Eric Plunk

Position: Relief 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)

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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Career

WAR

13.5

ERA

3.82

714

1151.0

1081

WHIP

1.439

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1981	17	-3.2	Yankees	GULF	Rk	NYY	3	4	.429	3.83	4.83	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
1982	18	-1.8	Paintsville	APPY	Rk	NYY	6	3	.667	4.64	4.92	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
1983	19	-3.1	Fort Lauderdale	FLOR	A	NYY	8	10	.444	2.74	3.96	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
1984	20	-2.1	Fort Lauderdale	FLOR	A	NYY	12	12	.500	2.86	4.34	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
1985	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	OAK	8	7	.533	4.42	5.24	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
1985	21	-4.7	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	OAK	0	5	.000	5.77	6.96	10	10	0	0	0	0	53.0	51	41	34	3	50	3	43	2	3	4		1.906	8.7	0.5	8.5	7.3	0.86
1985	21	-2.9	Huntsville	SOUL	AA	OAK	8	2	.800	3.52	4.08	13	13	0	2	1	0	79.1	61	36	31	9	56	0	68	2	1	4		1.475	6.9	1.0	6.4	7.7	1.21
1986	22	-3.9	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	OAK	2	3	.400	4.68	4.96	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
1986	22	-6.2	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	4	7	.364	5.31	5.61	26	15	2	0	0	0	120.1	91	75	71	14	102	2	98	5	6	9	537	1.604	6.8	1.0	7.6	7.3	0.96
1987	23	-2.9	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	OAK	1	1	.500	1.56	2.08	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
1987	23	-5.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	4	6	.400	4.74	5.02	32	11	11	0	0	2	95.0	91	53	50	8	62	3	90	2	2	5	432	1.611	8.6	0.8	5.9	8.5	1.45
1988	24	-4.5	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	7	2	.778	3.00	3.12	49	0	22	0	0	5	78.0	62	27	26	6	39	4	79	1	7	4	331	1.295	7.2	0.7	4.5	9.1	2.03
1989	25		2 Teams	AL	Maj	NYY-OAK	8	6	.571	3.28	3.71	50	7	17	0	0	1	104.1	82	43	38	10	64	2	85	1	3	10	445	1.399	7.1	0.9	5.5	7.3	1.33
1989	25	-3.5	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	1	1	.500	2.20	2.20	23	0	12	0	0	1	28.2	17	7	7	1	12	0	24	1	0	4	113	1.012	5.3	0.3	3.8	7.5	2.00
1989	25	-3.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	7	5	.583	3.69	4.28	27	7	5	0	0	0	75.2	65	36	31	9	52	2	61	0	3	6	332	1.546	7.7	1.1	6.2	7.3	1.17
1990	26	-2.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	6	3	.667	2.72	3.34	47	0	16	0	0	0	72.2	58	27	22	6	43	4	67	2	2	4	310	1.390	7.2	0.7	5.3	8.3	1.56
1991	27	-1.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	5	.286	4.76	5.56	43	8	6	0	0	0	111.2	128	69	59	18	62	1	103	1	2	6	521	1.701	10.3	1.5	5.0	8.3	1.66
1992	28	4.2	Canton-Akron	EL	AA	CLE	1	2	.333	1.72	2.30	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
1992	28	-0.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	9	6	.600	3.64	3.89	58	0	20	0	0	4	71.2	61	31	29	5	38	2	50	0	0	5	309	1.381	7.7	0.6	4.8	6.3	1.32
1993	29	0.3	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	4	5	.444	2.79	3.68	70	0	40	0	0	15	71.0	61	29	22	5	30	4	77	0	0	6	306	1.282	7.7	0.6	3.8	9.8	2.57
1994	30	0.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	7	2	.778	2.54	3.17	41	0	18	0	0	3	71.0	61	25	20	3	37	5	73	2	0	7	306	1.380	7.7	0.4	4.7	9.3	1.97
1995	31	2.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	6	2	.750	2.67	2.67	56	0	22	0	0	2	64.0	48	19	19	5	27	2	71	4	0	3	263	1.172	6.8	0.7	3.8	10.0	2.63
1996	32	3.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	2	.600	2.43	2.43	56	0	12	0	0	2	77.2	56	21	21	6	34	2	85	3	1	4	318	1.159	6.5	0.7	3.9	9.8	2.50
1997	33	4.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	4	5	.444	4.66	5.07	55	0	22	0	0	0	65.2	62	37	34	12	36	7	66	1	0	6	293	1.492	8.5	1.6	4.9	9.0	1.83
1998	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CLE	4	3	.571	4.33	4.58	63	0	13	0	0	1	72.2	77	37	35	9	30	2	74	5	0	1	321	1.472	9.5	1.1	3.7	9.2	2.47
1998	34	4.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	1	.750	4.83	5.05	37	0	6	0	0	0	41.0	44	23	22	6	15	1	38	2	0	0	178	1.439	9.7	1.3	3.3	8.3	2.53
1998	34	5.7	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	1	2	.333	3.69	3.98	26	0	7	0	0	1	31.2	33	14	13	3	15	1	36	3	0	1	143	1.516	9.4	0.9	4.3	10.2	2.40
1999	35	6.6	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	4	4	.500	5.02	5.26	68	0	13	0	0	0	75.1	71	44	42	15	43	5	63	5	1	5	338	1.513	8.5	1.8	5.1	7.5	1.47
2000	36	12.1	West Tenn	SOUL	AA	CHC	2	0	1.000	2.00	3.00	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
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (14 seasons)					Majors		72	58	.554	3.82	4.20	714	41	234	0	0	35	1151.0	1009	537	488	122	647	45	1081	32	24	75	5030	1.439	7.9	1.0	5.1	8.5	1.67
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		43	42	.506	3.40	4.39	140	96	26	19	6	10	643.2	561	314	243	27	403	11	593	20	19	53	104	1.498	7.8	0.4	5.6	8.3	1.47
All Levels (20 Seasons)							115	100	.535	3.67	4.27	854	137	260	19	6	45	1794.2	1570	851	731	149	1050	56	1674	52	43	128	5134	1.460	7.9	0.7	5.3	8.4	1.59

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		3	9	.250	4.26	5.01	40	16	19	0	0	9	120.1	97	67	57	8	100	5	130	2	5	13		1.637	7.3	0.6	7.5	9.7	1.30
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		11	4	.733	3.12	3.72	29	13	5	2	1	1	104.0	77	43	36	10	67	0	96	4	3	6	104	1.385	6.7	0.9	5.8	8.3	1.43
A (2 seasons)					Minors		20	22	.476	2.81	4.18	48	48	0	12	5	0	301.1	268	140	94	6	186	5	261	9	7	23		1.507	8.0	0.2	5.6	7.8	1.40
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		9	7	.563	4.27	4.88	23	19	2	5	0	0	118.0	119	64	56	3	50	1	106	5	4	11		1.432	9.1	0.2	3.8	8.1	2.12