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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:20AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #605. Mickey McDermott… #606. Jack Harshman… #607. Pete Vuckovich… #608. ERIC SHOW… #609. Ted Wilks… #610. Vic Aldridge… #611. Erik Hanson… 

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
1981 25 SDP NL 1 3 .250 3.13 15 0 4 0 0 3 23.0 17 9 8 2 9 3 22 1 0 0 92 107 1.130 6.7 0.8 3.5 8.6 2.44
1982 26 SDP NL 10 6 .625 2.64 47 14 12 2 2 3 150.0 117 49 44 10 48 3 88 5 0 2 611 132 1.100 7.0 0.6 2.9 5.3 1.83 RoY-8
1983 27 SDP NL 15 12 .556 4.17 35 33 0 4 2 0 200.2 201 97 93 25 74 3 120 6 2 4 857 85 1.370 9.0 1.1 3.3 5.4 1.62
1984 28 SDP NL 15 9 .625 3.40 32 32 0 3 1 0 206.2 175 88 78 18 88 4 104 4 2 6 862 106 1.273 7.6 0.8 3.8 4.5 1.18
1985 29 SDP NL 12 11 .522 3.09 35 35 0 5 2 0 233.0 212 95 80 27 87 7 141 5 0 4 977 116 1.283 8.2 1.0 3.4 5.4 1.62
1986 30 SDP NL 9 5 .643 2.97 24 22 1 2 0 0 136.1 109 47 45 11 69 4 94 4 2 3 569 123 1.306 7.2 0.7 4.6 6.2 1.36
1987 31 SDP NL 8 16 .333 3.84 34 34 0 5 3 0 206.1 188 99 88 26 85 7 117 9 5 6 887 103 1.323 8.2 1.1 3.7 5.1 1.38
1988 32 SDP NL 16 11 .593 3.26 32 32 0 13 1 0 234.2 201 86 85 22 53 5 144 6 5 4 936 105 1.082 7.7 0.8 2.0 5.5 2.72
1989 33 SDP NL 8 6 .571 4.23 16 16 0 1 0 0 106.1 113 59 50 9 39 3 66 2 2 2 464 84 1.429 9.6 0.8 3.3 5.6 1.69
1990 34 SDP NL 6 8 .429 5.76 39 12 14 0 0 1 106.1 131 74 68 16 41 9 55 4 3 3 482 67 1.618 11.1 1.4 3.5 4.7 1.34
1991 35 OAK AL 1 2 .333 5.92 23 5 6 0 0 0 51.2 62 36 34 5 17 1 20 0 1 2 231 65 1.529 10.8 0.9 3.0 3.5 1.18
11 Seasons 101 89 .532 3.66 332 235 37 35 11 7 1655.0 1526 739 673 171 610 49 971 46 22 36 6968 99 1.291 8.3 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.59
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .532 3.66 40 28 4 4 1 1 198 183 89 81 21 73 6 116 6 3 4 836 99 1.291 8.3 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.59
SDP (10 yrs) 100 87 .535 3.59 309 230 31 35 11 7 1603.1 1464 703 639 166 593 48 951 46 21 34 6737 101 1.283 8.2 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.60
OAK (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.92 23 5 6 0 0 0 51.2 62 36 34 5 17 1 20 0 1 2 231 65 1.529 10.8 0.9 3.0 3.5 1.18
NL (10 yrs) NL 100 87 .535 3.59 309 230 31 35 11 7 1603.1 1464 703 639 166 593 48 951 46 21 34 6737 101 1.283 8.2 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.60
AL (1 yr) AL 1 2 .333 5.92 23 5 6 0 0 0 51.2 62 36 34 5 17 1 20 0 1 2 231 65 1.529 10.8 0.9 3.0 3.5 1.18

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1981 25 SDP NL 23.0 0 9 12 0 1.7 3 0.2 $
1982 26 SDP NL 150.0 14 49 72 5 1.1 23 2.4 $ RoY-8
1983 27 SDP NL 200.2 33 97 102 4 1.1 5 0.6 $
1984 28 SDP NL 206.2 32 88 109 4 1.1 21 2.5 $
1985 29 SDP NL 233.0 35 95 123 2 1.0 28 3.1 $537,500
1986 30 SDP NL 136.1 22 47 79 -3 1.1 32 3.6 $687,500
1987 31 SDP NL 206.1 34 99 116 5 .9 17 1.7 $787,500
1988 32 SDP NL 234.2 32 86 116 4 1.0 30 3.4 $887,500
1989 33 SDP NL 106.1 16 59 63 -6 1.1 4 0.5 $1,450,000
1990 34 SDP NL 106.1 12 74 63 -4 .8 -11 -1.3 $1,050,000
1991 35 OAK AL 51.2 5 36 27 1 .7 -9 -1.1 $800,000
11 Seasons 1655.0 235 739 882 12 1.0 143 15.6 $6,200,000
SDP (10 yrs) 1603.1 230 703 855 11 1.0 152 16.7 $5,400,000
OAK (1 yr) 51.2 5 36 27 1 .7 -9 -1.1 $800,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1984 28 SDP NL NLCS W CHC 0 1 .000 13.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 8 8 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 27 2.250 13.5 8.4 6.8 3.4 0.50
1984 28 SDP NL WS L DET 0 1 .000 10.13 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 4 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.875 13.5 6.8 3.4 6.8 2.00
1 Season (2 Series) 0 2 .000 12.38 3 3 0 0 0 0 8.0 12 12 11 7 5 0 4 0 0 0 41 2.125 13.5 7.9 5.6 4.5 0.80
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 13.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 8 8 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 27 2.250 13.5 8.4 6.8 3.4 0.50
1 WS 0 1 .000 10.13 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 4 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.875 13.5 6.8 3.4 6.8 2.00

