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: 22-23 / in Starts: 5-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 15

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 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	277	1	Apr 8	MIL	@	TEX	W,5-4	8-8	H(1)	99	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	9.00	15.86	4	15	10	3	2	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.00	-0.001	2.37	0.00%	-0.51	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a1
2	278	3	Apr 11	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	9.36	4	15	11	1	1	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.07	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
3	279	4	Apr 12	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	10-GF(11)	L(0-1)	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	6.00	11.52	5	13	8	1	0	0	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	-0.218	4.63	-0.22%	-0.48	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
4	280	6	Apr 14	MIL	@	TOR	L,0-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	9.00	8.36	7	25	19	4	5	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.48	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 9
5	281	10	Apr 19	MIL		TOR	L,2-5	8-GF		4	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.35	6.91	7	24	16	3	6	1	4	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.019	.20	0.02%	1.42	8t --3 1 out d4	9t end d 4
6	282	12	Apr 21	MIL		TOR	W,11-8	8-9		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.70	5.33	7	24	19	4	5	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	0.139	2.32	0.12%	0.98	8t --- 0 out d5	9t 3 out tie
7	283	13	Apr 23	MIL		TEX	L,5-6	11-GF(11)		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.32	5.14	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.10	-0.118	3.79	-0.09%	0.17	11t 1-3 1 out tie	11t end d 1
8	284	17	Apr 27	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-2	9-GF		3	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.82	4.89	5	20	13	4	0	1	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.017	.84	0.02%	-0.52	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 3
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
9	285	28	May 11	MIL		KCR	L,2-4	7-8		13	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.22	4.26	5	19	12	5	2	0	3	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.056	.54	0.03%	0.92	7t 12- 2 out d2	8t 3 out d2
10	286	31	May 15	MIL	@	MIN	W,4-2	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.97	4.18	2	8	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.047	.67	0.02%	0.28	9b --- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
11	287	33	May 17	MIL	@	KCR	W,7-5	10-10		1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.97	4.44	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.030	.56	-0.02%	-0.13	10b --- 2 out a2	10b 1-- 2 out a2
12	288	37	May 21	MIL	@	BOS	L,6-10	6-7		3	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.55	4.12	4	18	13	4	0	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	0.014	.30	0.01%	0.86	6b -2- 2 out d4	7b 3 out d4
13	289	43	May 27	MIL		DET	L,9-15	8-9		5	1.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.14	4.39	7	30	17	1	1	4	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	0.150	3.64	0.12%	1.00	8t 1-- 1 out d3	9t 3 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
14	290	47	Jun 1	MIL	@	NYY	W,6-3	9-GF		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.07	4.22	2	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.006	.54	0.00%	-0.68	9b -2- 2 out a4	9b end a 3
15	291	49	Jun 4	MIL	@	OAK	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	4.13	3	14	10	1	2	0	3	1	2	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.028	.58	0.02%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
16	292	52	Jun 7	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	4.06	2	10	6	2	0	0	2	0	2	0		2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.078	.93	0.05%	1.49	8b 12- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
17	293	55	Jun 10	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-2	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.55	4.04	4	18	9	4	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.007	.13	0.00%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
18	294	57	Jun 12	MIL	@	CAL	W,8-0	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	3.98	3	8	5	1	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a8	9b end a 8
19	295	58	Jun 15(1)	MIL		OAK	W,6-4	8-GF	S(2)	2	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.21	3.84	6	26	17	3	4	0	3	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.153	1.13	0.07%	1.00	8t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
20	296	62	Jun 18	MIL		CAL	W,10-6	8-GF	S(3)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.08	3.59	4	11	10	2	3	1	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.061	.58	0.04%	1.25	8t 123 2 out a4	9t end a 4
21	297	67	Jun 23	MIL		SEA	W,5-2	9-GF	S(4)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.99	3.47	3	14	8	3	2	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.032	.35	0.02%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
22	298	70	Jun 27	MIL	@	DET	W,9-3	9-GF		3	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.28	3.91	4	14	10	2	2	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.49	9b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 6
23	299	71	Jun 28	MIL		NYY	W,5-2	9-GF	S(5)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	3.87	4	14	9	3	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.032	.99	0.02%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
