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Eric Plunk
Eric Vaughn Plunk
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 217 lb.

Born: September 3, 1963 in Wilmington, CA
High School: Bellflower (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
Final Game: October 2, 1999
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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 22 OAK AL 4 7 .364 5.31 26 15 2 0 0 0 120.1 91 75 71 14 102 2 98 5 6 9 537 73 1.604 6.8 1.0 7.6 7.3 0.96
1987 23 OAK AL 4 6 .400 4.74 32 11 11 0 0 2 95.0 91 53 50 8 62 3 90 2 2 5 432 88 1.611 8.6 0.8 5.9 8.5 1.45
1988 24 OAK AL 7 2 .778 3.00 49 0 22 0 0 5 78.0 62 27 26 6 39 4 79 1 7 4 331 127 1.295 7.2 0.7 4.5 9.1 2.03
1989 25 TOT AL 8 6 .571 3.28 50 7 17 0 0 1 104.1 82 43 38 10 64 2 85 1 3 10 445 116 1.399 7.1 0.9 5.5 7.3 1.33
1989 25 OAK AL 1 1 .500 2.20 23 0 12 0 0 1 28.2 17 7 7 1 12 0 24 1 0 4 113 168 1.012 5.3 0.3 3.8 7.5 2.00
1989 25 NYY AL 7 5 .583 3.69 27 7 5 0 0 0 75.2 65 36 31 9 52 2 61 0 3 6 332 105 1.546 7.7 1.1 6.2 7.3 1.17
1990 26 NYY AL 6 3 .667 2.72 47 0 16 0 0 0 72.2 58 27 22 6 43 4 67 2 2 4 310 147 1.390 7.2 0.7 5.3 8.3 1.56
1991 27 NYY AL 2 5 .286 4.76 43 8 6 0 0 0 111.2 128 69 59 18 62 1 103 1 2 6 521 87 1.701 10.3 1.5 5.0 8.3 1.66
1992 28 CLE AL 9 6 .600 3.64 58 0 20 0 0 4 71.2 61 31 29 5 38 2 50 0 0 5 309 108 1.381 7.7 0.6 4.8 6.3 1.32
1993 29 CLE AL 4 5 .444 2.79 70 0 40 0 0 15 71.0 61 29 22 5 30 4 77 0 0 6 306 157 1.282 7.7 0.6 3.8 9.8 2.57
1994 30 CLE AL 7 2 .778 2.54 41 0 18 0 0 3 71.0 61 25 20 3 37 5 73 2 0 7 306 184 1.380 7.7 0.4 4.7 9.3 1.97
1995 31 CLE AL 6 2 .750 2.67 56 0 22 0 0 2 64.0 48 19 19 5 27 2 71 4 0 3 263 175 1.172 6.8 0.7 3.8 10.0 2.63
1996 32 CLE AL 3 2 .600 2.43 56 0 12 0 0 2 77.2 56 21 21 6 34 2 85 3 1 4 318 201 1.159 6.5 0.7 3.9 9.8 2.50
1997 33 CLE AL 4 5 .444 4.66 55 0 22 0 0 0 65.2 62 37 34 12 36 7 66 1 0 6 293 100 1.492 8.5 1.6 4.9 9.0 1.83
1998 34 TOT MLB 4 3 .571 4.33 63 0 13 0 0 1 72.2 77 37 35 9 30 2 74 5 0 1 321 105 1.472 9.5 1.1 3.7 9.2 2.47
1998 34 CLE AL 3 1 .750 4.83 37 0 6 0 0 0 41.0 44 23 22 6 15 1 38 2 0 0 178 98 1.439 9.7 1.3 3.3 8.3 2.53
1998 34 MIL NL 1 2 .333 3.69 26 0 7 0 0 1 31.2 33 14 13 3 15 1 36 3 0 1 143 116 1.516 9.4 0.9 4.3 10.2 2.40
1999 35 MIL NL 4 4 .500 5.02 68 0 13 0 0 0 75.1 71 44 42 15 43 5 63 5 1 5 338 90 1.513 8.5 1.8 5.1 7.5 1.47
14 Seasons 72 58 .554 3.82 714 41 234 0 0 35 1151.0 1009 537 488 122 647 45 1081 32 24 75 5030 111 1.439 7.9 1.0 5.1 8.5 1.67
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .554 3.82 64 4 21 0 0 3 104 91 48 44 11 58 4 97 3 2 7 453 111 1.439 7.9 1.0 5.1 8.5 1.67
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
CLE (7 yrs) 36 23 .610 3.25 373 0 140 0 0 26 462.0 393 185 167 42 217 23 460 12 1 31 1973 140 1.320 7.7 0.8 4.2 9.0 2.12
OAK (4 yrs) 16 16 .500 4.30 130 26 47 0 0 8 322.0 261 162 154 29 215 9 291 9 15 22 1413 91 1.478 7.3 0.8 6.0 8.1 1.35
NYY (3 yrs) 15 13 .536 3.88 117 15 27 0 0 0 260.0 251 132 112 33 157 7 231 3 7 16 1163 104 1.569 8.7 1.1 5.4 8.0 1.47
MIL (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 4.63 94 0 20 0 0 1 107.0 104 58 55 18 58 6 99 8 1 6 481 96 1.514 8.7 1.5 4.9 8.3 1.71
AL (13 yrs) 67 52 .563 3.73 620 41 214 0 0 34 1044.0 905 479 433 104 589 39 982 24 23 69 4549 113 1.431 7.8 0.9 5.1 8.5 1.67
NL (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 4.63 94 0 20 0 0 1 107.0 104 58 55 18 58 6 99 8 1 6 481 96 1.514 8.7 1.5 4.9 8.3 1.71

