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Eric Show

Eric Vaughn Show

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 19, 1956 in Riverside, CA
High School: Ramona (Riverside, CA)
School: University of California, Riverside
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 18th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1981
Teams (by GP): Padres/Athletics 1981-1991
Agents: Alan Meersand,Steve Greenberg [*]
Final Game: September 30, 1991
Died: March 16, 1994 in Dulzura, CA
Buried: Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside, CA
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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 25 SDP NL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 26 SDP NL 47 43 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .146 .146 .146 .293 -16 6 0 0 2 0 0 1 RoY-8
1983 27 SDP NL 35 71 64 3 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 23 .172 .197 .188 .384 9 12 0 1 5 0 0 1
1984 28 SDP NL 32 76 69 7 17 3 0 3 10 0 0 0 23 .246 .257 .420 .677 88 29 4 1 6 0 0 1
1985 29 SDP NL 35 87 79 3 10 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 30 .127 .138 .165 .302 -15 13 0 1 7 0 0 1
1986 30 SDP NL 24 47 43 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .163 .182 .209 .391 9 9 0 0 3 0 0 1
1987 31 SDP NL 34 78 70 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 .071 .070 .086 .156 -58 6 3 0 7 1 0 1
1988 32 SDP NL 32 87 81 5 12 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 27 .148 .159 .160 .319 -7 13 0 0 5 0 0 1
1989 33 SDP NL 17 39 34 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .235 .257 .265 .522 49 9 0 0 4 0 0 1
1990 34 SDP NL 39 26 25 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .200 .200 .240 .440 20 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
1991 35 OAK AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 333 554 506 33 81 10 0 4 28 0 0 4 179 .160 .171 .204 .375 5 103 7 3 40 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 270 246 16 39 5 0 2 14 0 0 2 87 .160 .171 .204 .375 5 50 3 1 19 0 0
SDP (10 yrs) 310 554 506 33 81 10 0 4 28 0 0 4 179 .160 .171 .204 .375 5 103 7 3 40 1 0
OAK (1 yr) 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 310 554 506 33 81 10 0 4 28 0 0 4 179 .160 .171 .204 .375 5 103 7 3 40 1 0
AL (1 yr) 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1982 26 SDP NL 43 -6 -1 0 0 0 4 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1 RoY-8
1983 27 SDP NL 71 -7 0 -1 0 0 6 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1984 28 SDP NL 76 -1 0 1 -1 0 6 2 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ 1
1985 29 SDP NL 87 -12 0 1 0 0 8 3 0 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $537,500 1
1986 30 SDP NL 47 -5 0 -1 0 0 4 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $687,500 1
1987 31 SDP NL 78 -16 0 1 0 0 8 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $787,500 1
1988 32 SDP NL 87 -11 -2 1 0 0 8 3 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $887,500 1
1989 33 SDP NL 39 -2 -1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $1,450,000 1
1990 34 SDP NL 26 -3 -1 0 0 0 3 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $1,050,000 1
9 Seasons 554 -63 -5 2 -1 0 50 16 -1 -0.8 -1 -0.1 -0.7 $5,400,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1982 26 SDP NL 43 37 1 0.7 91 .222 .146 .261 .146 .323 .146 .379 .293 .702 -16 .039 -6.4 -0.7 .171 .000 .000
1983 27 SDP NL 71 58 3 1.4 94 .268 .172 .260 .197 .328 .188 .385 .384 .712 9 .115 -8.0 -0.8 .264 .031 .016
1984 28 SDP NL 76 62 6 2.6 94 .326 .246 .263 .257 .328 .420 .383 .677 .711 88 .296 -1.6 -0.2 .536 .174 .174 .0
1985 29 SDP NL 87 76 2 0.7 94 .188 .127 .259 .138 .327 .165 .386 .302 .712 -15 .037 -12.5 -1.3 .203 .038 .038 .0
1986 30 SDP NL 47 39 2 1.4 96 .241 .163 .259 .182 .329 .209 .391 .391 .720 9 .112 -5.4 -0.6 .278 .070 .047
1987 31 SDP NL 78 76 0 0.0 102 .116 .071 .264 .070 .333 .086 .412 .156 .745 -58 .000 -15.7 -1.6 .088 .014 .014
1988 32 SDP NL 87 74 2 0.7 89 .222 .148 .255 .159 .319 .160 .374 .319 .693 -7 .043 -11.4 -1.2 .203 .025 .012
1989 33 SDP NL 39 30 3 2.7 91 .364 .235 .255 .257 .323 .265 .380 .522 .703 49 .322 -2.4 -0.2 .385 .059 .029
1990 34 SDP NL 26 21 1 1.3 99 .294 .200 .266 .200 .332 .240 .399 .440 .731 20 .094 -2.8 -0.3 .300 .040 .040
11 Seasons 554 473 20 1.1 94 .238 .160 .260 .171 .327 .204 .387 .375 .714 5 .082 -66.2 -6.9 .255 .051 .043 .0
162 Game Avg. 270 230 10 1.1 94 .238 .160 .260 .171 .327 .204 .387 .375 .714 5 .082 -66.2 -6.9 .255 .051 .043

