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Name Team Age
Dave Pless Retired (1978, Age 34) Died (2009, Age 66)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 17
(1963)		 CF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Thurman Munson League 0 10 years (134 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B  A 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+ C  A-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ A- D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B+ D- C-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
F  C  C 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D+ 0 12/6/1943
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.9 %) A+ (92.4 %) F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT
1966 1B NYN-KC 5 5 45.0 48 47 0 1 4 +1 9.40 .979
3B NYN-KC 14 14 128.0 32 6 25 1 0 -5 2.18 .969
SS NYN-KC 3 3 26.0 8 3 4 1 0 -2 2.42 .875
LF NYN-KC 2 2 19.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 3.79 1.000
CF NYN-KC 5 1 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
RF NYN-KC 80 80 719.66 137 135 1 1 0 -6 1.70 .993
1967 2B KC-CIN 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 3.00 1.000
LF KC-CIN 6 6 58.0 10 10 0 0 0 +1 1.55 1.000
CF KC-CIN 3 2 21.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
RF KC-CIN 3 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
1968 LF CIN 34 26 240.66 54 54 0 0 0 +1 2.02 1.000
CF CIN 16 13 118.66 29 29 0 0 0 0 2.20 1.000
RF CIN 21 21 183.33 41 41 0 0 0 +3 2.01 1.000
1969 LF CIN 9 8 71.0 15 15 0 0 0 +1 1.90 1.000
CF CIN 116 116 1025.33 290 287 0 3 0 -2 2.52 .990
RF CIN 4 4 34.0 12 12 0 0 0 +1 3.18 1.000
1970 LF CIN 7 7 65.66 14 14 0 0 0 +1 1.92 1.000
CF CIN 70 61 561.66 146 142 0 4 0 +5 2.28 .973
RF CIN 53 53 461.66 87 86 0 1 0 +2 1.68 .989
1971 LF CIN 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
CF CIN 59 25 276.0 83 80 0 3 0 +3 2.61 .964
RF CIN 12 12 108.33 23 23 0 0 0 0 1.91 1.000
1972 LF CIN 13 11 100.0 30 29 1 0 0 +2 2.70 1.000
CF CIN 34 12 139.0 38 38 0 0 0 0 2.46 1.000
RF CIN 19 19 170.0 38 38 0 0 0 0 2.01 1.000
1973 SS CIN 1 1 9.0 7 2 5 0 0 0 7.00 1.000
LF CIN 4 4 35.66 7 7 0 0 0 +1 1.77 1.000
CF CIN 70 22 287.66 86 85 0 1 0 +3 2.66 .988
RF CIN 3 3 24.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
1974 CF CIN 50 23 251.66 66 64 0 2 0 +1 2.29 .970
RF CIN 12 12 102.66 24 24 0 0 0 -1 2.10 1.000
1975 LF CIN 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
CF CIN 41 0 77.66 23 23 0 0 0 -1 2.67 1.000
RF CIN 2 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1976 SS CIN 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
CF CIN 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 +1 9.00 1.000
RF CIN 2 2 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2.12 1.000
1977 CF CIN 6 0 11.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 4.91 1.000
RF CIN 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1978 CF CIN-CLE 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total 1B 5 5 45.0 48 47 0 1 4 +1 9.40 .979
2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 3.00 1.000
3B 14 14 128.0 32 6 25 1 0 -5 2.18 .969
SS 5 5 44.0 17 6 10 1 0 -2 3.27 .941
LF 77 64 591.98 139 138 1 0 0 +7 2.11 1.000
CF 472 275 2788.63 779 766 0 13 0 +10 2.47 .983
RF 212 208 1846.64 373 370 1 2 0 -1 1.81 .995
Total 786 571 5447.25 1389 1334 37 18 4 +9 2.27 .987
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1978-11-01Dave Pless has retired from the Cleveland Grave-diggers
1978-06-03The Cleveland Grave-diggers have acquired Dave Pless from the waiver wire.
1978-04-14The Cincinnati Cubs have waived Dave Pless.
1978-04-02The Cincinnati Cubs have designated Dave Pless for assignment.
1972-07-22Dave Pless of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1968-05-22The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team.
1968-04-30The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Gene Gossett to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have sent Dave Pless to the minors.
1968-04-01The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have designated Gene Gossett for assignment.
1967-10-03The Cincinnati Cubs have sent Dave Pless to the minors. The Cincinnati Cubs have sent Cliff Ramirez to the minors.
1967-09-29The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Dickie Linke to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Allan Gray to the major league team.
1967-06-01The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Mike Curd to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have sent Dave Pless to the minors.
1967-05-12The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team.
1967-04-11A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Killers and the Cincinnati Cubs. The Cincinnati Cubs receive Mark Duran, Art Eichelberger, Allan Gray, Dave Pless, Draft Pick - 1969 Round 2 (CHN), Draft Pick - 1970 Round 2 (KC), Draft Pick - 1969 Round 1 (KC) from the Kansas City Killers in exchange for Jeff Brown.
1967-03-25The Kansas City Killers have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have sent Nick Hardgrove to the minors.
1967-03-25The Kansas City Killers have promoted Tommy Johnson to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have sent Dave Pless to the minors.
1966-06-18A trade has been completed between the New York jaegerbombs and the Kansas City Killers. The Kansas City Killers receive Dave Pless from the New York jaegerbombs in exchange for Lindsay Dressen.
1966-06-11The New York jaegerbombs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. The New York jaegerbombs have sent James Buttermilk to the minors.
1966-05-16The New York jaegerbombs have sent Dave Pless to the minors.
1966-04-01The New York jaegerbombs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team. The New York jaegerbombs have promoted Les Marquardt to the major league team. The New York jaegerbombs have designated Pete Casey for assignment. The New York jaegerbombs have designated Hal Neidlinger for assignment.
1965-04-01The New York jaegerbombs have sent Ike Talbot to the minors. The New York jaegerbombs have sent Dave Pless to the minors.
1965-04-01The New York jaegerbombs have promoted Dave Pless to the major league team.