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Eric Plunk
Eric Vaughn Plunk

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 217 lb.

Debut May 12, 1986
  vs. TOR 5.3 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 4 BB, 3 ER
Final Game October 2, 1999
Born September 3, 1963 in Wilmington, CA

Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1981. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1986 22 OAK AL   4   7  26  15   0   0   2  0  120.3   91   75   71  14  102   98   5   9   537   2   6  5.31  3.85   73 1.604
 1987 23 OAK AL   4   6  32  11   0   0  11  2   95.0   91   53   50   8   62   90   2   5   432   3   2  4.74  4.16   88 1.611
 1988 24 OAK AL   7   2  49   0   0   0  22  5   78.0   62   27   26   6   39   79   1   4   331   4   7  3.00  3.82  127 1.295
 1989 25 TOT AL   8   6  50   7   0   0  17  1  104.3   82   43   38  10   64   85   1  10   445   2   3  3.28  3.81  116 1.399
         OAK AL   1   1  23   0   0   0  12  1   28.7   17    7    7   1   12   24   1   4   113   0   0  2.20  3.70  168 1.012
         NYY AL   7   5  27   7   0   0   5  0   75.7   65   36   31   9   52   61   0   6   332   2   3  3.69  3.85  105 1.546
 1990 26 NYY AL   6   3  47   0   0   0  16  0   72.7   58   27   22   6   43   67   2   4   310   4   2  2.72  4.00  147 1.390
 1991 27 NYY AL   2   5  43   8   0   0   6  0  111.7  128   69   59  18   62  103   1   6   521   1   2  4.76  4.14   87 1.701
 1992 28 CLE AL   9   6  58   0   0   0  20  4   71.7   61   31   29   5   38   50   0   5   309   2   0  3.64  3.95  108 1.381
 1993 29 CLE AL   4   5  70   0   0   0  40 15   71.0   61   29   22   5   30   77   0   6   306   4   0  2.79  4.38  157 1.282
 1994 30 CLE AL   7   2  41   0   0   0  18  3   71.0   61   25   20   3   37   73   2   7   306   5   0  2.54  4.66  184 1.380
 1995 31 CLE AL   6   2  56   0   0   0  22  2   64.0   48   19   19   5   27   71   4   3   263   2   0  2.67  4.67  175 1.172
 1996 32 CLE AL   3   2  56   0   0   0  12  2   77.7   56   21   21   6   34   85   3   4   318   2   1  2.43  4.90  201 1.159
 1997 33 CLE AL   4   5  55   0   0   0  22  0   65.7   62   37   34  12   36   66   1   6   293   7   0  4.66  4.66  100 1.492
 1998 34 TOT      4   3  63   0   0   0  13  1   72.7   77   37   35   9   30   74   5   1   321   2   0  4.33  4.54  105 1.472
         CLE AL   3   1  37   0   0   0   6  0   41.0   44   23   22   6   15   38   2   0   178   1   0  4.83  4.75   98 1.439
         MIL NL   1   2  26   0   0   0   7  1   31.7   33   14   13   3   15   36   3   1   143   1   0  3.69  4.28  116 1.516
 1999 35 MIL NL   4   4  68   0   0   0  13  0   75.3   71   44   42  15   43   63   5   5   338   5   1  5.02  4.52   90 1.513
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .554  72  58 714  41   0   0 234 35 1151.0 1009  537  488 122  647 1081  32  75  5030  45  24  3.82  4.25  111 1.439
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   5  64   3   0   0  21  3  103.3   90   48   43  10   58   97   2   6   453   4   2  3.82  4.25  111 1.439
 Career High      9   7  70  15   0   0  40 15  120.3  128   75   71  18  102  103   5  10   537   7   7  2.43  4.90  201 1.159
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 33 CLE AL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1998 34 TOT     63    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .500  .000   47    0   0   0   0   0   0
         MIL NL  26    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .500  .000   47    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     662    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .333  .000   -2    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .333  .000   -2    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     70    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1                           0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 33 CLE AL    1    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .275| .000  .345| .000  .434| .000  .779|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1998 34 TOT       2    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .269| .500  .340| .000  .424| .500  .764|  47  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
         MIL NL    2    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .269| .500  .340| .000  .424| .500  .764|  47  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons        3    2    0   0.0   109| .000  .272| .333  .341| .000  .429| .333  .770|  -2  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1986 22 OAK AL P 26 3 6 1 0 .900 .957 0.35 0.68 0.67 1.83 15 120.3 1987 23 OAK AL P 32 1 9 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.67 0.95 1.84 11 95.0 1988 24 OAK AL P 49 2 5 1 0 .875 .959 0.14 0.67 0.81 1.78 0 78.0 1989 25 TOT AL P 50 2 7 1 0 .900 .957 0.18 0.66 0.78 1.87 7 104.4 OAK AL P 23 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.17 0.66 1.25 1.88 0 28.7 NYY AL P 27 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 0.19 0.66 0.59 1.87 7 75.7 1990 26 NYY AL P 47 3 18 2 2 .913 .955 0.45 0.59 2.60 1.78 0 72.7 1991 27 NYY AL P 43 4 7 2 0 .846 .957 0.26 0.58 0.89 1.80 8 111.7 1992 28 CLE AL P 58 7 7 1 0 .933 .952 0.24 0.56 1.76 1.72 0 71.7 1993 29 CLE AL P 70 5 2 1 0 .875 .959 0.10 0.56 0.89 1.79 0 71.0 1994 30 CLE AL P 41 8 3 0 0 1.000 .957 0.27 0.52 1.39 1.72 0 71.0 1995 31 CLE AL P 56 2 7 0 1 1.000 .957 0.16 0.53 1.27 1.79 0 64.0 1996 32 CLE AL P 56 4 7 0 0 1.000 .957 0.20 0.52 1.27 1.77 0 77.7 1997 33 CLE AL P 55 2 4 2 0 .750 .952 0.11 0.49 0.82 1.71 0 65.7 1998 34 TOT P 63 0 5 1 0 .833 .962 0.08 0.52 0.62 1.81 0 72.7 CLE AL P 37 0 5 1 0 .833 .962 0.14 0.50 1.10 1.78 0 41.0 MIL NL P 26 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.54 0.00 1.85 0 31.7 1999 35 MIL NL P 68 0 6 1 0 .857 .952 0.09 0.48 0.72 1.72 0 75.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1986 22 OAK AL P 26 3 6 1 0 .900 .957 0.35 0.68 0.67 1.83 15 120.3 1987 23 OAK AL P 32 1 9 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.67 0.95 1.84 11 95.0 1988 24 OAK AL P 49 2 5 1 0 .875 .959 0.14 0.67 0.81 1.78 0 78.0 1989 25 TOT AL P 50 2 7 1 0 .900 .957 0.18 0.66 0.78 1.87 7 104.4 OAK AL P 23 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.17 0.66 1.25 1.88 0 28.7 NYY AL P 27 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 0.19 0.66 0.59 1.87 7 75.7 1990 26 NYY AL P 47 3 18 2 2 .913 .955 0.45 0.59 2.60 1.78 0 72.7 1991 27 NYY AL P 43 4 7 2 0 .846 .957 0.26 0.58 0.89 1.80 8 111.7 1992 28 CLE AL P 58 7 7 1 0 .933 .952 0.24 0.56 1.76 1.72 0 71.7 1993 29 CLE AL P 70 5 2 1 0 .875 .959 0.10 0.56 0.89 1.79 0 71.0 1994 30 CLE AL P 41 8 3 0 0 1.000 .957 0.27 0.52 1.39 1.72 0 71.0 1995 31 CLE AL P 56 2 7 0 1 1.000 .957 0.16 0.53 1.27 1.79 0 64.0 1996 32 CLE AL P 56 4 7 0 0 1.000 .957 0.20 0.52 1.27 1.77 0 77.7 1997 33 CLE AL P 55 2 4 2 0 .750 .952 0.11 0.49 0.82 1.71 0 65.7 1998 34 TOT P 63 0 5 1 0 .833 .962 0.08 0.52 0.62 1.81 0 72.7 CLE AL P 37 0 5 1 0 .833 .962 0.14 0.50 1.10 1.78 0 41.0 MIL NL P 26 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.54 0.00 1.85 0 31.7 1999 35 MIL NL P 68 0 6 1 0 .857 .952 0.09 0.48 0.72 1.72 0 75.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 714 43 93 13 3 .913 .956 0.19 0.56 1.06 1.79 41 1151.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 714 43 93 13 3 .913 .956 0.19 0.56 1.06 1.79 41 1151
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1988   ALCS  OAK BOS     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   1   0   0   1 
        WS    OAK LAD     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1.2   0   0   0   3 
 1995   ALDS  CLE BOS     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1.1   1   0   1   1 
        ALCS  CLE SEA     W   3   0   9.00  0  0  0  0   2     1   2   3   2 
 1996   ALDS  CLE BAL     L   3   0   6.75  0  1  0  0   4     1   3   2   6 
 1997   ALDS  CLE NYY     W   1   0  27.00  0  1  0  0   1.1   4   4   0   1 
        ALCS  CLE BAL     W   1   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   0.2   1   0   0   0 
        WS    CLE FLA     L   3   0   9.00  0  1  0  0   3     3   3   4   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       2-1   5   0   9.45  0  2  0  0   6.2   6   7   3   8 
  3 Lg Champ Series     3-0   5   0   6.00  1  0  0  0   3     3   2   3   3 
  2 World Series        0-2   5   0   5.79  0  1  0  0   4.2   3   3   4   6 
  8 Postseason Ser      5-3  15   0   7.53  1  3  0  0  14.1  12  12  10  17 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1988   ALCS  OAK BOS     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    OAK LAD     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1995   ALDS  CLE BOS     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  CLE SEA     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1996   ALDS  CLE BAL     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1997   ALDS  CLE NYY     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  CLE BAL     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CLE FLA     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       2-1   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Lg Champ Series     3-0   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        0-2   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  8 Postseason Series   5-3  15   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1994 AL-.778-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
Car-7.89-84

