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, 15,152nd 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

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-26 / in Starts: 4-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 20

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	108	2	Apr 5	OAK		SEA	W,11-1	9-GF		99	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-3.24	1	7	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.10	9t --- 2 out a10	9t end a10
2	109	4	Apr 7	OAK		CHW	L,1-7	8-GF		1	1.1	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0.00	7.56	9	51	28	6	5	3	1	0	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.025	.15	-0.03%	-1.79	8t 123 2 out d4	9t end d 6
3	110	7	Apr 10	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-0	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	4.26	3	14	10	3	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.016	.32	0.02%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
4	111	12	Apr 15	OAK	@	CHW	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.85	2	8	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.015	.48	0.02%	1.44	8b 12- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
5	112	15	Apr 18	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-3	7-8	W(1-0)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.19	4	15	10	3	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.009	1.74	0.01%	0.11	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
6	113	16	Apr 19	OAK	@	SEA	W,7-5	7-8	H(1)	0	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.24	7	29	19	6	2	2	3	3	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.059	2.57	0.05%	-0.60	7b 12- 1 out a4	8b 3 out a2
7	114	17	Apr 21	OAK		CAL	W,10-6	6-8	H(2)	1	1.1	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.35	4.98	7	24	16	2	2	2	2	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.100	1.32	-0.10%	-1.69	6t 1-- 2 out a2	8t 1-- 0 out a2
8	115	23	Apr 27	OAK		BAL	W,9-4	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	4.49	4	15	9	0	4	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.005	.18	0.01%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
9	116	26	Apr 30	OAK		DET	L,2-7	7-8		2	2.0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	1.69	3.98	9	39	24	9	5	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.031	.69	0.04%	0.94	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	117	27	May 2	OAK	@	TOR	W,8-5	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	3.76	1	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.013	.83	0.02%	0.21	9b 1-- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
11	118	30	May 6	OAK	@	DET	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	3.53	2	9	7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.003	.12	0.00%	0.25	8b --- 1 out d3	8b end d 3
12	119	37	May 15	OAK		MIL	W,12-2	8-8		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	3.32	3	11	7	0	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	8t --- 0 out a10	8t 3 out a10
13	120	40	May 18	OAK		NYY	W,6-2	6-7	H(3)	2	1.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.29	3.69	5	28	13	2	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.016	2.59	0.02%	0.02	6t --- 0 out a3	7t --3 1 out a3
14	121	43	May 21	OAK		BOS	W,5-4	7-8	H(4)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	3.61	5	19	12	2	2	2	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	0.212	5.77	0.28%	0.95	7t 1-3 2 out a1	8t 3 out a1
15	122	44	May 23	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-9	7-GF(8)		1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	3.42	5	17	11	3	1	1	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.90	7b 12- 2 out d8	8b end d 8
16	123	47	May 26	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-0	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	3.35	6	27	18	4	1	5	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.042	.64	0.06%	0.96	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
17	124	49	May 28	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-3	6-7	H(5)	1	1.0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.37	3.37	4	15	6	1	2	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.084	3.58	0.12%	0.48	6b 1-- 1 out a1	7b 1-- 1 out a2
18	125	52	May 31	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-4	10-10	BL(1-1)	2	0.2	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.21	3.25	4	17	10	4	1	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.18	-0.424	9.60	-0.58%	-0.85	10b --- 0 out a1	10b --3 2 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	126	54	Jun 3	OAK		CLE	W,7-0	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.11	3.04	4	15	9	2	3	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.07	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 7
20	127	59	Jun 9	OAK	@	TEX	L,8-11	6-8	BS(2)	5	2.0	3	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.70	2.76	9	32	23	7	3	4	2	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.278	3.47	-0.50%	-1.95	6b 12- 0 out a1	8b --3 0 out d2
21	128	66	Jun 16(2)	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.59	2.89	5	24	13	1	2	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.08	0.002	.21	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
22	129	67	Jun 17	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	2.88	3	12	8	1	1	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.41	0.02%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
23	130	69	Jun 19	OAK		DET	L,4-6	4-7		1	3.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.20	2.90	11	40	24	10	0	5	4	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.090	1.13	0.14%	1.62	4t 1-- 2 out d4	7t 3 out d2
				Player went from Oakland Athletics to New York Yankees
24	131	71	Jun 23	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.12	2.83	3	7	7	2	3	0	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.28	-0.018	.29	-0.01%	-0.14	8b 1-- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
25	132	73	Jun 25	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-4	7-8	H(6)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.05	2.76	4	21	13	4	2	0	3	1	1	0		1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	-0.036	3.34	-0.03%	0.06	7b 1-- 1 out a1	8b --3 1 out a1
26	133	74	Jun 27	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	5-7	BS(3)	1	2.1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1.91	2.91	10	39	17	3	2	0	5	1	2	0		3	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.04	0.040	2.90	0.03%	0.26	5b 123 1 out a2	7b 1-- 2 out tie
