Dan Plesac

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: February 4, 1962 in Gary, IN us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Crown Point HS (Crown Point, IN) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (26th) of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC).

High School: Crown Point HS (Crown Point, IN)

School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

Debut: April 11, 1986 (Age 24-066d, 15,133rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 28, 2003 (Age 41-236d)
vs. ATL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Agents: Tom Selakovich

Full Name: Daniel Thomas Plesac

Pronunciation: \PLEE-sac\

Twitter: @Plesac19

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Relatives: Uncle of Zach Plesac

3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.9

ERA

3.64

1064

158

1072.0

1041

WHIP

1.286

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Team Record in Appearances: 31-20

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 31

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	4	Apr 11	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-3	6-GF(8)		99	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.91	8	5	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.117	1.19	0.13%	1.47	6b 12- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
2	2	7	Apr 14	MIL		TEX	L,1-10	8-9		2	1.0	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	10.80	6.97	7	1	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.028	.11	-0.02%	-2.86	8t --- 0 out d4	9t 1-- 0 out d6
3	3	9	Apr 18	MIL		NYY	W,6-5	6-GF	W(1-0)	3	4.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.91	3.59	12	1	7	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.329	1.39	0.26%	2.13	6t --- 0 out d3	9t end a 1
4	4	13	Apr 23	MIL		CHW	L,1-2	8-GF	L(1-1)	4	2.0	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.82	3.41	10	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	-0.179	2.29	-0.11%	0.07	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
5	5	17	Apr 29	MIL		OAK	W,5-4	7-7		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.66	3.39	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.018	.60	0.01%	0.24	7t 1-- 2 out d2	7t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	6	20	May 2	MIL		CAL	W,5-4	7-GF	S(1)	2	2.1	4	2	2	1	3	0	0	5.25	3.02	12	3	5	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.179	1.41	0.11%	-0.42	7t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
7	7	23	May 5	MIL		SEA	W,3-1	8-GF	S(2)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.50	2.77	7	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	0.289	2.80	0.21%	1.46	8t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
8	8	28	May 10	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-2	7-GF	S(3)	4	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.71	2.65	11	4	4	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	0.422	3.00	0.30%	1.92	7b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
9	9	32	May 14	MIL	@	SEA	W,9-6	5-GF	W(2-1)	3	4.1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.95	2.40	15	2	8	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.242	.91	0.15%	2.40	5b -2- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
10	10	36	May 20	MIL		CLE	W,12-9	7-GF	W(3-1)	5	3.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.96	2.48	14	2	10	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.132	.89	0.10%	0.60	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 3
11	11	39	May 23	MIL	@	MIN	L,7-8	8-GF	L(3-2)	2	1.1	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.16	2.54	8	1	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.21	-0.249	2.06	-0.14%	-0.89	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
12	12	46	May 31	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-3	7-GF(8)	L(3-3)	7	1.1	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.67	3.07	6	0	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	-0.432	1.76	-0.22%	-0.89	7b -23 2 out tie	8b end d 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	13	50	Jun 4	MIL		KCR	L,6-8	8-8		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.58	3.06	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.030	.47	-0.01%	-0.06	8t 12- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d3
14	14	51	Jun 5	MIL		BOS	W,7-5	8-8	H(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.54	3.06	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.26	0.040	1.50	0.02%	-0.03	8t 1-3 1 out a3	8t 1-- 2 out a2
15	15	54	Jun 8	MIL		BOS	W,7-3	9-GF	S(4)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.49	3.05	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.038	1.07	0.02%	0.80	9t 123 2 out a4	9t end a 4
16	16	55	Jun 9	MIL		BAL	W,3-2	7-GF	BW(4-3)	0	2.2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.19	3.09	13	4	5	3	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	0.338	2.74	0.16%	1.68	7t 123 1 out a1	9t end tie
17	17	59	Jun 14	MIL	@	BOS	W,2-0	8-GF	S(5)	4	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.03	3.11	7	2	3	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	0.275	2.25	0.12%	1.45	8b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
18	18	62	Jun 17	MIL		TOR	L,1-2	11-GF(12)	L(4-4)	2	2.0	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.12	3.00	8	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	-0.146	1.20	-0.06%	0.07	11t --- 0 out tie	12t end d 1
19	19	65	Jun 21	MIL		DET	L,3-4	9-GF		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	3.00	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.58	-0.076	2.63	-0.03%	0.61	9t 123 1 out tie	9t end d 1
20	20	67	Jun 23	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-3	8-GF	S(6)	1	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.92	2.88	7	3	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	0.201	1.82	0.09%	1.08	8b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
21	21	70	Jun 27	MIL	@	DET	L,2-4	10-GF(11)	L(4-5)	3	1.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.29	3.16	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	-0.219	1.75	-0.10%	-1.24	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 2
22	22	73	Jun 29(2)	MIL	@	DET	W,3-1	9-GF	S(7)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.23	3.23	3	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.37	0.218	2.61	0.05%	1.20	9b 1-3 1 out a2	9b end a 2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	23	77	Jul 4	MIL		OAK	W,5-4	8-GF	W(5-5)	4	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.12	3.24	6	4	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.51	0.278	1.55	0.06%	1.05	8t 1-3 2 out tie	9t end a 1
