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, 15,140th 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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1983	21	MIL-min	Rk	9	1	.900	3.50	14	14	0	2	0	0	82.1	76	44	32	6	57	1	85	1	3	11				1.615	8.3	0.7	6.2	9.3	1.49	PAI APPY
1984	22	MIL-min	A,AA	8	8	.500	3.36	23	23	0	2	0	0	147.1	149	70	55	9	66	0	125	2	2	3				1.459	9.1	0.5	4.0	7.6	1.89	STK,ELP CALL,TL
1985	23	MIL-min	AA	12	5	.706	4.97	25	24	0	2	0	0	150.1	171	91	83	12	68	1	128	0	1	13				1.590	10.2	0.7	4.1	7.7	1.88	ELP TL
1986	24	MIL	AL	10	7	.588	2.97	51	0	33	0	0	14	91.0	81	34	30	5	29	1	75	0	0	4	377	147	2.79	1.209	8.0	0.5	2.9	7.4	2.59
1987	25	MIL	AL	5	6	.455	2.61	57	0	47	0	0	23	79.1	63	30	23	8	23	1	89	3	0	6	325	176	2.92	1.084	7.1	0.9	2.6	10.1	3.87	AS
1988	26	MIL	AL	1	2	.333	2.41	50	0	48	0	0	30	52.1	46	14	14	2	12	2	52	0	6	4	211	166	1.97	1.108	7.9	0.3	2.1	8.9	4.33	AS,MVP-22
1989	27	MIL	AL	3	4	.429	2.35	52	0	51	0	0	33	61.1	47	16	16	6	17	1	52	0	0	0	242	165	3.17	1.043	6.9	0.9	2.5	7.6	3.06	AS
1990	28	MIL	AL	3	7	.300	4.43	66	0	52	0	0	24	69.0	67	36	34	5	31	6	65	3	0	2	299	88	3.34	1.420	8.7	0.7	4.0	8.5	2.10
1991	29	MIL	AL	2	7	.222	4.29	45	10	25	0	0	8	92.1	92	49	44	12	39	1	61	3	1	2	402	94	4.59	1.419	9.0	1.2	3.8	5.9	1.56
1992	30	MIL	AL	5	4	.556	2.96	44	4	13	0	0	1	79.0	64	28	26	5	35	5	54	3	1	3	330	131	3.68	1.253	7.3	0.6	4.0	6.2	1.54
1993	31	CHC	NL	2	1	.667	4.74	57	0	12	0	0	0	62.2	74	37	33	10	21	6	47	0	2	5	276	83	4.57	1.516	10.6	1.4	3.0	6.8	2.24
1994	32	CHC	NL	2	3	.400	4.61	54	0	14	0	0	1	54.2	61	30	28	9	13	0	53	1	0	0	235	91	4.10	1.354	10.0	1.5	2.1	8.7	4.08
1995	33	PIT	NL	4	4	.500	3.58	58	0	16	0	0	3	60.1	53	26	24	3	27	7	57	1	0	1	259	120	3.25	1.326	7.9	0.4	4.0	8.5	2.11
1996	34	PIT	NL	6	5	.545	4.09	73	0	30	0	0	11	70.1	67	35	32	4	24	6	76	0	0	4	300	108	2.77	1.294	8.6	0.5	3.1	9.7	3.17
1997	35	TOR	AL	2	4	.333	3.58	73	0	18	0	0	1	50.1	47	22	20	8	19	4	61	0	0	2	215	127	3.88	1.311	8.4	1.4	3.4	10.9	3.21
1998	36	TOR	AL	4	3	.571	3.78	78	0	16	0	0	4	50.0	41	23	21	4	16	1	55	1	0	0	203	123	3.00	1.140	7.4	0.7	2.9	9.9	3.44
1999	37	TOT	MLB	2	4	.333	5.89	64	0	11	0	0	1	44.1	50	30	29	7	17	2	53	0	0	3	198	81	3.95	1.511	10.2	1.4	3.5	10.8	3.12
