Eric Plunk Stats & Facts
Eric Plunk Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 77 Weight: 210 Born: Tuesday, September 03, 1963 in Wilmington, CA USA Died: in , Debut: 5/12/1986 Last Game: 10/2/1999 Full Name: Eric Vaughn Plunk
Sammy Sosa also eclipses a National League record for the most home runs hit at one park by one player
Sammy Sosaās ninth-inning homer in the bottom of the ninth off Eric Plunk helps to tie the game at 10 runs apiece in the Cubsā eventual 11-10 extra-inning victory over Milwaukee at Wrigley Field. The round-tripper, his second of the contest, is the Chicago right fielderās 62nd of the season, to pass Roger Marisās single season mark and ties him with Mark McGwire for the leagueās lead.
New York Yankees trade disgruntled superstar Rickey Henderson
On June 21, 1989, the New York Yankees trade disgruntled superstar Rickey Henderson, hitting only .247 at the time, to the Oakland Aās for outfielder Luis Polonia and pitchers Greg Cadaret and Eric Plunk. Henderson, who had started his major league career with the Aās in 1979, had joined the Yankees in a multi-player tradeā¦
Yankees get the man of STEAL
1984Ā ā TheĀ Oakland AāsĀ send base-stealing OFĀ Rickey HendersonĀ and PĀ Bert BradleyĀ to theĀ YankeesĀ in exchange for pitchersĀ Jay HowellĀ andĀ Jose Rijo, OFĀ Stan Javier, and minor leaguersĀ Tim BirtsasĀ andĀ Eric Plunk. On the same day, the Yankees trade CĀ Rick CeroneĀ to theĀ BravesĀ for PĀ Brian Fisher.