27	134	76	Jun 29	NYY	@	DET	W,7-6	5-7	W(2-1)	1	2.0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.80	2.88	9	48	25	5	7	4	2	1	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.17	-0.042	2.37	-0.03%	-0.42	5b 12- 1 out a1	7b --- 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	135	78	Jul 1	NYY		MIL	W,5-1	7-8	H(7)	1	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.73	2.90	5	18	10	3	1	1	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.060	1.22	0.06%	0.70	7t 1-- 2 out a3	8t 3 out a3
29	136	83	Jul 6	NYY		DET	W,6-5	11-GF(11)	W(3-1)	4	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.93	3.19	4	20	12	2	3	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.308	1.31	-0.26%	-0.52	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
30	137	85	Jul 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-5	5-8	W(4-1)	1	4.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.74	3.13	13	54	33	7	6	7	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.40	0.376	2.43	0.39%	2.06	5b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out a1
31	138	89	Jul 14(2)	NYY		KCR	W,9-7	5-8		5	3.1	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.81	2.94	15	64	41	9	10	4	5	2	2	0		2	2	0	1	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.223	1.55	-0.22%	-0.90	5t 12- 1 out a1	8t 1-- 2 out d2
32	139	92	Jul 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-7	7-7		2	1.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.17	3.03	7	28	10	2	2	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.43	-0.074	.64	-0.07%	-1.53	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d4
33	140	94	Jul 20	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-6	8-8		2	0.1	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	2.54	3.18	6	26	13	1	4	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.052	.36	-0.04%	-3.07	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 123 1 out d4
34	141	95	Jul 21	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.49	3.19	5	23	15	4	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.006	.11	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
35	142	98	Jul 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	2.59	3.50	6	17	10	2	0	4	1	0	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	.76	-0.228	.80	-0.14%	-1.96	7b 123 1 out tie	8b end d 4
36	143	100	Jul 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-9	7-7		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	3.49	4	13	8	1	0	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.042	.92	0.03%	0.49	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
37	144	104	Jul 31	NYY		TOR	L,5-6	5-GF		4	4.2	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.32	3.44	20	73	46	9	7	3	10	4	1	0		0	0	1	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.210	1.17	0.16%	2.16	5t --- 1 out d2	9t end d 1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
38	145	107	Aug 2(2)	NYY		MIN	L,3-4	8-10	L(4-2)	1	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.40	3.35	8	30	24	6	3	2	4	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.242	1.37	-0.14%	-0.66	8t --- 0 out d3	10t -2- 0 out d1
39	146	113	Aug 8	NYY		CLE	L,1-3	9-9		5	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.40	3.40	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.012	.84	-0.01%	-0.49	9t 1-3 0 out d1	9t 123 0 out d1
40	147	115	Aug 11	NYY	@	MIN	W,11-3	8-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.38	3.47	3	14	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.036	.78	-0.01%	-0.86	8b 12- 1 out a5	8b 123 2 out a4
41	148	116	Aug 12	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-6	8-8		0	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.68	3.52	3	16	9	1	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.073	.57	-0.04%	-1.02	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 1-- 1 out d2
42	149	122	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	4-7		5	3.2	2	1	1	3	3	1	0	2.67	3.74	17	68	36	10	4	3	8	2	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.05	-0.001	.02	0.00%	0.67	4b --- 1 out d6	7b 3 out d6
43	150	124	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	6-7	L(4-3)	1	1.2	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	2.74	3.95	7	27	12	3	3	0	3	1	2	0		2	0	2	1	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.79	-0.144	.16	-0.02%	0.35	6b 12- 1 out d3	7b 3 out d1
44	151	129	Aug 24(2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-9	GS-5	L(4-4)	3	5.0	5	4	3	2	2	1	0	2.94	4.08	21	76	46	7	3	10	7	0	3	0	43			0	1	1	19	1	0	0	1	0	1	.69	-0.186	.05	-0.01%	-1.61	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
45	152	135	Aug 30	NYY		OAK	W,8-5	GS-6	W(5-4)	5	6.0	7	5	4	2	1	1	0	3.19	4.21	27	100	54	16	1	7	17	9	1	0	39			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	-0.293	.00	0.00%	-2.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
46	153	140	Sep 5	NYY	@	SEA	W,12-2	GS-7	W(6-4)	5	7.0	4	2	2	5	4	1	0	3.14	4.33	28	125	67	20	12	7	12	3	1	0	60			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.125	.00	0.00%	1.48	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a10
47	154	145	Sep 10	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-6	GS-7	L(6-5)	4	7.0	6	4	4	3	4	1	0	3.30	4.37	28	118	66	15	9	9	12	3	1	0	50			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	2	0	.76	-0.199	.00	0.00%	-0.73	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
48	155	149	Sep 16	NYY		SEA	W,4-1	GS-5	W(7-5)	5	5.0	5	1	1	6	4	0	0	3.22	4.39	25	112	61	15	9	7	8	3	1	0	51			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.143	.00	0.00%	1.39	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
49	156	154	Sep 23	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-10	GS-4	L(7-6)	6	4.0	5	6	5	4	6	1	0	3.55	4.46	22	96	55	16	9	8	4	2	0	0	32			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.350	.00	0.00%	-4.15	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
50	157	159	Sep 29	NYY		DET	W,5-1	GS-9	W(8-6)	5	8.0	3	1	0	4	10	0	0	3.28	4.25	31	137	84	29	12	5	12	4	2	0	80			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.275	.00	0.00%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a4
							24-26		W-L:8-6,Sv:1,BSv:3,Hld:7	2.6	104.1	82	43	38	64	85	10	1	3.28	4.25	445	1845	58%	14%	9%	0.73		21%	9%	1	51	36	47%	10	8	1	373	11	3	2	10	4	5	.88	-1.457	.84	-0.75%	-3.74

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