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Dan Plesac PBrewers

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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
18 1072 65 71 158 1041 3.64 16.4
Birth Date2-4-1962
Height6' 5"
Weight215 lbs
BatsL
ThrowsL

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G GS IP IP-SP IP-RP W L SV BS QS BQS PA H R ER HR TB BB UBB HBP SO ERA FIP FRA VORP WARP
1986 MIL 24 51 0 91.0 0.0 91.0 10 7 14 6 0 0 377 81 34 30 5 115 29 28 0 75 2.97 2.81 2.96 25.7 2.7
1987 MIL 25 57 0 79.3 0.0 79.3 5 6 23 13 0 0 325 63 30 23 8 94 23 22 3 89 2.61 2.92 4.06 13.3 1.3
1988 MIL 26 50 0 52.3 0.0 52.3 1 2 30 5 0 0 211 46 14 14 2 63 12 10 0 52 2.41 2.02 2.71 12.3 1.3
1989 MIL 27 52 0 61.3 0.0 61.3 3 4 33 7 0 0 242 47 16 16 6 72 17 16 0 52 2.35 3.26 4.05 6.2 0.7
1990 MIL 28 66 0 69.0 0.0 69.0 3 7 24 11 0 0 299 67 36 34 5 97 31 25 3 65 4.43 3.34 3.53 11.6 1.2
1991 MIL 29 45 10 92.3 48.0 44.3 2 7 8 5 3 0 402 92 49 44 12 152 39 38 3 61 4.29 4.64 4.26 12.6 1.3
1992 MIL 30 44 4 79.0 21.0 58.0 5 4 1 2 0 0 330 64 28 26 5 96 35 30 3 54 2.96 3.69 3.90 10.1 1.1
1993 CHN 31 57 0 62.7 0.0 62.7 2 1 0 3 0 0 276 74 37 33 10 117 21 15 0 47 4.74 4.56 5.36 0.5 0.0
1994 CHN 32 54 0 54.7 0.0 54.7 2 3 1 2 0 0 235 61 30 28 9 101 13 13 1 53 4.61 4.04 4.97 -0.0 -0.1
1995 PIT 33 58 0 60.3 0.0 60.3 4 4 3 3 0 0 259 53 26 24 3 77 27 20 1 57 3.58 3.21 3.58 10.6 1.0
1996 PIT 34 73 0 70.3 0.0 70.3 6 5 11 8 0 0 300 67 35 32 4 93 24 18 0 76 4.09 2.70 2.98 18.2 1.6
1997 TOR 35 73 0 50.3 0.0 50.3 2 4 1 8 0 0 215 47 22 20 8 78 19 15 0 61 3.58 3.92 3.33 7.3 0.7
1998 TOR 36 78 0 50.0 0.0 50.0 4 3 4 2 0 0 203 41 23 21 4 68 16 15 1 55 3.78 3.08 3.09 9.8 1.0
1999 ARI 37 34 0 21.7 0.0 21.7 2 1 1 1 0 0 94 22 9 8 3 36 8 7 0 27 3.32 3.49 4.94 1.3 0.2
1999 TOR 37 30 0 22.7 0.0 22.7 0 3 0 3 0 0 104 28 21 21 4 46 9 8 0 26 8.34 4.39 4.47 2.7 0.3
2000 ARI 38 62 0 40.0 0.0 40.0 5 1 0 6 0 0 182 34 21 14 4 49 26 24 0 45 3.15 4.06 4.66 2.4 0.2
2001 TOR 39 62 0 45.3 0.0 45.3 4 5 1 4 0 0 190 34 18 18 4 56 24 19 1 68 3.57 2.90 2.64 11.5 1.1
2002 PHI 40 41 0 23.0 0.0 23.0 2 1 1 3 0 0 96 16 12 12 5 33 12 9 0 27 4.70 4.92 5.00 -1.0 -0.1
2002 TOR 40 19 0 13.3 0.0 13.3 1 2 0 2 0 0 58 11 5 5 1 19 6 6 0 14 3.38 3.28 2.15 3.7 0.4
2003 PHI 41 58 0 33.3 0.0 33.3 2 1 2 6 0 0 141 29 12 10 3 42 11 10 1 37 2.70 3.00 3.75 4.2 0.4
Career1064141072.069.01003.0657115810030453997747843310515044023481710413.643.463.79162.816.4