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
1988 24 OAK AL ALCS W BOS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
1988 24 OAK AL WS L LAD 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.2
1995 31 CLE AL ALDS W BOS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1995 31 CLE AL ALCS W SEA 0 0 9.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 9 2.000 4.5 4.5 13.5 9.0 0.67
1996 32 CLE AL ALDS L BAL 0 1 .000 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 3 3 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 15 0.750 2.3 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00
1997 33 CLE AL ALDS W NYY 0 1 .000 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 3.000 27.0 13.5 0.0 6.8
1997 33 CLE AL ALCS W BAL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 33 CLE AL WS L FLA 0 1 .000 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 3 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 15 2.333 9.0 0.0 12.0 9.0 0.75
4 Seasons (8 Series) 1 3 .250 7.53 15 0 3 0 0 0 14.1 12 13 12 3 10 4 17 0 0 0 63 1.535 7.5 1.9 6.3 10.7 1.70
3 ALDS 0 2 .000 9.45 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 6 7 7 2 3 2 8 0 0 0 29 1.350 8.1 2.7 4.1 10.8 2.67
3 ALCS 1 0 1.000 6.00 5 0 3 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 14 2.000 9.0 3.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2 WS 0 1 .000 5.79 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 3 4 3 0 4 1 6 0 0 0 20 1.500 5.8 0.0 7.7 11.6 1.50

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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
1989 25 TOT AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 25 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 25 NYY AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 33 CLE AL 3 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 31 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 5 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 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Seasons 102 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 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .333 .000 .333 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (7 yrs) 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (2 yrs) 90 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 47 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (4 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (3 yrs) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (13 yrs) 12 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) 90 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 47 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1988 24 OAK AL WS LAD L 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 2 0 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 OAK AL 22 P 26 15 120.1 10 3 6 1 0 .900 0.67 0.35 .960 1.83 0.68
1987 OAK AL 23 P 32 11 95.0 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 0.95 0.31 .950 1.84 0.67
1988 OAK AL 24 P 49 0 78.0 8 2 5 1 0 .875 0.81 0.14 .962 1.78 0.67
1989 TOT AL 25 P 50 7 104.4 10 2 7 1 0 .900 0.78 0.18 .960 1.87 0.66
1989 OAK AL 25 P 23 0 28.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.17 .950 1.88 0.66
1989 NYY AL 25 P 27 7 75.2 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.59 0.19 .967 1.87 0.66
1990 NYY AL 26 P 47 0 72.2 23 3 18 2 2 .913 2.60 0.45 .957 1.78 0.59
1991 NYY AL 27 P 43 8 111.2 13 4 7 2 0 .846 0.89 0.26 .962 1.80 0.58
1992 CLE AL 28 P 58 0 71.2 15 7 7 1 0 .933 1.76 0.24 .953 1.72 0.56
1993 CLE AL 29 P 70 0 71.0 8 5 2 1 0 .875 0.89 0.10 .962 1.79 0.56
1994 CLE AL 30 P 41 0 71.0 11 8 3 0 0 1.000 1.39 0.27 .955 1.72 0.52
1995 CLE AL 31 P 56 0 64.0 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.27 0.16 .956 1.79 0.53
1996 CLE AL 32 P 56 0 77.2 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.27 0.20 .955 1.77 0.52
1997 CLE AL 33 P 55 0 65.2 8 2 4 2 0 .750 0.82 0.11 .962 1.71 0.49
1998 TOT MLB 34 P 63 0 72.2 6 0 5 1 0 .833 0.62 0.08 .967 1.81 0.52
1998 CLE AL 34 P 37 0 41.0 6 0 5 1 0 .833 1.10 0.14 .967 1.78 0.50
1998 MIL NL 34 P 26 0 31.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.85 0.54
1999 MIL NL 35 P 68 0 75.1 7 0 6 1 0 .857 0.72 0.09 .957 1.72 0.48
14 Seasons P 714 41 1151.0 149 43 93 13 3 .913 1.06 0.19 .958 1.79 0.56
14 Seasons TOT 714 41 1151.0 149 43 93 13 3 .913 1.06 0.19 .870 1.79 0.56
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

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--7.890--85th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--8.453--18th

Games Played s c a p y
1993 AL--70--6th
Career--714--79th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 AL--102--6th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1989 AL--10--9th
Career--75--187th

Games Finished s c a p y
Career--234--172nd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 19 (620), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1981.

December 5, 1984: Traded by the New York Yankees with Tim Birtsas, Jay Howell, Stan Javier and Jose Rijo to the Oakland Athletics for Bert Bradley, Rickey Henderson and cash.

June 21, 1989: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Greg Cadaret and Luis Polonia to the New York Yankees for Rickey Henderson.

November 20, 1991: Released by the New York Yankees.

December 12, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

March 27, 1992: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

April 9, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 27, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

November 12, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 29, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 10, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

July 23, 1998: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Milwaukee Brewers for Doug Jones.

November 4, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Oakland Athletics$60,000
1987Oakland Athletics$77,667
1988Oakland Athletics$90,000
1989New York Yankees$232,390
1990New York Yankees$450,000
1991New York Yankees$975,000
1992Cleveland Indians$357,500
1993Cleveland Indians$725,000
1994Cleveland Indians$625,000
1995Cleveland Indians$725,000
1996Cleveland Indians$750,000
1997Cleveland Indians$1,850,000
1998Cleveland Indians$1,800,000
1999Milwaukee Brewers$1,850,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,567,557
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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