Eric Plunk

Eric Vaughn Plunk

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 3, 1963 in Wilmington, CA
High School: Bellflower HS (Bellflower, CA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1986
Teams (by GP): Indians/Athletics/Yankees/Brewers 1986-1999

Final Game: October 2, 1999
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Standard Batting

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
1981	17	NYY-min	Rk	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		YNK · GULF
1982	18	NYY-min	Rk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		PAI · APPY
1983	19	NYY-min	A	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		FTL · FLOR
1984	20	NYY-min	A	28																									FTL · FLOR
1985	21	OAK-min	AAA,AA	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		TAC,HVL · PCL,SOUL
1986	22	OAK-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1986	22	OAK	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	23	OAK-min	AAA	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1987	23	OAK	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	24	OAK	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	25	TOT	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	25	OAK	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	25	NYY	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	26	NYY	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	27	NYY	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	28	CLE-min	AA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CAK · EL
1992	28	CLE	AL	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	29	CLE	AL	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	30	CLE	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	31	CLE	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	32	CLE	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	33	CLE	AL	56	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	34	TOT	MLB	63	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	34	CLE	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	34	MIL	NL	26	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	35	MIL	NL	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	36	CHC-min	AA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		WTN · SOUL
14 Yrs				715	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
				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
CLE (7 yrs)				374	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (4 yrs)				130	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (3 yrs)				117	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
MIL (2 yrs)				94	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	47	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (13 yrs)				621	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				94	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	47	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1986	22	OAK	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$60,000	1
1987	23	OAK	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$77,667	1
1988	24	OAK	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$90,000	1
1989	25	OAK	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$226,195	1
1989	25	NYY	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$232,390	1
1990	26	NYY	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$450,000	1
1991	27	NYY	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$975,000	1
1992	28	CLE	AL	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$357,500	1
1993	29	CLE	AL	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$725,000	1
1994	30	CLE	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$625,000	1
1995	31	CLE	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$725,000	1
1996	32	CLE	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$750,000	1
1997	33	CLE	AL	56	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$1,850,000	1
1998	34	CLE	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,800,000	1
1998	34	MIL	NL	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1999	35	MIL	NL	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$1,850,000	1
14 Seasons				715	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.5	0	$10,793,752

CLE (7 yrs)				374	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.3	-0	$6,832,500
OAK (4 yrs)				130	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$453,862
NYY (3 yrs)				117	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,657,390
MIL (2 yrs)				94	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$1,850,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1997	33	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0.0	111	.000	.275	.000	.345	.000	.434	.000	.779	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1998	34	TOT	MLB	2	1	0	0.0	107	.000	.269	.500	.340	.000	.424	.500	.764	47	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
1998	34	MIL	NL	2	1	0	0.0	107	.000	.269	.500	.340	.000	.424	.500	.764	47	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
14 Yrs				3	2	0	0.0	109	.000	.272	.333	.341	.000	.429	.333	.770	-2	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
162 Game Avg.				1	0	0	0.0	109	.000	.272	.333	.341	.000	.429	.333	.770	-2	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000

CLE (7 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	111	.000	.275	.000	.345	.000	.434	.000	.779	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
MIL (2 yrs)				2	1	0	0.0	107	.000	.269	.500	.340	.000	.424	.500	.764	47	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1988	24	OAK	AL	ALCS	BOS	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	24	OAK	AL	WS	LAD	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1995	31	CLE	AL	ALDS	BOS	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	31	CLE	AL	ALCS	SEA	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	32	CLE	AL	ALDS	BAL	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	33	CLE	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	33	CLE	AL	ALCS	BAL	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	33	CLE	AL	WS	FLA	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs (8 Series)							15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 ALDS							5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 ALCS							5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1997	33	CLE	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
1998	34	TOT	MLB	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%		1.00	1.0					0%
1998	34	MIL	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%		1.00	1.0					0%
14 Yrs				3	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%	0.0%		2.00	1.0					0%
MLB Averages					2.4%	15.7%	8.8%	7.2%	31%	1.78	5.7	36.7	7.9	0.81	1.08	71%	21%	7.3%	18%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1986	22	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1987	23	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1988	24	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1989	25	TOT	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1989	25	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1989	25	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1990	26	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1991	27	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1992	28	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
1993	29	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
1994	30	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
1995	31	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
1996	32	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
1997	33	CLE	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.99	-0.0	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.70	-0.4		0
1998	34	TOT	MLB	0.0	0.0	3	0.0	0.1	-0.0	1.65	0.0	-0.0	0.7	0.1	1.17	0.3		0
1998	34	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1998	34	MIL	NL	0.0	0.0	3	0.0	0.1	-0.0	1.65	0.0	-0.0	0.7	0.1	1.17	0.3		0
1999	35	MIL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
14 Yrs				-0.3	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.73	0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	1.30	-0.1		0
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stD	1^stD3
1997	33	CLE	AL		0	0		0	0
1998	34	TOT	MLB	100%	1	1	0%	1	1
1998	34	MIL	NL	100%	1	1	0%	1	1
14 Yrs				100%	1	1	0%	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1997	33	CLE	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1998	34	TOT	MLB	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1998	34	MIL	NL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
14 Yrs				3	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					58%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1997	33	CLE	AL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	33%	67%	0%	0%	67%	0%	50%	0%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1998	34	TOT	MLB	2	9	4.50	5	56%	40%	60%	0%	0%	60%	0%	33%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
1998	34	MIL	NL	2	9	4.50	5	56%	40%	60%	0%	0%	60%	0%	33%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				3	13	4.33	8	62%	38%	63%	0%	0%	63%	0%	38%	0%	33%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	33%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.67		62%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1997	33	584	1	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1998	34	647	3	2	1	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2
1999	35	715	3	2	1	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1997	33	56	1	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	56
1998	34	63	2	1	1	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	63
2 Yrs		119	3	2	1	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	119
162 Game Avg.		162	4	3	1	1	3	.000	.333	.000	.333	119

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