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Eric Plunk

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 210lb (196cm, 95kg)

Born: September 3, 1963 in Wilmington, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bellflower HS (Bellflower, CA).

High School: Bellflower HS (Bellflower, CA)

School: California State University, Dominguez Hills (Carson, CA)

Debut: May 12, 1986 (Age 22-251d, 15,166th in major league history)
vs. TOR 5.1 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 4 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: October 2, 1999 (Age 36-029d)
vs. CIN 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Full Name: Eric Vaughn Plunk

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.5

ERA

3.82

714

1151.0

1081

WHIP

1.439

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
1981	17	NYY-min	Rk	3	4	.429	3.83	11	11	0	1	0	0	54.0	56	29	23	1	20	1	47	2	3	2				1.407	9.3	0.2	3.3	7.8	2.35	YNK GULF
1982	18	NYY-min	Rk	6	3	.667	4.64	12	8	2	4	0	0	64.0	63	35	33	2	30	0	59	3	1	9				1.453	8.9	0.3	4.2	8.3	1.97	PAI APPY
1983	19	NYY-min	A	8	10	.444	2.74	20	20	0	5	4	0	125.0	115	55	38	1	63	4	109	3	0	6				1.424	8.3	0.1	4.5	7.8	1.73	FTL FLOR
1984	20	NYY-min	A	12	12	.500	2.86	28	28	0	7	1	0	176.1	153	85	56	5	123	1	152	6	7	17				1.565	7.8	0.3	6.3	7.8	1.24	FTL FLOR
1985	21	OAK-min	AA,AAA	8	7	.533	4.42	23	23	0	2	1	0	132.1	112	77	65	12	106	3	111	4	4	8				1.647	7.6	0.8	7.2	7.5	1.05	HVL,TAC SOUL,PCL
1986	22	OAK-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.68	6	6	0	0	0	0	32.2	25	18	17	4	33	0	31	0	2	3				1.776	6.9	1.1	9.1	8.5	0.94	TAC PCL
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	5.32	1.604	6.8	1.0	7.6	7.3	0.96
1987	23	OAK-min	AAA	1	1	.500	1.56	24	0	19	0	0	9	34.2	21	8	6	1	17	2	56	0	0	6				1.096	5.5	0.3	4.4	14.5	3.29	TAC PCL
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	4.09	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	128	3.28	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	118	4.25	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	171	2.90	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	106	4.76	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	146	3.90	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	4.80	1.701	10.3	1.5	5.0	8.3	1.66
1992	28	CLE-min	AA	1	2	.333	1.72	9	0	3	0	0	0	15.2	11	4	3	0	5	0	19	1	2	2	63			1.021	6.3	0.0	2.9	10.9	3.80	CAK EL
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	3.89	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	156	3.00	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	185	3.27	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	176	3.35	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	200	3.42	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	101	5.16	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	106	4.16	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	99	4.43	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	117	3.80	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	91	5.96	1.513	8.5	1.8	5.1	7.5	1.47
2000	36	CHC-min	AA	2	0	1.000	2.00	7	0	2	0	0	1	9.0	5	3	2	1	6	0	9	1	0	0	41			1.222	5.0	1.0	6.0	9.0	1.50	WTN SOUL
14 Yrs				72	58	.554	3.82	714	41	234	0	0	35	1151.0	1009	537	488	122	647	45	1081	32	24	75	5030	112	4.21	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	112	4.21	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	3.73	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	92	4.25	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	4.53	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	97	5.32	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	114	4.09	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	97	5.32	1.514	8.7	1.5	4.9	8.3	1.71