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Eric Show
Eric Vaughn Show

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
School University of California, Riverside

Debut September 2, 1981
  vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 30, 1991
Born May 19, 1956 in Riverside, CA
Died March 16, 1994 in Dulzura, CA

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 18th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1981 25 SDP NL   1   3  15   0   0   0   4  3   23.0   17    9    8   2    9   22   1   0    92   3   0  3.13  3.28  105 1.130
 1982 26 SDP NL  10   6  47  14   2   2  12  3  150.0  117   49   44  10   48   88   5   2   611   3   0  2.64  3.46  131 1.100 RoY-8
 1983 27 SDP NL  15  12  35  33   4   2   0  0  200.7  201   97   93  25   74  120   6   4   857   3   2  4.17  3.53   85 1.370
 1984 28 SDP NL  15   9  32  32   3   1   0  0  206.7  175   88   78  18   88  104   4   6   862   4   2  3.40  3.59  106 1.273
 1985 29 SDP NL  12  11  35  35   5   2   0  0  233.0  212   95   80  27   87  141   5   4   977   7   0  3.09  3.56  115 1.283
 1986 30 SDP NL   9   5  24  22   2   0   1  0  136.3  109   47   45  11   69   94   4   3   569   4   2  2.97  3.65  123 1.306
 1987 31 SDP NL   8  16  34  34   5   3   0  0  206.3  188   99   88  26   85  117   9   6   887   7   5  3.84  3.96  103 1.323
 1988 32 SDP NL  16  11  32  32  13   1   0  0  234.7  201   86   85  22   53  144   6   4   936   5   5  3.26  3.42  105 1.082
 1989 33 SDP NL   8   6  16  16   1   0   0  0  106.3  113   59   50   9   39   66   2   2   464   3   2  4.23  3.54   84 1.429
 1990 34 SDP NL   6   8  39  12   0   0  14  1  106.3  131   74   68  16   41   55   4   3   482   9   3  5.76  3.84   67 1.618
 1991 35 OAK AL   1   2  23   5   0   0   6  0   51.7   62   36   34   5   17   20   0   2   231   1   1  5.92  3.82   64 1.529
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .532 101  89 332 235  35  11  37  7 1655.0 1526  739  673 171  610  971  46  36  6968  49  22  3.66  3.61   99 1.291
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  10  39  28   4   1   4  0  198.3  183   88   80  20   73  116   5   4   835   5   2  3.66  3.61   99 1.291
 Career High     16  16  47  35  13   3  14  3  234.7  212   99   93  27   88  144   9   6   977   9   5  2.64  3.96  131 1.082