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1984 28 SDP NL NLCS CHC W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 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
1982 26 SDP NL 43 0.0% 32.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.9 2.83 63%
1983 27 SDP NL 71 0.0% 32.4% 1.4% 1.4% 9% 23.00 2.8 32.0 2.09 58%
1984 28 SDP NL 76 4.0% 30.3% 0.0% 7.9% 35% 3.0 23.0 6.9 1.64 57%
1985 29 SDP NL 87 1.2% 34.5% 0.0% 1.2% 10% 2.6 79.0 13.2 2.07 55%
1986 30 SDP NL 47 0.0% 29.8% 2.1% 4.3% 29% 14.00 3.1 43.0 2.57 62%
1987 31 SDP NL 78 0.0% 35.9% 0.0% 1.3% 20% 2.5 35.0 2.21 55%
1988 32 SDP NL 87 0.0% 31.0% 1.2% 1.2% 8% 27.00 3.0 20.3 1.17 1.14 62% 17% 0.0% 54%
1989 33 SDP NL 39 0.0% 30.8% 2.6% 2.6% 13% 12.00 2.8 34.0 1.00 1.13 56% 15% 0.0% 30%
1990 34 SDP NL 26 0.0% 30.8% 0.0% 3.9% 20% 3.1 12.5 1.14 1.60 65% 17% 0.0% 0%
11 Seasons 554 0.7% 32.3% 0.7% 2.5% 17% 44.75 2.8 126.5 18.1 1.12 1.82 58% 17% 0.0% 39%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.4% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.69 6.2 41.8 8.4 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 6.5% 24%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1981 25 SDP NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1982 26 SDP NL -6.4 -0.7 43 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 .76 -0.7 0.0 -5.9 -0.6 0.79 -7.1 0
1983 27 SDP NL -8.0 -0.8 71 -0.6 0.5 -1.2 .86 -0.8 0.1 -7.3 -0.8 0.85 -9.1 0
1984 28 SDP NL -1.6 -0.2 77 -0.0 1.3 -1.3 .97 -0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.92 -0.2 0
1985 29 SDP NL -12.5 -1.3 88 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 .92 -1.0 0.4 -5.1 -0.5 0.96 -9.5 0
1986 30 SDP NL -5.4 -0.6 47 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 .87 -0.7 -0.0 -6.0 -0.6 0.96 -6.2 0
1987 31 SDP NL -15.7 -1.6 78 -1.2 0.4 -1.7 .96 -1.4 0.1 -15.1 -1.5 0.97 -15.8 0
1988 32 SDP NL -11.4 -1.2 87 -0.7 0.6 -1.2 .74 -1.0 0.1 -8.3 -0.9 0.94 -9.3 0
1989 33 SDP NL -2.4 -0.2 39 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .85 -0.3 -0.0 -3.4 -0.4 0.89 -3.2 0
1990 34 SDP NL -2.8 -0.3 27 0.0 0.5 -0.4 .94 -0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.99 -1.8 0
1991 35 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Seasons -66.2 -6.9 557 -4.4 5.1 -9.5 .88 -6.0 0.9 -50.7 -5.3 0.92 -62.3 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1982 26 SDP NL 0 0 33% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1983 27 SDP NL 0 0 23% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1984 28 SDP NL 2 0 27% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1985 29 SDP NL 3 0 20% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1986 30 SDP NL 0 0 25% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1987 31 SDP NL 3 0 100% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1988 32 SDP NL 3 0 39% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13% 5 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 1
1989 33 SDP NL 1 0 33% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
1990 34 SDP NL 0 0 60% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 12 0 35% 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 11% 26 25 1 1 0 0 10 5 3