Strikeouts/9IP
Car-8.45-16

Games
1993 AL-70-6
Car-714-73

Bases On Balls Allow.
1986 AL-102-6

Wild Pitches
1989 AL-10-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1934) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 11.0 (708) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 19.0 (618) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1981.

December 5, 1984: Traded by the New York Yankees with Tim Birtsas, Jay Howell, Stan Javier, and Jose Rijo to the Oakland Athletics for Rickey Henderson, Bert Bradley, and cash.

June 21, 1989: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Greg Cadaret and Luis Polonia to the New York Yankees for Rickey Henderson.

November 20, 1991: Released by the New York Yankees.

December 12, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

March 27, 1992: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

April 9, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 27, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

November 12, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 29, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 10, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

July 23, 1998: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Milwaukee Brewers for Doug Jones.

November 4, 1999: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Oakland Athletics$60,000
1987Oakland Athletics$77,667
1988Oakland Athletics$90,000
1989New York Yankees$232,390
1990New York Yankees$450,000
1991New York Yankees$975,000
1992Cleveland Indians$357,500
1993Cleveland Indians$725,000
1994Cleveland Indians$625,000
1995Cleveland Indians$725,000
1996Cleveland Indians$750,000
1997Cleveland Indians$1,850,000
1998Cleveland Indians$1,800,000
1999Milwaukee Brewers$1,850,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,567,557

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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