Dan Plesac

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: February 4, 1962 in Gary, IN us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Crown Point HS (Crown Point, IN) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (26th) of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC).

High School: Crown Point HS (Crown Point, IN)

School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

Debut: April 11, 1986 (Age 24-066d, 15,133rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 28, 2003 (Age 41-236d)
vs. ATL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Agents: Tom Selakovich

Full Name: Daniel Thomas Plesac

Pronunciation: \PLEE-sac\

Twitter: @Plesac19

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Relatives: Uncle of Zach Plesac

3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.9

ERA

3.64

1064

158

1072.0

1041

WHIP

1.286

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Team Record in Appearances: 39-13

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 27

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	159	4	Apr 8	MIL	@	DET	W,5-2	9-GF	S(1)	99	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-1.24	3	14	10	5	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.038	.71	0.03%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
2	160	8	Apr 14	MIL		CLE	W,8-4	8-GF	S(2)	5	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	-1.52	5	16	13	2	8	0	2	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.047	.50	0.04%	0.70	8t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 4
3	161	11	Apr 17	MIL	@	TEX	W,8-1	8-GF	S(3)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-1.06	5	15	13	3	2	1	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.022	.25	0.02%	0.72	8b 1-- 2 out a3	9b end a 7
4	162	14	Apr 21	MIL		DET	W,2-1	8-GF	S(4)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	-0.77	6					2	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.46	0.362	3.74	0.33%	1.33	8t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
5	163	17	Apr 24	MIL		MIN	W,5-4	8-GF	BW(1-0)	2	1.2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2.45	2.35	8	27	15	4	1	1	4	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	1	1	0	2.33	-0.526	2.72	-0.37%	-1.02	8t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end d 1
6	164	21	Apr 29	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	8-GF(10)	BL(1-1)	4	1.2	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.00	2.65	11	31	18	3	6	5	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.81	-0.477	4.39	-0.45%	-1.61	8b -2- 2 out a1	10b end d 1
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
7	165	26	May 4	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-2	8-GF	S(5)	4	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.38	3.89	7	27	16	2	1	3	4	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	0.195	2.57	0.15%	0.05	8b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 1
8	166	31	May 10	MIL		CHW	L,2-12	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.09	3.62	3	5	5	0	2	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d10	9t end d10
9	167	32	May 12	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-5	8-GF	BL(1-2)	1	0.2	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	4.38	4.30	4	13	9	4	1	0	2	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.29	-0.745	4.22	-0.57%	-1.56	8b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end d 1
10	168	34	May 14	MIL	@	OAK	W,2-1	9-GF	S(6)	1	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.05	4.49	5	25	13	3	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	0.189	3.98	0.13%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
11	169	37	May 17	MIL	@	SEA	W,9-6	8-GF	S(7)	2	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.60	4.16	8	26	17	3	2	3	4	2	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.082	1.94	0.06%	0.41	8b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 3
12	170	40	May 20	MIL	@	CAL	W,5-3	8-GF	S(8)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.18	3.82	6	23	14	4	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.76	0.262	1.83	0.16%	1.29	8b 1-3 0 out a3	9b end a 2
13	171	44	May 25	MIL		OAK	W,4-1	8-GF	S(9)	4	1.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.95	3.53	6	19	13	2	2	2	2	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.112	1.81	0.06%	0.79	8t -2- 2 out a1	9t end a 3
14	172	46	May 27	MIL		SEA	W,3-2	8-GF	BW(2-2)	1	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.10	3.35	7	19	11	1	2	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.75	-0.093	2.75	-0.06%	-0.05	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end tie
15	173	47	May 28	MIL		SEA	W,6-4	9-GF	S(10)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.95	3.14	3	8	7	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.070	1.05	0.05%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
16	174	50	May 31	MIL		CAL	W,4-1	8-GF	S(11)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.70	2.85	7	35	23	5	5	0	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.071	.66	0.04%	0.96	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
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
17	175	52	Jun 2	MIL		NYY	L,2-3	10-GF(10)		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	2.85	2	12	7	0	1	0	2	1	0	0		2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	-0.120	3.07	-0.08%	0.16	10t 1-3 1 out tie	10t end d 1
18	176	53	Jun 3	MIL		NYY	W,2-0	9-GF	S(12)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	2.84	2	8	7	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.092	1.72	0.06%	0.66	9t -2- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
19	177	55	Jun 5	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-3	8-GF	S(13)	1	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.39	2.88	7	31	18	7	1	1	4	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.123	1.08	0.07%	0.70	8b --- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
20	178	61	Jun 11	MIL	@	BAL	W,3-1	9-GF	S(14)	5	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.30	2.98	3	12	5	3	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	0.083	4.10	0.08%	0.46	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
21	179	62	Jun 13	MIL		TOR	L,3-4	8-GF	BL(2-3)	1	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	2	0	2.79	3.80	7	23	13	3	3	2	4	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	-0.815	3.29	-0.73%	-2.64	8t 12- 1 out a1	9t end d 1
22	180	64	Jun 15	MIL		TOR	W,6-4	9-GF	S(15)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.73	3.71	2	14	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.034	.81	0.02%	0.25	9t --- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
23	181	65	Jun 16	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-6	9-GF	S(16)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.64	3.71	4	13	7	0	2	0	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	0.094	2.86	0.07%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
24	182	68	Jun 19	MIL	@	MIN	W,11-8	9-GF	S(17)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.56	3.62	3	17	12	3	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.043	.49	0.02%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
