Bio
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Debut
- 1986
Bio
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Debut
- 1986
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 714
- W
- 72
- L
- 58
- ERA
- 3.82
- IP
- 1151.0
- K
- 1,081
- BB
- 647
- WHIP
- 1.44
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | ATH | 26 | 4 | 7 | 5.31 | 120.1 | 98 | 102 | 1.60 |
| 1987 | ATH | 32 | 4 | 6 | 4.74 | 95.0 | 90 | 62 | 1.61 |
| 1988 | ATH | 49 | 7 | 2 | 3.00 | 78.0 | 79 | 39 | 1.29 |
| 1989 |  ATH/NYY | 50 | 8 | 6 | 3.28 | 104.1 | 85 | 64 | 1.40 |
| 1990 | NYY | 47 | 6 | 3 | 2.72 | 72.2 | 67 | 43 | 1.39 |
| 1991 | NYY | 43 | 2 | 5 | 4.76 | 111.2 | 103 | 62 | 1.70 |
| 1992 | CLE | 58 | 9 | 6 | 3.64 | 71.2 | 50 | 38 | 1.38 |
| 1993 | CLE | 70 | 4 | 5 | 2.79 | 71.0 | 77 | 30 | 1.28 |
| 1994 | CLE | 41 | 7 | 2 | 2.54 | 71.0 | 73 | 37 | 1.38 |
| 1995 | CLE | 56 | 6 | 2 | 2.67 | 64.0 | 71 | 27 | 1.17 |
| 1996 | CLE | 56 | 3 | 2 | 2.43 | 77.2 | 85 | 34 | 1.16 |
| 1997 | CLE | 55 | 4 | 5 | 4.66 | 65.2 | 66 | 36 | 1.49 |
| 1998 |  MIL/CLE | 63 | 4 | 3 | 4.33 | 72.2 | 74 | 30 | 1.47 |
| 1999 | MIL | 68 | 4 | 4 | 5.02 | 75.1 | 63 | 43 | 1.51 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 15
- W
- 1
- L
- 3
- ERA
- 8.10
- IP
- 13.1
- K
- 17
- BB
- 10
- WHIP
- 1.65
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 17
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 8.5
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 75
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | ATH | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1987 | ATH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1988 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1989 | ATH/NYY | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1991 | NYY | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1992 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1993 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1994 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1995 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1996 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1998 | MIL/CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
What were Eric Plunk's career stats?
Eric Plunk played 14 seasons for the Athletics, the Yankees, the Guardians and the Brewers. He had 72 wins and 1,081 strikeouts with a 3.82 ERA over 1,151.0 innings. His best season was 1992: 9 wins, a 3.64 ERA and 50 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1986 to 1999
Championships
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