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 26 SDP NL  47   41    2    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  14  .146  .146  .146  -16    6   2   0   0   0   0 RoY-8
 1983 27 SDP NL  35   64    3   11   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  23  .172  .197  .188    9   12   5   0   0   1   0
 1984 28 SDP NL  32   69    7   17   3  0   3   10   0  0   0  23  .246  .257  .420   88   29   6   0   0   1   4
 1985 29 SDP NL  35   79    3   10   0  0   1    6   0  0   0  30  .127  .138  .165  -15   13   7   0   0   1   0
 1986 30 SDP NL  24   43    2    7   2  0   0    1   0  0   1  14  .163  .182  .209    9    9   3   0   0   0   0
 1987 31 SDP NL  34   70    5    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   0  28  .071  .070  .086  -58    6   7   1   0   0   3
 1988 32 SDP NL  32   81    5   12   1  0   0    4   0  0   1  27  .148  .159  .160   -7   13   5   0   0   0   0
 1989 33 SDP NL  17   34    3    8   1  0   0    1   0  0   1  12  .235  .257  .265   49    9   4   0   0   0   0
 1990 34 SDP NL  39   25    3    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   8  .200  .200  .240   20    6   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     333  506   33   81  10  0   4   28   0  0   4 179  .160  .171  .204    5  103  40   1   0   3   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        246   16   39   5  0   2   14   0  0   2  87  .160  .171  .204    5   50  19   0   0   1   3
 Career High     47   81    7   17   3  0   3   10   0  0   1  30                          29   7   1   0   1   4
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1982 26 SDP NL   43   37    1   0.7    91| .146  .261| .146  .323| .146  .379| .292  .702| -16  .039  -6.4  -0.7   0%
 1983 27 SDP NL   71   58    3   1.4    94| .172  .260| .197  .328| .188  .385| .385  .712|   9  .115  -8.0  -0.8   0%
 1984 28 SDP NL   76   62    6   2.6    94| .246  .263| .257  .328| .420  .383| .677  .711|  88  .295  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1985 29 SDP NL   87   76    2   0.7    94| .127  .259| .138  .327| .165  .386| .303  .712| -15  .037 -12.5  -1.3   0%
 1986 30 SDP NL   47   39    2   1.4    96| .163  .259| .182  .329| .209  .391| .391  .720|   9  .112  -5.4  -0.6   0%
 1987 31 SDP NL   78   76    0   0.0   102| .071  .264| .070  .333| .086  .412| .156  .745| -58  .000 -15.7  -1.6   0%
 1988 32 SDP NL   87   74    2   0.7    89| .148  .255| .159  .319| .160  .374| .319  .693|  -7  .043 -11.4  -1.2   0%
 1989 33 SDP NL   39   30    3   2.7    91| .235  .255| .257  .323| .265  .380| .522  .702|  49  .322  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1990 34 SDP NL   26   21    1   1.3    99| .200  .266| .200  .332| .240  .399| .440  .731|  20  .095  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      554  473   20   1.1    94| .160  .260| .171  .327| .204  .387| .375  .714|   5  .082 -66.2  -6.9   0%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1981 25 SDP NL P 15 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 0.27 0.68 1.57 1.96 0 23.0 1982 26 SDP NL P 47 4 35 3 1 .929 .951 0.83 0.70 2.34 1.96 14 150.0 1983 27 SDP NL P 35 7 27 4 0 .895 .952 0.97 0.68 1.52 1.92 33 200.7 1984 28 SDP NL P 32 14 28 2 2 .955 .955 1.31 0.67 1.83 1.88 32 206.7 1985 29 SDP NL P 35 14 24 4 2 .905 .952 1.09 0.68 1.47 1.92 35 233.0 1986 30 SDP NL P 24 6 14 1 1 .952 .957 0.83 0.66 1.32 1.94 22 136.3 1987 31 SDP NL P 34 10 27 3 2 .925 .956 1.09 0.62 1.61 1.91 34 206.3 1988 32 SDP NL P 32 5 21 1 0 .963 .956 0.81 0.69 1.00 1.96 32 234.7 1989 33 SDP NL P 16 4 10 1 1 .933 .946 0.88 0.63 1.19 1.87 16 106.3 1990 34 SDP NL P 39 7 12 1 1 .950 .955 0.49 0.58 1.61 1.80 12 106.3 1991 35 OAK AL P 23 3 4 2 0 .778 .959 0.30 0.58 1.22 1.79 5 51.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1981 25 SDP NL P 15 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 0.27 0.68 1.57 1.96 0 23.0 1982 26 SDP NL P 47 4 35 3 1 .929 .951 0.83 0.70 2.34 1.96 14 150.0 1983 27 SDP NL P 35 7 27 4 0 .895 .952 0.97 0.68 1.52 1.92 33 200.7 1984 28 SDP NL P 32 14 28 2 2 .955 .955 1.31 0.67 1.83 1.88 32 206.7 1985 29 SDP NL P 35 14 24 4 2 .905 .952 1.09 0.68 1.47 1.92 35 233.0 1986 30 SDP NL P 24 6 14 1 1 .952 .957 0.83 0.66 1.32 1.94 22 136.3 1987 31 SDP NL P 34 10 27 3 2 .925 .956 1.09 0.62 1.61 1.91 34 206.3 1988 32 SDP NL P 32 5 21 1 0 .963 .956 0.81 0.69 1.00 1.96 32 234.7 1989 33 SDP NL P 16 4 10 1 1 .933 .946 0.88 0.63 1.19 1.87 16 106.3 1990 34 SDP NL P 39 7 12 1 1 .950 .955 0.49 0.58 1.61 1.80 12 106.3 1991 35 OAK AL P 23 3 4 2 0 .778 .959 0.30 0.58 1.22 1.79 5 51.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 332 74 206 23 10 .924 .954 0.84 0.65 1.52 1.91 235 1655.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 332 74 206 23 10 .924 .954 0.84 0.65 1.52 1.91 235 1655
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1984   NLCS  SDP CHC     W   2   2  13.50  0  1  0  0   5.1   8   8   4   2 
        WS    SDP DET     L   1   1  10.12  0  1  0  0   2.2   4   3   1   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   3   3  12.38  0  2  0  0   8    12  11   5   4 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1984   NLCS  SDP CHC     W   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    SDP DET     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   3   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   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.

Wins
1983 NL-15-6
1984 NL-15-6
1988 NL-16-10

Won-Loss %
1982 NL-.625-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1988 NL-1.082-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1984 NL-7.62-8
1987 NL-8.20-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1988 NL-2.03-8

Innings
1988 NL-234.7-10

Games Started
1985 NL-35-8
1987 NL-34-8

Comp. Games
1987 NL-5-10
1988 NL-13-3

Shutouts
1982 NL-2-9
1987 NL-3-3

Home Runs Allow.
1983 NL-25-2
1985 NL-27-3
1987 NL-26-8
1988 NL-22-4

Bases On Balls Allow.
1984 NL-88-8
1985 NL-87-8
1987 NL-85-10

SO to Walk
1988 NL-2.72-10

Losses
1987 NL-16-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1983 NL-93-10

Hit Batsmen
1982 NL-5-7
1983 NL-6-2
1984 NL-4-10
1985 NL-5-10
1987 NL-9-3

     

Gray Ink: Pitching - 32 (734) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (799) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 9.0 (955) (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 5, 1974: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 36th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 18th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 10, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985San Diego Padres$537,500
1986San Diego Padres$687,500
1987San Diego Padres$787,500
1988San Diego Padres$887,500
1989San Diego Padres$1,450,000
1990San Diego Padres$1,050,000
1991Oakland Athletics$800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,200,000

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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