1995 PIT NL 33 P 58 0 60.1 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.34 0.16 .956 1.83 0.51
1996 PIT NL 34 P 73 0 70.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.13 0.01 1.000 1.84 0.52
1997 TOR AL 35 P 73 0 50.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.18 0.01 1.000 1.72 0.49
1998 TOR AL 36 P 78 0 50.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.18 0.01 1.000 1.78 0.50
1999 TOT MLB 37 P 64 0 44.4 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.11 .943 1.71 0.48
1999 TOR AL 37 P 30 0 22.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.79 0.07 .950 1.71 0.47
1999 ARI NL 37 P 34 0 21.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.15 .940 1.70 0.48
2000 ARI NL 38 P 62 0 40.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.45 0.03 .950 1.73 0.48
2001 TOR AL 39 P 62 0 45.1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.79 0.06 .950 1.75 0.49
2002 TOT MLB 40 P 60 0 36.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.74 0.05 .967 1.78 0.48
2002 TOR AL 40 P 19 0 13.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.69 0.48
2002 PHI NL 40 P 41 0 23.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.17 0.07 .967 1.84 0.48
2003 PHI NL 41 P 58 0 33.1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.09 .960 1.84 0.48
18 Seasons P 1064 14 1072.0 112 9 100 3 6 .973 0.92 0.10 .958 1.80 0.55
18 Seasons TOT 1064 14 1072.0 112 9 100 3 6 .973 0.92 0.10 .931 1.80 0.55
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1987 *
1988 *
1989 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1988-AL-22-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--8.202--185th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--8.740--12th

Games Played s c a p y
1990 AL--66--8th
1994 NL--54--8th
1996 NL--73--8th
1997 AL--73--9th
1998 AL--78--5th
Career--1064--6th

Saves s c a p y
1987 AL--23--4th
1988 AL--30--5th
1989 AL--33--3rd
1990 AL--24--10th
Career--158--61st

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career--2.590--64th

Games Finished s c a p y
1987 AL--47--6th
1988 AL--48--8th
1989 AL--51--9th
1990 AL--52--9th
Career--422--48th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career--117--168th

Oldest s c a p y
2001 AL--born 1962-02-04--5th
2002 AL--born 1962-02-04--2nd
2002 NL--born 1962-02-04--7th
2003 NL--born 1962-02-04--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 17 (1168), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 54 (233), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1983.

October 27, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 25, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

November 9, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 14, 1996: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Carlos Garcia and Orlando Merced to the Toronto Blue Jays for Brandon Cromer (minors), Jose Pett (minors) and Jose Silva. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Mike Halperin (minors) (December 11, 1996), Abraham Nunez (December 11, 1996) and Craig Wilson (December 11, 1996) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

June 12, 1999: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Tony Batista and John Frascatore.

October 30, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

May 26, 2002: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Philadelphia Phillies for Cliff Politte.

October 29, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Milwaukee Brewers$60,000
1987Milwaukee Brewers$180,000
1988Milwaukee Brewers$275,000
1989Milwaukee Brewers$765,000
1990Milwaukee Brewers$1,466,667
1991Milwaukee Brewers$1,000,000
1992Milwaukee Brewers$2,766,667
1993Chicago Cubs$1,700,000
1994Chicago Cubs$1,700,000
1995Pittsburgh Pirates$1,091,112
1996Pittsburgh Pirates$1,100,000
1997Toronto Blue Jays$800,000
1998Toronto Blue Jays$800,000
1999Toronto Blue Jays$1,500,000
2000Arizona Diamondbacks$1,500,000
2001Toronto Blue Jays$2,200,000
2002Toronto Blue Jays$2,200,000
2003Philadelphia Phillies$2,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$23,104,446
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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