Standard Batting

More Stats

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

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1981 SDP NL 25 P 15 23.0 5 0 4 1 0 .800 1.57 0.27 .960 1.96 1.98
1982 SDP NL 26 P 47 150.0 42 4 35 3 1 .929 2.34 0.83 .952 1.96 1.97 RoY-8
1983 SDP NL 27 P 35 200.2 38 7 27 4 0 .895 1.52 0.97 .952 1.92 1.91
1984 SDP NL 28 P 32 206.2 44 14 28 2 2 .955 1.83 1.31 .954 1.88 1.87
1985 SDP NL 29 P 35 233.0 42 14 24 4 2 .905 1.47 1.09 .953 1.92 1.92
1986 SDP NL 30 P 24 136.1 21 6 14 1 1 .952 1.32 0.83 .955 1.94 1.94
1987 SDP NL 31 P 34 206.1 40 10 27 3 2 .925 1.61 1.09 .955 1.91 1.90
1988 SDP NL 32 P 32 234.2 27 5 21 1 0 .963 1.00 0.81 .955 1.96 1.96
1989 SDP NL 33 P 16 106.1 15 4 10 1 1 .933 1.18 0.88 .947 1.87 1.87
1990 SDP NL 34 P 39 106.1 20 7 12 1 1 .950 1.61 0.49 .957 1.80 1.79
1991 OAK AL 35 P 23 51.2 9 3 4 2 0 .778 1.22 0.30 .956 1.79 1.80
11 Seasons P 332 1655.0 303 74 206 23 10 .924 1.52 0.84 .954 1.91 1.90
11 Seasons TOT 332 1655.0 303 74 206 23 10 .924 1.52 0.84 .954 1.91 1.90
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1986 NL  3.6 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1983 NL  15 (6th)
1984 NL  15 (6th)
1988 NL  16 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1982 NL  .625 (7th)
1984 NL  .625 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1988 NL  1.082 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 NL  7.621 (8th)
1987 NL  8.200 (7th)
Career  8.299 (228th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL  2.033 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1988 NL  234.7 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1985 NL  35 (8th)
1987 NL  34 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1987 NL  5 (10th)
1988 NL  13 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1982 NL  2 (9th)
1987 NL  3 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1983 NL  25 (2nd)
1985 NL  27 (3rd)
1987 NL  26 (8th)
1988 NL  22 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1984 NL  88 (8th)
1985 NL  87 (8th)
1987 NL  85 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1988 NL  2.717 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1987 NL  16 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1983 NL  93 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1982 NL  5 (7th)
1983 NL  6 (2nd)
1984 NL  4 (10th)
1985 NL  5 (10th)
1987 NL  9 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1988 NL  2.7 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1986 NL  2.2 (10th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1985 NL  4 (4th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 35 (692), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1013), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (835), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Steve Blass (965)
  3. Whit Wyatt (961)
  4. Jim O'Toole (956)
  5. Frank Sullivan (956)
  6. John Montefusco (954)
  7. Jim Bibby (954)
  8. Mario Soto (952)
  9. Guy Morton (952)
  10. Bob Walk (950)
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  3. Junior Thompson (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Charlie Lea (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tim Belcher (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ray Washburn (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ewell Blackwell (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pete Vuckovich (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Murry Dickson (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Bibby (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  8. Fred Toney (984)
  9. Guy Morton (982)
  10. Jack Sanford (982)
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  1. Bill Hallahan (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198529San Diego Padres$537,5001985 USA Today survey
198630San Diego Padres$687,5001986 USA Today survey
198731San Diego Padres$787,5001987 USA Today survey
198832San Diego Padres$887,500USA Today, 4/1/88
198933San Diego Padres$1,450,0001989 USA Today survey
199034San Diego Padres$1,050,000USA Today
199135Oakland Athletics$800,000USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,200,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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