1999	37	TOR	AL	0	3	.000	8.34	30	0	5	0	0	0	22.2	28	21	21	4	9	1	26	0	0	2	104	59	4.33	1.632	11.1	1.6	3.6	10.3	2.89
1999	37	ARI	NL	2	1	.667	3.32	34	0	6	0	0	1	21.2	22	9	8	3	8	1	27	0	0	1	94	140	3.55	1.385	9.1	1.2	3.3	11.2	3.38
2000	38	ARI	NL	5	1	.833	3.15	62	0	14	0	0	0	40.0	34	21	14	4	26	2	45	0	0	3	182	153	4.13	1.500	7.7	0.9	5.9	10.1	1.73
2001	39	TOR	AL	4	5	.444	3.57	62	0	5	0	0	1	45.1	34	18	18	4	24	5	68	1	0	1	190	129	2.85	1.279	6.8	0.8	4.8	13.5	2.83
2002	40	TOT	MLB	3	3	.500	4.21	60	0	8	0	0	1	36.1	27	17	17	6	18	3	41	0	0	0	154	100	4.34	1.239	6.7	1.5	4.5	10.2	2.28
2002	40	TOR	AL	1	2	.333	3.38	19	0	3	0	0	0	13.1	11	5	5	1	6	0	14	0	0	0	58	140	3.19	1.275	7.4	0.7	4.1	9.5	2.33
2002	40	PHI	NL	2	1	.667	4.70	41	0	5	0	0	1	23.0	16	12	12	5	12	3	27	0	0	0	96	84	5.01	1.217	6.3	2.0	4.7	10.6	2.25
2003	41	PHI	NL	2	1	.667	2.70	58	0	9	0	0	2	33.1	29	12	10	3	11	1	37	1	0	1	141	149	3.06	1.200	7.8	0.8	3.0	10.0	3.36
18 Yrs				65	71	.478	3.64	1064	14	422	0	0	158	1072.0	977	478	433	105	402	54	1041	17	10	41	4539	117	3.46	1.286	8.2	0.9	3.4	8.7	2.59
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.478	3.64	67	1	27	0	0	10	68	62	30	27	7	25	3	66	1	1	3	286	117	3.46	1.286	8.2	0.9	3.4	8.7	2.59
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
MIL (7 yrs)				29	37	.439	3.21	365	14	269	0	0	133	524.1	460	207	187	43	186	17	448	12	8	21	2186	128	3.30	1.232	7.9	0.7	3.2	7.7	2.41
TOR (5 yrs)				11	17	.393	4.21	262	0	47	0	0	6	181.2	161	89	85	21	74	11	224	2	0	5	770	110	3.39	1.294	8.0	1.0	3.7	11.1	3.03
ARI (2 yrs)				7	2	.778	3.21	96	0	20	0	0	1	61.2	56	30	22	7	34	3	72	0	0	4	276	148	3.93	1.459	8.2	1.0	5.0	10.5	2.12
PIT (2 yrs)				10	9	.526	3.86	131	0	46	0	0	14	130.2	120	61	56	7	51	13	133	1	0	5	559	113	2.99	1.309	8.3	0.5	3.5	9.2	2.61
PHI (2 yrs)				4	2	.667	3.51	99	0	14	0	0	3	56.1	45	24	22	8	23	4	64	1	0	1	237	114	3.85	1.207	7.2	1.3	3.7	10.2	2.78
CHC (2 yrs)				4	4	.500	4.68	111	0	26	0	0	1	117.1	135	67	61	19	34	6	100	1	2	5	511	87	4.35	1.440	10.4	1.5	2.6	7.7	2.94

AL (12 yrs)				40	54	.426	3.47	627	14	316	0	0	139	706.0	621	296	272	64	260	28	672	14	8	26	2956	123	3.32	1.248	7.9	0.8	3.3	8.6	2.58
NL (8 yrs)				25	17	.595	3.96	437	0	106	0	0	19	366.0	356	182	161	41	142	26	369	3	2	15	1583	108	3.72	1.361	8.8	1.0	3.5	9.1	2.60

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