25	183	73	Jun 23(2)	MIL		CHW	L,4-6	9-GF		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.51	3.54	1	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.007	.17	0.00%	0.50	9t 1-- 1 out d3	9t end d 3
26	184	75	Jun 25	MIL		CHW	W,3-1	8-GF	S(18)	1	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	3.50	7	27	18	5	2	4	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	0.218	1.75	0.08%	1.36	8t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
27	185	76	Jun 27	MIL		BOS	W,5-4	9-GF	S(19)	1	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	3.49	3	15	11	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.31	0.040	2.88	0.02%	-1.41	9t -23 2 out a3	9t end a 1
28	186	79	Jun 30	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	3.48	2	6	5	0	1	1	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.078	1.05	0.05%	1.38	8b -23 1 out d1	8b end d 1
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
29	187	82	Jul 3	MIL	@	NYY	W,8-5	9-GF	S(20)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	3.46	4	9	7	0	1	2	2	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.082	1.87	0.05%	0.46	9b 12- 0 out a4	9b end a 3
30	188	83	Jul 4	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-3	8-GF	S(21)	0	1.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.41	3.38	7	27	17	3	2	4	2	1	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	0.164	3.51	0.10%	-0.25	8b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
31	189	85	Jul 7	MIL		BAL	W,6-4	9-GF	S(22)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.35	3.44	4	17	11	3	4	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.070	1.22	0.05%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
32	190	88	Jul 13	MIL	@	CHW	L,4-5	9-GF		5	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.35	3.52	1	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.77	-0.170	5.38	-0.10%	-1.00	9b 123 1 out tie	9b end d 1
33	191	95	Jul 21	MIL		MIN	W,5-3	9-GF		7	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.75	3.45	6	19	11	3	1	1	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.013	.22	0.00%	-1.52	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 2
34	192	97	Jul 23	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	9-GF	S(23)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	3.43	4	13	11	1	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.80	0.031	.84	0.01%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
35	193	100	Jul 26	MIL		DET	W,3-2	9-GF	S(24)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	3.42	3	10	7	0	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.77	0.157	2.08	0.05%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 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
36	194	106	Aug 1	MIL		CLE	W,4-2	9-GF	S(25)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.55	3.35	3	10	8	1	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.070	1.53	0.07%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
37	195	112	Aug 7(2)	MIL	@	DET	W,5-2	9-GF	S(26)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.49	3.29	3	10	8	3	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.038	.53	0.02%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
38	196	114	Aug 9	MIL	@	DET	W,6-1	8-GF	S(27)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.42	3.23	4	18	15	7	2	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.038	.39	0.02%	0.57	8b --- 2 out a1	9b end a 5
39	197	117	Aug 11(2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-7	9-GF	S(28)	1	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.60	3.23	4	17	13	0	1	2	2	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.05	0.016	5.03	0.02%	-1.68	9b -2- 2 out a3	9b end a 1
40	198	119	Aug 13	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	BW(3-3)	1	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.68	3.17	8	34	23	5	3	1	6	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.86	-0.109	9.27	-0.16%	-0.03	9b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
41	199	123	Aug 17	MIL		BOS	W,8-4	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.63	3.12	5	22	15	7	2	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.35	0.013	1.12	0.03%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
42	200	125	Aug 19	MIL		BOS	L,1-3	9-13		1	4.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.41	3.07	16	50	31	7	2	8	5	2	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	2	2.82	0.700	10.39	1.55%	2.66	9t 123 2 out tie	13t 3 out tie
43	201	129	Aug 23	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	3.06	3	8	6	0	1	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.71	0.03%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
44	202	132	Aug 27	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.32	3.11	4					0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.012	.32	0.01%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
45	203	136	Aug 31	MIL		SEA	W,6-1	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.28	3.07	4	12	10	2	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.006	.02	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
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	204	139	Sep 3	MIL		OAK	L,0-5	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.20	3.02	5	18	11	1	2	0	4	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.013	.02	0.00%	2.30	8t 1-3 0 out d5	9t end d 5
47	205	141	Sep 6	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-4	9-GF	S(29)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.17	2.99	2					1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.041	.05	0.00%	0.50	9b 1-- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
48	206	146	Sep 12	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-6	8-GF	S(30)	5	1.1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.12	3.02	6	23	12	5	3	0	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.56	0.308	.70	0.02%	0.89	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
49	207	149	Sep 16	MIL		TEX	W,5-3	9-GF	S(31)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.09	2.95	3					0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.070	.24	0.01%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
50	208	152	Sep 21(2)	MIL	@	NYY	L,4-5	10-GF(10)	BL(3-4)	4	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	2.39	3.21	2	6	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.41	-0.808	.68	-0.07%	-2.00	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end d 1
51	209	154	Sep 23	MIL		TOR	W,4-1	9-GF	S(32)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	3.21	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.22	9t 1-- 2 out a3	9t end a 3
52	210	161	Sep 30	MIL	@	BOS	W,3-1	9-GF	S(33)	6	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.35	3.17	3	15	11	3	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.70	0.114	.00	0.00%	0.20	9b 1-3 1 out a3	9b end a 2
							39-13		W-L:3-4,Sv:33,BSv:7	2.4	61.1	47	16	16	17	52	6	0	2.35	3.17	242	832	65%	15%	11%	0.73		22%	10%	0		42	29%	2	2	2	221	7	0	1	5	4	4	1.97	0.378	2.64	1.02%	12.42

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