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP FRA FRA+ TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP PPF PVORP PWARP VORP WARP
1983 PAI Rk 14 14 82.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984 STO A+ 16 16 108.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984 ELP AA 7 7 39.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985 ELP AA 25 24 150.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1986 MIL MLB 51 0 91.0 2.96 137 .239 .271 .337 .422 .274 .284 100 25.7 2.7 25.7 2.7
1987 MIL MLB 57 0 79.3 4.06 118 .222 .266 .333 .435 .269 .272 100 13.3 1.3 13.3 1.3
1988 MIL MLB 50 0 52.3 2.71 138 .222 .267 .332 .413 .276 .303 100 12.3 1.3 12.3 1.3
1989 MIL MLB 52 0 61.3 4.05 104 .234 .270 .333 .404 .273 .246 97 6.2 0.7 6.2 0.7
1990 MIL MLB 66 0 69.0 3.53 118 .258 .267 .333 .401 .267 .318 99 11.6 1.2 11.6 1.2
1991 MIL MLB 45 10 92.3 4.26 107 .285 .264 .331 .416 .273 .279 102 12.6 1.3 12.6 1.3
1992 MIL MLB 44 4 79.0 3.90 107 .254 .265 .334 .400 .271 .253 97 10.1 1.1 10.1 1.1
1993 CHN MLB 57 0 62.7 5.36 83 .277 .280 .346 .429 .274 .323 101 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.0
1994 CHN MLB 54 0 54.7 4.97 87 .269 .279 .344 .437 .266 .327 95 1.1 0.1 -0.0 -0.1
1995 PIT MLB 58 0 60.3 3.58 123 .240 .278 .349 .434 .270 .292 100 10.7 1.0 10.6 1.0
1996 PIT MLB 73 0 70.3 2.98 138 .226 .276 .346 .441 .268 .321 102 18.8 1.8 18.2 1.6
1997 TOR MLB 73 0 50.3 3.33 129 .250 .282 .357 .463 .281 .307 95 7.3 0.7 7.3 0.7
1998 TOR MLB 78 0 50.0 3.09 135 .231 .288 .360 .472 .284 .291 95 9.8 1.0 9.8 1.0
1999 ARI MLB 34 0 21.7 4.94 102 .251 .287 .367 .471 .281 .339 100 1.4 0.1 1.3 0.2
1999 TOR MLB 30 0 22.7 4.47 115 .284 .284 .361 .458 .276 .369 99 2.7 0.3 2.7 0.3
2000 ARI MLB 62 0 40.0 4.66 107 .243 .279 .358 .458 .273 .280 99 2.4 0.2 2.4 0.2
2001 TOR MLB 62 0 45.3 2.64 145 .231 .274 .346 .450 .275 .323 99 11.5 1.1 11.5 1.1
2002 PHI MLB 41 0 23.0 5.00 83 .242 .272 .345 .444 .276 .212 95 -1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1
2002 TOR MLB 19 0 13.3 2.15 157 .234 .280 .359 .456 .285 .270 102 3.7 0.4 3.7 0.4
2003 PHI MLB 58 0 33.3 3.75 115 .233 .280 .354 .439 .275 .292 96 4.2 0.4 4.2 0.4
CareerMLB141072.03.79117.247.273.343.431.273.29399164.516.8162.816.4

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 WHIP ERA VORP WARP
1983 PAI Rk 9 1 0 14 14 82.3 76 57 85 6 0% .000 8.3 6.2 0.7 9.3 1.62 3.50 0.0 0.0
1984 ELP AA 2 2 0 7 7 39.0 43 16 24 2 0% .000 9.9 3.7 0.5 5.5 1.51 3.46 0.0 0.0
1984 STO A+ 6 6 0 16 16 108.3 106 50 101 7 0% .000 8.8 4.2 0.6 8.4 1.44 3.32 0.0 0.0
1985 ELP AA 12 5 0 25 24 150.3 171 68 128 12 0% .000 10.2 4.1 0.7 7.7 1.59 4.97 0.0 0.0
1986 MIL MLB 10 7 14 51 0 91.0 81 29 75 5 38% .284 8.0 2.9 0.5 7.4 1.21 2.97 25.7 2.7
1987 MIL MLB 5 6 23 57 0 79.3 63 23 89 8 47% .272 7.1 2.6 0.9 10.1 1.08 2.61 13.3 1.3
1988 MIL MLB 1 2 30 50 0 52.3 46 12 52 2 40% .303 7.9 2.1 0.3 8.9 1.11 2.41 12.3 1.3
1989 MIL MLB 3 4 33 52 0 61.3 47 17 52 6 43% .246 6.9 2.5 0.9 7.6 1.04 2.35 6.2 0.7
1990 MIL MLB 3 7 24 66 0 69.0 67 31 65 5 39% .318 8.7 4.0 0.7 8.5 1.42 4.43 11.6 1.2
1991 MIL MLB 2 7 8 45 10 92.3 92 39 61 12 38% .279 9.0 3.8 1.2 5.9 1.42 4.29 12.6 1.3
1992 MIL MLB 5 4 1 44 4 79.0 64 35 54 5 39% .253 7.3 4.0 0.6 6.2 1.25 2.96 10.1 1.1
1993 CHN MLB 2 1 0 57 0 62.7 74 21 47 10 42% .323 10.6 3.0 1.4 6.8 1.52 4.74 0.5 0.0
1994 CHN MLB 2 3 1 54 0 54.7 61 13 53 9 53% .327 10.0 2.1 1.5 8.7 1.35 4.61 -0.0 -0.1
1995 PIT MLB 4 4 3 58 0 60.3 53 27 57 3 43% .292 7.9 4.0 0.4 8.5 1.33 3.58 10.6 1.0
1996 PIT MLB 6 5 11 73 0 70.3 67 24 76 4 43% .321 8.6 3.1 0.5 9.7 1.29 4.09 18.2 1.6
1997 TOR MLB 2 4 1 73 0 50.3 47 19 61 8 41% .307 8.4 3.4 1.4 10.9 1.31 3.58 7.3 0.7
1998 TOR MLB 4 3 4 78 0 50.0 41 16 55 4 40% .291 7.4 2.9 0.7 9.9 1.14 3.78 9.8 1.0
1999 TOR MLB 0 3 0 30 0 22.7 28 9 26 4 36% .369 11.1 3.6 1.6 10.3 1.63 8.34 2.7 0.3
1999 ARI MLB 2 1 1 34 0 21.7 22 8 27 3 44% .339 9.1 3.3 1.2 11.2 1.38 3.32 1.3 0.2
2000 ARI MLB 5 1 0 62 0 40.0 34 26 45 4 57% .280 7.7 5.8 0.9 10.1 1.50 3.15 2.4 0.2
2001 TOR MLB 4 5 1 62 0 45.3 34 24 68 4 44% .323 6.8 4.8 0.8 13.5 1.28 3.57 11.5 1.1
2002 TOR MLB 1 2 0 19 0 13.3 11 6 14 1 44% .270 7.4 4.0 0.7 9.4 1.27 3.38 3.7 0.4
2002 PHI MLB 2 1 1 41 0 23.0 16 12 27 5 24% .212 6.3 4.7 2.0 10.6 1.22 4.70 -1.0 -0.1
2003 PHI MLB 2 1 2 58 0 33.3 29 11 37 3 35% .292 7.8 3.0 0.8 10.0 1.20 2.70 4.2 0.4

