Eric Plunk career strikeouts (pitching)
1,081Career Regular Season
Eric Plunk has recorded 1,081 strikeouts (pitching) over 14 regular seasons, 497th among 8,580 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 103 in 1991.
- Most recent: 63 in 1999.
Sum of 14 regular seasons, 1986 through 1999. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 |  ATH | 26 | 4 | 7 | 5.31 | 120.1 | 98 | 102 | 1.60 | 0 |
| 1987 | ATH | 32 | 4 | 6 | 4.74 | 95.0 | 90 | 62 | 1.61 | 2 |
| 1988 | ATH | 49 | 7 | 2 | 3.00 | 78.0 | 79 | 39 | 1.29 | 5 |
| 1989 |  ATH/NYY | 50 | 8 | 6 | 3.28 | 104.1 | 85 | 64 | 1.40 | 1 |
| 1990 | NYY | 47 | 6 | 3 | 2.72 | 72.2 | 67 | 43 | 1.39 | 0 |
| 1991 | NYY | 43 | 2 | 5 | 4.76 | 111.2 | 103 | 62 | 1.70 | 0 |
| 1992 |  CLE | 58 | 9 | 6 | 3.64 | 71.2 | 50 | 38 | 1.38 | 4 |
| 1993 | CLE | 70 | 4 | 5 | 2.79 | 71.0 | 77 | 30 | 1.28 | 15 |
| 1994 | CLE | 41 | 7 | 2 | 2.54 | 71.0 | 73 | 37 | 1.38 | 3 |
| 1995 | CLE | 56 | 6 | 2 | 2.67 | 64.0 | 71 | 27 | 1.17 | 2 |
| 1996 | CLE | 56 | 3 | 2 | 2.43 | 77.2 | 85 | 34 | 1.16 | 2 |
| 1997 | CLE | 55 | 4 | 5 | 4.66 | 65.2 | 66 | 36 | 1.49 | 0 |
| 1998 | MIL/CLE | 63 | 4 | 3 | 4.33 | 72.2 | 74 | 30 | 1.47 | 1 |
| 1999 |  MIL | 68 | 4 | 4 | 5.02 | 75.1 | 63 | 43 | 1.51 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV