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Don Newcombe League
9-20-2165
Dick Plank First Base
Retired (1989, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .268 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .766 Status Deceased (2022) Option Years 0  
H 1426 Age at Death 68 Date of Birth 04-09-1954
HR 205 Drafted Round 1, Pick 5
(1976)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(156 games)
RBI 735
SB 113
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A  Velocity D    Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt C- Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C  WS Rings 1
1B A+ (100%) LF A+ (99.0%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF C  (41.8%)   Health C  LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1976 1B PIT 67 67 576.1 613 592 17 4 37 -11 9.51 .993
1977 1B PIT 139 139 1186.1 1218 1174 33 11 76 -30 9.16 .991
1978 1B PIT 139 139 1175.1 1249 1206 30 13 81 -26 9.46 .990
1979 1B PIT 125 125 1066.0 1127 1076 42 9 78 -19 9.44 .992
1980 1B PIT 134 134 1156.2 1311 1267 39 5 83 -14 10.16 .996
1981 1B PIT 93 93 848.0 952 926 20 6 51 -4 10.04 .994
1982 1B PIT-NYN 107 104 922.1 1023 996 20 7 49 +4 9.91 .993
LF PIT-NYN 13 13 110.0 25 24 0 1 0 +1 1.96 .960
1983 LF NYN 66 61 549.1 115 115 0 0 0 -3 1.88 1.000
RF NYN 2 2 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.12 1.000
1B NYN 6 0 13.0 14 14 0 0 2 0 9.69 1.000
CF NYN 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.38 1.000
SS NYN 1 0 3.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.92 1.000
1984 LF NYN 83 71 655.1 163 160 0 3 0 0 2.20 .982
RF NYN 3 2 19.0 6 5 0 1 0 0 2.37 .833
1B NYN 1 1 11.0 13 12 1 0 1 0 10.64 1.000
CF NYN 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.00 1.000
1985 LF NYN 110 109 965.1 192 188 0 4 0 -7 1.75 .979
1B NYN 2 2 18.0 23 20 3 0 3 0 11.50 1.000
1986 LF NYN 80 78 693.1 176 172 0 4 0 -7 2.23 .977
RF NYN 10 10 87.0 13 13 0 0 0 0 1.34 1.000
1B NYN 8 6 59.0 70 66 4 0 7 -2 10.68 1.000
1987 RF NYN 38 38 321.2 75 75 0 0 0 -4 2.10 1.000
CF NYN 19 19 164.0 46 44 1 1 1 +1 2.47 .978
1B NYN 8 3 40.0 38 36 2 0 0 -1 8.55 1.000
LF NYN 4 4 35.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 1.54 1.000
1988 RF NYN-NYA 28 28 250.1 61 61 0 0 0 -1 2.19 1.000
CF NYN-NYA 20 19 176.1 27 25 0 2 0 0 1.28 .926
LF NYN-NYA 16 15 142.2 33 31 0 2 0 -1 1.96 .939
1B NYN-NYA 1 1 6.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 6.00 1.000
Pos Total 1B 830 814 7078.0 7655 7389 211 55 468 -103 9.66 .993
LF 372 351 3151.0 710 696 0 14 0 -17 1.99 .980
RF 81 80 694.0 157 156 0 1 0 -5 2.02 .994
CF 41 39 351.1 78 74 1 3 1 +1 1.92 .962
SS 1 0 3.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.92 1.000
Total 1325 1284 11278.0 8602 8316 213 73 469 -124 6.81 .992
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1989-11-01Dick Plank has retired from the New York Pride
1989-04-03The New York Pride have promoted Cookie Brown to the major league team. The New York Pride have designated Dick Plank for assignment.
1988-06-28The New York Pride have acquired Dick Plank from the waiver wire.
1988-06-21The New York Red Foxx have designated Dick Plank for assignment.
1986-08-12Dick Plank of the New York Red Foxx is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1985-10-05Dick Plank of the New York Red Foxx is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1982-08-12Dick Plank of the New York Red Foxx is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1982-08-12A trade has been completed between the New York Red Foxx and the Pittsburgh Crawfords. The Pittsburgh Crawfords receive Bobby Laxton from the New York Red Foxx in exchange for Dick Plank.
1981-06-08Dick Plank of the Pittsburgh Crawfords is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1981-05-02Dick Plank of the Pittsburgh Crawfords is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1979-09-12Dick Plank of the Pittsburgh Crawfords is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1976-07-05The Pittsburgh Crawfords have promoted Dick Plank to the major league team.
1976-07-05A trade has been completed between the New York Red Foxx and the Pittsburgh Crawfords. The Pittsburgh Crawfords receive Ray Barone, Jim "Life of" Riley, Dick Plank, Brian Nunamaker from the New York Red Foxx in exchange for Eddie Lucadello, Chuck Swanson.