Eric Plunk

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In his 14-year career, Eric Vaughn Plunk never made a major league all-star team. All he did was compile an ERA+ of more than 100 in 10 of these years, signifying a solid pitcher. Early in his career he was a spot starter, but he also notched 35 saves, including a high of 15 in 1993 for the Cleveland Indians.

Plunk was born in 1963 in Wilmington, California and attended Bellflower High School. In 1981, he was drafted by the New York Yankees in the fourth round in the MLB Amateur Draft. Plunk was used mostly as a starter in his first four years in the Yankees organization, but he was involved in a trade with the Oakland Athletics December 1984 that included José Rijo and Rickey Henderson.

After one-plus years in the minors for Oakland, Plunk was called up to the A’s in May 1986 and started out as a reliever, but in his eighth big-league game took the ball for a start and earned the victory over the Texas Rangers, pitching 7.2 innings, giving up three hits, two runs, and five walks while striking out 10 in the 3-2 victory.

Plunk pitched for two-plus years for Oakland and then was traded to the New York Yankees in June 1989. The big (6-foot-5, 210 pound) righty was a key part of the Yankee bullpen for two and ½ years, and then signed as a free agent in April 1992 by the Cleveland Indians. Plunk was a solid member of the Indians bull pen over six-plus seasons, appearing in 373 games and compiling an ERA+ of 140. In July 1998, he was traded to the Brewers.

On the downside of his career, Plunk pitched 94 games for Milwaukee between 1998 and 1999, earning five wins and one save.

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Eric Vaughn Plunk (born September 3, 1963) is an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1986 through 1999. He pitched for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Milwaukee Brewers.

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	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/BB
1986	22	OAK	AL	-0.8	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	AL	0.5	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	1.3	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	2TM	AL	1.2	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	0.7	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	0.5	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	1.2	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	-0.1	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	AL	0.7	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	1.5	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	2.2	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	2.1	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	3.0	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	0.3	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	2TM	2LG	0.5	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	0.2	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	0.3	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	0.0	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
14 Yrs				13.5	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				1.2	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

CLE (7 Yrs)				9.9	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)				1.7	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)				1.6	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)				0.3	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)				13.2	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)				0.3	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