24	24	79	Jul 6	MIL		OAK	L,3-6	7-7	BS(2)	1	0.2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	3.07	3.19	5	2	2	0	0	0		2	2	4	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	-0.431	.79	-0.12%	-2.78	7t 1-3 1 out a1	7t 3 out d3
25	25	80	Jul 7	MIL		CAL	L,1-3	16-GF(16)	L(5-6)	0	1.0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.64	3.32	7	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.92	-0.455	.96	-0.09%	-2.47	16t --- 0 out tie	16t end d 3
26	26	82	Jul 9	MIL		CAL	L,1-6	4-8		1	4.1	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.50	3.20	18	4	10	5	0	0		3	0	1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.065	.06	0.01%	1.93	4t 123 2 out d4	8t 3 out d5
27	27	88	Jul 19	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-3	7-8	H(2)	9	0.2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.64	3.26	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	0.086	.22	0.00%	0.40	7b 12- 2 out a1	8b 1-- 1 out a1
28	28	91	Jul 21	MIL	@	CAL	W,5-3	8-GF	S(8)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.49	3.16	7	1	3	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.77	0.276	.09	0.01%	1.37	8b 1-3 0 out a3	9b end a 2
29	29	97	Jul 28	MIL		NYY	W,5-4	7-GF	S(9)	6	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.31	3.10	10	2	7	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.86	0.402	.34	0.03%	1.51	7t -23 1 out a2	9t end a 1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	30	102	Aug 2	MIL		TEX	W,9-8	6-8	BW(6-6)	4	3.0	5	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.46	3.25	14	1	11	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	-0.072	.21	-0.01%	-0.40	6t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out tie
31	31	104	Aug 4	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-4	9-9	H(3)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	3.24	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	0.075	.35	0.01%	-0.16	9b --3 1 out a2	9b --- 2 out a1
32	32	105	Aug 5	MIL	@	NYY	W,2-1	8-9	W(7-6)	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.32	3.12	8	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.248	.31	0.03%	1.02	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
33	33	110	Aug 10	MIL		CHW	W,5-4	6-9	H(4)	4	2.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.34	3.04	10	3	3	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.21	0.065	.36	0.01%	0.68	6t 1-- 2 out a1	9t -2- 0 out a1
34	34	112	Aug 12	MIL	@	TEX	W,7-2	7-GF		1	2.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.19	2.93	7	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.30	0.069	.04	0.01%	1.99	7b 12- 1 out a5	9b end a 5
35	35	115	Aug 15	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-3	8-GF	W(8-6)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.09	2.91	7	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.247	.12	0.01%	1.08	8b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
36	36	117	Aug 17	MIL	@	CHW	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.22	2.96	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.110	.10	-0.01%	-1.66	8b -2- 2 out d1	8b end d 3
37	37	120	Aug 20	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-3	8-GF	S(10)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.15	2.89	4	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.096	.10	0.01%	1.01	8b 1-3 2 out a3	9b end a 3
38	38	122	Aug 23	MIL		KCR	W,8-4	5-8	W(9-6)	2	3.1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.00	2.84	13	6	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	.84	0.152	.04	0.00%	2.05	5t 12- 2 out a1	8t 3 out a4
39	39	124	Aug 26	MIL		MIN	W,6-5	7-8		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.92	2.86	8	1	5	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.14	0.040	.17	0.00%	0.69	7t -2- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
40	40	128	Aug 30	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-10	7-7		3	1.0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	2.88	2.88	8	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.48	7b --- 0 out d8	7b 3 out d10
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
41	41	133	Sep 4	MIL		CLE	L,4-15	8-8		4	1.0	4	4	4	0	2	1	0	3.33	3.00	7	0	4	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-3.47	8t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d11
42	42	136	Sep 7	MIL		CLE	W,7-2	7-GF	S(11)	2	3.0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.20	2.97	12	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.039	.00	0.00%	1.60	7t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
43	43	137	Sep 9	MIL	@	DET	W,3-1	9-GF	S(12)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.17	2.94	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.85	0.293	.00	0.00%	1.42	9b -23 1 out a2	9b end a 2
44	44	143	Sep 15	MIL		TOR	L,2-5	8-8		5	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.13	2.91	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.53	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
45	45	144	Sep 16(1)	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	2.91	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
46	46	147	Sep 18	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.05	2.92	5	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
47	47	149	Sep 20	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-4	6-8	HL(9-7)	1	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.20	2.95	10	2	4	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.01	6b 12- 1 out a2	8b 12- 1 out a1
48	48	150	Sep 21	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-4	8-GF(11)	BW(10-7)	0	3.1	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.18	2.89	12	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.83	0.176	.00	0.00%	0.63	8b --- 2 out a1	11b end a 1
49	49	155	Sep 28	MIL		BAL	W,10-2	6-GF	S(13)	6	3.1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.06	2.82	13	3	7	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.304	.00	0.00%	2.12	6t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 8
50	50	159	Oct 3	MIL	@	TOR	W,4-1	9-GF	S(14)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.02	2.82	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.53	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
51	51	160	Oct 5(1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,2-1	8-9	H(6)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.97	2.79	5	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.20	0.308	.00	0.00%	0.95	8b --- 0 out a1	9b --- 2 out a1
							31-20		W-L:10-7,Sv:14,BSv:4,Hld:6	2.5	91.0	81	34	30	29	75	5	0	2.97	2.79	377	0.63		14%	0%	25		57	21%	6	3	1	337	11	4	1	4	5	3	1.66	3.745	.82	0.99%	21.97

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Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

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