24	300	72	Jun 29	MIL		NYY	L,8-9	9-GF	BL(0-2)	0	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.16	3.95	6	22	13	2	1	2	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.75	-0.732	4.91	-0.58%	-2.51	9t --- 0 out a2	9t 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
25	301	76	Jul 3	MIL		BOS	L,3-5	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.04	3.76	4	12	8	1	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.22	0.017	.12	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
26	302	78	Jul 5	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-2	9-GF	S(6)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.93	3.65	3	14	9	2	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.092	.38	0.02%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
27	303	80	Jul 7	MIL	@	CLE	W,10-6	8-GF	S(7)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.79	3.72	6	28	19	6	1	2	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	0.140	.59	0.02%	0.94	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 4
28	304	82	Jul 12	MIL		CHW	L,6-8	8-9	BL(0-3)	4	1.0	3	4	1	2	1	0	0	3.00	3.82	9	30	16	1	4	3	3	2	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.23	-0.750	.66	-0.13%	-3.72	8t 1-- 2 out a1	9t 12- 2 out d3
29	305	84	Jul 14	MIL		CHW	L,1-15	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.90	3.92	5	23	11	4	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d14	9t end d14
30	306	86	Jul 16	MIL		MIN	W,4-3	8-9	BS(3)	1	0.1	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	3.45	4.52	5	18	7	3	0	1	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	-0.681	.29	-0.05%	-2.76	8t 1-- 2 out a1	9t 12- 0 out d1
31	307	88	Jul 18	MIL		SEA	L,0-12	8-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	4.50	1	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.23	8t 1-- 2 out d12	8t 3 out d12
32	308	90	Jul 20	MIL	@	CHW	L,6-7	8-GF(10)	BL(0-4)	1	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.51	4.81	8	29	22	5	2	2	6	1	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.41	-0.670	.22	-0.04%	-1.61	8b 12- 1 out a1	10b end d 1
33	309	95	Jul 25	MIL	@	KCR	L,0-2	5-GF(8)		4	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.13	4.62	12	36	24	1	3	6	4	0	1	0		1	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.139	.03	0.01%	2.62	5b -2- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
34	310	99	Jul 30	MIL		KCR	W,9-3	7-GF	S(8)	4	3.0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.90	4.44	11	47	29	7	8	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.08	0.017	.01	0.00%	1.47	7t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
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
35	311	103	Aug 3	MIL		TEX	L,5-14	4-7		3	4.0	6	6	6	3	2	2	0	3.86	5.00	21	65	37	8	6	6	10	3	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	1	1	.04	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-4.05	4t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d12
36	312	110	Aug 10	MIL	@	TEX	W,5-2	GS-5	W(1-4)	6	5.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.65	4.98	20	76	46	11	3	6	10	5	1	0	57			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.153	.08	0.01%	1.44	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
37	313	115	Aug 15	MIL		TOR	L,1-4	GS-7	L(1-5)	4	6.0	5	3	3	5	5	1	0	3.74	5.08	26	93	52	12	6	6	10	2	1	0	50			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.093	.28	-0.02%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
38	314	120	Aug 21	MIL	@	TOR	W,3-0	GS-4		5	4.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.49	4.90	14	46	30	11	0	3	10	3	2	0	59			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.227	.15	0.02%	2.08	1b start tie	4b 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				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
39	315	132	Sep 3	MIL		OAK	W,5-3	GS-5		12	5.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.50	4.63	22	98	63	15	11	7	9	3	2	0	51			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.05	-0.003	.07	0.00%	0.44	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
40	316	136	Sep 8	MIL	@	CAL	L,0-1	GS-6	L(1-6)	4	6.0	5	1	0	2	1	0	0	3.20	4.53	26	87	52	11	4	7	16	2	4	0	59			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.20	0.156	.02	0.00%	1.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
41	317	140	Sep 14	MIL		DET	L,4-6	GS-8	L(1-7)	5	8.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.22	4.44	32	113	68	13	11	8	18	5	2	0	62			1	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	1	1	.80	-0.016	.00	0.00%	0.91	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
42	318	145	Sep 20	MIL	@	DET	W,8-5	GS-5	W(2-7)	5	5.0	3	2	2	3	4	1	1	3.24	4.55	21	95	48	13	8	5	8	1	3	0	54			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.28	0.052	.00	0.00%	0.55	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
43	319	150	Sep 25	MIL		NYY	L,6-8	GS-4		4	3.1	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.63	4.51	19	63	40	10	3	7	8	3	1	0	26			0	1	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	-0.296	.00	0.00%	-2.94	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d3
44	320	155	Sep 30	MIL		BOS	L,8-9	GS-2		4	1.2	6	6	5	2	1	1	0	4.08	4.67	12	54	30	6	2	1	8	4	1	0	20			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.06	-0.387	.00	0.00%	-5.12	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d6
45	321	161	Oct 5	MIL	@	BOS	W,13-4	GS-5		4	4.0	8	4	4	4	6	0	0	4.29	4.59	24	83	48	12	6	3	11	5	0	0	32			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.163	.00	0.00%	-2.30	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 0 out a3
							22-23		W-L:2-7,Sv:8,BSv:4,Hld:1	2.6	92.1	92	49	44	39	61	12	3	4.29	4.59	402	1490	61%	14%	8%	0.62		19%	11%	0	47	22	18%	4	5	0	350	20	2	1	7	7	7	1.03	-2.348	.43	-0.49%	-3.30

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