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2003 PHI $2,000,000
2002 TOR $2,200,000
2001 TOR $2,200,000
2000 ARI $1,500,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$7,900,000
4 yrTotal$7,900,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
17 y

Details
  • retired 12/03 acquired in trade from TOR 5/02
  • 1 year/$2M (03)
  • 1 year/$2.2M (01)+$2.2M 02 club option $0.2M buyout
  • 01:$1.8M+$0.4M signing bonus

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BP Articles

Dan Plesac is referenced in the following articles.

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  Title Author Date
Resident Fantasy Genius: Q&A with Brian KennyDerek Carty2012-11-05
The Process: When Will We Know Who Won the 10-Player Trade?Bradley Ankrom2012-07-26
Future Shock Blog: Draft Day Dream CrushingKevin Goldstein2012-06-04
This article requires BP Premium accessWestern Front: No Country for Old PitchersGeoff Young2012-03-27
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: Rising Payrolls of the Post-Collusion EraJay Jaffe2012-02-08
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: Beware of Falling PayrollsJay Jaffe2012-02-06
This article requires BP Premium accessOverthinking It: Springer Springs EternalBen Lindbergh2011-02-01
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: The Rays' Golden OpportunityKevin Goldstein2011-01-24
This article requires BP Premium accessChanging Speeds: No Contact Allowed ReduxKen Funck2010-06-09
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: The PitchersJay Jaffe2009-01-12
This article requires BP Premium accessOn the Beat: One Man's Hall of Fame VoteJohn Perrotto2008-12-03
This article requires BP Premium accessLies, Damned Lies: Rookies and CyclesNate Silver2007-08-23
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: May 10-11Christina Kahrl2006-05-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTeams: A Critical Guide: Rare Dick Weik Mention EditionSteven Goldman2004-09-22
Prospectus Triple Play: Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland AthleticsBaseball Prospectus2004-03-08
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: The EastsBaseball Prospectus2004-01-12
This article requires BP Premium access"This is Our Fault": The McClatchy Ownership as Team Builder, a HistorySteven Goldman2003-08-14
Prospectus Today: Where Credit is DueJoe Sheehan2003-06-06
Transaction Analysis: The EastsChristina Kahrl2003-01-25
Transaction Analysis: August 1-3, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-08-06
Transaction Analysis: July 22-25, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-07-28
Transaction Analysis: June 13-17, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-06-20
This article requires BP Premium accessThe Daily Prospectus: SnakebitJoe Sheehan2002-06-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: June 6-8, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-06-10
Transaction Analysis: May 23-27, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-05-29
Transaction Analysis: April 16-17, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-04-19
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 14-18, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-03-21


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DateRoundtable NameComment
2010-04-05 09:30:00Season Opener RoundtableI'm going with Dan Plesac as replacement level. Just a hunch. I need to work on this a bit more. (Colin Wyers)