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
1982 26 SDP NL 43 49% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 0 0% 5 1 20% 20 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1983 27 SDP NL 71 23% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 9 0 0% 8 2 25% 34 2 6% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 0
1984 28 SDP NL 76 34% 17 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 8 6 75% 15 4 27% 13 4 31% 45 8 18% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
1985 29 SDP NL 86 28% 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 7 88% 17 0 0% 17 0 0% 62 8 13% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 1
1986 30 SDP NL 47 32% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 8 0 0% 7 1 14% 28 1 4% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 0
1987 31 SDP NL 78 26% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 88% 15 3 20% 16 5 31% 47 2 4% 3 1 33% 3 2 67% 0
1988 32 SDP NL 87 29% 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 12 0 0% 14 4 29% 50 5 10% 4 1 25% 2 2 100% 0
1989 33 SDP NL 39 23% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 7 0 0% 7 2 29% 25 1 4% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1990 34 SDP NL 26 31% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 15 3 20% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
11 Seasons 553 30% 81 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 1 3 1 3 0 53 40 75% 92 7 8% 92 19 21% 326 30 9% 19 8 42% 18 12 67% 1
MLB Averages 59% 77% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

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
1988 32 SDP NL 87 276 3.17 210 76% 21% 29% 22% 28% 79% 0% 60% 64% 56% 1% 1 0 7% 6 2 2% 2 1 26% 0 0 0
1989 33 SDP NL 39 125 3.21 88 70% 11% 28% 30% 30% 88% 0% 62% 67% 67% 5% 2 0 8% 3 1 8% 3 1 8% 0 0 1
1990 34 SDP NL 25 71 2.84 57 80% 18% 30% 23% 30% 82% 0% 66% 64% 64% 0% 0 0 4% 1 0 0% 0 0 13% 1 0 0
3 Seasons 151 472 3.13 355 75% 18% 29% 24% 29% 81% 0% 61% 64% 60% 2% 3 0 7% 10 3 3% 5 2 19% 1 0 1
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 26 62 43 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .146 .146 .146 .293 -16 6 0 0 2 0 0
1983 27 97 114 105 5 17 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 37 .162 .178 .171 .349 -1 18 0 1 7 0 0
1984 28 129 190 174 12 34 4 0 3 12 0 0 1 60 .195 .209 .270 .479 35 47 4 2 13 0 0
1985 29 164 277 253 15 44 4 0 4 18 0 0 1 90 .174 .187 .237 .424 19 60 4 3 20 0 0
1986 30 188 324 296 17 51 6 0 4 19 0 0 2 104 .172 .186 .233 .419 17 69 4 3 23 0 0
1987 31 222 402 366 22 56 7 0 4 21 0 0 2 132 .153 .164 .205 .369 3 75 7 3 30 1 0
1988 32 254 489 447 27 68 8 0 4 25 0 0 3 159 .152 .163 .197 .360 1 88 7 3 35 1 0
1989 33 271 528 481 30 76 9 0 4 26 0 0 4 171 .158 .170 .202 .371 4 97 7 3 39 1 0
1990 34 310 554 506 33 81 10 0 4 28 0 0 4 179 .160 .171 .204 .375 5 103 7 3 40 1 0
1991 35 333 554 506 33 81 10 0 4 28 0 0 4 179 .160 .171 .204 .375 5 103 7 3 40 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1982 26 47 41 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .146 .146 .146 .293 1 47
1983 27 35 65 63 3 10 1 0 0 2 0 1 23 .159 .185 .175 .359 2 35
1984 28 32 71 70 8 18 3 0 3 11 0 0 23 .257 .268 .429 .696 8 32
1985 29 35 81 80 4 11 0 0 1 7 0 0 30 .138 .148 .175 .323 2 35
1986 30 24 45 44 2 8 2 0 0 1 0 1 14 .182 .200 .227 .427 2 24
1987 31 34 71 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 34
1988 32 32 82 81 5 12 1 0 0 4 0 1 27 .148 .159 .160 .319 2 32
1989 33 17 36 35 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 12 .257 .278 .286 .563 3 17
1990 34 39 25 25 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 .200 .200 .240 .440 1 39
9 Seasons 295 517 509 30 79 9 0 4 28 0 4 179 .155 .166 .196 .363 21 295
162 Game Avg. 162 284 280 16 43 5 0 2 15 0 2 98 .155 .166 .196 .363 12 295

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